Custom Jagmaster

HNB

I got these parts from Murph. He was kind enough to give me the bridge too so I have less stuff to fine. This is what is coming my way basically.

Jagmaster3 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

Jagmaster2 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

My thoughts (since I have lots of pickup options on different guitars) were to put four single pickups in it and use Jaguar switches to turn them on and off. Pretty simple. Then I thought it would be cool to do a series mod on the neck and bridge pairs to make dual or single humbucker mode options. Should be easy enough. I also wanted to have a strangle switch like a jaguar. Makes fuzzs sound cool sometimes. Basically this is the goal at the moment.

Jagmaster by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

I will update as I can. Still working on gathering parts. 😀

Masta1m

I like 😀. But have you thought about how Tort goodness would look against that white finish?

HNB

Would be cool, but I always am drawn to mint or white on white. Seems elegant and bright. Clean and simple. No idea why.

Alex

Cool! Looking forward to see what decisions you make on the project and how it evolves.

HNB

Here are the parts that are in so far. (Body, neck, tuners, and bridge.) Custom pickguard from Cooterfinger will be in progress. I sent him a tracing today in the mail. 😀

Pictures!

IMG_3076 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

IMG_3077 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

NICE FLAME

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IMG_3081 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

Custom pickups are on the way. 😀

HNB

Upon some urging, I have to agree that this has a nice burst. I decided to change plans and keep it sort of more stock looking body and neck wise. New plan is this:

Jagmaster by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr I will do steel wool on the body to satin it up nicely though. 😀 Seemed like it would be a shame to paint over the flame on the headstock.

foxyloxy

This Project is so rad! I can't wait for a demo, what pups are you going to put in?

HNB

Having a forum member custom wind me a set of high output pickups. He calibrated them to work as I described. 😀

HNB

Before:

IMG_3082 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

After:

IMG_3083 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

How it went down. Steel wool until it was pretty matte. Then I put polishing compound on and let it sit and dry. Once it was dry, I rubbed it off. Went pretty well. 😀 I like the satin look and it feels really smooth now.

Steel wool.

IMG_3084 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

Polishing compound.

IMG_3085 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

Dried.

IMG_3086 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

Wiped off.

IMG_3087 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

IMG_3090 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

IMG_3091 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

Neck and bridge back on.

IMG_3094 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

IMG_3096 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

HNB

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IMG_3103 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

HNB

Pickups came in from Bullock Guitar Pickups! toez10 custom made the set to work with the idea of them being combined in series and also made them higher output. He wound them around 8k but calibrated them for placement in the mock up I showed him. He made it really easy on me by putting tape on each one numbering them 1-4 so I know which goes where. 😀 Here are pictures with them sitting in the body.

IMG_3105 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

IMG_3106 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

brandonwinmill

This is going to be a monster!

HNB

Cooter is almost done with the pickguard. 😁 Looks great!

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HNB

Done! Looks good. Should be heading my way Monday. 😀

HBNPG001_zps248c375b by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

HNB

I worked on my wiring diagram. I added in a three way rotary switch (which will replace the tone pot) so I can have extra sound options. Without it, I wouldn't be able to turn off the pairs since turning them off puts them in series. Now I have Each pickup as a single option. All on parallel. All on series. Upper two alone. Lower two alone. I also have the high pass filter for any of those settings and a master volume. Since these are strat pickups and humbucker options, I decided on a 500k volume pot. Here it is. (Sloppy looking work, but it will help me connect the wires hopefully. 😀)

Custom-Jagmaster by Eleventh Division LLC, on Flickr

HNB

Pickguard came! A little bit of minor tweaking and it is all set to go. 😁 Just waiting on the switches and such to arrive.

IMG_3152 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

IMG_3153 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

IMG_3154 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

HNB

I got switches mounted and pots and knobs on. I still need the pickup mounting screws and springs as well as the input jack before I can go a lot further. I will do wiring later this week. So far it looks great! Cooterfinger got the switches in the perfect spot. Fits GREAT. (Went with black switches because white ones were way expensive...)

IMG_3190 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

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Under the hood. (Tone knob actually is the three way switch. Looks cool and will really do some tonal changes. 😀

IMG_3195 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

HNB

Jack, roller trees, and strap locks came in. Just need the pickup screws.

IMG_3196 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

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IMG_3198 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

helsinkirocks

This looks so awesome.

HNB

Got the switches all wired up. Everything tests as a-ok. Once the pickup screws and springs arrive, I will add pickups and wire those in. That should be the last stuff I need to finish it up. 😀

IMG_3239 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

IMG_3240 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

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IMG_3242 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr