Glad I could help in some way. Lol. Yeah, it’s not for the faint of heart, but I’m glad I did it. Nothing like playing a guitar you put together yourself. But I totally understand what you mean. I’m in no hurry to go through that again. lol. . Those Squier Jazzmasers are super nice by the way. Great value for the money. Thanks for watching the vid. :)
Thanks again! Was definitely a lot of hard work, but worth it in the end. I learned so much along the way & by some miracle, ended up with a really playable guitar at the end of the day. If you do decided to go for it, definitely research a ton & plan ahead. I probably spent as much time on that as the actual build. Best of luck if you do. :)
Thanks for taking the time to watch & for the kind comments. After all the hard work, that guitar has definitely been my go-to instrument - I feel pretty lucky it came out as well as it did. :).
This was such a great couple of videos, and I absolutely loved watching it. I’m a big fan of Mike’s as well, and he taught me a lot about these offset guitars. I know Mike appreciates a good journey, and I think he would be absolutely thrilled with this one and how it turned out. I think the dings and imperfections are simply just reminders of a wonderful experience, one full of lessons, and one I think you should be very proud of. It must be quite the feeling to know nobody else has a guitar quite like this one, and you did it yourself. I would love to tackle something like this one day, but I have no tools really to be able to do it, nor a place to paint it. Maybe in my next home I would do it. I would love to do a Noventa style Jazzmaster with the three P90s (I do have a Jazzmaster with Jazzmaster pickups). I hope you try your hand at another guitar someday.
Thank you so much for taking the time to watch the vids, and for the kind words. :) Yeah, I think Mike’s is probably still my favorite guitar TH-cam channel. Such awesome content. I do hope to try my hand at another build someday (soon I hope). Even with all the issues that came up I still learned a lot, enjoyed the ride, and was pleasantly surprised by the end result. You should definitely consider giving it a go. Thanks again and have a great day! :)
Wow, I felt the pain at each stumbling block! Thanks a lot for the straight-up video for us to appreciate the experience you went thru. I'll bet you could build a 2nd one in half the time, but probably want a break for a while lol 😵💫Great video.
Thanks for watching the vids and the for taking the time to comment. I really appreciate that. Yeah, that was quite an experience for sure. I still can’t believe it came out as well as it did, lol. I would like to try again at some point with everything I learned along the way making that Jazzmaster. Not in a rush though. :)
Love offset fenders. I've been thinking of building one of these from a warmoth body and fender replacement neck. Lot of good info in here regarding things I was concerned with myself. I think building one like this gives you a better understanding of your instrument and also helps you learn to trouble shoot if something goes wrong. Luthier prices are outrageous. Thanks, Man. Subscribed for the content and because you come off as a humble, self aware, down to earth dude. side note: those little screws for the pups are indeed a pain. Pre drilling the holes helps.
Thanks so much for watching the vid and for the kind words. Best of luck if you do decide to go for it building your own. Not for the faint of heart, but I’m really glad I gave it a shot & feel very lucky with how it came out (considering it was my 1st go at something like this). I’m still making little tweaks all the time with it, but I love that part of it too - dialing it in as I break it in. Kinda like you said, you just feel more connected to it after putting it together yourself. Thanks again! :)
Many thanks for sharing your experience with this project! When you drilled the bridge post holes, did you place the center of the bridge holes directly on the 25.5" (648 mm) scale length line, or did you offset them? If you offset them, by how much? I tried to find info about this online but so far I haven't been able to find anything better than StewMac's recommendations for Tune-o-Matic bridges on their fret location calculator page. If one feeds 25.5" scale length into the calculator, they say to place the center of the high E side bridge post hole .062" further than the scale length line. So that is what I did on mine. This causes the bridge post holes to be too far forward for the pickguard I bought, and at this point I am not sure that I made the right decision because I haven't yet stringed up the guitar and also haven't committed to the location of the vibrato tailpiece as I am not sure how far forward or back in the cavity it should ideally go. Curious to hear your thoughts on both bridge post location and vibrato tailpiece location along the centerline - if you have time!
Thanks so much for watching the vid and for your great comment! For mine, the body I bought already had the cavity for the temolo pre-routed, so I pretty much just went with that location (before drilling the screw holes, I made sure the strings would line up up as they were supposed to). As for the bridge, after test mounting the neck, I measured from the inside side of the nut back to the body exactly 25.5 inches and did not offset it at all. I wanted to go with what I had seen on factory Fender Jazzmasters and Jaguars - plus I figured any adjustments that needed to be made could be done on the bridge itself with the intonation screws (I used the “Mustang” style bridge with adjustable screws. I also made sure that lined up with my pick guard before drilling anything. That worked out perfectly for me. Hope that makes sense. Best of luck with your project, & thanks again!
I should also note - I had to trim a little bit off the neck I bought at the heel in order to get the bridge holes right at 25.5 & line up exactly with the pick guard holes.
@@johnathanschaaf8731 I really appreciate you taking the time to reply! You're very right the saddles have some adjustment play which means the post hole placement can be at least a little variable. As long as mine intonates ok, I can live with not being dead center in the pickguard holes. And I guess if it doesn't intonate I will simply have to learn how to dowel. Not the biggest deal in the world; I view every project as a learning project anyway. It's an awesome guitar you built!
I've been dreaming of building a jazzmaster for months but this video has shown me what I want is a guitar not a project thanks!
Glad I could help in some way. Lol. Yeah, it’s not for the faint of heart, but I’m glad I did it. Nothing like playing a guitar you put together yourself. But I totally understand what you mean. I’m in no hurry to go through that again. lol. . Those Squier Jazzmasers are super nice by the way. Great value for the money. Thanks for watching the vid. :)
Very interesting vid. May take one on.
Thanks again! Was definitely a lot of hard work, but worth it in the end. I learned so much along the way & by some miracle, ended up with a really playable guitar at the end of the day. If you do decided to go for it, definitely research a ton & plan ahead. I probably spent as much time on that as the actual build. Best of luck if you do. :)
You did a lot of really good prep work & safety precautions, great job man, really informative. Ty
Thanks for taking the time to watch & for the kind comments. After all the hard work, that guitar has definitely been my go-to instrument - I feel pretty lucky it came out as well as it did. :).
This was such a great couple of videos, and I absolutely loved watching it. I’m a big fan of Mike’s as well, and he taught me a lot about these offset guitars. I know Mike appreciates a good journey, and I think he would be absolutely thrilled with this one and how it turned out.
I think the dings and imperfections are simply just reminders of a wonderful experience, one full of lessons, and one I think you should be very proud of. It must be quite the feeling to know nobody else has a guitar quite like this one, and you did it yourself. I would love to tackle something like this one day, but I have no tools really to be able to do it, nor a place to paint it. Maybe in my next home I would do it. I would love to do a Noventa style Jazzmaster with the three P90s (I do have a Jazzmaster with Jazzmaster pickups).
I hope you try your hand at another guitar someday.
Thank you so much for taking the time to watch the vids, and for the kind words. :) Yeah, I think Mike’s is probably still my favorite guitar TH-cam channel. Such awesome content. I do hope to try my hand at another build someday (soon I hope). Even with all the issues that came up I still learned a lot, enjoyed the ride, and was pleasantly surprised by the end result. You should definitely consider giving it a go. Thanks again and have a great day! :)
Love the name too!! Very original.
Thanks! I’m not a huge fan of the term parts-master, so I wanted to call it something fun. :)
Wow, I felt the pain at each stumbling block! Thanks a lot for the straight-up video for us to appreciate the experience you went thru.
I'll bet you could build a 2nd one in half the time, but probably want a break for a while lol 😵💫Great video.
Thanks for watching the vids and the for taking the time to comment. I really appreciate that. Yeah, that was quite an experience for sure. I still can’t believe it came out as well as it did, lol. I would like to try again at some point with everything I learned along the way making that Jazzmaster. Not in a rush though. :)
Great videos, great job and tenacity, jd
Sorry for the late reply. Thank you so much - I appreciate your comment. Thanks for watching the vids. :)
Love offset fenders. I've been thinking of building one of these from a warmoth body and fender replacement neck. Lot of good info in here regarding things I was concerned with myself. I think building one like this gives you a better understanding of your instrument and also helps you learn to trouble shoot if something goes wrong. Luthier prices are outrageous. Thanks, Man. Subscribed for the content and because you come off as a humble, self aware, down to earth dude. side note: those little screws for the pups are indeed a pain. Pre drilling the holes helps.
Thanks so much for watching the vid and for the kind words. Best of luck if you do decide to go for it building your own. Not for the faint of heart, but I’m really glad I gave it a shot & feel very lucky with how it came out (considering it was my 1st go at something like this). I’m still making little tweaks all the time with it, but I love that part of it too - dialing it in as I break it in. Kinda like you said, you just feel more connected to it after putting it together yourself. Thanks again! :)
when sanding dont forget to raise the grain!! damp towel and wipe it. naptha works too
Super brilliant jazz master guitar good job👏🎉🎸
Thank you so much - appreciate that! I feel pretty lucky how well it came out my 1st time doing a parts build. :)
Many thanks for sharing your experience with this project!
When you drilled the bridge post holes, did you place the center of the bridge holes directly on the 25.5" (648 mm) scale length line, or did you offset them? If you offset them, by how much?
I tried to find info about this online but so far I haven't been able to find anything better than StewMac's recommendations for Tune-o-Matic bridges on their fret location calculator page. If one feeds 25.5" scale length into the calculator, they say to place the center of the high E side bridge post hole .062" further than the scale length line. So that is what I did on mine.
This causes the bridge post holes to be too far forward for the pickguard I bought, and at this point I am not sure that I made the right decision because I haven't yet stringed up the guitar and also haven't committed to the location of the vibrato tailpiece as I am not sure how far forward or back in the cavity it should ideally go.
Curious to hear your thoughts on both bridge post location and vibrato tailpiece location along the centerline - if you have time!
Thanks so much for watching the vid and for your great comment! For mine, the body I bought already had the cavity for the temolo pre-routed, so I pretty much just went with that location (before drilling the screw holes, I made sure the strings would line up up as they were supposed to). As for the bridge, after test mounting the neck, I measured from the inside side of the nut back to the body exactly 25.5 inches and did not offset it at all. I wanted to go with what I had seen on factory Fender Jazzmasters and Jaguars - plus I figured any adjustments that needed to be made could be done on the bridge itself with the intonation screws (I used the “Mustang” style bridge with adjustable screws. I also made sure that lined up with my pick guard before drilling anything. That worked out perfectly for me. Hope that makes sense. Best of luck with your project, & thanks again!
I should also note - I had to trim a little bit off the neck I bought at the heel in order to get the bridge holes right at 25.5 & line up exactly with the pick guard holes.
@@johnathanschaaf8731 I really appreciate you taking the time to reply!
You're very right the saddles have some adjustment play which means the post hole placement can be at least a little variable.
As long as mine intonates ok, I can live with not being dead center in the pickguard holes. And I guess if it doesn't intonate I will simply have to learn how to dowel. Not the biggest deal in the world; I view every project as a learning project anyway.
It's an awesome guitar you built!
Next time fill the stripped holes with wood glue and toothpicks. Then re-tap them. It will be alot stronger.
Thanks for taking the time to watch the vid, and thanks for the great tip! :)