JMA-1 First timer..

[Grubsta]

Agreed, this is going to be a nice guitar. Great work on that finish so far.

Are you going all stock electronics etc?

If you plan on changing the scratch plate in any way I would highly recommend extending the swimming pool route by about 10-15mm towards the bridge so you can relocate the hum bucker (or what ever you are using) a bit closer. I think it was Fretworn who commented on that with my build. I had thought they looked a bit bunched and he confirmed it. Its something I plan to change on the shoe gazer sometime this year.

It works totally fine as supplied, don't get me wrong, but I reckon you'd get a better twang if that pickup was moved a bit further south.

I'm definitely going to change out the electronics I'm thinking about using Toneriders but i still haven't decided yet i have to see where the budget places me in the next few weeks in any case ill stick with the same pup configuration. Did you stick with stock on the Shoegazer?
I will probably change the scratch plate as well because i don't think the red pearl is going to work in that well with the body color having said that i hadn't really considered moving the humbucker ill keep that in mind for sure thanks for the suggestion.

[Adam Barnes]

Wow looks good

[Sonic Mountain]

Yeah I just kept the stock pickups. They actually sound pretty good all things considered, there is nothing wrong with them. But I have guitars with nicer ones that blow it out of the park. And if you are planning on changing the scratch plate, then you might as well move the placement around a bit. Just so long as you are confident extending the route a bit. I wouldn't want you to damage the work you've done 'cause it looks great.

[Grubsta]

And if you are planning on changing the scratch plate, then you might as well move the placement around a bit. Just so long as you are confident extending the route a bit. I wouldn't want you to damage the work you've done 'cause it looks great.

I don't know how confident i would be with that with that but it certainly sounds like the way to go.

[Sonic Mountain]

Well maybe just leave it. Its not a deal breaker, maybe wait and see if I destroy the shoe gazer trying it first?

The great thing about this hobby is that you can always go back and change things later.

[Fretworn]

Nice. Great job.

[Adam Barnes]

I did a little test the other week on my mate skilzy lefty spalted lp we built last year. Still had the kit pickups in, we played it and it sounded similar to my old epi. Pulled out the pickups and replaced with tonerider generator neck and a gibson dirty finger bridge and there was no comparison with the the sound. The intersting thing was the best sound was the 2 pickups together. In saying this if your spending big bucks on pickups you'd want it to sound good so far all mine have

[Grubsta]

I did a little test the other week on my mate skilzy lefty spalted lp we built last year. Still had the kit pickups in, we played it and it sounded similar to my old epi. Pulled out the pickups and replaced with tonerider generator neck and a gibson dirty finger bridge and there was no comparison with the the sound. The intersting thing was the best sound was the 2 pickups together. In saying this if your spending big bucks on pickups you'd want it to sound good so far all mine have

That's interesting i haven't got my heart set on any specific pickups just yet but i did put Seymour Duncan Pickups in the Guitar in my avatar pic, JB for bridge and Jazz for the neck i'm really happy with the way it sounds but they were kinda costly (for my budget anyway)
Ill be honest i'm a bit lacking in knowledge when it comes to selecting pickups so its made it a little difficult to decide what i'm going to do with this one at the moment.

[Grubsta]

Thanks for all the positive feedback and comments guys much appreciated.

Cheers
Russ

[Simon Barden]

It's never easy selecting pickups and it's always a bit hit and miss. They will sound different in different types of guitars and through different amplifiers.