Customised Fender USA “Original ’60’s” Jaguar. Fitting a nut, and stringing
A properly cut bone nut is one of the keys to great tone – but cutting one properly can be a challenge. Even with the right tools and a refined approach – it can take a while. But it’s well worth the effort.
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“Mary Kaye” White Blonde Fender Jaguar. Re-fitting the headstock with gold hardware
Swapping out the nickel hardware on a Fender ’65 Re-issue Jaguar neck, for a replacement set, in gold.
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Kurt Cobain “Jag-Stang”. Assembly after finishing
I’ve already done a dry-run assembly. So – now that the body has been finished and polished, piecing my JagStang build together again should be an absolute breeze…
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Custom built Fender Jaguar USA. Building the tone circuit, and wiring-in the pickups
I can finally see well enough to drop some Creamery “Alt 88″Jaguar pickups into my Custom spec Fender “US Original ’60’s” Jaguar. I’m wiring them up with a “Johnny Marr” schematic, and I’m especially looking forward to testing out the additional “neck and bridge in series” combination.
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“Mary Kaye” White Blonde Fender Jaguar. Filling a few pinholes, tinting, toning, and applying the final clear coat
Filling a few minor “pinholes”, tinting and toning the colour coat, and applying a final clear gloss lacquer topcoat on a white blonde “Mary Kaye” type nitro finish.
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Kurt Cobain “Jag-Stang”. Shielding the body, and grounding the bridge
Grounding a Fender Mustang Tremolo unit, and linking the running ground wire to the internal copper shielding on my Jagstang build…
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Custom Fender Jazzmaster. First assembly after re-finishing
There are so many things to catch up on, at the moment. Time to start putting my newly-finished Jazzmaster together – with a couple of Staytrem upgrade options
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Kurt Cobain “Jag-Stang”. Polishing a nitro paint job the easy way
So much to catch up on…
Next up – polishing the nitro finish coat on my Warmoth JagStang body. I’m looking for a simplified process to save time, and to help prevent rubbing through the thin lacquer coats.
Making up some home-made Jaguar shielding plates
A set of new, genuine Fender Jaguar shielding plates seems to be an impossible find here in the UK. Additionally – high shipping costs and import taxes means it’s not exactly economical to specially ship sets in from the USA. So – why not make a set, myself, from scratch?
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Custom Fender Jazzmaster. Shielding the body cavities – Installing a brass shielding tub, and plates
Shielding a Fender Jazzmaster body with copper foil together with the, more traditional, brass plates and “tub”.
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“Mary Kaye” White Blonde Fender Jaguar. Change of plan – Spraying a white blonde nitro finish
I’ve had a while to rethink my original plans for this Jaguar, and instead of a “natural”, shellacked finish – I’m going to spray a “white blonde” nitro finish instead.
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Custom Fender Jazzmaster. Fitting tuners to a new Fender neck
A few “gentle stretches” to get back in the groove after my eye operation. Easy jobs at first. First off – I’m fitting a set of Gotoh tuners to a Fender Jazzmaster neck.
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Kurt Cobain “Jag-Stang”. Clear coating with nitrocellulose lacquer
Last push to clearcoat my JagStang body, before I take a few weeks enforced lay off…
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Kurt Cobain “Jag-Stang”. Nitro colour coats
Another body prep job to fit in before the weekend. This time – spraying a Sonic Blue nitro paint job, onto my Warmoth JagStang body.
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“Natural Ash” Jaguar. Body preparation – Sealing the wood, and flatting-back
More essential body prep, before the enforced lay-off for my upcoming eye op. This time it’s sealing and fine sanding an Ash Jaguar body.
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Kurt Cobain “Jag-Stang”. Body prep, and primer coats
With a lay-off fast approaching – I need to push on with a few spray painting jobs, so they can cure in the meanwhile. First-off – I’m priming the Warmoth JagStang body, ready for it’s Sonic Blue, nitro colour coat
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Kurt Cobain “Jag-Stang”. Preparation, and sealing an alder wood body
Sealing an alder wood body for my JagStang build. As always – the best-looking finishes rely on proper preparation
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Custom Fender Jazzmaster. Polishing the re-painted body
Polishing up the nitro clearcoat on a repainted, Fender Squier J. Mascis Jazzmaster body. The original “Antique White”, body has been re-finished in a custom “Candy Apple Red”. (Translucent Red over “Shoreline Gold”).
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“Natural Ash” Jaguar. Body preparation – Grain filling
The first stage of fine-finishing this swamp ash Jaguar body, is to apply a grain filler – followed by careful flat-sanding and burnishing
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Wilko Johnson Fender Telecaster. Setup
Stringing, and setting up my DIY replica, Wilko Johnson Fender Telecaster. Do heavier-than-usual strings make a difference?
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Kurt Cobain “Jag-Stang”. Dry-run assembly with neck, body and key hardware
Having obtained all of the body-mounted hardware I’ll need for the JagStang build – it’s the ideal opportunity to check the accuracy, and to position everything properly with a “dry-run” assembly.
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Wilko Johnson Fender Telecaster. Installing the circuit, and wiring-in the pickups
Soldering up a “modern” wiring circuit for my Wilko Johnson Fender Telecaster
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Kurt Cobain “Jag-Stang”. Fitting the tuners
…the next quick task is to fit some Fender “vintage-style” tuners to my finished JagStang neck…
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Custom built Fender Jaguar USA. (Re)-fitting a Fender Mute
I’ve got a couple of small jobs scheduled this week. First off – I want to replace the Fender Mute on my CAR Original ’60’s Jaguar…
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New project. Natural Ash Jaguar, “Twin Sound”
Another Jaguar project. This time – to mop up a few more spare parts, and to act as a sort of “partner” to my in-progress, Candy Apple Red, Custom US Jaguar.
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Custom built Fender Jaguar USA. Fitting a customised, bound and block-marked neck
Fitting my customised Musikraft Jaguar neck onto my Candy Apple Red “Original ’60’s” Jaguar body. Featuring some new Gotoh SD-510 tuners, and a StewMac neck shim.
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1998 Fender Nashville Deluxe Telecaster. Final specification after repair and refurbishment
A subtle restoration and revoicing of my old 1998 Fender Nashville Telecaster. Finally – it’s more of a TELECASTER – rather than a Stratocaster with a couple of Telecaster pickups. What’s more… it rocks!
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Custom built Fender Jaguar USA. Candy Apple Red headstock finish – Flatting the decals, and polishing out
Finishing the painted headstock on my Musikraft custom Jaguar neck. A few gremlins in the detail – but maybe I just have to live with some of my practical limitations, and focus on the overall effect.
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Wilko Johnson Fender Telecaster. Neck pickup, scratchplate and control plate installation
Fitting a neck pickup, custom-cut all-red scratchplate, and chrome control plate to my Wilko Johnson Fender Telecaster
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Custom Fender Jazzmaster. Re-painting, Stage 2 (of 2). Applying the colour, and clear top coats
Spraying a nitro “Candy Apple Red” colour coat onto a refurbished Fender Squier J. Mascis Jazzmaster body.
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