1960 Jazzmaster Inca Silver

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Re: 1960 Jazzmaster Inca Silver

Post by peterbright » Sun Jun 17, 2012 5:42 pm

amazing color for a Jazzmaster

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Re: 1960 Jazzmaster Inca Silver

Post by cursesfoiled » Sat Apr 27, 2013 5:47 pm

Finally got an original mint-green celluloid guard. 1960-61... but painted white! Once I saw it on eBay (via Andrew), I knew I had to have it, because they're not easy to find on a budget.

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So, today's the day I get to work so I can replace the Fender repro I was using. Starting with 300 grit wet sanding.

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Dremel on the wide bevel to get the paint off the sides, very carefully....

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5 hours later, wet sanding, dremel work, and picking at it with an x-acto knife... this the freshly cleaned celluloid mint-green on the left, compared with my Fender AVRI pickguard (aged with a bit love) on the right. The original's wide bevel is great, but man did this guard shrink over the years. It was a fight to get it to fit back on a guitar.

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And finally on my 1960 JM...

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Re: 1960 Jazzmaster Inca Silver (New Vintage Pickguard p.4)

Post by HorseyBoy » Sat Apr 27, 2013 6:37 pm

I have no words. Only gagging sounds at the back of my throat. Need air… Breathe… Breathe…

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Re: 1960 Jazzmaster Inca Silver (New Vintage Pickguard p.4)

Post by will » Sat Apr 27, 2013 7:58 pm

I saw that pickguard too - nice to see that it cleaned up okay!!

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Re: 1960 Jazzmaster Inca Silver (New Vintage Pickguard p.4)

Post by PorkyPrimeCut » Sat Apr 27, 2013 10:18 pm

Great job with the pickguard.

You've got yourself one gorgeous guitar there!
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Re: 1960 Jazzmaster Inca Silver (New Vintage Pickguard p.4)

Post by jmallard » Sat Apr 27, 2013 11:21 pm

Amazing reading about this beautiful guitar!!
'62 Jazzmaster/'78 Precision Bass/'88 Fender F250 acoustic/'07 Gibson Less Paul Classic Antique/'12 Squier Strat/'14 Squier VM Jaguar/'15 Classic 60s Telecaster/'68 Showman Reverb/'70 Bandmaster Cabinet JBL D140F speakers/'69 Super Reverb/'12 G-DEC 30

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Re: 1960 Jazzmaster Inca Silver (New Vintage Pickguard p.4)

Post by cursesfoiled » Sun Apr 28, 2013 10:23 am

Thanks guys! Cleaning that pickguard off was way more work than I thought it would be... Totally worth the pain!

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Re: 1960 Jazzmaster Inca Silver (New Vintage Pickguard p.4)

Post by terminalvertigo » Sun Apr 28, 2013 2:59 pm

will wrote:I saw that pickguard too - nice to see that it cleaned up okay!!
+1

Looks great. 8)

I need one for my inca jm as well, and thought about grabbing it, but was dissuaded by the amount of work involved.

glad to see it worked out.
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Re: 1960 Jazzmaster Inca Silver (New Vintage Pickguard p.4)

Post by Ursa Minor » Sun Apr 28, 2013 4:01 pm

Wow! congrats on the guard and great job on the paint removal. Beautiful beautiful guitar you have! :? :-* :? :-*
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Re: 1960 Jazzmaster Inca Silver (New Vintage Pickguard p.4)

Post by Despot » Mon Apr 29, 2013 4:17 am

How have I missed this thread until today!?

Beautiful job - I love the matching headstock as well on the Musikraft neck.

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Re: 1960 Jazzmaster Inca Silver (New Vintage Pickguard p.4)

Post by Faultier » Sat Jun 01, 2013 4:51 am

oh man... :?

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Re: 1960 Jazzmaster Inca Silver (New Vintage Pickguard p.4)

Post by BoringPostcards » Sun Jun 02, 2013 5:24 am

Looks great. I would not be able to live with that crack in the guard above the pickup. It would drive me bananas. vintage or not. That's just me though.
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Re: 1960 Jazzmaster Inca Silver (New Vintage Pickguard p.4)

Post by cursesfoiled » Sun Jun 02, 2013 8:00 am

The crack bothered me, too, but beggars can't be choosers. I've started to appreciate it's "charm," maybe because I don't really have a choice... I'm not gonna put the AVRI guard back on after all the work I did to get this one.

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Re: 1960 Jazzmaster Inca Silver (New Vintage Pickguard p.4)

Post by Faultier » Tue Jun 11, 2013 3:48 pm

I keep stumbling upon this page and this guitar is one example of why Inca Silver is one of my new favorite JM/Jag colors. What a beaut..

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Re: 1960 Jazzmaster Inca Silver (New Vintage Pickguard p.4)

Post by Gonkulator » Wed Jun 12, 2013 5:48 am

cursesfoiled wrote:The crack bothered me, too, but beggars can't be choosers. I've started to appreciate it's "charm," maybe because I don't really have a choice... I'm not gonna put the AVRI guard back on after all the work I did to get this one.
My favorite tort has a two cracks in it, one right near where yours is and another one by the input jack. These old guards get brittle as time goes on.

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