Some Junior thing...

Hey... Look what I found in the Top Secret Bunker. A 99% complete Junior...




OK, the run through.

Only 2 strings as the glue under the nut dries.

The scratch plate only appears to be skew-if- it's the angle of the shot. Sorry.

Important specs, working upwards:

• Badass intonatable bridge (since just about every other Junior bridge isn't adjustable);
• "Santana" brass block under the bridge (increases transfer to the body. It doesn't hurt);
• Spec-wound P90 pickup, reading about 11.5K, which in P-90 land is a monster. Tests in another guitar show it has a wonderful range you can choose, depending on volume, attack, eye colour, etc;
• Copper shielded;
• Straplocks with my signature checkerboard strap;
• TUSQ nut, set up for BFTS;
• 18:1 vintage-style tuning machines;

Still to be done:

• Electrics, (probably including a push-pull put to bypass the tone control);
• Truss Rod cover;
• .09-.46s "heavy top" pure nickels, truss rod setup, etc;

and
[*]A good wipe down.

[adam]

Is this the one you "abandoned" a while back? It looks great.

Quote from adam on December 22, 2012, 15:27
Is this the one you "abandoned" a while back? It looks great.

I put it away until it didn't matter any more, accidentally dropped it twice so there was no longer a need for perfection, and then I got sick of looking at a half-finished guitar, so there was only one thing that could be done- finish it.

Yes, I'm weird.

[dingobass]

Quote from dmac on December 22, 2012, 15:43

Quote from adam on December 22, 2012, 15:27
Is this the one you "abandoned" a while back? It looks great.

I put it away until it didn't matter any more, accidentally dropped it twice so there was no longer a need for perfection, and then I got sick of looking at a half-finished guitar, so there was only one thing that could be done- finish it.

Yes, I'm weird.

Looks great dMac!

Quote from dingobass on December 22, 2012, 20:20

Quote from dmac on December 22, 2012, 15:43

Quote from adam on December 22, 2012, 15:27
Is this the one you "abandoned" a while back? It looks great.

I put it away until it didn't matter any more, accidentally dropped it twice so there was no longer a need for perfection, and then I got sick of looking at a half-finished guitar, so there was only one thing that could be done- finish it.

Yes, I'm weird.

Looks great dMac!

I forgot- that's protective film on the guard and pickup.

I've also noticed how much lighter Junior is compared to what I expected- but then you use a lot less finish . Have you noticed that with the Axe Of Destiny?

[dingobass]

Quote from dmac on December 22, 2012, 20:51

Quote from dingobass on December 22, 2012, 20:20

Quote from dmac on December 22, 2012, 15:43

Quote from adam on December 22, 2012, 15:27
Is this the one you "abandoned" a while back? It looks great.

I put it away until it didn't matter any more, accidentally dropped it twice so there was no longer a need for perfection, and then I got sick of looking at a half-finished guitar, so there was only one thing that could be done- finish it.

Yes, I'm weird.

Looks great dMac!

I forgot- that's protective film on the guard and pickup.

I've also noticed how much lighter Junior is compared to what I expected- but then you use a lot less finish . Have you noticed that with the Axe Of Destiny?

Yes, I did notice that, but I don't mind at all as it has a beautiful translucency to it.
I also love the way the Wudtone bought out a lot more of the figure that was not visible with the French Polish....
I gotta say that I am totally sold on the Wudtone! 8-)

Quote from dingobass on December 22, 2012, 21:10

Yes, I did notice that, but I don't mind at all as it has a beautiful translucency to it.

My mistake, I meant lighter in weight. Compare the bottles of Wudtone with 6-10 spraycans... When you're an old bugger like me running around, a light guitar is a good guitar. Junior caught me by surprise how little it weighed.

[bodders]

Hi dMac - this looks great. Did you build it from a kit? If so, where can I get one?

Quote from bodders on December 24, 2012, 13:15
Hi dMac - this looks great. Did you build it from a kit? If so, where can I get one?

Thanks, Bodders!

The wood on this one was cut and built from scratch. However, a little bird named Adam mentioned that a DC Junior is probably going to end up on the Pit Bull catalog very soon now.

Final pictures will be up in the next couple of days.

[adam]

[quote]Quote from dmac on December 24, 2012, 15:46

Quote from bodders on December 24, 2012, 13:15
However, a little bird named Adam mentioned that a DC Junior is probably going to end up on the Pit Bull catalog very soon now.

Now you're hearing things dmac... this little bird never said we had Double Cut Juniors on the way... just the regular SC Junior. They're still damn sexy though.