jagmaster with some mods

jamba72 · Post by **jamba72** » Wed Oct 19, 2011 5:37 pm

cur wrote:
jamba72 wrote:well, I hate fake veneers so its history now..
How were these veneers fake?

It does look a lot better now.

I had an Epiphone SG which I sanded down, it had veneers on top and back, too..it looked a bit more pricey that way, you know.. interesting selling policy

then sanded this down, too, and voila, there was a nice asian mahagony under, nice looking.
I dont like when a guitar is dressed up unlike it actually is.

jamba72 · Post by **jamba72** » Wed Oct 19, 2011 5:52 pm

who is voting for natural, brown or green?

( the tremolo is chrome, of course..not red..)

BillClay · Post by **BillClay** » Wed Oct 19, 2011 6:01 pm

brown all day son.

brainfur · Post by **brainfur** » Wed Oct 19, 2011 6:04 pm

I dig the yellow, butt green is clean too

serfx · Post by **serfx** » Wed Oct 19, 2011 6:05 pm

stay the course
go green!

George · Post by **George** » Wed Oct 19, 2011 6:22 pm

I think the natural looks really great. Looks stained there though?

jamba72 · Post by **jamba72** » Wed Oct 19, 2011 6:28 pm

yeah, natural is nice..if I would hardoil it, so it gets a bit honeyish..

trans white is nice, too, maybe.

endsjustifymeans · Post by **endsjustifymeans** » Wed Oct 19, 2011 8:48 pm

Trans green or bust.

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jamba72 · Post by **jamba72** » Thu Oct 20, 2011 11:42 am

hm, the tremolo block is a bit too tall to fit..it sticks out about 3 mm, is that normal?
is there a good alternative vintage steel block tremolo for the jag?

serfx · Post by **serfx** » Thu Oct 20, 2011 11:58 am

i'm not sure.. i only ever had the stock trem block in mine...
and now i've a telecaster bridge on it..

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honeyiscool · Post by **honeyiscool** » Thu Oct 20, 2011 7:12 pm

jamba72 wrote:hm, the tremolo block is a bit too tall to fit..it sticks out about 3 mm, is that normal?
is there a good alternative vintage steel block tremolo for the jag?

That's not normal!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/370487431593?ss ... 883wt_1163

I like this one the most. Super cheap, too.

Also, I like green the most.

jamba72 · Post by **jamba72** » Thu Oct 20, 2011 8:35 pm

honeyiscool wrote:
jamba72 wrote:hm, the tremolo block is a bit too tall to fit..it sticks out about 3 mm, is that normal?
is there a good alternative vintage steel block tremolo for the jag?
That's not normal!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/370487431593?ss ... 883wt_1163

I like this one the most. Super cheap, too.

Also, I like green the most.

ay, that look neat, maybe I get this one, but Im in germany..

today I sanded it smooth and tried 2 colors of water based stains from Clou, a dark green and dark nut brown. The green was disastrous, looked slimy green..

I sanded it down again and the brown looks very nice, I think of staining the headstock, too..
the brown also covers the different pieces quite well, better than yellow or green.

tomorrow it gets the first cover of hardoil, the grain will pop out some more, also the color.

In reality it is more homogenous and deeper than on the foto..

Pens · Post by **Pens** » Thu Oct 20, 2011 8:45 pm

The brown is pretty, but as far as the green goes, you know that when you clear coat over a dye it changes it a bit, right? It might not have looked as slimy once the clear was on. Personally, I'd have put a tad of that green with the brown, but then I like ugly looking things.

jamba72 · Post by **jamba72** » Thu Oct 20, 2011 8:52 pm

no, really the green I wanted wasnt available at all, just as a solid color in a can..I did this on a mustang copy last month..

this brown went out neat, the hardoil finish will give another depth..

Pens · Post by **Pens** » Thu Oct 20, 2011 9:07 pm

Cool. What kind of wood are those things anyway?

jamba72 · Post by **jamba72** » Thu Oct 20, 2011 9:21 pm

Pens wrote:Cool. What kind of wood are those things anyway?

I was surprised..this baby looks ash ..

sounds awesome..

brainfur · Post by **brainfur** » Fri Oct 21, 2011 3:32 pm

man, ur really makin me want to refinish my jackmaster...

did you just sand it all or use a heat gun first?

jamba72 · Post by **jamba72** » Fri Oct 21, 2011 6:39 pm

brainfur wrote:man, ur really makin me want to refinish my jackmaster...

did you just sand it all or use a heat gun first?

of course nobody knows how many pieces your body is made of. You should mind that before sanding ..

or is it sunburst?

and, NO heatgun or paint dissolver..a dissolver will go deep into the wood and ruin further finishes..

Sanding is a hard job, but safe, best is to use a wood scraper.

ok, today I just FOOOOCKED UP my finish..

After applying the nice brown color I went for hardoiling it..what a mistake with ash wood, I realized that it just SUCKED up all the oil and that was it.
So I scraped it off completely today for the second time.

cur · Post by **cur** » Fri Oct 21, 2011 7:13 pm

What do you mean by hardoiling? How did this mess up what your stain?

jamba72 · Post by **jamba72** » Fri Oct 21, 2011 7:48 pm

cur wrote:What do you mean by hardoiling? How did this mess up what your stain?

Applying coats of hardoil as finish, I like this more than spray can jobs. But this time it was a mess with the ash wood, it just sucked it, perhaps I should have used another hardoil with siccatives before that.

..lessons learned..Now I have to wait a week till it is completely dry and then we go again..