The Sparkly Surfdream. Vintage 58 - 68 Partsmaster.

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The Sparkly Surfdream. Vintage 58 - 68 Partsmaster.

Post by surfin_bird » Fri Nov 05, 2021 4:26 am

UPDATE 28-10-22

First picture just came in after my luthier worked on it today

My luthier says it sounds just like an old jazzmaster.
Especially the bridge pickup is very defined.

So I'm suuuuupppperrr excited to pick this one up.

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After slowly collecting vintage parts for a jazzmaster on OSG over the years it's finally to start building my "as good as it gets" Jazzmaster.
I always wanted a vintage Jazzmaster but realised a long time ago I'll never be able to spend thousands on a guitar.
I've been lucky enough to have been able to find vintage jaguars and mustangs cheap, but on jazzmasters I've missed the boat.

The only Jazzmaster I have (and have played) is my 2012 Squier VM and I'm really curious to see the difference with a vintage one.
I've never even played a vintage Jazzmaster, so we'll see.

The colour will be burgundy mist Sparkle

It's going to be a mix of Pre-CBS and CBS, based on preference and luck.

NECK: '68 modified coronado neck.
The neck was originally found in Mexico by Pat, where it was used on a telecaster. Then it travelled to the UK to Rexter and ended up in my hands way too long ago. I ended up restoring it after I finally found some original Smokers teeth Fender Grover tuners. So the neck is Pearloid heaven and I love it It feels amazing since it got refretted.

PICKGUARD: is a beautiful vintage tortoiseshell that I got from Gonkulator.

PICKUPS: Rewound '59 bridge and a '66 in the neck position with a Mojo harness.

TREMOLO: Pat Pend tremolo, without the arm.

BRIDGE: Good old Staytrem.
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Re: My Sparkly Surfdream. A mostly vintage partsmaster.

Post by DeathJag » Fri Nov 05, 2021 7:38 am

AWESOME SOUNDING

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Post by Unicorn Warrior » Tue Nov 16, 2021 6:07 pm

Congrats, this sounds great and fun. Should be a great player

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Post by HNB » Tue Nov 16, 2021 6:26 pm

This thread is useless without pictures..... :D
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Re: My Sparkly Surfdream. A mostly vintage partsmaster.

Post by Pacafeliz » Tue Nov 16, 2021 9:42 pm

Cool! Is that the neck that has been cut into a Tele shape headstock?
i love delay SO much ...that i procrastinate all the time.

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Post by surfin_bird » Mon Nov 22, 2021 7:47 am

First of all... I finally managed to upload pictures to IMGUR. So here are a few pictures of the parts, including one next to my new super-sonic:

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Pacafeliz wrote:
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Cool! Is that the neck that has been cut into a Tele shape headstock?
Yes it is! It did take a refret and and an intense clean to get the neck in decent shape, but it looks nice now.
I kinda wanted to have the headstock matched to the body, but with Brexit the risk/potential double import costs are a bit too high.
I'm not sure what I'll end up doing with the headstock. Respray it, put a decal on it or just leave the ugly decal.

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Post by HNB » Mon Nov 22, 2021 7:52 am

OMG I WAS RIGHT! IT IS BETTER WITH PICTURES!!! :? :? :? :? :? :? :? :? :? :? :?
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Post by HNB » Mon Nov 22, 2021 7:53 am

Also why was the Coronado neck cut into a tele shape? Just to make me die a little inside? ;D
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Post by surfin_bird » Mon Nov 22, 2021 12:52 pm

HNB wrote:
Mon Nov 22, 2021 7:53 am
Also why was the Coronado neck cut into a tele shape? Just to make me die a little inside? ;D
I feel that mystery is buried in Mexico unless Pat can shed some light on this.
But the neck was in a really bad state in general, so it probably was a cheap project back when Coronado necks were cheap. The whole headstock is really small and needs a lot of effort to have it back in a somewhat good state, so I leave it be.

But this guitar has a progress of collecting parts for... 8 years, so I also just want to play it now.

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Post by Pacafeliz » Tue Nov 23, 2021 2:32 am

Sadly I have no other Infos. It was mounted on a Tele body iirc, so probably someone just wanted a Tele with B&B.

Btw this project is fantastic, but please put a mint/parchment guard on instead. Or MOP, to macth the blocks!!! :w00t:
i love delay SO much ...that i procrastinate all the time.

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Post by DrQuasar » Mon Dec 06, 2021 12:30 pm

Love the color. Way to save that neck!

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Post by Unicorn Warrior » Wed Jan 19, 2022 10:19 am

Did this one ever get fully assembled?

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Post by s_mcsleazy » Thu Jan 20, 2022 9:31 am

i am in love with that neck
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Post by hulakatt » Thu Jan 20, 2022 5:44 pm

Man, this thread went from 5 mph to 100 real quick with those pics! I love the color :w00t:
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Post by jdr1014 » Fri Feb 04, 2022 10:31 am

LOVE IT!

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