A heavily upgraded and customised, “mid-Sixties type”, Fender Jazzmaster spec – built onto a hand lacquered, two-piece ash body, by guitarbuild. Upgraded with a modern Fender “Player” neck, an AVRI tremolo unit, Mastery M1 bridge, and a pair of Creamery “Extra Width” pickups.
Natural Ash Custom Fender Jazzmaster. Stringing and setup.
Completing the setup of my Custom "Natural Ash" Jazzmaster... Light, two-piece swamp ash body, with a high-gloss, clear shellac finish. Fender 75th Anniversary "Player" neck and AVRI '62 tremolo, with "Extra Width" pickups from "The Creamery" and a Mastery M1 bridge.
Natural Ash Custom Fender Jazzmaster. Continuing the hardware installation.
Installing the on-body hardware for my Custom "Natural Ash" Jazzmaster. Fender "Classic Player" neck, "Pure Vintage" scratchplate and AVRI offset tremolo - Creamery "Extra Width" pickups and a Mastery M1 bridge
“Classic” Natural Ash Fender Jazzmaster. Prepping the body for hardware installation. Shielding and grounding.
Shielding a Jazzmaster guitar body, and preparing a central "star" grounding point, for the pickups, jack socket, bridge and tremolo
“Classic” Natural Ash Fender Jazzmaster. Polishing-out a thin shellac finish
Polishing-out an ultra-thin, clear, shellac body coat - on this two-piece, swamp ash, Jazzmaster body.
“Classic, Mid ’60’s” Fender Jazzmaster. Building up a clear shellac topcoat
Building up a clear shellac body coat, on this two-piece, swamp ash, Jazzmaster body
“Classic, Mid ’60’s” Fender Jazzmaster. Prepping the body for a hand-applied shellac finish. Grain filling and sealing
Preparing a swamp ash Jazzmaster body, for a hand-applied, shellac finish. Preliminary grain filling and sealing
“Classic, Mid ’60’s” Fender Jazzmaster. Wiring the tone circuit, and building a “loaded” scratchplate
Building a "loaded" Fender Jazzmaster scratchplate. A good opportunity to study, and otherwise get to know, the "classic" 1960's Jazzmaster circuit layout.
All offsets assemble… Rationalising my various current offset builds, and planning ahead
With five offset builds currently competing for attention - I really need to focus, and build a check list of outstanding components. I can also take the opportunity to try and make each separate build as distinctive as possible.