esquire master

[ludobag1]

i want to make some chips
and it can be a cool project for this winter

first a jazzmaster plan (already used )



two a télécaster plan where i keep only what i want
and then
a esquire master


i am hésitate beetween a télé neck or a strat neck at the heel ?
and beetween télé ,strat or jazz head stock ?

i have order a basswood body (my télé baja in ash is too much heavy and the jazzmaster body is more voluminus evermore ash is not cool to finish )


for neck is the rest of the plank of my jazzmaster neck






the grain was strange and it was eaten by insect but with an ébony freatboard it could works





for the guard need to be créative
you sake



and then

i will made neck pickup rout for jag ,telé and jazzmaster cause if it 's boring me to have only one pups i just have to cut a new guard without destroy finish
cause i haven' t do guard before, i have a sheet of stiroglass to try it avoid to ruin a cool mint sheet at 50 dollars


more than 90 % of hardware is order rest ebony fretboard ,fret ,trussrod neck plate ,tuners (klusons of course )
i have buy a fender 62 bridge plate with the saddle and pickup cheap but seems to be cool

[NYbill]

Looking good! Thats is a interesting blend.

I'd be interested in trying a Jazzmaster sometime. Where did you get the blueprint?

[ludobag1]

on a french forum but it you search here there is one i think

[Jack Wells]

There was already a Tele/Jazzmaster drawing available but I guess you had to know about it. It wasn't that easy to find using the search function. Anyway, here it is for future reference. Credit for this drawing goes to the great Ed Hawley.

Tele-TeleJazz Drawing

....... and here's a Jazzmaster drawing ........... once again thanks to Ed Hawley.

Jazzmaster Drawing

[ludobag1]

you need to know what to search
with the word template you find it in fews second
i find here really fast but i have my own already

[NYbill]

Ah, thanks guys. I now have some Jazzmaster information in my Documents folder. I have a ash body blank and two trussrods coming from Warmoth. I thought to do a strat. But, maybe I'll do a Jazzmaster next.

Keep the pics coming, Ludobag1!

[ludobag1]

thanks
if you need information for your build ask me i know more jazzmaster than télé
depend of type of ash but ash(european) is really heavy i make mine at 40 mm cause it is to heavy at 42 mm of thickness

[NYbill]

I don't really know much about them at all! I only played a Jazzmaster once, for about 10 minutes, many years ago. But, I like to research and build instruments I don't already own. It could make for a fun project. (I never owned and Irish Bouzouki. But, it was fun to build one!)

The ash I'm buying is "swamp ash". Its quite a bit lighter then regular ash. Where as regular ash (in my opinion) is dense, white'ish, and heavy like maple... "swamp ash" is light as say... poplar, open grained like mahogany or oak, and a bit grey'ish. (If that makes sense.)

I just did my first build with it and it sounds great! Its quite resonant. So I ordered another blank. I wish I could find it in the local mills. But, I think its mainly from a different part of the country.

[ludobag1]

jingle bells
i have recept my wood nice piece of basswood and the needed for the neck ,truss rod ,frets,inlay


but there is a but when you have a workbench outside
i gonna see a cabinet maker to plane the fretboard and the neck or with hand plane

with the blank i can do also my thinline

[ludobag1]

and the wood became a guitar ,i made the tracing to see how it looks (maybe replace the control plate more back?)

need to find a bandsaw

[ludobag1]

band saw found rest to complete with japanese hand saw before routing


machining planning rest to finish with hand plane (the machine is big 600 mm but doesn't cut well )

[Delta63]

Jazzmaster... I think I should try one next time I go to the music store

[ludobag1]

beguin with my handplane to remove the marks
rest a little hollow less than 2 dixièmes of mm i will finish later it is boring i haven't enought place to keep it




japanese hand sawing

[xbearxau]

Looking forward to this one. This is going to be my next build in January.

[ludobag1]

truss in place 3 min of works but 1 hours to find how i gonna grab it
it is 3 dixièmes lower than the neck my router always do too small not at this time

the hole for the key

the fretboard saw before dressing and making slot
and i am still hesitate between télé or jazz head then the heel depend and the neck pocket too

[Joedrc]

Originally Posted by ludobag1

and i am still hesitate between télé or jazz head then the heel depend and the neck pocket too

go for the tele headstock, it will make it look 'esquirey'

[ludobag1]

body with 1/4 round

a little chips

and then i have the router in hand i have made a straight line 30 mm far from the axis

on the fretboard for the slot


now i will finish the neck i am still waiting my parts
a fret bender to make and i search a way to avoid sanding one hour for radius
and i am decided i go with jazzmaster headstock

[NYbill]

Nice. You are starting to sell me on this design. I like the Jazzmaster shape. But, I don't need all the knobs. And I very rarely use a guitar with a tremolo.

You've got my wheels turning now! I'm thinking of one of these with a large 70's style strat headstock. I can already see the body and pick guard colors in my head. ;)

Keep the pics coming!

[ludobag1]

really boring evermore ebony is hard

next time i redo in rosewood and after i buy it already slotted


head done

fretboard glued

[ludobag1]

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