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Re: Un-Voxing a butchered 1961 Jazzmaster project
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2019 9:07 am
by will
PorkyPrimeCut wrote: ↑Mon Feb 11, 2019 3:00 am
"Fuck you!" from Siouxsie Sioux.
I'm just gonna listen to Tinderbox at work now.
Re: Un-Voxing a butchered 1961 Jazzmaster project
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2019 6:01 pm
by mackerelmint
I'm sure that picture was taken just before she smashed it to bits.
Re: Un-Voxing a butchered 1961 Jazzmaster project
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2019 6:24 pm
by smjenkins
Does anyone else feel this thread is like when they rebuilt Robocop? There's just so little of the original to work with.
I tip my hat to you Will. This restoration makes the world a better place to live for everyone.
Re: Un-Voxing a butchered 1961 Jazzmaster project
Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2019 1:10 am
by otis
You have my respect; this is my most favorite tread since long.
After you finished this, can you fix the climate too?
Re: Un-Voxing a butchered 1961 Jazzmaster project
Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2019 7:58 am
by will
Oof! I accidentally ordered a 1/2" roundover bit. Hopefully the 1/4" one will arrive this weekend!
I'm considering reshaping the headstock on the Coronado neck - the edges have already been sanded a bit, so they're kinda wonky anyway. I did some rubbings of the back of the Coronado headstock and a '63 Jazzmaster headstock to compare
..then I tried one overlaying the two with the tuner holes aligned - it was reeeeeealy close. I moved the outline over by about 3/32, and there is enough material there to make a Jazzmaster!
The tuner holes are so close to the edge of the headstock anyway on pre-CBS necks that F tuners would be practically over the edge. 3/32 of extra wood would make things a little safer. Here's the F tuners on the 63 Jazzmaster and the Coronado to compare how close they sit to the edge:
Re: Un-Voxing a butchered 1961 Jazzmaster project
Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2019 9:08 am
by Telemnemonics
I agree it's worth reshaping the Coronado headstock.
If it's just the tiny bit if tip that's missing you could glue on what would end up smaller than a 1/4" triangle to get the full JM shape.
Maybe I'm not seeing what you're doing though?
Cool progress!
The little chunk that tore out is a drag but understandable.
It'll be easier to get a tight glue joint on a small patch there.
That neck is really really nice too, really will bring the whole thing together beautifully!
Re: Un-Voxing a butchered 1961 Jazzmaster project
Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2019 9:49 am
by will
I still feel a little odd about a pre-CBS headstock with a B+B neck - I think it will look nice, if a bit bizarro-world-Jazzmaster
Re: Un-Voxing a butchered 1961 Jazzmaster project
Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2019 10:30 am
by countertext
LESS WORDS MORE PICTURES
Re: Un-Voxing a butchered 1961 Jazzmaster project
Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2019 10:41 am
by will
countertext wrote: ↑Fri Feb 15, 2019 10:30 am
LESS WORDS MORE PICTURES
PICTURES! OF! WORDS!!!
(...looks like my roundover router bits will arrive in time for the weekend)
Re: Un-Voxing a butchered 1961 Jazzmaster project
Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2019 10:41 pm
by will
I needed to file the router template so that the brass plates would actually fit inside the control routs:
Nonononono. Too late on a Saturday afternoon for this roundover router bit to be too big for my router.
Luckily, the router bit is a cutting tool, and carbide should be stronger than aluminum or a phenolic plate.
Gotta run the router on a piece of scrap first, just to be sure:
I need to keep on repeating to myself: "don't accidentally radius the neck pocket. don't accidentally radius the neck pocket."
Whew! I stopped the radius in time.
It's actually starting to look like a guitar body now!
It's looking better after more sanding, and using the edge of a belt sander to get the belly cut closer.
Spray-glued the pattern to the headstock:
Got mooooost of the extra wood sanded away:
Still a little more work to do. Those Jazzmasters do have some odd curves in their headstock if you really stare at them for a while!
Hey! Kind of a Jazzmaster!!
Also, I did a bit of work on a pickup. Cooterfinger sold me a bargain humbucker, and I figured that I'd mod a blank Jazzmaster cover so that I can install it in the bridge position. I thought that I could use the metal cover to be able to drill the Jazzmaster cover so that the screw holes wouldn't be all wonky like a Mosrite.
I clamped the covers together to prevent wonkiness:
Yay! The screws are all in a tidy line!
I bent the humbucker tabs and cut the screws down so that everything would fit under the Jazzmaster cover and I wouldn't need to do any routing. Some wax potting helps keep things in order!
Re: Un-Voxing a butchered 1961 Jazzmaster project
Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2019 10:47 pm
by countertext
$$$$$$$$
Re: Un-Voxing a butchered 1961 Jazzmaster project
Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2019 10:48 pm
by will
Also, it looks like the body is 81% original.
19% reissue tones.
Re: Un-Voxing a butchered 1961 Jazzmaster project
Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2019 11:07 pm
by Trout
You are a fucking magician.
Re: Un-Voxing a butchered 1961 Jazzmaster project
Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2019 11:12 pm
by Pacafeliz
Insane.
You guys... wow
Re: Un-Voxing a butchered 1961 Jazzmaster project
Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2019 11:30 pm
by antisymmetric
That's impressive.