u/TheIrishLad1978

If finished this one up a few weeks ago and have been playing it religiously. Warmoth Chambered Jazzmaster body, and roasted maple 59’ Roundback neck with Ebony fretboard. The pickups are Lindy Fralin P90’s (under wound neck, standard wind bridge). I made the pickup covers myself, since I couldn’t find this style for a 52mm spaced bridge. I also, made the back plates by cutting brass and electroplating it myself. They are magnetic. I finished the body and headstock with Oxford Guitar Supply nitrocellulose paint. I actually painted it Aged Olympic White first and then shell pink so as it ages the white will start to show as an under coat.

I know the conventional wisdom is to shield the pickup cavity for guitars and basses. I am just looking for honest feedback if that is what you would personally do on a guitar with no pickguard, like the one pictured. I finished this Warmoth body with nitro shell pink paint and now I am debating if I want to shield the pickup cavities with cooper tape and run a ground wire to them, or just mount the pickups without shielding. I am going to shield the control cavity, but I am questioning how much of a difference shielding the pickup cavities will really make. The pickups going in this are p90s so they are noisy pickups.

Hello! I made my first attempt at Nickel plating this weekend. I did not get the results I was hoping for. The brass pieces I tried to plate ended up only getting plated on the edges. I need some advice on what might be causing this sort of plating pattern please. I made my own nickel acetate, but I did not warm it up when I was electroplating, so it would have been around air temperature at the time I begin plating (75°F-80°). The brass is c280 I bought off Amazon. The power supply settings for the larger plate were 1.5A 5V. For the smaller round dis the settings were 0.5A 3V. I cleaned the plates off with dawn dish soap and 99% Isopropyl Alcohol. I blocked some personal information in the picture of the smaller disc, the black mark is not part of the plate.