Double header build: BMM JM Build and CP Renovation! (All done!)

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Re: Double header build: Burgundy Mist Metallic JM Build and CP Renovation! (Now with paint!)

Post by wproffitt » Tue Aug 07, 2018 7:15 am

Thanks!

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Re: Double header build: Burgundy Mist Metallic JM Build and CP Renovation! (Now with paint!)

Post by wproffitt » Tue Aug 07, 2018 2:49 pm

A little more assembly with gratuitous mock-up pic:

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Re: Double header build: Burgundy Mist Metallic JM Build and CP Renovation! (Now with paint!)

Post by TeenageShutdown! » Wed Aug 08, 2018 7:23 am

Holy shit that’s hot!!!

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Re: Double header build: Burgundy Mist Metallic JM Build and CP Renovation! (Now with paint!)

Post by jasonpetzold » Wed Aug 08, 2018 7:44 am

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Re: Double header build: Burgundy Mist Metallic JM Build and CP Renovation! (Now with paint!)

Post by wproffitt » Fri Aug 10, 2018 2:42 pm

Thanks for the kind words and emoji! I’m all wired up now. I just need to put on the pickguard and neck and we’re off to the races!

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Re: Double header build: Burgundy Mist Metallic JM Build and CP Renovation! (Now with paint!)

Post by s_mcsleazy » Sat Aug 11, 2018 5:42 am

looks like my kinda guitar.
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Re: Double header build: Burgundy Mist Metallic JM Build and CP Renovation! (Now with paint!)

Post by wproffitt » Sat Aug 11, 2018 7:09 am

I’m glad you like it! I finished final assembly just now and got to play it through my Tremolux for about 5 minutes before my three year old daughter came in to strum on it too! I’ll do some proper photos today or tomorrow, but here’s what it looks like:

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Re: Double header build: BMM Build and CP Renovation! (All done!)

Post by wproffitt » Sat Aug 11, 2018 10:48 am

Here are a few more shots involving natural light:
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Re: Double header build: BMM Build and CP Renovation! (All done!)

Post by sea » Sun Aug 12, 2018 6:56 pm

looks great! how do you like the bridge? i've never seen that one on a jm/jag before, but i like the style of it. does it hold a tune well? any buzz?

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Re: Double header build: BMM Build and CP Renovation! (All done!)

Post by wproffitt » Mon Aug 13, 2018 4:24 am

sea wrote:
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looks great! how do you like the bridge? i've never seen that one on a jm/jag before, but i like the style of it. does it hold a tune well? any buzz?
I like the bridge quite a lot. This guitar has loads of sustain!l and a beautiful sound. I have a Stainless Steel version of this one on my CP JM and an Aluminum one on my hollow body and they work great. I haven’t switched them out for an AB comparison, but I’ll try that soon. The tuning stability is good on this one as far as I can tell. I’ve had ZERO issues with the SS one on my other guitar. I’m having some stiffness in the motion of the AVRI trem on this guitar (the trem on my CP is much smoother), but I don’t think it has anything to do with the brass bridge.

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Re: Double header build: BMM Build and CP Renovation! (All done!)

Post by antisymmetric » Mon Aug 13, 2018 12:57 pm

Good stuff! 8)
wproffitt wrote:
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I have a Stainless Steel version of this one on my CP JM and an Aluminum one on my hollow body and they work great. I haven’t switched them out for an AB comparison, but I’ll try that soon.
I'd be very keen to know the results of the experimenting.
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Re: Double header build: BMM Build and CP Renovation! (All done!)

Post by wproffitt » Mon Aug 13, 2018 6:12 pm

Antisymmetric,
I'll get around to bridge-swapping soon enough. It would be easy enough to do just by loosening the strings. I'll see if I'm able to make some passable recordings that reveal anything.
Can I gush about the Micawber pickup set that Tim Esau at Sunday Handwound Pickups made for this thing? They sound so full, present, and beautiful. I can't get over how clear the neck pickup sounds, but with some heft and authority at the same time. No mud, no overly compressed mush, just an excellent humbucker sound. The Tele pickup at the bridge twangs like I would have hoped. The middle position may be my favorite, though. When combined, the Tele and Humbucker pickups really give up the chime on this guitar. I'm really into it! I've been playing different stuff on this guitar, so far. I'm kind of going in a Chris Isaak direction with my chords and, gasp, noodling around with some lyrical solo stuff in the neck position! Well done, Mr. Esau!

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Re: Double header build: BMM Build and CP Renovation! (All done!)

Post by Embenny » Mon Aug 13, 2018 8:54 pm

Man that it just gorgeous. Really well done on both counts!

Have you checked the intonation with a tuner? How close is it when fretted at the 12th? That bridge probably sustains like crazy, but I'm so obsessive about intonation that I've never been able to get along with fixed-saddle bridges like that before. I'm curious as to how close you can get with that fixed compensation it has.
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Re: Double header build: BMM Build and CP Renovation! (All done!)

Post by Shadoweclipse13 » Mon Aug 13, 2018 9:31 pm

That is amazing! Congrats on a killer build! Kinda thinking about a Compton for a JM build now...
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Re: Double header build: BMM Build and CP Renovation! (All done!)

Post by wproffitt » Tue Aug 14, 2018 4:35 am

mbene085 wrote:
Mon Aug 13, 2018 8:54 pm
Man that it just gorgeous. Really well done on both counts!

Have you checked the intonation with a tuner? How close is it when fretted at the 12th? That bridge probably sustains like crazy, but I'm so obsessive about intonation that I've never been able to get along with fixed-saddle bridges like that before. I'm curious as to how close you can get with that fixed compensation it has.

Good question!
My scientific determination is that this is close enough for rock n roll, but let me give you some numbers. I normally use 11s with a wound third, but right now, the guitar is strung with 11s with a plain 3rd. Assuming that the strings are in tune with a strobe tuner (or annoyingly close!), here’s what I have at the 12th fret:

E 6.3 cents sharp
A 4.3 cents sharp
D 1.8 cents flat
G 1.6 cents sharp
B .9 cents sharp
e 1.6 cents flat

On my TC Polytune, the only one that is not “in tune” at the 12th fret is the low E. I have yet to play this particular guitar in a band setting, but none of my band mates grimace when I play my other Compton equipped guitars. Then again, we’re not professionals (except for the bass player and Saxophone player) so maybe our needs are different. Let me know what you think about those intonation numbers. I’m curious to see what people who do this professionally prefer.

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