Black Affinity HH Jazzmaster

[HNB]

I liked the white guitar so much, I picked up a black one to mod. This one is just going to have a bridge pickup, volume, tone, and jack. No neck pickup or toggle. Getting a red tort guard made for it and some black tele style knobs.

Here are some pictures. Comparisons to the white one. This one is a month older according to the neck stamp. The ferrules in the back actually fell out when I took the strings off. I will likely need to add a little superglue or something in the holes and pop them back in. Kind of funny and not a big deal. Everything else other than the stamps are pretty much the same. The neck on this one has a nicer rosewood and even a slight flame on the back. I took the neck off to do the stain and tung oil treatment just like the other.

20170307_172826 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

20170307_172832 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

20170307_172842 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

20170307_172937 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

20170307_174819 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

20170307_174830 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

20170307_175109 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

A lot of the stock pickups are open.

20170307_175126 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

[HNB]

Stain work on the neck. Looking good!

20170307_181647 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

20170307_181657 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

[marqueemoon]

I have the same loose ferrule problem on my Silvertones. Thought about gluing them in. Not sure how much I care though.

[vale]

thankq for your persistence in recording your experiments with these HNB.

am torn between building a project (molto effort for unskilled new bee) or going for a blackie of these. fortunately/unfortunately funding issues will force me to wait until early summer, so lots of time to reflect on options.
meanwhile your posts make first-rate spectating for the curious.

i sold my jagmaster this year (my ony jm/jag variant) because it had a lame strat-style trem i couldn't get on with. but these hardtails with big routs for HBs & modded elecs are almost irresistible. what won't they do? platform-tastic.

[HNB]

Stain and gloss is looking good. Making the flame stand out more.

2017-03-09_04-43-19 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

[Pat V]

Stain and gloss is looking good. Making the flame stand out more.

2017-03-09_04-43-19 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

Thatnks for updating the progress. That really is a nice looking neck.

[HNB]

New guard came in and I got to work.

20170406_092919 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

Turned out nice!

20170406_103233 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

20170406_103241_HDR by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

20170406_103257 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

So the only thing that bugs me is the ribbon part on one side is pulled down a little. Anything to worry about?

20170406_103315 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

[HNB]

My OCD got the better of me and I tried to tug the ribbon up a bit and ripped it..... So I took everything apart and pulled the pickup, ripped all the ribbon off and wrapped electrical tape around the pickup in its place. Not probably the perfect fix, but it kind of looks better. Even with the thinner electrical tape I am having problems with the pickup wanting to pull the electrical tape down. I guess Trembuckers are just a little too big for these openings?

20170406_122314 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

20170406_122321 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

[Beef Bonanza]

Take a file and open the pickup hole up a bit.

[TeenageShutdown!]

Looks great! Where did you get the pg from?

[Hellopike]

Really sharp looking! Wish I had the money to indulge myself with inexpensive guitars I could modify!

[HNB]

PST Guitars made it for me. P Scott Tucker is his name on Facebook if you want to message him. He made me four different guards and since he has a template now, there wouldn't be a template fee! LOL

[HNB]

I got a new pickup for it that doesn't wedge in the pickup opening. A nice Fender Atomic Humbucker which is kind of their version of a JB but a little different. Sounds great still and I can adjust the pickup without it falling apart...

20170410_170228 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

20170410_170259_Burst01 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

20170410_170238 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

[loveinathens]

Your pickguard swap summoned me.

[RoyBatty]

I know this is an old post but I wanted to jump in here to say thanks. This post really helped me with my JM XII project. I took Christopher's suggestion and contacted P Scott Tucker at PST Guitars in VA. He made me a custom red tort guard with mustang pickup holes and trimmed it to fit a lower Jaguar control plate. (I had to dremel the inner edge of the plate to smooth it out) He did high quality work (the tort is really nice) and was great to work with. I highly recommend him if you're looking for a custom guard for the Affinity JM as he already has a template as mentioned before. IMG_4100 by Roy Batty, on Flickr
IMG_4099 by Roy Batty, on Flickr