So earlier this year I decided I needed something to take up some more of my non existent off time and music money lol. I've wanted another jazz for awhile but not much available excited me and I didn't want to hack apart a new $1500+ Deluxe to be the color I wanted. So I've always watched and had my eyes on the MJT listings on eBay for new nitro/relic finished bodies and one day came across this sonic blue jazz that was just what I was looking for, looked super clean and a perfect start to the look of a well cared for classic 
wrong. The eBay pictures for all of the MJT stuff is under pretty bright lighting hiding all the checking and cracking that the bodies have on them pretty well, so I had to change my thinking up a bit, which I didn't mind. So I gradually began to pick up piece after piece and make some decisions on electronics and bridge and all that fun stuff. I did not however want to spend the premium on all the well reliced parts like $100 for a beat to hell pickguard and I knew I couldn't get the pickups I wanted in creme. So I had to research and learn and test some of the things I found across the interwebs. So here is the before and after and a couple in betweens of my build. I just finished shielding, wiring, and screwing everything down on the body so all I have left is installing the neck, stringing, and setting it up which should all be done about the time my Darkglass head gets here 
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wrong. The eBay pictures for all of the MJT stuff is under pretty bright lighting hiding all the checking and cracking that the bodies have on them pretty well, so I had to change my thinking up a bit, which I didn't mind. So I gradually began to pick up piece after piece and make some decisions on electronics and bridge and all that fun stuff. I did not however want to spend the premium on all the well reliced parts like $100 for a beat to hell pickguard and I knew I couldn't get the pickups I wanted in creme. So I had to research and learn and test some of the things I found across the interwebs. So here is the before and after and a couple in betweens of my build. I just finished shielding, wiring, and screwing everything down on the body so all I have left is installing the neck, stringing, and setting it up which should all be done about the time my Darkglass head gets here . 
