Restoration Complete = J1637

[UFORocks]

yeah, truly a great restore

[Jackson/Charvelfan]

Well, it was a long time ago since I started this one and I'm pretty sure once most of you see the "before" pics, you'll think I'm crazy for even bothering with it at all as this thing was butchered. Hell, most of you already know I'm a sucker for basket cases and this was no exception so here we go:

Needless to say this thing had to be gutted, stripped, edges rebuilt, frets pulled, rebound, fretboard levelled and rebound, frets ground, polished, yada yada yada..... Thanks once again to Mark for the great paint work and to Janne M. for the original logo. It's a beautiful GM white with aluminum flakes mixed in and while it's very hard to capture in pics, it's gorgeous. For the pickups, I replaced the J50 B and the singles that were in it as I really wanted to make the sound to suite more of my taste. I went with a Duncan Distortion and 2 SL1's with the middle being reverse wound. I removed the duncan logos just to be a little closer to being period correct as were the tuners were changed to the "right" type as well.

I believe my camera is dying as my pics just don't look as clear as they used to but nice weather is coming and some outdoor shots should help with that -

Before:

















A shot of her stripped:



Finished:









My feeble attempt at catching the paint:

WoW Budman68 again a fantastic job.

[Budman68]

Thanks again, fellas -

Nice job!

Is the San Dimas one of those decals that were sold at best-decals.com? Or a NOS part from Jackson? Or something else?

It was a period correct original but had some problems as the glue on these are getting old. It's not perfect but we (Mark and I) figured it would be perfect for the restoration since Jackson would have put it through with the little imperfections anyway -

[levantin]

Amazing job Dave, looking good!

[mm2002]

Thanks again, fellas -



It was a period correct original but had some problems as the glue on these are getting old. It's not perfect but we (Mark and I) figured it would be perfect for the restoration since Jackson would have put it through with the little imperfections anyway -

I have a little less hair on my head because of that goddamn decal.
I really wish someone would repro some good ones for resto jobs, but then everyone would be faking Jacksons. You can't win.

[m2pmd70]

I'll take one please. That turned out awesome! WTG guys.

[heartfielder]

Nice, nice work both of you. It's a pleasure to see what you guys can do and even more to know you both. Much envy from this humble guitarist !!

[SR71]

The only thing i can sai is WOW

[Drake S.]

Sweet Dave , Very very nice.