Fender Jazzmaster pickup replacement.

Painting? Routing? Set-up tips? Or just straight-up making a guitar from scratch? Post here, and post pics!

Moderated By: mods

User avatar
ekwatts
A series of tubes
Posts: 24489
Joined: Tue Apr 18, 2006 10:35 pm
Location: Bongchester

Fender Jazzmaster pickup replacement.

Post by ekwatts »

Cut the new pickguard today, not bad.

Need to decide how to equip it. Option A is two filtertrons, while option B is a neck filtertron and a Telecaster pickup in the bridge.

Image
Image
Image
Image
Brandon W wrote:you elites.
User avatar
Thom
lamp
Posts: 6987
Joined: Thu Apr 20, 2006 8:23 am
Location: Exeter, UK

Post by Thom »

I’d go double filtertron. Looks cool.
User avatar
Bacchus
Whatever's handiest
Posts: 23431
Joined: Thu Apr 20, 2006 4:10 am
Location: wandering

Post by Bacchus »

Leave it exactly as it is in the top photo. Exactly.
Image
User avatar
plopswagon
cutesy tag
Posts: 18525
Joined: Thu Jan 18, 2007 3:32 pm
Location: 3rd Fret
Contact:

Post by plopswagon »

Bacchus wrote:Leave it exactly as it is in the top photo. Exactly.
Image
► Show Spoiler
ekwatts wrote: Wed Dec 21, 2022 12:53 pm The word "moisty" has made me irrationally angry.
kingkiller
LET ME BE CLEAR
Posts: 1604
Joined: Fri Jun 02, 2017 1:44 pm
Location: Florida->Michigan

Post by kingkiller »

I’m quite partial to the filtertron-Tele combo
Hurb wrote:I love Jizz
Al_ wrote:I prefer to squeeze balls.
Doog wrote: Sat Jan 15, 2022 1:50 pm(bussy?)
User avatar
Bacchus
Whatever's handiest
Posts: 23431
Joined: Thu Apr 20, 2006 4:10 am
Location: wandering

Post by Bacchus »

Nope plops, that's too busy.

I like it as it is. No pickups, no bridge, no strings.
Image
User avatar
plopswagon
cutesy tag
Posts: 18525
Joined: Thu Jan 18, 2007 3:32 pm
Location: 3rd Fret
Contact:

Post by plopswagon »

He’s already left off the neck binding like some sort of barbarian.
► Show Spoiler
ekwatts wrote: Wed Dec 21, 2022 12:53 pm The word "moisty" has made me irrationally angry.
User avatar
Bacchus
Whatever's handiest
Posts: 23431
Joined: Thu Apr 20, 2006 4:10 am
Location: wandering

Post by Bacchus »

Needs to get rid of the frets too. Or, get rid of the neck, but leave only the frets and blocks.
Image
User avatar
gusman2x
.
.
Posts: 4198
Joined: Mon Apr 16, 2012 7:01 pm
Location: Manchester U.K.

Post by gusman2x »

Am I missing something, in as much that the mock up of option B does not actually depict a std tele bridge pickup? Either way, I'd go filtertron and hot rails. That's cool as mince.
www.lowrisemusic.com

uugh, another Manchester alt/indie band
User avatar
ekwatts
A series of tubes
Posts: 24489
Joined: Tue Apr 18, 2006 10:35 pm
Location: Bongchester

Post by ekwatts »

gusman2x wrote:Am I missing something, in as much that the mock up of option B does not actually depict a std tele bridge pickup? Either way, I'd go filtertron and hot rails. That's cool as mince.
Yeah, I should have pointed out in the text that the Tele bridge I was talking about was a hot rails type (an Artec I bought ages ago for a laugh, apparently it has an alnico magnet... dunno how true that is).

It still has the three screw fitting though, you massive pedant. Humbuckers in telecasters are Gods will.
Image
Brandon W wrote:you elites.
User avatar
ekwatts
A series of tubes
Posts: 24489
Joined: Tue Apr 18, 2006 10:35 pm
Location: Bongchester

Post by ekwatts »

Oh look, it isn't an ekwatts project thread without several months between tiny, incremental updates.

I finally cut one of the filtertron routs into the pickguard template. This is why I work with foam PVC for templates: I'm familiar with it and even though it's fairly easy to work with basic hand tools, it's also still pretty sturdy. I basically did this with a craft knife and sandpaper.

So I still need to do the neck pickup and then cut the actual routs using the template, then the bevelling. Then mount all the electronics and stuff.

So see you all in February next year.

Image
Image
Brandon W wrote:you elites.
User avatar
dots
BADmin (he/him)
Posts: 1021961
Joined: Mon Apr 17, 2006 4:16 pm
Location: Esco-A-Go-Go
Contact:

Post by dots »

right on time and looking good.
User avatar
ekwatts
A series of tubes
Posts: 24489
Joined: Tue Apr 18, 2006 10:35 pm
Location: Bongchester

Post by ekwatts »

LOOK AT HOW FAST I'M WORKING ON THIS

I'd taken a photo of the back yesterday. Obviously. This is the front. The original routs for the humbucker rings are drawn on around the filtertron routs, I stuck them in just to get a better idea of the placement of the filtertrons.

Just need to drill holes for the bridge and switch and then I can finish the actual pickguard.

Image
Image
Brandon W wrote:you elites.
User avatar
Hurb
Peanut the Kidnapper
Posts: 7176
Joined: Mon Apr 17, 2006 8:47 pm

Post by Hurb »

Looking good!
User avatar
ekwatts
A series of tubes
Posts: 24489
Joined: Tue Apr 18, 2006 10:35 pm
Location: Bongchester

Post by ekwatts »

Well, shit.

My drill just tore everything up.


Image
Image
Brandon W wrote:you elites.
User avatar
Bacchus
Whatever's handiest
Posts: 23431
Joined: Thu Apr 20, 2006 4:10 am
Location: wandering

Post by Bacchus »

Is that the top side?
Image
User avatar
ekwatts
A series of tubes
Posts: 24489
Joined: Tue Apr 18, 2006 10:35 pm
Location: Bongchester

Post by ekwatts »

Yeah, but it snapped the corner of the piece, so it's unsalvageable.

I have an alternative but I've had to order a little extra plastic.

Quite honestly, I'm more annoyed at my second (excellent) template being ruined than the actual pickguard.
Image
Brandon W wrote:you elites.
User avatar
Bacchus
Whatever's handiest
Posts: 23431
Joined: Thu Apr 20, 2006 4:10 am
Location: wandering

Post by Bacchus »

Bugger. Can you use the template/scratchplate to make another, equally good template, then anevenother equally good spare template?
Image
User avatar
ekwatts
A series of tubes
Posts: 24489
Joined: Tue Apr 18, 2006 10:35 pm
Location: Bongchester

Post by ekwatts »

Bacchus wrote:Bugger. Can you use the template/scratchplate to make another, equally good template, then anevenother equally good spare template?
Yeah, I've already started on another, I'm actually going to cut it from individual white and black sheets of acrylic I have lying around and then laminate them together. That's what I did for my teardrop and it worked really well. 0.75mm plastic sheet is like 90p from some places. Difference is it's kind of matt in finish so I'm going to have to do a smooth sanding and then buff it for that shiny shiny pickguard finish, but I can basically rough out the shape with a scalpel really easily to begin with. The only reason I didn't take this route in the first place was because I wanted to do it all "properly", using a router and a template and stuff, even though I knew I could achieve the same end with a technique that I was much more comfortable with.

Oh well. Shows how you should stick to what you know.

Although it has been good experience. I wouldn't mind trying to cut out a full guitar body after this at some point. I saw a custom guitar on instagram the other day which was a Rickenbacker 4003 bass body but kitted out as a six string guitar and thought it looked sweet as fuck.
Image
Brandon W wrote:you elites.
KillerGuitarRigs
.
.
Posts: 9
Joined: Thu Jul 16, 2020 4:38 pm
Contact:

Post by KillerGuitarRigs »

ekwatts wrote:
Bacchus wrote: I saw a custom guitar on instagram the other day which was a Rickenbacker 4003 bass body but kitted out as a six string guitar and thought it looked sweet as fuck.
Damn, that sounds amazing.