Jazz partscaster build

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efiug
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Re: Jazz partscaster build

Post by efiug » Thu Feb 02, 2023 10:33 pm

jazz&tele22 wrote:
Thu Feb 02, 2023 11:43 am
Done but not really.

It needs a proper nut and I'll send it out for that at the end of the month.

A couple things that didn't get addressed in the pictures. I raised the neck with a shim in the pocket by 0.55mm, then I added some angle. At first I tried 0.75 of a degree but that wasn't enough so I ended up with 0.98 using homemade shims. Give or take some of my rough math, I'll say it has a 1 degree neck tilt.

The other thing was I lightly routed the vibrato cavity. It felt a little tight but besides that the sliding lockout button couldn't sit in the off position. It was tight between the wood body and against the moving parts of the vibrato, grinding pretty much. I opened things up and now I get good travel down but still get a little binding when I pull way up aggressively. I'm not sure why that is. It isn't the wood touching, my guess is it's the actual vibrato pieces not getting along. I don't see this as a problem long term as I don't use the arm aggressively but I'd like to fix it. Will have to investigate further later on.

For now it plays and sounds pretty good.

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looks great, love the orange. the world needs more orange guitars.

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Re: Jazz partscaster build

Post by ryandennis » Fri Feb 03, 2023 12:13 am

The finish on this Jazz is beautiful :w00t: .
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Re: Jazz partscaster build

Post by jazz&tele22 » Sat Feb 04, 2023 9:48 am

I think I figured out the vibrato binding trouble. Just loosened it, lol, I think I had it too tight. It seems to be sitting in a happy medium where the string tension is nice and it has plenty of play up and down.

Does anyone have a trick or suggestions on a good technique to bend the arm to my liking?

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Re: Jazz partscaster build

Post by threewordname » Sat Feb 04, 2023 11:30 am

jazz&tele22 wrote:
Sat Feb 04, 2023 9:48 am
Does anyone have a trick or suggestions on a good technique to bend the arm to my liking?
Drill a hole in a 2x4, insert the arm and pull up.

It sounds brutal, but it works pretty well.

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Re: Jazz partscaster build

Post by Thom_bjork » Sat Feb 04, 2023 10:12 pm

That turned out great. It looks awesome. I like the black pickup covers and knobs against the rest of it. It's a cool look. I'm doing something similar with my AO jazzmaster - black plastics and an aluminum guard.

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