JagMustAster - 1 (or2?)

[neverwas]

If you'll excuse the silly thread title, I've had this since Feb and thought it might be time to start a diary for it.

Had a problem straight out of the gate, the bridge post holes wouldn't let the bridge sit square to the centre line of the body. Let Adam know and he offered to replace the body immediately, excellent service as always. Channeled my inner Baldrick and came up with another option (cunning plan possibly). If I used a Mustang trem it would not only replace the stock bridge but also cover up the filling of the stock trem cavity (on the front at least). At the same time decided to use a Jag bridge so the saddles could be set to the same radius as the fretboard, the Mustang ones are set for 7.5" radius from memory.


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[neverwas]

Then had to fill the rear cavity, much in the same way as nitro described in his tutorial, I had a few gaps around the edges.

The underside of the 'stang trem, and in pieces


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[neverwas]

Used a forstener bit in the drill press to make the spring cavities and straightened up the sides with a chisel, not the neatest work but wont be seen.


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[neverwas]

And after months of trying to work out which pups to use, went down a different (pricey) path and bought a set of Klein '58 DuoSonic replicas -that's the (or 2?) part of the thread title. Also picked up a set of switch plates for the full Jag switching options.

So you can see where the plates are in relation to the routs. No holes drilled yet, they may be moved depending on what shape I come up with for the scratch plate.

Chromed pup covers seem to look better to me.

Just an idea of where this might be heading.


Grant

[Sonic Mountain]

This is rad, great custom work.

What kind of finish are you thinking?

[neverwas]

Thanks Sonic.

Plan A is to go for a dark green stain to go with the cream pearloid. How that turns out is entirely dependant on how the repair to the back covers up. If that fails, Plan B is paint.

Grant

[FrankenWashie]

The FrankenLab Salutes you Sir! Great custom options, I look forward to seeing how this pans out.

[Sonic Mountain]

Thanks Sonic.

Plan A is to go for a dark green stain to go with the cream pearloid. How that turns out is entirely dependant on how the repair to the back covers up. If that fails, Plan B is paint.

Grant

Green is nice! Sounds great.

[Dedman]

Thou shall Kustomize!
Love where this is going.

[neverwas]

Thanks Frankie and Dedman.