Full Scale Cobain Jaguar Finished PG. 3! :D

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Sat Sep 28, 2019 1:20 pm

I made a full scale Cobain style Jaguar out of a blacktop Jazzmaster body a ways back. I really liked it, but the tremolo being in the non-standard location bugged me so I sold it. I had an itch to make another one that had the tremolo in the right place so I started getting stuff together. Here is what I have so far.

Got the plates. The lower control plate is on the way.

2019-09-28_02-14-25 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

The body is coming in. Once it comes I will use a printed copy of this pickguard to cut away the places the plates will go to make a pickguard template.

2019-09-28_02-15-44 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

I had a bound neck that I sanded and tinted/stained for it. Should be cool.

20190928_130350 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

20190928_130355 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

20190928_130432 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

20190928_130440 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

20190928_130444 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Sat Sep 28, 2019 1:24 pm

This was the blacktop one I did.

DSC03196 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Sun Sep 29, 2019 10:21 am

Putting some clear on the neck. It is looking good!

20190929_110629 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

20190929_110612 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

20190929_110608 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

20190929_110249 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Sun Sep 29, 2019 6:49 pm

Decal is on.

2019-09-29_07-48-22 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

epizootics · Post by **epizootics** » Sun Sep 29, 2019 8:15 pm

Hahaha. That's a perfect name

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Mon Sep 30, 2019 6:37 am

Thanks!

I am making photo copies of pickguards to get the look right. The goal is something like this.

20190930_072103 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Mon Sep 30, 2019 8:47 am

Got to work on making the custom guard template. I cut out the shapes for where the metal plates will go. Then I added the jag switch hole over the top. Last, I adjusted some of the screw holes to work with the guard better.

20190930_093344 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

20190930_094040 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

20190930_094412 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

marqueemoon · Post by **marqueemoon** » Mon Sep 30, 2019 10:09 am

Digging it!

leokula · Post by **leokula** » Mon Sep 30, 2019 10:20 am

Coming out nice! Now tell us more about the name! Any connections to Nirvana or Kurt?

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Mon Sep 30, 2019 3:52 pm

The name and quote below comes from words from "Smells Like Teen Spirit." I know that Kurt kinda hated the song because it got so much play and that sort of stuff isn't very punk, but it is a pretty significant song in music that still appeals to new listeners. When I work on custom guitars I like to give them names from music that goes with the build or makes me think of the build. (Like the Iceman I am building has words from Deep Six by Marilyn Manson. I thought the line "You wanna know what Zeus said to Narcissus? 'You better watch yourself.'" was pretty awesome. LOL)

I listened to a bunch of Nirvana and read through lyrics and I thought contagious was fitting. It also seemed to work with some of the aspects of Nirvana Kurt didn't really like as much. (Becoming mainstream put some pressure and kinda made him feel like he had to do certain stuff to keep people happy.) Nirvana's music was very much contagious. While my guitar won't be a clone of his, it is totally inspired by it. It is kind of what I tend to do with my builds lately. I see something I think looks cool and try to make it work for me by tweaking it or the color or bridge used. It is fun and something that makes me feel good doing.

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Wed Oct 02, 2019 8:58 am

Body came in. I got a partial refund because the body has a couple finish cracks. Nothing structural so it will work fine. It should look great. I was able to use the partial refund for some parts. I have the bridge, tremolo, and tuners coming in.

All I will need now is pickups, strap buttons,switches, pots, and knobs.

20191002_083759 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

20191002_083931 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

20191001_164806_HDR by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Sat Oct 05, 2019 2:33 pm

Custom pickguard is done!! Looks really nice for inexpensive tort material.

IMG_3729 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

The grover tuners also came in for the bound neck. Installed pretty easy. I had already used a reamer to enlarge the mounting holes.

20191005_150344 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

20191005_150353 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

soul1 · Post by **soul1** » Mon Oct 07, 2019 2:25 pm

Looks great so far. Where did you get the modified plate for the 3-way pickup switch?

MechaBulletBill · Post by **MechaBulletBill** » Mon Oct 07, 2019 2:29 pm

you can't sneak an EVA reference past me!

HNB wrote: ↑
Sun Sep 29, 2019 6:49 pm
Decal is on.

2019-09-29_07-48-22 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Mon Oct 07, 2019 5:21 pm

LOL Yup.

I like that name a lot. I modified the symbol to make it a little more painty.

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