Ernie Ball Music Man JP6 Restoration Project!

[jamminjim]

Bump- just seeing if there is any news or progress ... many knucks anxiously awaiting ...

 

[YtseJam92]

Neeeed paint. This wait is killing me.

 

[Ernieballplayer]

waiting.....waiting.....waiting....

 

[DrGonzo5150]

Can't wait to see the latest developements

 

[BobMac]

I am hanging too man!!! Great work so far!

 

[Morbid]

Hey Gang. Sorry I haven't posted any updates!
It's been a busy and rainy week, so I haven't had an abundance of time to work on the guitar, and often times when I do, it seems to be raining. However, this has worked out for the best! I'm going to be putting the guitar off for another week and a half. I'll be making a 3 hour drive to house sit for my Grandparents for a few days. They just happen to have a little indoor workshop with any and all of the tools I should need to finish all of the work, sans primer and painting. The big open space and abundance of tools will help me to do this right, so I'm gonna wait it out for a bit, but I'll be able to update you guys from my laptop while I'm there

Lookin forward to it!

 

[Hendog]

I'm looking forward to updated pics!

 

[Sticky1973]

Lookin forward to it!

Looking forward to it over here, too.

Excellent update, this project is a belter!

 

[Morbid]

Hey Fellas!

I arrived in Lake City about an hour ago for the house sitting gig. I've got a bit of a busy week ahead of me with house work for my Grandparents and all, but I should have plenty of time to do guitar work this week. As I said, they've got a nice little work shop in the back that should aid me in finishing this project.

I also purchased the PC Woody I needed from Ace Hardware, which means I'll be able to do the wood work also. However, I ran into a bit of a whoops that I forgot to rectify.

If you guys recall, the edge of the piezo cavity was sanded away to a dip, to give the wood filler a place to go.

I need to fill that area up, but I intended on buying the piezo backplate, cutting out a cardboard copy to stick in the area, and THEN filling the edges with the PC Woody and cutting the cardboard away after. However, I forgot to order the pieces, so I have nothing.
Any suggestions?

 

[Spudmurphy]

I could scan one next to a tape measure and send it to you tomorrow via e mail?

 

[the24thfret]

Yeah, I could photograph mine against a quarter or tape measure if you'd like. PM me if you need me to. Not sure if that'd work, but if you think so just let me know.

 

[Morbid]

I appreciate it guys, but I'm afraid the measurements aren't quite the problem. The problem is without something in that hole to stop the PC woody, I'm afraid I'll overlap it. I need something to stop the PC woody from going further than it needs to go.

I believe what I may have to do is lay a piece of paper over the are, and trace the area so I can cut out a piece of cardboard to match. I'll try to start with that tomorrow, but I've got all week.

 

[Morbid]

So today our best friend was Mr. PC Woody!

Some areas required more filler than others, so better to have too much than too little. It's all going to be sanded anyway.

I can't tackle the guitar again for another 24 hours until the filler fully cures. Tomorrow I'll do some sanding and then do my best to tackle the piezo cavity.

 

[the24thfret]

Man this is a long process! Great job so far.

 

[Morbid]

So it's very difficult to see in the pictures, but there are inconsistencies in the filled areas from yesterday, even after sanding. The problem is that I didn't get enough filler in the desired areas.

So I had to refill those areas, but I didn't bother with pictures as you already know what that looks like, lol.

I ended up using a cut up coca-cola can to block off the parts of the piezo cavity I didn't want filled. After the wood filler hardens, I should be able to cut and peal the can away. Provided I got the right amount of filler in anyway, haha.

Alright, there ya have it. More tomorrow.

 

[ScoobySteve]

Thanks Morbid! Keep us posted! I love this thread, its one I keep coming back to.

 

[Morbid]

Went ahead and pulled the soda can before it dried 100%. It's not perfect, and I'm not sure there's much I can do about the imperfections, but I won't know till I get to sand it down.

 

[DTJPPR]

I can't wait to see this damn thing all finished!!!

 

[Spudmurphy]

Morbid - you'll be fine - just take it a bit at a time - for small imperfections use some knifing stopper - spray (mist) the area with a can of paint and flat back - and they will just all jump out at ya - this bit will seem really time consuming but as you know will pay dividends.

The can trick looks a good idea. Maybe try it again but this time pack the inside of the the top rim off the cavity with an eighth inch strip of cardboard- then use the can trick again.

This will give you a deeper "wall" of filler (you'll have more to play with) which you can knock back by hand with abrasive or a file - then you can go back and fill in where the cardboard was.
I've never tried it but you could ask your Dad to try using a small router on the wall of the filler to give you a nice 90 degree angle on the "wall"
Nice work.

 

[marduke]

loving the progress on this project, but like spud said dont rush it.
cannot wait to see the end result, im sure it will be amazing