Two Tone Jagmaster Project Finished Pg. 2

[HNB]

I got this body from Warmoth and routed it for a bridge humbucker. It is on it's way to copacetic to get a split paint job.

20240107_135004 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

The idea is to paint it like this:



To make it right, I needed a pickguard to work with that, so I asked Sweetfinger to get a split pickguard made for it. This will just have a single bridge pickup and a just volume and jack.

[HNB]

While the body is off being painted and the pickguard is being made, I decided to work on the neck. I got this neck from smalltownsongs. (AMAZING guy who I actually buy a lot of stuff from here.) It is an Allparts CBS Strat/Jazzmaster neck. Kind of perfect for the Delonge vibe I was sort of inspired by. It was already finished with a nut and tuners. I was going to leave it as is, but my mom was puzzled that I wouldn't do something with the headstock to make it match the two tone body. It ate at me a bit until I decided she was probably right. I didn't want to mess with trying paint over the existing finish, so I used acetone to remove all the paint. Then I went ahead and dyed the back and sides amber again with Stew Mac amber die. I used acetone to wipe off some of the dye where you would play more to make it a bit lighter than the other areas. Some like to do this with a pretty hard line at the top and bottom, but I prefer it to be more gradual and faded into each other. I left the headstock face alone so I could use paint to do a headstock design. This is how the dye work looked.

20240119_133531 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

20240119_133534 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

20240119_133547 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

For the headstock, I want to sort of use the Sawao look. He has a signature Cyclone in black and white split and this is how Squier did it.



Rather than the curve at each end, I am just going to simplify it to a straight line. I sprayed the white first and Sunday I will tape off by the tuner holes to spray the lower black part. Hopefully the tape doesn't rip the paint up. I am trying to make sure it is good and dry before I do that step. For now, it is taped up and drying.

20240119_161234 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

20240119_162912 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

[Shadoweclipse13]

This is really cool! I always loved the look of the two-tone V, and this will be epic!!

[HNB]

Headstock has the color on and I am letting it dry now. The line ended up pretty clean. Not perfect, but better than I was thinking it would honestly. LOL I need to let it dry so I can clean up the sides to be able to put clear over it.

I put my strips of tape over the area I wanted to stay white and then did three coats of black. This was the first one.

20240120_155235 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

Then I carefully pulled up the tape while the black was still sort of wet (I waited ten minutes) and I think it is pretty good.

20240120_161343 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

There are some little specs in the black. Hopefully once dry, I will be able to wipe that stuff away.

[s_mcsleazy]

awwww. i was hoping more ska two tone. you could call the pickups "pick it up pick it up pick it ups"

[HNB]

awwww. i was hoping more ska two tone. you could call the pickups "pick it up pick it up pick it ups"

Lol!

[HNB]

Putting the clear on.

20240121_111040 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

[HNB]

Getting the back and sides now.

20240121_113349 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

[HNB]

Neck is all done. Tuners are back on.

20240123_145844 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

20240123_145858 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

20240123_145851 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

[HNB]

Neck plate ordered! Sawao and Delonge. My inspiration for this.

Neck-Plate by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

[DeathJag]

I love this!!! I have always wanted black and white two-tone oxford shoes, like the ones all the gangsters wore in the 50s movies. I love this guitar concept. That headstock looks insane! This Are Two Tone.

[HNB]

Thanks! I love those two tone looks as well.

[copacetic]

Just popping in to share
Clear coat about to go on. Really stoked with how the line turned out!

[Surfysonic]

Loving the build - the two tone look is killer!

[HNB]

Thanks! The custom guard being made for it is going to seal the deal. I also have a white humbucker with black slugs for it just to go over the top. It will have a black or chrome knob. I am not sure yet. (Probably black.)