JM-1 The King's 2nd PitBull build

[king casey]

Oeee love the look of that, there is just something about those JM's...

What alterations are you thinking about?

Hi RocknRolf I'm still not happy with the finish over the various acts of surgery...
The re-filled tremolo rout and the filled in Jazzmaster style tremolo rout.
Eventually going to require a better quality bridge i.e.
https://www.stewmac.com/Hardware_and...er_Bridge.html

Down-side with that though is 'top-load' strings only...and I went to all that trouble doing string-through holes.
cheers, Mark.

[RocknRolf]

Hi RocknRolf I'm still not happy with the finish over the various acts of surgery...
The re-filled tremolo rout and the filled in Jazzmaster style tremolo rout.
Eventually going to require a better quality bridge i.e.
https://www.stewmac.com/Hardware_and...er_Bridge.html

Down-side with that though is 'top-load' strings only...and I went to all that trouble doing string-through holes.
cheers, Mark.

Ah yes, I had forgotten about all the alterations you've gone through. Would be a shame not to be able to use the string through option, especially at this point. I found out already with building guitars, when you go for one customization it atleast requieres another two custumizations down the line as a result, your's seems to be no different.

[king casey]

Thanks McReed and Rolf.
I'm so far down the track that I've started to forget what was modified.
I did fill in the rear rout...but it's also part of the 'unfinished' to acceptable part.
Despite all precautions is still fairly visible.


Next time I'll take to it with 'spray putty' and see if I can make it disappear.

cheers, Mark.