Green Thinline build: opinions needed

[badscrew_projects]

Inspected this neck carefully and found couple of other issues:

1) its back has a weird profile - it isn’t cut very even, bumpy in the middle. Sanding it down at this moment to even everything out. I’ll finish it then with gunstock oil, Musicman style.

2) No idea how I missed it before: NO SIDE DOTS

 

[RickyRicardo]

Two methods I use to get rid of any high spots is to use a concave cabinet scraper then 80 grit sandpaper and do the shoe shine thing.

 

[badscrew_projects]

I’m doing it with a flat sanding block.

 

[badscrew_projects]

So there’s been a fair amount of sanding so far, managed to pretty much even out the back profile. It was rather rough with big bumps and valleys. But then they’ve sealed the wood, I don’t get it.
Maybe this is why it was sold for $50
Anyway, that’s one of the weirdest pieces of maple I’ve seen - some wavy grain changing it’s directions, some birds eyes, bear claws like on spruce and a bit of flame figure.

 

[badscrew_projects]

Oh and the fretboard is ebony.
A low grade one but still.

 

[badscrew_projects]

Gluing in the side fret markers

 

[badscrew_projects]

Nice and chunky dots!

 

[badscrew_projects]

 

[crazydave911]

With all respect make your own necks and choose the wood and profile yourself. I'll even help

 

[black_doug]

I like your choice of pickguard.

 

[badscrew_projects]

With all respect make your own necks and choose the wood and profile yourself. I'll even help

Time/money/effort

 

[crazydave911]

Neck and fretboard wood,$8 each. About an hour and maybe a half. Effort? You may have me there lol

 

[badscrew_projects]

This is grossly underestimated

 

[badscrew_projects]

Slowly but surely the neck is done now

The only thing left is to add a string tree

 

[badscrew_projects]

This will be its neck pickup, now waiting for another pickguard with a minihumbucker sized hole… and that will be the very last part missing.

 

[badscrew_projects]

It’s arrived!

 

[badscrew_projects]

Damn, my pickup is larger and longer that this hole. Doh.
File time!

 

[badscrew_projects]

This much

 

[jman72]

I had to widen the pickup hole in the pick guard of my Jagmaster when I put in a set of humbucker-sized P-90s. Not a big deal, just used a file and a Dremel tool.

Love the green and white of your guitar, by the way!

 

[badscrew_projects]

Done!!!

The string hight at the nut is a bit high but I’ll let the neck settle under the string tension for a week before I file the slots down.

The specs:
- Semi-hollow basswood body with an ash cap, poly finish.
- Maple neck with ebony fretboard from G&L USA, a « scratch&dent » stock they were selling unfinished and unbranded around 10 years ago. I finished it with gunstock oil.
- Hardware from different sources
- A dual blade bridge and a minihumbucker neck pickup from ebay. I just picked whatever was cheaper.
- 250K Log pots (Bourns) and a 0.022 Orange drop cap
- a standard 3 way switch, no coil splitting

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