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Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2015 11:05 pm
by finboy
Partially assembled/corrected the body, took pics, will start a "how to put together an mjt jag" thread in the next couple days

Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2016 7:55 pm
by finboy
Rough cut on a spitfire guard, nerve racking to say the least...

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And working on this old thing...

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Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2016 2:41 am
by finboy
Progress of the slowest kind, routs are *just* too shallow so I will have to go in and make some room, but that's a Monday problem

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Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2016 10:15 pm
by finboy
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Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2016 10:17 pm
by vojtasTS29
that is sexy.

Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2016 11:46 pm
by Noisy Cat
That's gorgeous.

A Jag with a Tele bridge pickup and a JM neck pickup is my dream...

Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2016 5:01 pm
by finboy
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That's going to take some work tweaking

Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2016 10:20 pm
by Awstin
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That's going to take some work tweaking

Really? Dont do that. You have a hardtail trem plate on it and you'll be drilling holes in the body. I know it's a rough body but it's still vintage and the mods to it are only under the Pickguard at the moment. Seeing this breaks my heart for selling it haha.

Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2016 8:51 pm
by finboy
Girl-caster getting revived into a tele plus with kill switch

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Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2016 9:31 pm
by dots
i dig that scumbag finish.

Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2016 1:50 am
by finboy
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Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2016 2:08 pm
by finboy
Two steps forward, one step back. Just after this photo went to read her the guard, slipped with the drill and put a small crack in the guard *doh*

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Posted: Wed Dec 21, 2016 11:23 pm
by finboy
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Posted: Wed Dec 21, 2016 11:28 pm
by Mad-Mike
Apartment Guitar build - Working on my own interpretation of a Mosrite using mostly hand-tools (only power tools - router and a palm sander)

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Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2016 1:00 am
by Bacchus
That looks brilliant. Like some sort of reverse Performer. Like a Supersonic Performer.

Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2016 6:54 pm
by Mad-Mike
Bacchus wrote:That looks brilliant. Like some sort of reverse Performer. Like a Supersonic Performer.
Thanks, I'm planning to build templates off this one if it works out good. Nifty part was I did the initial shaping and cutout using nothing but a pull-saw and a coping saw - all hand power.

Posted: Sat Apr 11, 2020 4:09 pm
by finboy
My buddy bought a BONAMASSA firebird, and as much as I don’t care for white boy blues, it was an undeniably great guitar. Boredom but the better of me in isolation, and I found one for $599 Canadian from L&M (*maybe* 425 American?) and it is mint. Here it is with my other single pickup epiphone:

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As usual, I’m going to end up spending more than the guitars value on parts, but it is a solid platform with a great pickup.

Plastic peg heads to get some weight off the body:
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And some new pots (VIP pots 500k for vol, 250k cts for bridge)

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New bridge and trem are in the mail, but god knows when things will actually arrive given the mess we are in, wait and see I suppose.

Posted: Tue May 05, 2020 5:43 pm
by finboy
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Posted: Tue May 05, 2020 6:22 pm
by sunshiner
Missed it when you first posted. Looks great! Bonamassa makes Epiphone put a normal C neck in all his signature guitars because he doesn't like their regular skinny necks

Posted: Tue May 05, 2020 6:53 pm
by finboy
sunshiner wrote:Missed it when you first posted. Looks great! Bonamassa makes Epiphone put a normal C neck in all his signature guitars because he doesn't like their regular skinny necks
That’s one of the reason I bought this, I normally HATE firebird necks