Infinite Custom PJ4

[HazBeen]

Building myself a 4 string PJ.
 

34” scale

Gotoh hardware (chrome)

Quartersawn Bubinga neck with graphite rods

Kaya Mahogany body, Ambrosia Maple top

EMG Geezer pups

Passive

Wenge fretboard

Stainless Steel frets

 

Pics to follow.

Edited August 18, 2022 by HazBeen

[HazBeen]

With the Baritone complete, now moving on with this…. Slight change in plan, am going headed, with chrome hardware… just feels like I need this to be more “classic”. I already have the rough body shape, rough neck and routing for trussrod/rods done. Will snap pics and post.

[benh]

Looking forward to seeing pics!

[HazBeen]

Some pics, basic/rough neck and body shape, fretboard slotted, trussrod and graphite rod slots done.

[HazBeen]

Not very disciplined uploading, here is where we are at currently. Although I scalloped the headstock yesterday.

[HazBeen]

The Ambrosia has a few worm holes that I will either cover with a pickguard or fill.

[Random Guitarist]

Liking this a lot, that ambrosia is beautiful.

[Andyjr1515]

That's looking very nice

[HazBeen]

8 hours ago, Andyjr1515 said:

That's looking very nice

Thank you, it is light too, body as is = only 1.6 ….. so probably closer to 1.4kg with routing, arm and body contouring done. Absolutely will end up a very easy sub 4kg instrument, 3.7 hopefully.

 

The Mahogany had “a lot” of mass removed.

[HazBeen]

Thought I might as well dump some pics….. I know I have not been uploading regularly (such is).

 

Made a pickguard template for the PJ, actually also doing a new body and pickguard for my Bogart (basically losing 1200 grams in weight).

[HazBeen]

[HazBeen]

Replacing the heavy ABM with a Nova too.

 

[Andyjr1515]

Coming along nicely Good move with the Nova 

[Hellzero]

Nice work, Harry and good idea to keep basses under 4 kilos, which is something all manufacturers should do to spare our backs. 😉

[HazBeen]

Decided on a Walnut pickguard for the “classic” and made the battery box cavity for the headless..

 

 

[Andyjr1515]

I like that contrast

[HazBeen]

12 hours ago, Andyjr1515 said:

I like that contrast

Yeah. Wasn’t planning on it, but the Walnut caught my eye for the exact same reason m.

[HazBeen]

So I decided to try the Crimson Wipe on Water based lacquer……. Like trying to coat your instrument with honey!

 

Utterly useless stuff. Now will need to let it cure (2 weeks max), before I coat again with something that actually does work…… anyway……never again Mr Crimson.

 

Bubinga neck on oil coat 4, headless body coat 1 and classic body (well see above).

[Random Guitarist]

I'm quite surprised by that, I have done an ash bass and a couple of guitars with that lacquer and been happy with all three. Admittedly I have low standards

[HazBeen]

58 minutes ago, Random Guitarist said:

I'm quite surprised by that, I have done an ash bass and a couple of guitars with that lacquer and been happy with all three. Admittedly I have low standards

Maybe I am just difficult, I.hate everything about it….. 

[Random Guitarist]

I applied it during the warmer months, using very thin coats that dried very fast. Then buffed it after about half an hour and hung it up out of the way.

I think applying any thickness of this stuff would be a disaster.

[HazBeen]

I did small surface area, thin coats when I saw how thick it was ….. from a distance it looks okay, but up close the finish is just fugly. Had better results using a 5£ can of car paint. Maybe I had a bad batch, I have enquired…

Edited October 5, 2022 by HazBeen

[HazBeen]

So the headless is now done….. 3.45 kg. Very nice weight.

 

I am missing a knob…. But have one in the house so should be all done tomorrow. Appears I will not need to do too much to make it play nice, as the action is pretty decent already.

 

 

[Andyjr1515]

Lovely job

[HazBeen]

Bass I was actually intending now also complete.

 

3.56 kg