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Interesting, my mistake. That's what I get for cutting corners What is the best way to remedy this, or at least make them less noticeable?

Ok, I took some pictures and here they are! This is on the front of the guitar, right below the tremolo cavity. And here is the back of the guitar, right below the tremolo cavity And this is also the back of the guitar, by the stomach contour. As you can see, the paint still requires a bit of sanding. Could I actually apply some polish to the paint after I've sanded it? What are my options?

Hello folks. I've been working on my latest project, which is basically the restoration of a Jazzmaster copy. A friend of mine wanted it pained a Greenish-Yellow and, the guitar was pretty worn out anyway so I happily accepted the project. The problem I'm running into is that, I've sprayed about 1 full can (Spray Can) of paint on the guitar, but now I am seeing massive ridges, dents, and otherwise scratches raise. I'm not exactly sure where the heck these came from.. There was a layer of grainfiller (or so I thought) on the body after I took the original paint off. I put about 5 coats of grey primer and I didn't notice these imperfections then. I still have another can of the paint that I can use. Should I use some kind of filler on the imperfections now and paint over them, or should I just start over? I'm a little confused as to what the heck happened but, I'm more interested in making the guitar look good. In all honesty, the marks could probably be clear coated over and look O.K., but I am nit picky.

I did not, I bought the neck premade. The frets are jumbo but I do not know more than that off hand. I am using light strings; 9's. I am tuning to the harmonic directly above the 12th fret. It is interesting that you say that because A. My action is remarkably high, and B. The spot where the strings meet the nut seem awfully high. Since I have jumbo frets, higher than normal nut, and light strings, could that possibly be the reason I am seeing this issue?

Hello everyone, I recently built an JEM and it seems that ever since I finished stringing it and tuning it, it's been having really strange intonation problems that I just can't figure out how to fix them. Basically, the intonation at the nut and at the harmonic above fret 12 are perfect, but everything in between is just a little bit sharp at varying degrees. For example, Fretting low E at fret 5 will produce a slight A sharp. Fretting D at fret 5 produces a very slight G sharp. Is this a problem with the frets being too high? Basically any time I try to play chords, it sounds awful.

Got it fixed! To answer a question: it's most likely a cheapo floyd rose knock off. I buy guitars at pawn shops, refinish them and sell them and this particular guitar is a rather cheap model.. It appears to have been cause by the studs which the bridge rest up against not fitting correctly. The holes drilled into the body for these studs were not drilled at the same depths, so the low E side of the bridge stuck up quite a bit higher than the high E. I took the bridge off, shimmed the stud holes, wrapped some masking tape around the bottom of the studs so they fit in the holes better, and put it back together. Voila, the buzzing was gone. Thanks guys!

That is very much a possibility! If I put my ear near the bridge on the top of the guitar, I can clearly hear the buzzing. However if I put my ear on the bottom of the guitar near the spring cavity, it is much more resonant. However, I just figured it was the springs capturing the vibrations of the bridge and transferring them into the buzzing noise; I didn't think of the springs being the cause of the problem. I'll experiment with that and update if I find anything.

Hello folks. I recently finished a JEM replica and the result was terrific. This guitar was my first ever project guitar and the most noticeable different between this guitar and my other manufactured guitars is how resonant the JEM is. It can sustain a note for days. However, this appears to have created a complicated problem.. When I play the low E string, the bridge (or something on it) appears to vibrate causing an awful and annoying buzz. It is NOT fret buzz, this buzz is 100% coming from someone in or around the bridge, and only when I pluck the open E string. Thankfully, the buzz doesn't get captured by the pickups but, it's driving me insane because I cannot, for the life of me, figure out where the heck it is coming from. Has anyone else experienced this?