Black Jaguar project

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Re: Black Jaguar project

Post by joshinrva » Tue Oct 19, 2021 11:59 am

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ok. so i've never been into the johnny marr or traditional style circuit because it's just never worked for me, but i've always liked out of phase pickups because i can get a faux cocked wah sound and in some cases, it can really cut through and make a good lead boost despite the loss in gain. i think like 50% of my guitars have them now.
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It looks awesome. I was just curious about the missing knobs. My other guitars have 250k pots, so the idea of skipping the 500k pot for rhythm switch doesn't sound great to me, but I normally play on both pickups, so that would be a shift anyway, unless I want to mess with the wiring. What did you go with for the capacitors? I'm planning on starting with .01uF for each tone, .003uF for choke switch. I'm looking at Lindy Fralin 5% overwound pickups (he's local).

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Re: Black Jaguar project

Post by HNB » Tue Oct 19, 2021 12:06 pm

s_mcsleazy wrote:
Sun Apr 25, 2021 10:50 am
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I love your pickup covers. :D
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Re: Black Jaguar project

Post by snarf » Tue Oct 19, 2021 1:25 pm

SadFuzz wrote:
Sat Jul 24, 2021 8:37 am
Just accidentaly sprayed black gloss over my clearcoat. Should i sand it back or just spray some coats of clear over it?
Grab some lacquer thinner and wash it all off. Start over or you won't be happy. Better to go heavier on the sanding sealer, go to bed, and level sand it in the morning when it's hardened with like 600 grit sandpaper.

Your guitar body should look like a nicely glazed donut before shooting color. IMO of course.

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Re: Black Jaguar project

Post by s_mcsleazy » Tue Oct 19, 2021 11:59 pm

HNB wrote:
Tue Oct 19, 2021 12:06 pm
s_mcsleazy wrote:
Sun Apr 25, 2021 10:50 am
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I love your pickup covers. :D
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Re: Black Jaguar project

Post by Steadyriot. » Sun Oct 24, 2021 6:22 am

That body needed some grainfiller and a lot more sanding. Then a sealer coat, a good primer layer plus about two cans of color before even considering clearcoating.
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Re: Black Jaguar project

Post by SadFuzz » Sun Oct 24, 2021 1:23 pm

Yeah next time i'd use a lot more filler.
Since then i've completed the finish, in certain light you can see a light grain texture on the back but it doesn't bother me too much, for my first parts-guar i'm happy.
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