'59/'67 Jazzmaster Restoration

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Re: '59/'67 Jazzmaster Restoration

Post by Ursa Minor » Sat Dec 24, 2016 6:20 am

I thought the covers were new ones that had been relic'd. No the wrong with them. They fit the whole loo and new ones might look too new. I'd try to clean 'em up with a toothbrush and some detergent. Then maybe a little baking soda if a little abrasive is needed.
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Re: '59/'67 Jazzmaster Restoration

Post by soggy mittens » Sat Dec 24, 2016 5:25 pm

was a bit skeptical at the start as im not a huge fan of gold anything but wow! it came out amazing, the relicing is spot on and the pickup covers are perfect imo. Only think that I would have done differently is keeping the headstock stock. Lovely lovely :? :P
If OSG has tort me anything...

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Re: '59/'67 Jazzmaster Restoration

Post by kracdown » Sat Dec 24, 2016 8:17 pm

kosmonautmayhem wrote:I thought the covers were new ones that had been relic'd. No the wrong with them. They fit the whole loo and new ones might look too new. I'd try to clean 'em up with a toothbrush and some detergent. Then maybe a little baking soda if a little abrasive is needed.
You're right. They look good. I'm not going to mess with them. They're supposedly original or period correct to the pickups anyway.


soggy mittens wrote:was a bit skeptical at the start as im not a huge fan of gold anything but wow! it came out amazing, the relicing is spot on and the pickup covers are perfect imo. Only think that I would have done differently is keeping the headstock stock. Lovely lovely
I was trying to restore this as accurately as possible, so a matching headstock was in order! Plus the original decal was long gone so I needed a replacement anyway.

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Re: '59/'67 Jazzmaster Restoration

Post by RIORIO » Sun Dec 25, 2016 11:55 am

One of the first gold guitars I really, really like. Congrats. MJT is a killer. Knocked it out of the park on my LPB build as well

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Re: '59/'67 Jazzmaster Restoration

Post by kracdown » Sun Dec 25, 2016 12:58 pm

BTW: This is the guitar that made me want a gold B&B Jazzmaster so badly - an early Danocaster Jazzmaster (that has an F decal on it) which is owned by a friend now. I've tried to buy it from him a few times, but no dice! I think this turned out better than his did, in the end though ;). However, I sent MJT these images for color reference.

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Re: '59/'67 Jazzmaster Restoration

Post by Pacafeliz » Mon Dec 26, 2016 1:42 am

Dammit, guess now it's time to refin my pink '65 JM

...but mjt is in the states, right?
i love delay SO much ...that i procrastinate all the time.

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Re: '59/'67 Jazzmaster Restoration

Post by Clipps » Thu Jan 19, 2017 6:58 am

RIORIO wrote:One of the first gold guitars I really, really like. Congrats. MJT is a killer. Knocked it out of the park on my LPB build as well

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Very nice !

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