Pictures added.....Just one tuner away from completion....

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Pictures added.....Just one tuner away from completion....

Post by PorkyPrimeCut » Tue Jan 30, 2007 8:20 am

....& its in the post (apparently).

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:) Took its time but man was it worth it!! Thanks for all the help folks!!!  :)
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Post by zhivago » Tue Jan 30, 2007 8:26 am

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Post by mynameisjonas » Tue Jan 30, 2007 8:30 am

looking good!

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Post by Soiouz » Tue Jan 30, 2007 8:30 am

It is gorgeous!!! Well done!



I really like that sunburst, and the 11 hole pickguard is fabulous! Nice tortoise!

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Post by Jay » Tue Jan 30, 2007 8:35 am

Soiouz wrote: It is gorgeous!!! Well done!



I really like that sunburst, and the 11 hole pickguard is fabulous! Nice tortoise!
Agreed on both counts!

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Post by daydreamdelay » Tue Jan 30, 2007 8:39 am

my god that's beautiful  :?  :-*

congrats!!!

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Post by John Taverna » Tue Jan 30, 2007 8:41 am

:-*
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Post by mynameisjonas » Tue Jan 30, 2007 8:44 am

BTW, that guard looks almost totally flat to me.

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Post by Soiouz » Tue Jan 30, 2007 8:46 am

mynameisjonas wrote: BTW, that guard looks almost totally flat to me.
Good observation! You're right!    My own 1965 is much more warped, and it is still very usable...  I wouldn't even try and flatten it out more, jazzheadmark. It looks just fine as it is!

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Post by PorkyPrimeCut » Tue Jan 30, 2007 8:49 am

Thanks. My only gripe it that there's a tide line where the neck meets the body. It looks like the body it came from was a different shape!! Does that fit with 59 to 60 JM's?.....

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Anyway of cleaning it up or matching the relicing?? Its a very minor issue really.
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Post by PorkyPrimeCut » Tue Jan 30, 2007 8:57 am

mynameisjonas wrote: BTW, that guard looks almost totally flat to me.
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The pictures actually make it seem better. Again, a minor issue though I guess!
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Post by luau » Tue Jan 30, 2007 9:01 am

Wow. Congratulations. I don't think I've seen all the before pictures, but I sure like the after pictures!
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Post by fullerplast » Tue Jan 30, 2007 9:01 am

The tanline on the neck from the other body:  

This is pretty common when changing necks. Although theoretically the bodies should be the same, there's almost always a small difference.
Some of it can be attributed to age and different properties of wood, shrinkage*, etc. And some of it has to do with the way the neck was shimmed in the pocket. Do you have a shim in there?

I always try to rub off the line with rubbing compound and then polish the area. It can usually be minimized if not removed entirely.

Your JM looks GREAT!  8)



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Post by Soiouz » Tue Jan 30, 2007 9:03 am

Wow... Those are big screws holding the rythm circuit switch!!  ???




As for the pickguard, your last pictures show the warping pretty well, but still, it doesn't look that bad.

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Post by zhivago » Tue Jan 30, 2007 9:05 am

fullerplast wrote: shrinkage*,


* I WAS IN THE POOL!

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