| Jazz-O-Caster #2 Build |
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| I ordered the body and Neck from All Parts. The rear pickup hole is too small for a Jazzmaster pickup. It will get machined on my CNC machine. |
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| Here's the neck with the Fender custom tuners installed |
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| Here's the body after I routed out the pickup holes for
Jazzmaster pickups I also had to drill for the floating trem studs I had to route out truss rod access that is not shown here |
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| I dropped the pickup covers in to make sure they fit The Fender custom bridge is checked for fit |
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| Volume and pickup selector holes were drilled A tone control pot was added later |
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| I used a purple leather dye to color the body I wiped on a clear hand finish over the dye The control panel is wired The bridge and springs are installed The neck is installed |
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| A close up of the control section Note that I installed a Fender TBX tone control, not shown here |
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| Here's the Fender hardware I used I added a Gibson pickup selector switch Note that I switched the metal saddles to graphite saddles later |
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| I had a custom decal made at a later date. |
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| Just a shot showing the color The tone control and decal were added later |
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| A shot from 2024 |
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