Jazzmaster: Slow Build

[AxAxSxS]

I bet they don't sell this brand.



because-

[Hyphen Nation]

While waiting on my parts to arrive [should all be here this week], I had a minor project on my Jag.

Simple foam replacement job to fix volume issue on bridge pickup. 50 year old foam really does turn to a disgusting sludge…with both pickups on, it now sounds amazing, versus having big jumps in volume…easiest fix ever...

[Hyphen Nation]

Big day here in build land. I think progress was made. Only solder points left are pickups, jack and ground.


I know there are a lot of grounding schemes. I am wondering if I can't solder all my remaining grounds to this lug, or is it better to solder the remaining pickup wires to the ground that I will put in the control cavity, connected to the thimble? Also, I'm getting a mastery, so is stainless maybe not the best ground to begin with?


Squeezing a big ass PIO cap for teh mojoz...


Had to see how it was going to look:



I am liking how it's shaping up. but I probably need to keep an eye out for starcaster knobs...

[Decibill]

Regardless of your general grounding scheme (like you said, lots of options), ultimately there should be only one path to your final ground. This is usually a part/area with decent metal mass like a bridge or trem plate.

[Hyphen Nation]

Regardless of your general grounding scheme (like you said, lots of options), ultimately there should be only one path to your final ground. This is usually a part/area with decent metal mass like a bridge or trem plate.

Thanks! I appreciate it. I connected all the grounds to the volume pot, and then connected that to the bridge.
All wired up!

Given that I don't have a neck or tremolo I tested it with a very special "suspend another guitar half an inch over this body" technique. Not the most elegant manner to test, but I could tell everything was working as need. It is SUPER quiet. Easily the quietest of all my offsets. All switches and knobs appear to be in working order. Neck and replacement tremolo should be here by mid week!

[Hyphen Nation]

Tremolo came yesterday. Neck arrived today. Had to put them together:


Still have to instal a string tree and decal, as well as some fine tuning to do/set up, but overall feels like it's going to be a great guitar. Total bruiser. Thick neck, WRHB's, heavy body….pretty fun, overall.

I'll post better pics ove the weekend..

[kosta]

Dude that came out amazing!

[Hyphen Nation]

Thanks man! It's really kind of a fun guitar. Thick, but super comfy neck. The Novak WRHB's are kind of amazing. The mastery is SUPER stable. This is the "tightest" and quietest offset I own. The Ebony fretboard makes a bigger impact than I expected. I started this before I got the vintage JM, so I wanted to make sure it was different. Mission accomplished. It's an entirely different beast. Same platform, different everything.

I still have some shaping to do on the nut, setting action, etc, but even with a quick set up, it's SUPER fun to play.

[Chankgeez]

[KaosCill8r]

Tremolo came yesterday. Neck arrived today. Had to put them together:


Still have to instal a string tree and decal, as well as some fine tuning to do/set up, but overall feels like it's going to be a great guitar. Total bruiser. Thick neck, WRHB's, heavy body….pretty fun, overall.

I'll post better pics ove the weekend..

Really nice build dude

[Hyphen Nation]

Thanks Guys! It's a keeper, for sure...

[univalve]

Awesome jazzy! Love it!

[Hyphen Nation]

Awesome jazzy! Love it!

Thanks man! It's actually become my #1 guitar, which was not what I expected from my first assembled guitar...at all…I thought I'd enjoy it, but not that I'd love it. Can't tell if its the pickups [Novak WRHB's are silent, sound a lot like more powerful JM pickups, and are just awesome] The mastery bridge and Trem which with the pickups gives an irrational amount of sustain for an offset, the beefy V-C neck, or all of the above…regardless, I am playing this more than my vintage ones...

[UglyCasanova]

Wow. That came together so nicely! She's a beaut!

[Moose]

Dude, nice work! That looks awesome