The Ol' Bro's 1962 Jazzmaster restoration - L@@K! PRON PICS INSIDE!

[the older brother]

Looks fabulous. When will you dare wear a belt and play this now? You'll have to get trousers with an elasticated waist.

I could try those velcro belts as the workers in Volvo uses for not scratching the cars....

[Superfuzz]

oh mamma mia!!!

[StevenO]

There's always those nice Body Covers...

[the older brother]

There's always those nice Body Covers...

[øøøøøøø]

that's really cool!

[the older brother]

Ok.... I'm finished except for a new nut and strings.

It's five o'clock in the morning and I'm too fucking tired to upload photos - anyway it is too dark to get real nice guitarporn-pics.

Tomorrows midsummers eve and we're going to have a All Day party.

So the last part of the pictorial on saturday I guess.



BTW - did I mention it looks stunning. 

[fuzzking]

pics... NOW!!!! 

[Pingu]

Looks like it going it rain this midsummer. Hope you got one of those big party tents...

[Nord]

Ok.... I'm finished except for a new nut and strings.

It's five o'clock in the morning and I'm too fucking tired to upload photos - anyway it is too dark to get real nice guitarporn-pics.

Tomorrows midsummers eve and we're going to have a All Day party.

So the last part of the pictorial on saturday I guess.



BTW - did I mention it looks stunning. 

You Swedes! I miss the olde køntry. Your better neighbor that is. 

[the older brother]

Midsummers day and everything is a little slow today.... I'll try to post the neck pictorial - we'll see how it goes.

The fretboard, nut and frets were in a really bad shape, so I decided to go for a refret and nut replacement.
First I "custom modified" a pair of end cutting pliers a'la theworkoffire (filing the outer beveled edges flat and sharp):



Then I went to work with removing the frets gently.





I removed the old nut, removed old glue and cleaned the nut slot and the rest of the fretboard with naphta.



After that I gently sanded the fretboard to get rid small dings (the big ones was just to ignore if I didn't wanted to change the whole fretboard - and I didn't) and put on some linseed oil.

Time for frets.
I deepend the fret slots slightly with a small/fine metall saw and tapped the frets in place with a wooden hammer.



Then I cut and filed the fret ends. The final fret job (levelling/crowning) will be done later on.



Next I laquered, sanded and polished the headstock.



It got a little flamey - I don't know why at the moment, but I won't redo it this time - maybe later on. It looks ok to me.
I cleaned the tuner bushings with Autosol and pressed them in place using my homemade method with a clamp an two wood blocks.





I cleaned the tuners and screwed them in place.



Stringguide in place and time for decal.





Neck done. Next up is the last of the body work and final assembly.

[fullerplast]

Once again.... BEAUTIFUL job!!!

I envy your skills, my friend...

[Stereordinary]

  Fantastic!  I knew you were good, but daaaaaaaaamn!

[theworkoffire]

Hooray! Looking great Jerker. I'm really looking forward to seeing this complete.

[painted wood]

Beautiful work!!    You are a master.

What size frets did you go with?  How do they feel?

[StevenO]

Wow, we have some really talented people on this site! 

Amazing!