Jump to content
Why become a member? ×

Planning a Jaguar build...


Pea Turgh

Recommended Posts

Decent afternoon of progress.  Found the scratchplate!

Fitted it, measured, cut, fitted, measured, cut, etc.  Then sand to make sure the lines flow.  Finally I have the curves I wanted!

Next up, scrape the edges with a Stanley blade.  Genius idea, @Maude - worked a treat!  Firstly I marked a 2mm line all the way around so I knew how far to scrape to (using a sharpie taped to a pencil and ramming a screwdriver in to get the correct distance from shaft to tip (shnarff)).

I put a bit of copper strip under the bridge, along with some silver hifi speaker cable for the new earth wire.  Bridge now on for good.

Also had to put another block of wood in the cavity so the control panel can fix to something.  Made a nice big hole in it so I can thread the neck pickup wire through it, then realised it could have just run along the side.  Doh.

My Heath Robinson approach is evident here with the use of spanners to assist the clamp in holding the block in place 😂😂

8B46147B-1EB6-439F-A1BF-19EF2F40F101.jpeg

3E2B9F60-DB90-456C-9705-C95E03100A63.jpeg

D2DF1CFC-0F41-49D2-99EC-378C88052AB6.jpeg

9285744A-BF16-4CDD-94E8-6E9C6C00EC42.jpeg

6FBAB8F6-A8C8-4775-8F6F-6929CF286A8B.jpeg

F69D225C-97A6-4EDB-B842-36E1AB95B48D.jpeg

1D9E5B21-38F3-490C-A6AF-D5CB43020EAB.jpeg

698CCD25-AD14-4FF9-8ACD-1E770B47BF55.jpeg

  • Like 5
Link to comment
Share on other sites

One thing to be cautious about...

Your block of wood is presenting an end grain towards the pickguard screw.

I advise you drill a pilot hole for the screw that is the diameter of the screw core before attempting to fit it.  In addition, make sure the screw is waxed and even then be cautious when you tighten the screw.  If you do all of these things you might avoid the grain splitting.

Good luck.

  • Thanks 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Body done!  Well, sort of.  I still have to fill the ding on the lower edge by the control plate (already present when I bought it), two original scratchplate holes, either edge of the bridge pickup, and some chips I made along the way (yoink).

The scratchplate turned out way better than I hoped.  Had to sand it as well as scrape as my one blade gave up quite quickly.  There is a gap around the control plate, but it’s not that bad.

Conductive paint applied - covered all the dodgy woodwork!  Copper shielding applied to the back of the plate too.

Just waiting for the neck to dry.  The face of the headstock is still patchy, so might need another couple of coats.  Push comes to shove I can always paint it!

 

D5D2030F-2EE0-4500-BCC7-7F7E444B8172.jpeg

480C1D57-9AE8-4CC4-9038-255A8B6670ED.jpeg

13E5EE2A-11EE-4B82-89AE-B81702C21869.jpeg

10915412-421C-4052-89CB-79148C883FB0.jpeg

E416ADB8-5A54-4C08-A1BC-B6400CD2C04A.jpeg

  • Like 3
Link to comment
Share on other sites

So, the name.  I was going to call it a Jaguar.  But it’s not.  Is it a Jazz?  Got the right neck.  Is it a Talman?  It’s got the wrong neck!

Had also thought about not trying to hide the cockups or previous holes etc.  No solid ideas though.

Flash forward to a couple of days ago, my wife walks in to the kitchen with a broken dish (kids don’t respect anything!!).  Says we should fix it with gold glue, like the Japanese tradition.  “Eh?” said I.  A quick google gives me the full story, and also the name that will adorn the headstock; Kintsugi!!!

 

F5F1702E-04A3-4C84-BA71-F90BAD6F2970.png

  • Like 2
Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • 5 months later...
1 hour ago, Pea Turgh said:

Update:

My mediocre skills don’t match up to my high quality control expectations, so this is now being parted out!  Head over to the classifieds to find the bones of your next build 😂

Oh dear!  What has gone wrong?  It was looking great...

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Wasn’t happy with the pickups (£12 off eBay - who could have predicted?), not happy with the finish on the neck, neck pocket, the fact that it’s not a Jaguar 😂

I had my eye on something else in the classifieds too, so selling some bits including this.  Thought it would be more worthwhile as parts than as an unfinished project.

Onwards and upwards!!

  • Like 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Restore formatting

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.
×
×
  • Create New...