Squirebird Update

GP

I posted a pic of this last year. It started life as a Squire Jagmaster, but I've added a Wilkinson Broadcaster PU since, plus some Vader knobs. I've also re-profiled the neck and finished it in oil and wax:

dinosaur

😲 nice!

robertoriginal

awsome, did you mean you reshaped the back of the neck, or redid the radius on the fretboard?

and what year jagmaster is that, its not a vista is it???

eupat

nice!

needs a decal on the headstock.

Abhorsen

realy nice though i hate the knobs XP

GP

robert(original) said: awsome, did you mean you reshaped the back of the neck, or redid the radius on the fretboard?
and what year jagmaster is that, its not a vista is it???

Sorry about the delay (didn't get any topic reply notifications).

I reshaped the back of the neck. The above is one of the recent issue (Chinese) Jagmasters with the short-scale neck. Although I love C-section profiles, the neck felt like a tree trunk between the 1st and 5th fret so I took some sandpaper to it. Wasn't much I could do about the neck's depth as they've set the trusrod low (plus it's nut-end adjusted), but I took the sides in a little and it's made a huge difference.

The neck still feels chunky, but in a good way now. Surprisingly easy to do, too (oil-finishing maple is a doddle)!

GP

eupat said: nice!
needs a decal on the headstock.

There's a place near to me that engraves acrylic dog-tag/key-ring/ badge blanks. One or two items they sell would fit/suit the headstock perfectly, so I'll get something made up in a few week's time.