Transparent Green Jaguar project FAILED now it's BLACK

[George L]

Hi guys!
I bought a Jaguar body three months ago from Guitar and Bass Build UK. (Ebay seller trollmusic)
It's a 2 piece Alder 2.10 kg


stained and top coated.
now i have to wait for wet sanding

[PorkyPrimeCut]

I think this looks great! The colour of the guard really works at bringing it all together.
Match the pickup covers to the term arm tip, slap on a rosewood neck & you've got a winner!

[George L]

I think this looks great! The colour of the guard really works at bringing it all together.
Match the pickup covers to the term arm tip, slap on a rosewood neck & you've got a winner!

Thanks! I think Fender Pure vintage pickup covers match with this arm tip. Now I have to find a Neck. My problem is that most decent Jaguar necks have vintage frets and 7.25'' radius.
I like medium jumbos and 9,5'' radius
I have to buy another Classic player Jaguar neck

[Embenny]

I think this looks great! The colour of the guard really works at bringing it all together.
Match the pickup covers to the term arm tip, slap on a rosewood neck & you've got a winner!

Thanks! I think Fender Pure vintage pickup covers match with this arm tip. Now I have to find a Neck. My problem is that most decent Jaguar necks have vintage frets and 7.25'' radius.
I like medium jumbos and 9,5'' radius
I have to buy another Classic player Jaguar neck

That looks great! The mint pickguard really works. At first I was thinking it would look good with a black guard to make it a "Thurston Moore Jaguar" but honestly the mint is so much better.

Don't forget about Blacktop Jaguar necks. They're 9.5" with decently big frets and a very comfortable profile (to me, at least). I picked up a local BT jag for barely more than I see CP necks selling for online. If you can find one cheap/locally, you could really come out ahead by selling the body afterward.

[George L]

I think this looks great! The colour of the guard really works at bringing it all together.
Match the pickup covers to the term arm tip, slap on a rosewood neck & you've got a winner!

Thanks! I think Fender Pure vintage pickup covers match with this arm tip. Now I have to find a Neck. My problem is that most decent Jaguar necks have vintage frets and 7.25'' radius.
I like medium jumbos and 9,5'' radius
I have to buy another Classic player Jaguar neck

That looks great! The mint pickguard really works. At first I was thinking it would look good with a black guard to make it a "Thurston Moore Jaguar" but honestly the mint is so much better.

Don't forget about Blacktop Jaguar necks. They're 9.5" with decently big frets and a very comfortable profile (to me, at least). I picked up a local BT jag for barely more than I see CP necks selling for online. If you can find one cheap/locally, you could really come out ahead by selling the body afterward.

Thanks! Yes blacktop Jaguar neck is an option... What about these (Chinese) modern player Jaguars they are VERY cheap used (£275.00 one for sale on Gumtree)
Damn the CP neck is my favorite but I hate the import taxes

[sirspens]

Beautiful.

Also, I love that your guitar is on a pillow. I always see people taking pictures of their guitars on concrete or asphalt and I just scream in my head, "THAT'S YOUR GUITAR! TAKE CARE OF YOUR GUITAR!"

[Big tuna]

That mint guard works well nice Jag in the makings.

[George L]

Beautiful.

Also, I love that your guitar is on a pillow. I always see people taking pictures of their guitars on concrete or asphalt and I just scream in my head, "THAT'S YOUR GUITAR! TAKE CARE OF YOUR GUITAR!"

That mint guard works well nice Jag in the makings.

thanks guys
I like that everyone digs the mint pickguard with this body.

The mint pickguard really works. At first I was thinking it would look good with a black guard to make it a "Thurston Moore Jaguar" but honestly the mint is so much better.

I Think TM JM would look cool with mint pg

[jellodog]

I went on a little journey with this thread. When I saw the first photo with the dark green unfinished body I was thinking... "Hmmm... that green seems too dark and a little patchy, I'm not sure that I like this".

Then you slapped on that mint guard and chrome, which ties it all together and now I fully appreciate the variations in the depth of colour and transparency. I think it looks fantastic! What a stroke of genius! I can't wait to see the final piece.

I also have a G&B body on my OTM Partsmaster and now I'm tempted to strip it and have a go at something transparent like this myself... that's how inspiring it is :-)

I share your feelings about the 9.5 radius too. What are you planning to do with the headstock, George?

[George L]

I went on a little journey with this thread. When I saw the first photo with the dark green unfinished body I was thinking... "Hmmm... that green seems too dark and a little patchy, I'm not sure that I like this".

Then you slapped on that mint guard and chrome, which ties it all together and now I fully appreciate the variations in the depth of colour and transparency. I think it looks fantastic! What a stroke of genius! I can't wait to see the final piece.

I also have a G&B body on my OTM Partsmaster and now I'm tempted to strip it and have a go at something transparent like this myself... that's how inspiring it is :-)

I share your feelings about the 9.5 radius too. What are you planning to do with the headstock, George?

Thanks man!
after some coats of stain I sanded some areas to create this patchy effect.
I sanded mostly the arm contour. I also wanted the upper horn darker.
I was lazy to sand the area behind the pickguard and now looks a bit dark and boring but I don't really care it's covered by the pickguard anyway
i will go for a genuine fender CP or a blacktop neck I like the plain headstocks with the fender logo. I think matching headstock is better for solid colors
well mabe a black headstock will look cool?
By the way Your OTM JM sounds and looks great. I wouldn't refinish this guitar

[George L]

I almost forgot this thread.
Well actually I want to forget how disappointed I was with the Water Based Top Coat I used.
The top coat was very soft. A month after the application I could write my name on the finish with my fingernail and wet sanding was a disaster (by the way the seller assured me that I can wet sand the finish).
I will never use water based poly again
Anyway I always loved black jaguars.

Sorry for the bad quality photos

Removed the water based poly and sprayed the body black


Jaguars have so many parts


For this project I wanted to try Fender AV62 ri pickups and not pure vintage av65
The body is from Neil Haynes. (Guitar and Bass Build UK/ trollmusic) All parts are Fender AV except the Staytrem bridge, cloth wiring and shims from Stewmac. Pickguard , shielding, screws and foam for the pickups from EY guitars.
The guitar is very resonant and I like the 62 ri pickups very much especially the neck. I think the av65 bridge pickup is better

I love part-guars



Now I want a third Jaguar

[Futuron]

Crap! That was looking really good.
Water-based, eh...

[dylanafghjkl]

I'm not sure if it's my colour blindness but that transparent green looked a lot like the walnut stain on the elvis costello jazzmasters (and with the mint guard thats the exact jaguar I used to make in the dressing room, haha).

Pity it didnt work out but black is a really really nice colour on jags in my opinion.

[George L]

Crap! That was looking really good.
Water-based, eh...

I bought the stain and the clear top coat from Northwest guitars UK
The stain is actually very beautiful but the top coat is crap

I'm not sure if it's my colour blindness but that transparent green looked a lot like the walnut stain on the elvis costello jazzmasters (and with the mint guard thats the exact jaguar I used to make in the dressing room, haha).

Pity it didnt work out but black is a really really nice colour on jags in my opinion.

You are right the color of the body was somewhere between brown (Elvis Costello jazzmaster) and green {Thurston Moore Jazzmaster).
I always wanted a black Jaguar anyway.
I still want more green guitars though.

[Jaguar018]

I still want more green guitars though.

I don't blame you. I have three green ones and mull over refinishing my other guitars to be green too.