JMA-1 First timer..

[Grubsta]

Just have some updated progress pics to share. The body finish has hardened up enough that i could start doing a little more that just looking at it. I have a couple boo boo's to fix extra points for anyone can pick them out. My new pickups are ordered and have been despatched already coming from the UK so i should get them reasonably quick. The pick guard actually doesn't look as bad as i first thought so i'm going to keep it however i may need to get a new one from Adam because the top layer has some bubbles in a few spots.Im going to change out the volume and tone knobs for some chrome knurled ones as well.











Still a bit to be done but its nice to be at this point of my build.

[Sonic Mountain]

I bet I can pick the boo boo :P

With the pick guard, I had some bubbling as well. I gently heated it with a hairdryer and pushed them back down.

[Grubsta]

I bet I can pick the boo boo

With the pick guard, I had some bubbling as well. I gently heated it with a hairdryer and pushed them back down.

It actually stands out like a sore thumb when you look close enough. I'll swipe the wife's hairdryer and give it a go tonight.

[Dedman]

man that is looking gorgeous!

[Grubsta]

There always comes a moment when you realise you have stuffed something up, sometimes its a big stuff up sometimes its a minor one and is easily fixed.
Lucky for me it was a minor rookie mistake and easily fixed, in my haste to get something done a couple of days ago i managed to press the tremolo bushes in the wrong way around but with a little help from Sonic we managed a work around so I've decided to share my stuff up so hopefully other newbies won't make the same mistake but also how i fixed it.

Incorrectly inserted bushes


So the first step was to clamp some blocks of wood on either side of the body at a height just slightly higher than the body itself.



Then i used another piece of timber to sit across the body and resting on the blocks of wood on either sides with an old tea towel in between to protect the body finish, I drilled holes slightly larger than the bushes so they could pull up through the timber. I found a long bolt and nut in my stash that matched the thread of the bush and a washer big enough to cover the hole in the timber.
From here all i had to do was thread the nut to the top of the bolt and insert it through the timber with the washer and then wind the nut down to create upward pressure on the bush pulling it out of the hole.



They came out quite easily and without damage to the body or the holes the setup was a little crude but it worked well.



And all that was left was to insert them back in the correct way.
So my lesson out of this was to not be impatient and just double check my work before i go ahead with anything.

[Sonic Mountain]

Woo hoo! Well done man.

[Grubsta]

Woo hoo! Well done man.

Thanks mate and thanks for your help.

[Volgar]

That look gorgeous !

[king casey]

To extract the bushings from my Epiphone, I dropped a small screw (the one's that secure computer component's was handy) down the hole and screw in the bridge post. It bottoms out against the screw you've dropped down and levers the bushing up and out.

cheers, Mark.

[Sonic Mountain]

Thanks mate and thanks for your help.

Anytime.

To extract the bushings from my Epiphone, I dropped a small screw (the one's that secure computer component's was handy) down the hole and screw in the bridge post. It bottoms out against the screw you've dropped down and levers the bushing up and out.

cheers, Mark.

Yeah that's not a bad idea either. I was a bit worried about smooshing anything dropped down the hole into the guitar body, but if it works thats good to know.