well, after acquiring a very nice MIJ Blacktop Jaguar neck from a mate of mine, who had re-fretted it, i've wanted to use it to build my own custom Jaguar.
bodies any shape outside of strats, pauls and teles are super rare in Australia, but every now and then....
This mahogany jaguar body popped up in a shop in Melbourne!
New never used from Guitar Build UK, a really beautiful piece of wood!
After it arrived i started collecting other parts, ive always loved teiscos and vintage quirky guitars and managed to collect some parts over time, including a pair of pickups from a Teisco Tulip guitar and a bridge and tailpiece from some others. The body has no bridge route so my current dilemma is trying to decide which way to go.
I did some crude mock ups with both bridges, the Kawai tailpiece/bigsby bowtie providing a move traditional offset layout, but the hardtail wrap around bridge is really unique as well. I also considered installing a wigsby but that would mean spending more and having to route a cavity, and i dont have a router.... or a drill press....
Going for a matte black body (thin skin for quick wear
) with black guard.
Also threw a RIc hi-gain into the mix... maybe??
some more parts will be arriving tomorrow and ill start painting tomorrow too
Cheers
Alex
