Black Affinity HH Jazzmaster

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Wed Mar 08, 2017 3:07 am

I liked the white guitar so much, I picked up a black one to mod. This one is just going to have a bridge pickup, volume, tone, and jack. No neck pickup or toggle. Getting a red tort guard made for it and some black tele style knobs.

Here are some pictures. Comparisons to the white one. This one is a month older according to the neck stamp. The ferrules in the back actually fell out when I took the strings off. I will likely need to add a little superglue or something in the holes and pop them back in. Kind of funny and not a big deal. Everything else other than the stamps are pretty much the same. The neck on this one has a nicer rosewood and even a slight flame on the back. I took the neck off to do the stain and tung oil treatment just like the other.

20170307_172826 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

20170307_172832 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

20170307_172842 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

20170307_172937 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

20170307_174819 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

20170307_174830 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

20170307_175109 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

A lot of the stock pickups are open.

20170307_175126 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Wed Mar 08, 2017 3:09 am

Stain work on the neck. Looking good!

20170307_181647 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

20170307_181657 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

speedfish · Post by **speedfish** » Wed Mar 08, 2017 3:24 am

Looking Good!

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Fri Mar 10, 2017 12:48 am

Stain and gloss is looking good.

Making the flame stand out more.

2017-03-09_04-43-19 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

Dillon · Post by **Dillon** » Fri Mar 10, 2017 1:00 am

What're you staining it with? Did you sand the neck back to do it?

Edit: Just saw your other thread. That Minwax goes right on top?

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Fri Mar 10, 2017 1:53 am

Yeah Minwax on all the maple parts and then the tung oil over that. No sanding. I just wiped the stain on and the wipe on the tung oil. Super simple.

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Thu Apr 06, 2017 6:11 pm

New guard came in and I got to work.

20170406_092919 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

Turned out nice!

20170406_103233 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

20170406_103241_HDR by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

20170406_103257 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

So the only thing that bugs me is the ribbon part on one side is pulled down a little. Anything to worry about?

20170406_103315 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

SAVEStheDAY · Post by **SAVEStheDAY** » Thu Apr 06, 2017 6:26 pm

It happens to me almost every time I put a trembucker spaced Duncan in a guitar. Not a big deal as long as the wire isn't knicked in the process.

The Jazzy looks nice! Kinda reminds me of the Matt Skiba sig guitar from GPC.

Post by **dots** » Thu Apr 06, 2017 7:37 pm

looks bueno!

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Thu Apr 06, 2017 7:38 pm

My OCD got the better of me and I tried to tug the ribbon up a bit and ripped it..... So I took everything apart and pulled the pickup, ripped all the ribbon off and wrapped electrical tape around the pickup in its place. Not probably the perfect fix, but it kind of looks better. Even with the thinner electrical tape I am having problems with the pickup wanting to pull the electrical tape down. I guess Trembuckers are just a little too big for these openings?

20170406_122314 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

20170406_122321 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

Post by **dots** » Thu Apr 06, 2017 7:48 pm

yikes, what a pain in the ass. doesn't look bad tho

SAVEStheDAY · Post by **SAVEStheDAY** » Thu Apr 06, 2017 8:13 pm

Trembuckers almost always fit without any filing, but it can be tight. When the corners are more rounded rather than sharp it sometimes limits the range of up/down adjustment.

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Fri Apr 07, 2017 11:10 pm

that tort is fuqqed

theshadowofseattle · Post by **theshadowofseattle** » Sun Apr 09, 2017 2:24 am

hotrodperlmutter wrote:that tort is fuqqed

plus one.

ultratwin · Post by **ultratwin** » Sun Apr 09, 2017 3:33 am

Sorry to hear about your shoehorning mess with the trembucker... Looks just fine from on top and the black/tort/black contrast looks great with knobs and bucker in tandem.

hotrodperlmutter wrote:that tort is fuqqed

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HNB · Post by **HNB** » Tue Apr 11, 2017 1:49 am

I think the tort is ok. It looks a lot like my older Japanese Fender guitars. Not fancy expensive tort, but nice random patterns and stuff. I have seen worse tort for sure.

I got a new pickup for it that doesn't wedge in the pickup opening. A nice Fender Atomic Humbucker which is kind of their version of a JB but a little different. Sounds great still and I can adjust the pickup without it falling apart...

20170410_170228 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

20170410_170259_Burst01 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

20170410_170238 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

Post by **Doog** » Tue Apr 11, 2017 9:04 am

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compulsiv ... g_disorder

SAVEStheDAY · Post by **SAVEStheDAY** » Tue Apr 11, 2017 12:49 pm

Hey now, aren't we supposed to be enabling each other?

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Tue Apr 11, 2017 2:32 pm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kibitzer