GUITAR BUILD PROJECTS, DRUM FETTLING, CUSTOMISATION & DIY TECH
After refinishing the neck for my blonde "Mary Kaye"-type Jaguar build - I can finally tap the neck with new bolt holes, and check the neck alignment with a gold Bigsby B5 tremolo unit installed. This is already becoming a quite distinctive-looking build...
Grounding a Fender Mustang Tremolo unit, and linking the running ground wire to the internal copper shielding on my Jagstang build...
Shielding a Fender Jazzmaster body with copper foil together with the, more traditional, brass plates and "tub".
It might seem like overkill to some - but I want to properly shield my USA Custom Jaguar body with some copper foil. While I'm at it - I can sort out a few grounding issues
I've finally got hold of the basic components, to begin putting together my own, Wilko Johnson style, Fender Telecaster.
Repairing damage to the neck pocket area - where an over-tightened neck plate has compressed the body wood, and split the polyester finish.
Fitting the scratchplate, is when the look of the guitar really starts to come together. But with the test fit - there's something not quite right...
Shielding the Hardtail's body with copper foil will create a contiguous ground. But I'll have to find a way to link it to that surface mounted bridge.
Swapping out the body of my Ash Stratocaster seemed like one of those tasks which needn't take too long. However - after a finishing process which took a couple of weeks from start to finish - I'm beginning to realise how much I missed it. And there's still a way to go... But it's beginning to look like it might well be worth the wait...
The Dakota red body is ready to go. No point letting things hang. Fortunately, I've got most of the bits I'll need, already in hand. Supplies have been getting a bit harder to source, with the current restrictions - so where some things are in short supply, I'll just have to eke them out. The copper shielding foil is just one example - but this is no time to let standards drop. Sometimes, working through a problem can provide useful lessons in economy.
Garageland 