Project: binding & blocks

[mezcalhead]

Some of you may know "fatback" from TGP and HC, the guy who makes all the great videos demoing various pedals.
Anyway, he was selling this a couple of months or so ago and I snagged it:





I kept quiet about it until there was somewhere worth posting new threads in.
So now I have yet another long project with pieces to be on the lookout for .. a body, pups, etc.

Note the lack of decal .. a guilt-free matching headstock opportunity!

[mjet]

Here's mine - even more of a guilt-free candidate for a matching (Jag) headstock! I'm leaning towards OlyWhite. I bought a Warmoth body to match up with it, not wanting to play the vintage $$$ game.

[mjet]

Or black...

[daydreamdelay]

wow Jon, that's exactly the neck I'm after.. great find!

[zhivago]

talking of loose necks, I'd love to gather a bit of money early next year and snag another '61 for a future project.

wouldn't be anything off the wall...normal Jazzmaster...I just love the neck profile, and would love to have a spare.

[fullerplast]

Here's mine - even more of a guilt-free candidate for a matching (Jag) headstock! I'm leaning towards OlyWhite. I bought a Warmoth body to match up with it, not wanting to play the vintage $$$ game.

Holey Jaguar Batman!

I never tire of that photo. It's like staring at the Grand Canyon or other wonder...

[zhivago]

[jetset]

It goes to Eleven! Tuning pegs that is.
-J

[offsetwaistbody]

Some of you may know "fatback" from TGP and HC, the guy who makes all the great videos demoing various pedals.
Anyway, he was selling this a couple of months or so ago and I snagged it:





I kept quiet about it until there was somewhere worth posting new threads in.
So now I have yet another long project with pieces to be on the lookout for .. a body, pups, etc.

Note the lack of decal .. a guilt-free matching headstock opportunity!

hee, hee - that's the first time i've felt justified to use that smiley!
what JM body did that used to be on? are there traces of BMM that i can see on the heel?
good score sir! good score!
ooh, and... what are your plans for it?
i'll get the drooling smileys lined up and ready for your reply.

[mezcalhead]

It was on a mismatched body .. '62 IIRC, which was part of the reason he wanted to sell it. He had the body refinished in white with a mint guard, put an aftermarket neck on it (USACG? can't remember) and Lollar pups and was very happy with the result. There are a couple of threads referring to it at TGP and HCFX .. you can actually see the guitar in action in a couple of his videos on Youtube. I'll try and dig out a link for you sometime .. all his vids are worth watching, very entertaining.

There is a bit of a reddish tide mark around the heel of the neck .. I've no idea whether that was from a refin or the original finish, and I can't remember what colour the body used to be although it was definitely a fairly unpleasant refinish of some kind.

As for my plans, all I really know is that I need a vintage post-CBS body and hopefully pups to match it, and that I'm going to match the headstock with the body refin. I'm leaning towards black at the moment, but it isn't anywhere close to being the first project on my list so anything could happen really.

[eyesadrift]

Here's mine - even more of a guilt-free candidate for a matching (Jag) headstock! I'm leaning towards OlyWhite. I bought a Warmoth body to match up with it, not wanting to play the vintage $$$ game.

whoaaaa what the hell happened(no offence) did someone get really drunk and decided that neck needed to die! or needed more holes to breathe
gess poor thing

[rabidhamster]

Here's mine - even more of a guilt-free candidate for a matching (Jag) headstock! I'm leaning towards OlyWhite. I bought a Warmoth body to match up with it, not wanting to play the vintage $$$ game.

Yes, well, guilt  free on your part anyway

[fuzzking]

whoaaaa what the hell happened(no offence) did someone get really drunk and decided that neck needed to die! or needed more holes to breathe
gess poor thing

that mod is not too unusual.  when i got my 64 jm, the head looked just the same.
jms and jags were often converted to 10-string. reason is that was just easy to do
because of the bridge & tremolo design.

m

[zhivago]

Drillah Killah!!

*strikes hip hope pose*

[mjet]

Drillah Killah!!

*strikes hip hope pose*

That's terrible! At least the person who defaced my Jag headstock had the decency to sand off the decal before adding holes.