JMA-1 First timer..

[Grubsta]

Yeah im pretty happy i chose to go this way looking forward to getting some color on it now.

[teamjeffo]

Just reading up. I have a couple humbuckers you can have, and I'm in Melbourne too. Let me know if they're of use to you.

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[Grubsta]

Just reading up. I have a couple humbuckers you can have, and I'm in Melbourne too. Let me know if they're of use to you.

Cheers i appreciate the offer i do have a Seymour Duncan JB kicking around somewhere though that i may use its just in a safe place.
I just have to try and remember where that safe place is.......

[teamjeffo]

Cheers i appreciate the offer i do have a Seymour Duncan JB kicking around somewhere though that i may use its just in a safe place.
I just have to try and remember where that safe place is.......

The last place you'll look no doubt!

I know a German sound engineer, and I know a Czech one too

[Grubsta]

I know a German sound engineer, and I know a Czech one too

Sorry mate you lost me there time sleep time i think.

[teamjeffo]

Sorry mate you lost me there time sleep time i think.

Haha! I was trying g out using it as a signature from my new phone in lieu of "sent from my Pixel 2 XL"

Didn't think it was going to look like normal text. Sorry for the late night confusion

[Grubsta]

Just a little update on my progress...
The weather here has been pretty crap and not great to get out in the shed and be productive and i'm sure the missus wouldn't appreciate me sanding and filling my guitar body at the dining table in air conditioned comfort so progress has been a little slower than i hoped but i still managed to make some progress. (holidays are over back to the real world tomorrow)
I wasn't entirely happy with the first lot of grain filling so i went over about 50% of the body a second time, i found that had gone a little too hard in a few spots with the sanding probably with to coarse grit paper and re exposed a few small cracks and lines in the grain.





I started out at 120 to bring down the filler a little and then progressed onto 240 and finished up at 400. i discovered 2 small spots that need just a touch more filler and a bit more sanding but other that that i'm pretty confident that i should be able to start staining this week once it arrives.

The tools i ordered arrived last week so i was able to put some time into the neck as well.
so i leveled crowned and polished the frets with 0000 steel wool i also discovered that red marker isn't the best option for marking the tops of your frets stick to black.
Using a crowning file for the fist time was an interesting experience but i just took my time it took a while to get though all the frets but i got there and i think i did ok.







And the last thing i managed to get done was to plug up and re-drill the 2 tuner holes that were out of whack another interesting experience here because i was terrified of screwing it up and having to get a new neck but it all worked out ok in the end.
Sorry i forgot to take a photo after re-drilling.

[Simon Barden]

Roadie joke. "Check, one, two." "Check, one, two." "Check, one, two."

[Grubsta]

Roadie joke. "Check, one, two." "Check, one, two." "Check, one, two."

Ahh ok that makes more sense now

[Grubsta]

I was just wondering if anyone could give me any tips on removing sharpie marker from my fretboard. I Did mask the fretboard when i was working on it but it seems that somehow I still managed to get some marker under the tape i havent oiled the fretboard yet.