"Why did you do it? Why did you do this thing to me?"

Discussion of vintage Jazzmasters, Jaguars, Bass VIs, Electric XIIs and any other offset-waist instruments.
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Post by higgsblossom » Wed Jul 24, 2019 4:00 am

That is actually pretty cool, but not with that trem...
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Post by Ceylon » Wed Jul 24, 2019 5:04 am

This Jazzmaster isn't a Fender, is it? The pickguard and the strap button location look wrong, and the body wood doesn't really look like alder or ash? Is it an MIJ of some sort?
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Post by Danley » Wed Jul 24, 2019 5:42 am

22 fret neck - woodgrain looks like it (was) kinda nice though.
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Post by Bradley-Jazz » Wed Jul 24, 2019 6:36 am

The Floyd is nasty, but the speaker is genius!
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Post by 601210 » Wed Jul 24, 2019 6:48 am

Yeah that's some funky grain over there

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Post by Danley » Wed Jul 24, 2019 6:55 am

Bradley-Jazz wrote:
Wed Jul 24, 2019 6:36 am
The Floyd is nasty, but the speaker is genius!
When I was like 12 I wondered why guitars didn’t have internal speakers - I guess a 3” speaker would pass for busking or practice duties but it looks like that one still needs to be plugged in separate to the input Jack with a cable :D
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Post by 601210 » Wed Jul 24, 2019 7:37 am

Danley wrote:
Wed Jul 24, 2019 6:55 am
Bradley-Jazz wrote:
Wed Jul 24, 2019 6:36 am
The Floyd is nasty, but the speaker is genius!
When I was like 12 I wondered why guitars didn’t have internal speakers - I guess a 3” speaker would pass for busking or practice duties but it looks like that one still needs to be plugged in separate to the input Jack with a cable :D
The beauty of this design is if you build the speaker to fit the regular vibrato plate and route, and mount on the same screw holes, and even add some slots so you can hardtail it, you could have a fully reversible amp mod for travelling.

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Post by Mechanical Birds » Tue Jul 30, 2019 5:11 pm

This isn’t a vintage example but it’s super fucked up offensive regardless because people are monsters

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Post by Kinx » Wed Jul 31, 2019 6:39 am

Isn't that a Mory with swapped out neck?
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Post by will » Fri Aug 09, 2019 4:39 pm

...so, anybody have a mangled Jaguar body out there?

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Post by s_mcsleazy » Sat Aug 10, 2019 9:30 am

will wrote:
Fri Aug 09, 2019 4:39 pm
...so, anybody have a mangled Jaguar body out there?

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so this one is an amp related one and many of you know i love my SF twins
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Post by MechaBulletBill » Sat Aug 10, 2019 11:09 am

^^ UPS did that to a Peavy i ordered before i knew better about letting eejits ship me things (UPS are a perpetual source of despair)

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Post by s_mcsleazy » Sat Aug 10, 2019 11:38 am

MechaBulletBill wrote:
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^^ UPS did that to a Peavy i ordered before i knew better about letting eejits ship me things (UPS are a perpetual source of despair)
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Post by higgsblossom » Mon Aug 12, 2019 12:50 am

When you want to do a light relicing job and suddenly realize that poly is not nitro - you just have to use "Vintage" somewhere in the description and someone is going to buy it anyway:
https://www.ebay.de/itm/Vintage-Squier- ... 3879490919

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From the description:
"Der Body sowie Pick Guard wurde von mir zum Vintage Style bearbeitet."
"The body and pick guard was edited by me to vintage style."
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Re: "Why did you do it? Why did you do this thing to me?"

Post by will » Tue Aug 13, 2019 2:13 pm

Squirrel wrote:
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Alright, I admit it, I'm actually impressed with this one. The conversion was apparently done over 35 years ago which makes it excusable, and whoever did the work did a really neat job of it. Not that it matters much as the neck is going to be on some fuckstain's soooooper-unique Jazzmaster project by next week.

Now I just need to find some decent information about relicing the poly finish to better match the neck.

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