Assembling a new Jazzmaster

gwEm

The story so far, waiting on some bits to finish it.

* Fecker decal
* Kluson tuners
* Chinese block inlay CBS neck
* Fender 'F' neck plate
* Bravacaster seafoam green alder body
* Hardtail Jazzmaster trem plate
* Jim Dunlop straplocks

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WezV

Looking good so far.  Is that Chinese neck flamed all the way down?  

I love blocks and binding

gwEm

WezV said:

Looking good so far.  Is that Chinese neck flamed all the way down?  

I love blocks and binding

Yes it is flamed all the way down. Except for the poly finish its a really nice neck.

PhilKing

Looks great - I can recommend the Staytrem jazzmaster bridge.  I have one for my J Mascis Squier. (I have the bass one on my Bass VI),  I also got the Mojotone 59 Jazzmaster pickups for it.

longjaw

Lovely neck - how much was it (if you don't mind me asking)?

gwEm

longjaw said:

Lovely neck - how much was it (if you don't mind me asking)?

I don't mind you asking! It was quite cheap - about £70 from an Austrian eBay seller. I don't remember exactly the price.

I'd have prefer to get an unfinished neck or a nitro one. But the bound block inlay necks are a little bit more rare. I didn't fancy waiting for one to come up.

Electro_Ham

Made a JM myself a few years ago. Good luck with the build. Get the staytrem bridge, you will be glad you did. Marc at Mojo Pickups made the complete wiring harness and pickups. Sounds great.

gwEm

Work in progress:

* NOS 60s witchhat knobs
* WD pickup covers - which are slightly the wrong size
* Cheapest 'tortoiseshell' scratchplate I could find on eBay - actually perfectly ok
* 500k CTS pots
* 22nF metal film capacitor
* switchcraft jack
* switchcraft switch

next will be fitting the bridge which I'm a bit anxious about

PhilKing

Don't know what pickups you'll be using, but Jazzmasters use 1m pots.  It's to get more jangle out of them.  Some pickup makers might wind for 500k, so that's why I asked about the pickups.  I'm using 500k for the tone pots in both circuits, but had to get Alpha mini pots for the rhythm controls.

gwEm

The pickups will be a Kent Armstrong Stealth 90 in the bridge and a Fender USA '62 reissue in the neck.

I won't fit the rhythm circuit to this.

Fitted the bridge last night - a TonePros TOM. Took it slowly, it went pretty well.

The TOM is for a 12" radius and the neck is 9.5" so the outer strings are noticeably higher. I may file the saddles. Undecided about that yet.

marktheharp

Looks great with the block and binding on the neck and great colour body

gwEm

Assembled now. Looks and sounds very good! Some playability tweaks to come.

gwEm

And there we go!

Lebarque

Looks great! I'm tempted to do a surf green/tort JM. Lovely

gwEm

 The final touch is a buzz-stop. Yes it does make a difference with a tune-o-matic.

Kind of an unusual arrangement there with the hardtail plate.