I hope you're all keeping safe and well. This is my first partsmaster project build and I thought I'd share it with you.
I’ve had a spare neck lying around for a few years from an old Squier Vintage Modified Jazzmaster Special, which I used as the starting point for my project.
Ultimately, this thing plays like a dream, sounds ridiculous, and the neck is surprisingly comfortable.
Apologies in advance for the lack of pictures throughout the process, but I jumped the gun and started working on it before thinking about documenting it!
Everything went pretty smoothly until it came to installing the pickguard, as the bridge thimbles didn’t line up with the cut out (d’oh!), so I got to spend a while filing them down. (It’s not a pretty outcome, but it’s not noticeable until the bridge is taken out. (Luckily, forgot to take pictures of this part...)
I've got a set of Klusons on standby, but the stock tuners are surprisingly sturdy.
You’ll notice that there are some cosmetic changes between the pictures… The bridge, chrome knobs and black plastics arrived the day after the rest of it, but I couldn’t resist stringing it up and playing it in the meantime.
Anyway, here’s a guitar I assembled that I hope you like!
