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My next vintage JM project, help me choose a color! UPDATE

Post by OffYourFace » Mon Sep 24, 2007 6:27 am

So now that my '59 is done i need to finish this one.  It's a Jan. 1960 body in an ugly spotty CAR refin and a CIJ neck.  I've now got some more '60-'61 parts such as a tailpiece & a tortoise guard.  I'm also using a '58-'59 bridge because i like the smaller threading on the treble strings.  The rhythm ckt. is '65-ish and the rest of the elect. is newer minus a vintage .015 cap.  I've got duncan antiquities in there right now but i also have a Novak JMV set.  I NEED a pair of vintage pickup covers because the new ones don't fit the vintage guard.  So what color?! :)  I'll post a pick of the pickguard soon because that helps. 
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Re: My next vintage JM project, help me choose a color!

Post by zhivago » Mon Sep 24, 2007 6:33 am

well, I'll vote for..........Inca Silver!

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Re: My next vintage JM project, help me choose a color!

Post by mynameisjonas » Mon Sep 24, 2007 6:58 am

how about a faded "target" burst, like this one? (imagine it un-reliced)
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regarding the pup covers not fitting the guard; a vintage pair may not fit either, since the guard probably has shrunken quite a bit over the years. i have two vintage guards, and they both required some filing in order to get the pup covers in place.

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Re: My next vintage JM project, help me choose a color!

Post by Green angel » Mon Sep 24, 2007 9:04 am

Inca Silver, Sherwood Green, Dakota Red or Blonde?

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Post by usfighting » Mon Sep 24, 2007 9:54 am

I am pondering the same thing...

My thoughts are heading LP Blue with black or tort gaurd, Sherwood Green with black gaurd or Charcoal Frost with "not sure" gaurd.

I love your black and gold one, that is tempting me somewhat too...

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Re: My next vintage JM project, help me choose a color!

Post by mcjt » Mon Sep 24, 2007 11:34 am

yeah, inca! and then spray some amber lacquer to age it.

BTW your black 59 turned out sweet, man! i am envious....

my next project may have to be a blond with gold guard- i have a korina body that is calling me......
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Re: My next vintage JM project, help me choose a color!

Post by OffYourFace » Mon Sep 24, 2007 11:35 am

Whatever color it's gonna be, it has to match the vintage guard.   I was thinking about a proper CAR possibly.  Or I can go back to trying to find the rare San Marino Blue... and oh yeah, i've got a pair of Doug's witch hats on there too :)
Here it is with the vintage p/g:
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Re: My next vintage JM project, help me choose a color!

Post by OffYourFace » Mon Sep 24, 2007 11:43 am

mynameisjonas wrote:
regarding the pup covers not fitting the guard; a vintage pair may not fit either, since the guard probably has shrunken quite a bit over the years. i have two vintage guards, and they both required some filing in order to get the pup covers in place.
My '59 p/u covers fit it fine.  i think the problem is that i have Allparts covers, they're a little bigger.

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Post by ugly casanova » Mon Sep 24, 2007 1:01 pm

i would go for a nice daphne blue, or inca silver.

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Re: My next vintage JM project, help me choose a color!

Post by heavenstreet » Mon Sep 24, 2007 1:14 pm

Olympic White!

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Post by johnqui » Mon Sep 24, 2007 1:22 pm

white ! white ! white !
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Post by johnqui » Mon Sep 24, 2007 1:23 pm

with that pickguard it's gonna be  :?
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Olympic.
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Re: My next vintage JM project, help me choose a color!

Post by OffYourFace » Mon Sep 24, 2007 2:50 pm

I don't think i'm going to go with White only because I have a White Blonde Ash JM body coming from Curtis Novak.   I got the Novak body for my girlfriend because she wanted a lighter guitar (it'll be 2.5 lbs!).
So we'll have a White Blonde, a Black '59 and then...???  I think i'll have to pass on the Inca Silver idea because that might be too 'flashy' or too '90s.  Someone had an idea to spray tinted laquer over it to simulate aging, not a bad idea!
This refin will take place this winter, maybe as early as Nov.   The finish on there right now should easily come off with Citrus Stripper in one afternoon.
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Re: My next vintage JM project, help me choose a color!

Post by Mute » Tue Sep 25, 2007 8:47 am

In my opinion, a proper CAR refin with the vintage tort guard would be fantastic  :?

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