70's style Jazzmaster on a budget - AKA the Chinamaster - DONE! (04/11/21-Page 4)

Talk about modding or building your own guitar from scratch.
User avatar
Fiddy
PAT. # 2.972.923
PAT. # 2.972.923
Posts: 12391
Joined: Thu Nov 29, 2007 11:38 am
Location: Canada Dry

Re: 70's style Jazzmaster on a budget - AKA the Chinamaster - Update 03/27- SUNBURST is ON!!!

Post by Fiddy » Sat Mar 27, 2021 11:38 am

That looks great so far.

User avatar
ohm-men
Expat
Expat
Posts: 4321
Joined: Tue Sep 26, 2006 5:01 am
Location: Belgium
Contact:

Re: 70's style Jazzmaster on a budget - AKA the Chinamaster - Update 03/27- SUNBURST is ON!!!

Post by ohm-men » Sat Mar 27, 2021 11:24 pm

HosaMogami wrote:
Sat Mar 27, 2021 10:57 am
Wow, really great job on that burst! I love it, and cant wait to see the next update. Cheers!
smjenkins wrote:
Sat Mar 27, 2021 11:26 am
This is looking amazing. Both the burst and the neck. Can't wait to see this one assembled.
tribi9 wrote:
Sat Mar 27, 2021 11:38 am
That looks great so far.
Thanks!!! :)
I'm pretty stoked how it came out...

And I couldn't ressist taking these;

Image
Image
Image

I like how the black guard ties the thing together. Might have to order some white witch hat's as I think they will look in place.
But I think it has the 70's vibe I was going for.
It's funny how difficult a 3 TSB is to photograph. The red can be very vibrant in some pics and washed out in others.
In reality the red is somewhere in between.

User avatar
Tumtrah
PAT. # 2.972.923
PAT. # 2.972.923
Posts: 94
Joined: Thu Dec 12, 2019 12:09 pm
Location: Hamburg area, Germany

Re: 70's style Jazzmaster on a budget - AKA the Chinamaster - Update 03/27- SUNBURST is ON!!!

Post by Tumtrah » Sun Mar 28, 2021 12:07 am

Wow, great job! Did you apply clear coats in between the coloured coats?

User avatar
ohm-men
Expat
Expat
Posts: 4321
Joined: Tue Sep 26, 2006 5:01 am
Location: Belgium
Contact:

Re: 70's style Jazzmaster on a budget - AKA the Chinamaster - Update 03/27- SUNBURST is ON!!!

Post by ohm-men » Sun Mar 28, 2021 1:08 am

Tumtrah wrote:
Sun Mar 28, 2021 12:07 am
Wow, great job! Did you apply clear coats in between the coloured coats?
I didn't apply any clear coats so far. I had been watching some You Tube clips from the Fender Custom Shop? and how they apply these finishes and they just paint the 3 colours in one run. So this is what I did. I didn't even wait for any of the paint to dry. Just wet coat after wet coat.
I only used laquer based paints that were thinned with the same thinner as this is key. Also since I used an airbrush instead of a paint gun, my paintlayers were much thinner and dried quicker. I just gradually builded up the layers. I guess the layers just kind of melt into eachoter as they dry.

I prepared all my paint up front and it took about an hour to apply the 3 TSB. (I had to keep an I-pad within reach with some pictures of vintage 3 TSB Jazzmasters to regulary check if I was still on track when spraying the red and black bands ;D....
In between colours, I just cleaned the airbrushes with the the same thinner I used for the paint.
I have to add that I have been an avid plastic model builder in my teens and twenties, so I'm used to work with these airbrushes (and therefore still have all the materials within hands reach, didn't turn out to be such a waste of time after all :D ;D )

User avatar
Tumtrah
PAT. # 2.972.923
PAT. # 2.972.923
Posts: 94
Joined: Thu Dec 12, 2019 12:09 pm
Location: Hamburg area, Germany

Re: 70's style Jazzmaster on a budget - AKA the Chinamaster - Update 03/27- SUNBURST is ON!!!

Post by Tumtrah » Sun Mar 28, 2021 5:58 am

Thanks for your detailed answer! I did my last sunburst finish over 10 years ago.
I sprayed clear coats in between because I red about it somewhere along the way...

User avatar
Firecat
PAT. # 2.972.923
PAT. # 2.972.923
Posts: 636
Joined: Sat Aug 20, 2011 11:07 am
Location: Ghent, Belgium
Contact:

Re: 70's style Jazzmaster on a budget - AKA the Chinamaster - Update 03/27- SUNBURST is ON!!!

Post by Firecat » Sun Mar 28, 2021 9:07 am

Love it, Jerry!

User avatar
ohm-men
Expat
Expat
Posts: 4321
Joined: Tue Sep 26, 2006 5:01 am
Location: Belgium
Contact:

Re: 70's style Jazzmaster on a budget - AKA the Chinamaster - Update 04/03- decal made!!!

Post by ohm-men » Fri Apr 02, 2021 10:21 pm

Thanks Felipe!

I clearcoated the body and it will need to dry for a few days until I can work on it again.
In the meantime I ordered some parts and I made my custom decal for the headstock, inspired by the big block Fender 70's decal.

Image
Image

The pic of the headstock got a bit overlighted, it's not a bleak as it apears.
Fender dropped the " Original Contour Body" decal in the late 70's and started adding serlial no's. Although the pre '77 Jazzmasters still had it apperently...

User avatar
ohm-men
Expat
Expat
Posts: 4321
Joined: Tue Sep 26, 2006 5:01 am
Location: Belgium
Contact:

Re: 70's style Jazzmaster on a budget - AKA the Chinamaster - Update 04/06- Dilema...

Post by ohm-men » Tue Apr 06, 2021 1:00 am

Today I received the parts that I ordered to complete this Jazzmaster.
It's the first time (for me at least) to get hold of a set of white witch hat knobs. These are larger then I expected, but ok for me.

Now for the dilema...

Image

The original maple neck jazzmaster was made in late 60's/early 70's and came with a tort guard.
Although, I went with a black guard, but I made a tort guard from some tort I found in my parts bin. Too small for a Jm guard, but enough to make one.

Here we are;
First, the 3 ply black guard.

Image

Then my DIY tort guard, redisch of colour, not to bad for a late 60's/early 70's representation.
Please mind it's not finished yet as I still have to do some work on this guard.
I'm confident I can make the jack piece fit (like I said, tort wat to small for a Jm guard, so I worked my way arround this)

Image

So what do you think. Black or Tort... (please mind there is still protective film on both guards, so they apear not as glossy as they are in real life)
I'm leaning toward the black guard as I like the contrast better. Perhaps the red tort seams a bit out of place, but I should finish it first, correct bevel and add the parts to get a better idea...

I got some time to think about this as well, as I clear coated the body last week and it's now ready for some wet sanding and polishing :)

User avatar
Firecat
PAT. # 2.972.923
PAT. # 2.972.923
Posts: 636
Joined: Sat Aug 20, 2011 11:07 am
Location: Ghent, Belgium
Contact:

Re: 70's style Jazzmaster on a budget - AKA the Chinamaster - Update 04/06- Dilema...

Post by Firecat » Tue Apr 06, 2021 1:36 am

Black! 8)

User avatar
mackerelmint
PAT. # 2.972.923
PAT. # 2.972.923
Posts: 13674
Joined: Sun May 05, 2013 9:51 pm
Location: トイレ国、ウンチ市

Re: 70's style Jazzmaster on a budget - AKA the Chinamaster - Update 04/06- Dilema...

Post by mackerelmint » Tue Apr 06, 2021 1:44 am

The answer is always to put black on a sunburst.
This is an excellent rectangle

User avatar
Flurko
PAT. # 2.972.923
PAT. # 2.972.923
Posts: 996
Joined: Sun Oct 05, 2008 8:05 am
Location: Stroßbùrri
Contact:

Re: 70's style Jazzmaster on a budget - AKA the Chinamaster - Update 04/06- Dilema...

Post by Flurko » Tue Apr 06, 2021 1:51 am

I vote black too, but I really don't like tort on sunburst (gives me a 70s brown on red wallpaper vibe)

User avatar
CROSS_guitars
PAT. # 2.972.923
PAT. # 2.972.923
Posts: 3112
Joined: Tue Sep 09, 2008 5:52 am
Location: Thornbury Melbourne

Re: 70's style Jazzmaster on a budget - AKA the Chinamaster - Update 04/06- Dilema...

Post by CROSS_guitars » Tue Apr 06, 2021 2:25 am

Black looks good to me.

User avatar
andy_tchp
PAT. # 2.972.923
PAT. # 2.972.923
Posts: 8010
Joined: Fri Apr 02, 2010 1:36 am
Location: Brisbane

Re: 70's style Jazzmaster on a budget - AKA the Chinamaster - Update 04/06- Dilema...

Post by andy_tchp » Tue Apr 06, 2021 3:48 am

Black. You’ve nailed the 70s Jazzmaster aesthetic, black guard tops it off perfectly.
"I don't know why we asked him to join the band 'cause the rest of us don't like country music all that much; we just like Graham Lee."
David McComb, 1987.

User avatar
Scout
PAT. # 2.972.923
PAT. # 2.972.923
Posts: 962
Joined: Thu Feb 27, 2020 3:26 pm
Location: Phillyish

Re: 70's style Jazzmaster on a budget - AKA the Chinamaster - Update 04/06- Dilema...

Post by Scout » Tue Apr 06, 2021 4:48 am

That particular tort is not a good color for sunburst , the black ties it together. Great job!

User avatar
Amon 7.L
PAT. # 2.972.923
PAT. # 2.972.923
Posts: 739
Joined: Sun Aug 28, 2011 5:45 am

Re: 70's style Jazzmaster on a budget - AKA the Chinamaster - Update 04/06- Dilema...

Post by Amon 7.L » Tue Apr 06, 2021 4:54 am

Most definitely blackguard.
It enhances both the burst and the shade of the maple neck.

Very cool project you've got there.

Post Reply