JM-1 The King's 2nd PitBull build

[I’ll give it a go]

That sounds good KC, I only heard a buzz right at the end. Nice playing as well, I hope one day I can sound like that.


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[king casey]

That sounds good KC, I only heard a buzz right at the end. Nice playing as well, I hope one day I can sound like that.


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Thanks IGIAG (about time for a more tangible name?).

Shouldn't take you too long, I've only been putting the pedal to the metal in short bursts.
One thing though that I have to highly recommend.
Go to JustinGuitar and get the 'Note Trainer' app.
In order to really improve you simply have to know where the notes are.
Best $3.50 I've spent in a long time!

cheers, Mark

[I’ll give it a go]

Thanks IGIAG (about time for a more tangible name?).

Shouldn't take you too long, I've only been putting the pedal to the metal in short bursts.
One thing though that I have to highly recommend.
Go to JustinGuitar and get the 'Note Trainer' app.
In order to really improve you simply have to know where the notes are.
Best $3.50 I've spent in a long time!

cheers, Mark

Yes I’ve heard of him and at the moment trying to learn Pride and Joy from his tutorial. I’ll give it a go ( pun intended) and spend the $3.50. Thanks for the info.


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[king casey]

He's definitely got a high profile.
I have been watching some of his 'Captains testicles' series and find it hard to believe the Captain's limited knowledge of the fret-board in context with some of the stuff he plays in his guitar flogging videos.

There's hope for us yet.

cheers, Mark.

[DarkMark]

I dig it!....

[king casey]

Thanks DarkMark.
cheers (skid) Mark.

[dave.king1]

Justin Guitar ( Justin Sandercoe ) is from Tasmania and has a serious CV with international A list artists.

He has an excellent way of simplifying things

[king casey]

The saga continues.
Several aspects of this build have left me dissatisfied.
The sanding process could have been addressed with more scrutiny.
The Jazzmaster tremolo has been a disappointment.
The Wilkinson pickups are noisy.
The Cabot's Exterior Gloss started peeling in areas.
Therefore a complete strip-down and re-do is in order.

Peeling like shrink-wrap


The curved edge was inconsistent around this body. Round in some areas but less so in others.
So let's address that.


Time to fill the bridge post holes and tremolo rout.
before/during.


cheers, Mark.

[king casey]

Filling the pool


Noted that the elbow cut on the standard JM-1 looks like an afterthought.
So out with the rasp.


cheers, Mark.

[king casey]

Back to square one.


No drill press here


Could do with greater accuracy...next time


Ready for the colour coat.



cheers, Mark.