Birthday Jazz

[AntLockyer]

I got given some money for my birthday (I'm 44 bit weird) so decided to spend it real quick on a J bass body from Guitar Build

2 piece Alder 2kg

I'm going to join it with a neck I have laying around from an aborted project

Painting with nitro and doing a matching headstock. Now to decide on colour. I've got a few Jazz bits laying around that I'll asses for suitability (all off a Squier VM Jazz). It might be a case of getting it up and running with the electrics I have and upgrading at a later date. If I remember correctly the control plate is awful so I'll order one of those and a scratchplate (once paint colour decided). 

[AntLockyer]

OOOH

[Jimothey]

Very nice!! I'd personally go without the pickguard, 

Are you going to go trans on the finish or solid colour?? 😀

Edited September 26, 2018 by Jimothey

[AntLockyer]

The original project that the neck came from was all about a non scratch plate jazz, I think I might be over that now, we shall see.

I'm going to do a solid colour, probably Shoreline gold or Sonic/Daphne blue

This needs a little work first.

[Jimothey]

If it was me I'd go Sonic/Daphne Blue with a Mint pickguard but either way I think this will look really nice!! 😀

[AntLockyer]

Mint pickguard is 100% in the lead at the moment.

[TheGreek]

Lose a pound or two by doing the concave body cave a la Spector/Warwick. At least two benefits, weight reduction, cool increase cos nobody else has one...people will almost certainly want to talk to you about it.

 

[SpondonBassed]

22 hours ago, AntLockyer said:

The original project that the neck came from was all about a non scratch plate jazz, I think I might be over that now, we shall see.

I'm going to do a solid colour, probably Shoreline gold or Sonic/Daphne blue

This needs a little work first.

I have seen lots worse.

I appreciate your eye for detail however.  It looks like you got a good result.  I bet I'm not the only one thinking it's a shame to cover up that grain with solid colour.  (Bites tongue).

Looking forward to seeing it finished.  It'll look good solid colour or otherwise.

[AntLockyer]

I think we can put the transparent finish idea to bed

unless a trick of the light that lower part is way darker and tighter grained. Wouldn't look good.

[AntLockyer]

Colour decided. Charcoal frost with a mint guard. Not decided on whether I should splurge on one from Spitfire or not. Probably not as I just bought some Aero pickups which is really exciting for all sorts of reasons.

[stewblack]

You're right about the grain. I was voting for the gold but I have a thing about gold basses! Charcoal frost sounds intriguing..

[AntLockyer]

Hopefully look a bit like this

On to some more practical matters. There is a broken screw in the back of the headstock tgat needs sorting, no idea how I'm going to do that yet.

Also the string tree isn't in the right place and only just holds one of the strings in. Is there a way of marking it correctly? Directly between the 2 tuner holes?