Blue Jazz Master Project

 

Accidental project.

This project was started accidentally and then completed miraculously.
I had some “leftovers” from my project: tuner, pickguard etc. as I was upgrading some parts from the original package.
After another extensive search on the Internet, I found some local guy who was offering on the -CraigsList- the guitar body for just 40 bucks. What can I say? I could not resist.:)
This guy was so nice to me that he had offered the full electronics set with pickguard for another $40. That was not exactly what I had planned to do.
But the price was so attractive… 🙂
And even more: there were 2 P90 humbuckers in the offer.
And I have always dreamed of trying humbuckers.
As a result, I had to add only 6 pegs and the bridge.
And again: eBay is your best friend here.

Jazz Master Clone

The body resembled the Jazz Master shape to some extent. So it was the placeholder for the standard JM bridge.
So another $12 wouldn’t break my bank.

As for the tuning pegs, there was an amazingly cheap offer on eBayeBay: 6 pegs set for $6 from Hong Kong.
But I have to say the whole truth: there might be some missing parts in the package. So after I had left just neutral feedback on eBayeBay they contacted me immediately begging me to change the feedback to something better than just neutral. They even sent me another package for free. Otherwise, their account on eBay will be closed.
I swear I didn’t plan to take advantage but that’s how it happened: They re-send the package just to convince me to remove the neutral feedback.

 About Miracle

Blue JM guitar body

Now about the miracle.
The hardest part of this project was to gather all this stuff together.
No painting. Because the body already was in perfect condition.
But what was a huge surprise there was no intonation/action setup whatsoever!
All parts fit to each other. It started to feel and play great just like that!

In Action.

Here is a clip of my friend singer/songwriter Dan Parker who used this guitar in his recording.
Cool song by the way:

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