Think I'm gonna build a JM.

[popvulture]

I went to Mordor and all I got were these Chimes of Doom

[neonblack]

Doomchime does sound like a Tolkien weapon. Like a flail or something.

[Iommic Pope]

Yeah, like a big ass mace, made out of some rare metal from the centre of the planet, enchanted with arcane powers. A resonating weapon that vibrates when crushing enemy skulls, creating both a rallying drone to allies, and a clarion of doom to foes.

[DRodriguez]

Yesss. My favorite style of guitar.

Look into Saylor guitars out of Portland. they make cool unfinished bodies. Dirge/Skully uses them.

Pickup-wise, I'm a massive fan of The Creamery pickups out of the UK, and he's about to do a massive revamp of his line and they look great. He does everything from hot, to soft, vintage, modern, foil, whatever.

I quite like the tele bridges on my JM's, but I'm sure if you're just getting into jazzy's you'll want a standard jazzy bridge.

[kosta]

I'm starting to slowly gather parts for a Jazzmaster build myself, actually. I've got this set of pickups from Proto Guitars: https://instagram.com/p/BBOO-iIqJW-/

I think I'm going to wire it with one of these kits for series/parallel switching with a G&L tone stack: http://www.guitar-mod.com/mm5/merchant. ... JM_STB_KIT

I also have a black Mastery bridge and trem which I think I'll use on this. And I just ordered a semi-hollow (with f-hole) mahogany body from GuitarMill. I'm thinking I'll get an all rosewood neck when the time comes.... Oh, and a Tone-Guard black anodized aluminum guard! Jazzy!

[fcknoise]

I got my telemaster body from warmoth, but there seems to be better deals out there for just a standard jazzy body. I was in the height of my bachelor thesis stress when I ordered mine, so I said fuck it and accepted the $100 shipping and then later I got a $70 customs fee. So basically I paid fuckloads for mine. But the wood feels really good and the routs are super clean. If you're in the US I bet shipping won't cost you a nut and a half, and a standard alder body is like $150 or something

[kosta]

Warmoth bodies are definitely nice.