WaimeaBay wrote:

Mjt?

MJT, like Warmoth. They make offset bodies.

Congrats Jake, I dig your style! Another tasty, cool project.

So, I've been having this buzz in the back of my brains, that this thread had exposed and magnified. I can't deny it anymore, I want a Jag. Inca Silver sparkle, naturally, to complement my Aztec JM.
Now you've done it!

JakeDobner wrote:

I also have a MJT Inca Silver jag coming... I got it cheap, and it has a '64 clay dot neck and all AV'65 parts save for vintage knobs.

JakeDobner wrote:

Then you need Mayan Mayonnaise Metallic!

I don't know what you mean.
Maybe that would be better suited for your Olmec Salmon Sandwitch goddess.

It needs to sparkle though, and I can't recall any Mesoamerican reference. It would make sense that even if it fell off the art, which it probably did, a puddle of glitter would be found on a sandy dune, somewhere. Nope. Gold? yes. Red virgin baby dust? sure. Silver? tons of it. Dave Wronsy level sparkle? They didn't make it. Then the strangers came.

Nah.
I'm calling it.
Jew-Silver

I wouldn't mind paying double (relative to U.S. it's quadruple) for an ready made AVRI, but it's all about want, I don't need anything, really.
Seriously, how's the finish on these bodies? Seem pretty unexpensive. With help from this forum, and from you personally, I now have the confidence of taking on a project like this. I haven't had that 7 years ago. That's a good feeling, so thank you.

DreadInBabylon wrote:

Seriously, how's the finish on these bodies? Seem pretty unexpensive. With help from this forum, and from you personally, I now have the confidence of taking on a project like this. I haven't had that 7 years ago. That's a good feeling, so thank you.

On the MJT? Absolutely flawless. They get thin like Fender can't/won't so it is a really unique feel. MJT does a "Closet classic" finish and then varying degrees of relic. Asking for 'light checking", 'Light relic', and "light yellowing" will actually get you way more than you think, just an FYI to anybody. This happened on my Sherwood green, but it turned out incredible.

A MJT body is like $350 when going direct(not off ebay) and a vintage Musicmaster II, Duo-Sonic, or Mustang neck is like $200-300(for the 24" scale versions of these necks). So building your own really isn't expensive for really high quality parts. I personally always leave out the rhythm circuit as I never use it and it cuts like $30-$50 off the price.

See if that guy can't make you a body and finish it as well, always good to keep things local. MJT is really inexpensive though, so it might be cheaper to import from the US. Those necks look pretty rad!

I did creative switching on my Sherwood Green Jag. I have a hi-pass filter and a Esquire tone darkening circuit(on the bridge pickup only). I used a Johnny Marr Jag style plate for that. I also had a black ice module in there, a couple of diodes that overdrives the guitar naturally.

The clear turned out really well, I love nitro... This time, I knew how the nitro was going to melt into the previous layers and it allowed me to get a finish I am really happy with.

The photo, obviously, doesn't really do it justice. Next Saturday, I will be final sanding and buffing! I'm going to get the wiring going so I can be prepared next Saturday to have the final product playable.

And Paulownia is SUPER soft. Like, "what the fuck!" soft. You will note a few dings that occurred. Paint can, respirator, and cell phones have all been dropped on this body. Just in general, I don't have a great track record of keeping things not dropped on guitars. My Sherwood green jag, first day I owned it I put the body on a jacket on a couch(it was at an angle) and it slid off when I stood up and the butt of the guitar has a big chip now(and all of the other chips the guitar has).

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There is a shop in the San Fernando valley that makes really good copies of Teles, and all of them are 'relics' out of the shop - they don't sell them without 'relicking' as the minimalistically thin nitro lacquer in the hands of their craftsmen within their modest shop won't allow it.
Having finished a few guitars myself, I find out how hard it is to do a perfect job without accidents marring a guitar before it's even assembled. But one day I hope to get the zen of it all and produce a guitar which is aesthetically unblemished. And then proceed to nick it the first time I play it.

Squink Out!

Looks great! It's amazing, I never in my younger years would have said I liked this. But I do now. What's next, liking Kenny G? Ha, looks awesome though.

Peace to you, not on you

I didn't have a scale, and now Im out but I think this is just about 5 pounds.

JakeDobner wrote:

I didn't have a scale, and now Im out but I think this is just about 5 pounds.

Wes
SoCal ex-pat with a snow shovel

DISCLAIMER: The above is opinion/suggestion only & should not be used for mission planning/navigation, tweaking of instruments, beverage selection, or wardrobe choices.

JakeDobner wrote:

It is actually lighter than my thinline, by a comfortable margin.

Wow. You think it's the wood you used? All the other bits are pretty standard things (and their weights) for a Jag.

Wes
SoCal ex-pat with a snow shovel

DISCLAIMER: The above is opinion/suggestion only & should not be used for mission planning/navigation, tweaking of instruments, beverage selection, or wardrobe choices.