61 jazzmaster project new pics!

[renaud]

Bonjour!

This is my fisrt project and i'm quite happy to begin with a 61 jazzmaster (neck, body, pickups)
I just received the differents elements this morning.















the bridge is not orginal, the pickguard comes from a 62 and has been cutted  , the pots are from 63/64 and maybe comes from a telecaster or a precision bass
I bought relic tuners, 61 knobs and straps from ebay
I also bought input jack, bridge and toggle switch from the right era. I hope so...

I will refinish it in vintage white 

[renaud]

Then i rebuid it to hear if everything goes right.

The pots seemed to be out of order. I tried with 75 strat splift shaft pots. They quite "tired" but now it works and sounds pretty great with fast settings.
The neck is straight even with 11-52 strings and the pickups sound really great!

So now i have to find pots from 61 

Then i started to sand the black painting on the backside...

[the older brother]

Looks really interesting!

[motel_asimov]

Salut Renaud! Elle est chouette ta gratte! Des inscriptions sur le manche en crayon!!! ca c'est le top!

[renaud]

Salut Renaud! Elle est chouette ta gratte! Des inscriptions sur le manche en crayon!!! ca c'est le top!

merci! C vrai qu'elle est chouette ma pelle! mais ce n'est que le début! 

[renaud]

Today i had some free time... turned to sanded time!!!!!!!!

before!



déshabillez moi!!!!



sanding the black painting back



almost naked!!!



the back



to be continued

[theworkoffire]

Looks good! 

[the older brother]

Looks good! 

+1!

[renaud]

So i continued and finshed the sanding with 400



back



to reveal the flaws areas i used a wet sponge and wiped all the body. The flaws appeared and can be sanded more easily... in my experience

ready to be primed



first passes



and primed





here is the painting i will use for the vintage white color, light ivory from dupli-color.

[renaud]

i have a technical question!!! 

should i sand or wet-sand the prime with 600?

[eupat]

beau travail !!
je poncerai à l'eau seulement la peinture, pas l'aprêt.

[renaud]

beau travail !!
je poncerai à l'eau seulement la peinture, pas l'aprêt.

Merci

je vais donc poncer a sec trés légèrement 

[renaud]

As it is my first painting project i'm not up to date with the right complete method! 

So i did not apply a grain filler. sanding sealer!!!
what can i do know?
like Curtis Novak, apply coats of minwax polycrilc on the primer coat (not sure to find this product in France) until i fill the grain ( as it is solid color ), sand it smoothly, spray my color and then spray the clear coat (nitro coat)

or i sand smoothly the primer, paint the body, wet sand it and then spray the clear coats?

thank you for helping me

[renaud]

i forgot te tell i'm not looking for a perfect result but rather a "vintage" look with some imperfections and vibes!!!!

[fuzzking]

hey great project!

but: the imperfections and stuff need to be done after you have achieved a real good finish. an improper prep job with only halfway decent finish will not look vintage, it will look like a badly executed new finish.

it's not a bad idea to do proper sanding between the different (prep vs. lacquer) coats, and between each so and so many lacquer coats. will take longer, you'll need a bit more lacquer, but the result will be better.

for a bit of step by step diy advice, you can check the reranch site or poke around in the restorations section here ...