Re: Another Jazzmaster Project
Now that I'm waiting for the body to dry, there's a can I've kicked without taking action and that's the neck. The pocket is severely under-sized for the Mighty Mite; I need to take a millimeter or maybe somewhat more off the pocket to get it to work.
I kept telling myself I'd take the easy way and enlarge the pocket, but obviously we're past where that should have occurred and I have no desire to mutilate the body for a sort of mediocre, non-spec Mighty Mite neck I'm ambivalent about - Last guitar I enlarged the pocket on to fit a neck I promptly switched to a different neck a year later and wound up with a millimeter gap If I ever want a real Mascis neck later (I might - they're nice) I'll screw myself over for short-term gain.
So - I'm pretty much going to say '**** this neck' that I'm only using because I own it, and either take a power sander/sanding block to the sides, starting at the point where it joins the body - 0.5 mm from each side should do it. I'll also need to re-file the fret ends after that business, and probably a coat of wipe-on poly to disguise however awful it looks somewhat. If I need encouragement to do that, my other makeshift-y fix on this guitar, the faux-Staytrem rocking conversion bushings, work *perfect.* The bridge seats dead-on, and no looseness (well - except the bridge itself rocking.) Guess I can make room for more crazy in this project.
Now that I'm waiting for the body to dry, there's a can I've kicked without taking action and that's the neck. The pocket is severely under-sized for the Mighty Mite; I need to take a millimeter or maybe somewhat more off the pocket to get it to work.
I kept telling myself I'd take the easy way and enlarge the pocket, but obviously we're past where that should have occurred and I have no desire to mutilate the body for a sort of mediocre, non-spec Mighty Mite neck I'm ambivalent about - Last guitar I enlarged the pocket on to fit a neck I promptly switched to a different neck a year later and wound up with a millimeter gap If I ever want a real Mascis neck later (I might - they're nice) I'll screw myself over for short-term gain.
So - I'm pretty much going to say '**** this neck' that I'm only using because I own it, and either take a power sander/sanding block to the sides, starting at the point where it joins the body - 0.5 mm from each side should do it. I'll also need to re-file the fret ends after that business, and probably a coat of wipe-on poly to disguise however awful it looks somewhat. If I need encouragement to do that, my other makeshift-y fix on this guitar, the faux-Staytrem rocking conversion bushings, work *perfect.* The bridge seats dead-on, and no looseness (well - except the bridge itself rocking.) Guess I can make room for more crazy in this project.
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