Wow... great Jag!

I love the way the SB flakes off and the yellow shows through.

Never saw THAT big of a gap on a vintage Jag. Looks more like the '77 Strat I had...

not sure why the whole neck is silver

Weird... it looks like it came that way, the serial number is still on the heel.

Never saw that before.

L@@K! R@RE!

roachello wrote:Awww! Ur such an awesome dad!! I love my daddy, it's his 57th birthday today. He bought me a drum set for my high school graduation without hesitating to think that I'd be banging on drums at midnight.

haha... Thats funny!

Happy Bday to your dad...

laterallateral wrote:

Fran wrote:So its his kid? Am i thick?

Uh.. I may have been wrong in assuming so... Whatever the relation, people helping out other people is fucking CRAYZAAAY AWESOME, yo.

yea... he's my son...

Dang... thanks!

It's taken him 5 years to get through community college.... but I'm as proud as can be!

Well... man really, he's 22. I've posted about him b4, but he never ceases to amaze me! He's jamming tonight in his bedroom and I couldnt help but snap a few pics. I live vicariously through him, I wish I had a tenth of the talent. I started him on bass when he was 12, and he picked up guitar and ...

Dinosauria wrote:I forgot to ask, what was the final cost for this?

Around $750... but I had some of the hardware already on hand.

yeah... you never know.

I found a very early CS relic (1994 IIRC '56 Mary Kaye Strat) in a pawn shop last year. On researching it, I read the Keith Richards story... i forget the source but it was accredited to John Page. I'm sure there were other factors. Mine (like all of the first run) was ...

worth it just for the tuners and the neck plate.

and what looks to be a DeArmond pickup...

I've never seen the point of the whole relic thing

Blame Keith Richards. He had the custom shop masterbuild him a Tele and his only complaint was "it looks too new". He wanted the reliability of a brand new guitar but the looks of his megabucks '52. Legend has it that they beat it up for him and ...

it actually looks like a real vintage guitar, unlike most other relics

Thanks! That's nice to know, and was my intent.

The thing about relics is to avoid the belt sander. Vintage nitro tends to check and then flake off between the checks. Once it's started, it comes off very easily, even with a ...

robert(original) wrote:if you were to sell that how much would you sell it for?

hmmmmm... i dunno. I plan to hang onto it at least for awhile.

You make bodies, don't you? Lets go into business...

Thanks guys... I'm really proud of it.

If you're not sick of this one yet... here's the pics of the completed project:

http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p251/fullerplasty/DSCF0001-1.jpg

http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p251/fullerplasty/DSCF0002-1.jpg

http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p251/fullerplasty/DSCF0003-1.jpg

http ...

r40f wrote:actually it looks pretty subtle to me. i think you did a very good job not going overboard.

I agree, I think it looks just right.

Nice work!

Will a B&D FR Jaguar do?

Here ya go... though this one is much more red:



It almost looks Dakota but I think thats from the lighting. The upper horn has a bit of an orangey/coral hue.

Hmmm... looks like you wrote the date on the pickups with a 2B pencil. I'm pretty sure Fender only used HB pencils for pickup dates in 1965. Now everything's ruined!

I literally lol'd at that! :lol:

Actually, I used a fine point Sharpie which I'm sure wasn't around in '65!

Cowbell... I'll look ...

Yes, matching headstocks were available as early as '62. Fiesta Red was still on the custom color chart as of '65 (when the chart was revised). It was actually a '56 T-Bird color, one of the few custom colors to come from Ford.

No, I didn't use a single picture, but looked at many pics of custom ...

Mike wrote:You got the date wrong, it's 2008.

fullerplast wrote:Don't worry, I left the SD sticker and markings on the bottom side...

Mike wrote:Nice wiring job.

Thanks Mike!