My Jazzmaster Project.

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Re: My Jazzmaster Project.

Post by Nox_Vagari » Tue Jan 29, 2019 9:13 pm

kdanie wrote:
Tue Jan 29, 2019 12:14 pm
What is the humidity of your air (not compressor)?? Anything over 50% the paint might suck it out of the atmosphere.

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Admittedly the humidity is quite high. I think it has been around the 55-65% range. I know this is much higher than the recommended humidity levels when finishing with nitro cellulose lacquer... but I don't have any options in terms of a controlled environment situation (or in terms of the humidity levels dropping).

However, in saying this; the humidity was roughly the same when doing my initial coats of colour and I had no issues.

Basically what happens is that after one coat of spraying I go to do the next coat and it's white and hazy immediately as it hits the guitar. Over the next couple minutes a lot of the haziness clears off but not all of it. This is why I thought it was more likely the equipment rather than the environment.
But I really don't know, you're probably right I guess.

Either way I appreciate the input. I'm just glad most of the spraying is done and I'm happy with how it's turning out after polishing.

(Just to be clear, yes I did sand off all the haziness each time that happened! hah).

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Re: My Jazzmaster Project.

Post by Nox_Vagari » Sat Feb 23, 2019 9:49 pm

I'm not dead.

I've been busy with some other stuff. But I've got some updates.

The guitar is back together!

I put on the Fender decal from my previous post:
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I got a Staytrem bridge as it seems like a pretty highly regarded upgrade:
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Another special delivery!
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Yeah, so I eventually decided to go for a tort pickguard.



And now for the guitar itself! I need to take it somewhere with more light for better pics, but for now I have these two pics:
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As you can see, I kinda re-sanded the surface and then polished it back up but not to a complete gloss. I like the dull kinda scratched up/used look.

It sounds and plays great, though I still need to properly setup the tremolo spring tension. The Staytrem bridge really is great too.
I'm really happy with this guitar I must say.

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Re: My Jazzmaster Project.

Post by s_mcsleazy » Sun Feb 24, 2019 6:55 am

kinda like how i would do a black jazzmaster. i approve
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Re: My Jazzmaster Project.

Post by Rgand » Sun Feb 24, 2019 7:59 am

Tort on black is definitely a good choice. Very nice.

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Re: My Jazzmaster Project.

Post by wproffitt » Sun Feb 24, 2019 7:36 pm

The tort looks fabulous against the black. Maybe I missed it, but where did you buy that pickguard?

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Re: My Jazzmaster Project.

Post by Nox_Vagari » Sun Feb 24, 2019 11:38 pm

s_mcsleazy wrote:
Sun Feb 24, 2019 6:55 am
kinda like how i would do a black jazzmaster. i approve
Cool, thanks. I may get black control knobs and toggle switch tip for it later on.

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Re: My Jazzmaster Project.

Post by Nox_Vagari » Sun Feb 24, 2019 11:39 pm

Rgand wrote:
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Tort on black is definitely a good choice. Very nice.
Thanks! Appreciate the compliment.

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Re: My Jazzmaster Project.

Post by Nox_Vagari » Sun Feb 24, 2019 11:40 pm

wproffitt wrote:
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The tort looks fabulous against the black. Maybe I missed it, but where did you buy that pickguard?
Thank you. Nah, I didn't mention it. It's from Mr. Spitfire himself!

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Re: My Jazzmaster Project.

Post by valley_parade » Mon Feb 25, 2019 9:06 am

Ooh, I like the tort with the black pickup covers.

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Re: My Jazzmaster Project.

Post by minimumnishe » Mon Feb 25, 2019 2:40 pm

I think the mismatched plastic parts on black look weird to me. Either all black for the stealth look or all white for a regular JM look :P

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Re: My Jazzmaster Project.

Post by TeenageShutdown! » Mon Feb 25, 2019 7:09 pm

This guitar is YES!

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Post by Nox_Vagari » Mon Feb 25, 2019 9:30 pm

valley_parade wrote:
Mon Feb 25, 2019 9:06 am
Ooh, I like the tort with the black pickup covers.
Mee too!

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Re: My Jazzmaster Project.

Post by Nox_Vagari » Mon Feb 25, 2019 9:31 pm

minimumnishe wrote:
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I think the mismatched plastic parts on black look weird to me. Either all black for the stealth look or all white for a regular JM look :P
Yea it does look a bit weird. I don't think it bothers me though... still, I may decide to get all black parts later on, or maybe not..

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Re: My Jazzmaster Project.

Post by Nox_Vagari » Mon Feb 25, 2019 9:31 pm

TeenageShutdown! wrote:
Mon Feb 25, 2019 7:09 pm
This guitar is YES!
Thanks, glad you like it!

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Re: My Jazzmaster Project.

Post by MC3 » Tue Feb 26, 2019 8:14 am

I actually Kind of like the white and black thing going on with the knobs and such.

Looks great dude, hope you enjoy it

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