Ernie Ball Music Man JP6 Restoration Project!

[jamminjim]

Sorry BP, Sorry Dizz, Sorry Morbid, Sorry to all...
BP-If I offended you regarding your intellectual property, it wasn't intentional. Excuse me please.

[Big Poppa]

Jim we are all passionate here and for the most part swell people....I have to swing the chill hammer sometimes...we cannot allow ourselves to get this worked up over things like this guitar and one ebay transaction and who gets to decide what my late fathers name ends up on.....

Take that energy and send some vibes to Colin or TOmmy and Janice who have been on pins and needle with Tommy Jr. who could use the help.

[Dead-Eye]

That would be pretty cool.

+1 - seems like the best option if you must have the painted headstock.

[Morbid]

So I promised body work, and body work I am delivering.

Today it was time to draw out the holes, get em routed and filled. I spent a little while searching for something that was the right size and perfectly circular to draw the outline on the body. Strangely enough, it ended up being a pink highlighter cap. It worked out perfectly.



Unfortunately, we didn't have any drill bits in the house big enough (5/8)so I had my dad grab his router again.



Once close to the lines, it was time to sand the rest of the way with the aid of a smaller dowel...didn't want to take off TOO much meat, ya know.



Since it's practically impossible to get a perfect circle, it's not a PERFECT fit, but it's a SNUG fit, which is what this situation calls for.



Unfortunately, I don't have any pictures of the true gluing process, as the glue dries fast, and my fingers were kind of covered in it.

But, what I did was clean up the holes real well and made sure the dowels were nice and clean. I put a good coat of glue on the inside of the holes, and on the outside of the dowel. Twisted them in with some force (don't want to crack the wood)with my finger on the inside of the pocket to feel when it was flush with the inside and then cleaned up the excess glue.



Now it needs to sit for at least 24 hours, and I'll go back to work on it.

Why don't you just paint over the logo and have John sign a bigger signature where the logo was in silver pen and then lacquer over that? That would be totally cool.

You probably won't believe me, but I actually thought of that after the final 'no' on the logo thing. When you posted that I was pleasantly surprised, especially given the amount of approval from the rest of the forum. Great minds think alike I suppose

Enough talk Morbid... Where's that mockup you promised???? I wanna see it!

Well...hmm...here's a preview

[ShaneV]

That signature looks really nice there.

[Dead-Eye]

I think that might possibly end up looking better than with the logo

[RobW]

hell yeah, I'd go with that.

btw, the work log parts of this thread are very interesting - keep it up

[whitestrat]

Well...hmm...here's a preview

You're going with Graphite Pearl??? After all that discussion, a boring, single shade metallic colour? Just kidding... It'll look great...

[Morbid]

You're going with Graphite Pearl??? After all that discussion, a boring, single shade metallic colour? Just kidding... It'll look great...

Nah, just the headstock
The rest of the mock will be posted when it's ready for paint, but prior to it.

[whitestrat]

Hahaha... I was only kidding... It's your guitar... Do with it what you will. Can't wait to see the full idea though...

[Lanzo]

I haven't been on this site too much lately but I just sat here and read every page of it. Seriously this should probably be on tv on like one of those DIY programs lol. I really don't know too much about the making of guitar so this is really interesting for me. This is also one of the most entertaining threads I've read. Also great job Morbid, I wish I could do this kind of stuff keep it up.

[Dizzy]

Way to go Morbid, good to see everything back on track.

[Ernieballplayer]

Agh I can't wait to see it when it's done.

[bkrumme]

I'm anxious to see how the drilling and such goes since you've filled in the holes with dowels.

[GHWelles]

My problem with the logo is that it makes it like it came from the factory and I really cant have a homemade restoration that down the line may reflect on us. Sorry.

There you have it.

And if John Petrucci personally signs it, I suppose that is ok, though he probably should not (licensing issue). You can't fabricate his signature and put it on, obviously.