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Mind you, oak's a bit heavy and blunts your tools...
I'm still thinking about firebird pickups, but will also get some decent "regular Jag" pickups so I can try both options. Neck will be similar to my JM; binding, dots, middling size C profile, 6105 frets, and very heavily rolled edges.
And for colour I was thinking Aztec Gold until one of these lovely Firemist things popped up in Peach...
I like the classic as much as the next guy, but every other player has a collection of black, red & sunburst so it's nice to be a bit different, particularly on custom builds.
Hey, maybe if I like both pickup options I'll just have to build a second one in that faded firemist to use t'other pickups...
Apparently Musikraft have a new website, so I'll have a flick through that later. The neck will certainly come from them. Body will come from whoever can do a body dual-routed to fit both Jag and Firebird pickups.
I'm fixed on gold for the finish having not wavered for a whole 8 days...
Next question - who makes the best Jag and Firebird pickups?
I sold the ES-330 mentioned at the top of the thread. Then I put this project on hold and built a P bass instead, then bought another ES-330 and sold a Les Paul (and bought & sold a Rickenbacker)....
And then yesterday I found a good looking nitro-finished Allparts neck on Reverb for very reasonable money. Vintage radius and no binding but otherwise looks good and I can deal with those two factors.
I'm going gold for the body, not least because I painted my office walls green and that yellow firemist will look awful on a hanger there.
Questions for the group:
- Who is good for reliced nitro bodies and doesn't take 6 months?
- Who makes the best slightly-hot Jaguar pickup these days?
His thing seems to be vintage accuracy with colour, which may or may not interest you. Obviously colours change over time as they age anyway, so whether this is worthwhile to you I'd up to you - once aged, they'll probably stay broadly as they are?
I might give @lamf68 a buzz after such great work on that sparkly Marry Jaguar the other week
Thank you for the mention though
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