I didn’t manage as much as I wanted today, it’s been another of those days. However I did finish the wiring, apart from the pickups which are on order…. It fits in place anyway. While I’m waiting for the last of the parts (tremolo tail and pickups) there isn’t a great deal more I can […]
Tag: Custom Built Electric Guitar
Jazzmaster Build – 2nd update
I had a bit of a think overnight and decided to attack the problem from the other end. Since it’s a much better quality body than neck I think it more appropriate to adjust the neck to fit the body rather than the other way. It would be more likely that someone would want to […]
Jazzmaster Build
Just looking ahead to this week I’ve got a fairly major project lined up, a Jazzmaster to be built from scratch… I think I’ve got most of the parts. I’m still missing the trem’/tail but that’s on back order. Haven’t got any pickups either yet, the customer is fairly sure what he wants but there are […]
Jazzmaster Build
This on is going to take a while but at least the first of the parts arrived today! Not much I can do with it mind you, not until the neck arrives at least. Keep an eye open and look for some regular updates as things progress…..
Custom Build 4th update
Things have been a little quiet in the workshop this week, a couple of minor jobs but nothing worth putting on the blog. I did find some time to finally wire in the custom job I’ve been working on in my spare time, I just haven’t had much spare time lately. I’m not so keen […]
Custom Build – 3rd Update
I had a little time so had another go at the custom build. I’ve got a pair of Gibson pickups which I’m going to use, the trouble is they don’t quite fit! Not a big problem; first mark out just how big the pockets need to be… …and use my smaller router to gently enlarge […]
Custom Build – 2nd Update
Now that the body is done it’s about time I finished off the neck. I’ve got the fretboard nice but I have something special in mind for the head. unfortunately the head is just slightly too short to for what I have in mind so I need to add a couple of inches. The bracing […]
Custom Build – 1st Update
Got the body back from the painters today, Wow!! I’ve got all the bits together so the next phase is to start putting it all back together. I’ve still got some work to do on the head mind you. I have something special in mind for that too… Keep watching. To see the project from the […]