Partscaster project: Updates / photos / advice

[StrummersOfThunder]

What scale length is the Jag neck?

jag scale aka not sure
its an all parts
has fender logo and some weird resin i spilt on the headstock

I think that is likely 24", so not much use for this Tele.

Tis' indeed

[StrummersOfThunder]

jag scale aka not sure
its an all parts
has fender logo and some weird resin i spilt on the headstock

I think that is likely 24", so not much use for this Tele.

Would you check, please? Not that it matters much, as I play mostly microtonal intervals.

24 earth inches
Thats 4 hands.

[olegmcnoleg]

It certainly would make tuning interesting.

[robthemac]

Turns out your can largely straighten out a warped neck with nothing but a single clamp, three hot-water bottles, aluminium foil and a few towels.

Now to find an Allen key that fits the truss rod...

[Lostininverness]

Good effort!

[robthemac]

Despite mostly straightening out the back bow, the neck is still unplayable in several areas (including 3rd, 10th at 15th+).

So, any recommendations for a new neck?

[Jay]

Extremely silly questions:
Did you fully loosen the truss rod before you tried straightening the neck?
It is not a two way action truss rod by any chance?

[robthemac]

Extremely silly questions:
Did you fully loosen the truss rod before you tried straightening the neck?
It is not a two way action truss rod by any chance?

Not fully loosened, no. But despite that the back bow around the 4th fret is mostly fixed.

And no, not a dual action truss rod.

[GrantB]

Liking the colour of that strat too. Fiesta red is in my good books right now.

Fiesta Red will become Shell Pink later this year.

What colour is this? Not sure we had consensus. Fiesta Pink with Cardinal Orange overtones?

Fiesta Red is difficult to match as there are a million variants, even from Fender.

[robthemac]

Liking the colour of that strat too. Fiesta red is in my good books right now.

Fiesta Red will become Shell Pink later this year.

What colour is this? Not sure we had consensus. Fiesta Pink with Cardinal Orange overtones?

Fiesta Red is difficult to match as there are a million variants, even from Fender.

Same with Shell Pink. There's dozens of different colours from the looks of things. I'll be limited to my local paint supplier's selection.

My Fiesta Red is a lot darker and less orange. I prefer yours.

[StrummersOfThunder]

Agree with above. So many vatients.
My shell pink JM borders on olympic white in some lights

[GrantB]

This was my 1963 Strat. You can see even in the one photo how Fiesta can go from red to pink - towards the jack plate the light is different and that pinky hue is evident, whereas where the colour on the horns is quite red.

[olegmcnoleg]

This was my 1963 Strat. You can see even in the one photo how Fiesta can go from red to pink - towards the jack plate the light is different and that pinky hue is evident, whereas where the colour on the horns is quite red.

So pretty!

[jeremyb]

I don't normally like red guitars but my peepee has rigormortis over this one!

[werdna]

Did the cool telecaster get finished?