First tech project/ build Ilf inspired jazzmaster

[maz91379]

K so after realizing i have anxiety and putting screws into wood isnt impossible and if it lookss bad i can fix something.....

Also paint pen sharpies existing now.

Still in progress, want my wife to paint the back think im okay not clear coating it but want to doodle some more when it feels right.






Next anxiety project is soldering the rotary switch i want to replace the blade selector and starting the new wiring harness/ prepping pots

[Chankgeez]

[dubkitty]

i love rotary switches, but be advised that they’re about the biggest component you can put in guitar electronics. be sure the switch you want will both 1. fit in the rout where you want to place it and 2. fit the control cavity height-wise. i had to do some Dremelizing on the Kondor to fit the rotary pickup selector and the DeLisle varitone into the control area.

[Dr. Sherman Sticks M.D.]

they make mini rotarys now
i just saw some recently
ah where??
they were like half-ish? the size of the regular ones

also this is beautiful

[dubkitty]

i'll have to check into that. like i said, i love rotaries, especially pickup selectors and tone switches, but the ones i've used were like 1.25-1.5" diameter and about the same or worse deep. i really want rotaries on the Galaxiemaster, and could conceivable add a Schaller-style tone switch to anything else i thought it would be suitable for.

[maz91379]

Ums i bought some alpha rotary just eyeballing looks fine but we shall see. Putting it in the top cavity as i dont care for the rhythm circuit and this might get some humbuckers under jazz covers if i dont like the seymour antiquity 1s. Decided to do full nels cline spec 250ohm pots for volume and tone and see if i dont like jmaster pickups a bit more

[John]

I like how the knobs look like skate wheels

[Velcro Bottom]

That's gonna be bad-ass.