So Anywaysup

Well, so anyway, I'm looking forward to next week - The Alcaeus One is next on the block - but can I make up my mind on the pickups? Can I be ekkers.

So from the top - a lovely one piece swamp ash body.
Glorious Warmoth Maple/Rosewood neck.
Sperzel tuners.
Fender AVRI Tremolo.
Staytrem Bridge.
A lovely Mother of Jooky pearly queen of a finish.
Ye Olde Mojo wiring loom, but
I still don't know what to get Marc to wind.

On one side, I'm thinking Jazzmaster pickups. I beatify them, they sound immense - what's not to love?

But then I think I might keep this one (I laughed too) and a pair of the Mosrite styled ones would indeed be pretty darn lovely too.

Yet, there is the classic Gold Foil + Mosrite combo that worked so well before.

Or even Mojotrons, now they would be cool.

Or even even more so, a Wide Range humbucker plus a P90, would be sex on a hard drive.

And that is all before I look at every combination of the above and stick sticky sticks in my eyes.

And worst of all I've spent three months trying to work this out.

I just don't know what to do.

I am tiller-free and generally uncertain.

Maybe I'll sleep on it.

La la laaaa

Thingamabobs and Bobbins

Well, not a lot to report as it is the school holibobs again (so soon, so verily soon), but the old gears are turning as per, in between iCarly and Spongebob re-runs.

For the record, both The Alcaeus and Rilkean Ones are nigh on done. Just a fiddle and a spit and they will be taking a bow next week some time.

The Travellin' Man  One is again ready to brave American Customs, and The Bacchylides One shouldn't be too far behind either.

But the thing I'm most excitable about  is something new and well, exciting.

I think  so anyway.

And other than the odd bit of nitro, this is quite cool as it is a proper collaboration and that makes a wee change if nowt else.

So what will be the end-result?

No, I don't know, just wondering if you have a clue?

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Jooky Olde Gold

Well, The Rilkean One is looking nifty, and yes I forgot the fotographic evidence. But tomorrow is another day apparently so they can wait.

And tomorrow I may even nail the pickups in place and remember to talk to Mojo Marc about a wiring loom so I can finito it.

Well, you never know.

But tonight I'm thinking gold, and more to the point I'm thinking about the rather nifty one piece swamp ash Jazzmaster body I've been hiding under the stairs, and more to the point how the two go together.

And I have to admit, I really rather fancied breaking the rules d'Jook and repeating myself, doing another gold leaf job a la Seaside, but sanity interceded so then I thought, wow, why don't I try and mix up some olde gold looking Mother of Jooky Pearliness instead. So that is the plan. It should look crazy enough to criticise yet opulent and lux in a urious kinda way.

So that goes on the Coming One Day Maybe list quicksmart as I'll have forgotten by morning.

You didn't think this bloggy thing was for your benefit, surely.

In other news, well, there isn't any. School holibobs don't you know?

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Like Gravity

Well, I'm hoping The Rilkean One will  be shuffling quicksmart tomorrow as it is holibob time for the bratskis once more and progress regresses.

The finish is done and I went kinda subtle with a corroding rather than corroded copper under the beeswax  special brew.

Excuse the shonky foto, I'll do better in the morning light, but the neck is now attached, utterly groovesome Steinberger tuners are on, as is the string bar thing and logo. I've even put the strap pins on there too.

As for the pickups, I have three authentically cool Mojo takes on the original Daneletro lipsticks hanging around, so hopef.lly they will fit and then I need to sort out a wiring loom. Tele style but with a sneaky five way switcheroo. Oh, and the bridge, mustn't forget that there bridge.

I love teardrops, so am really looking forward to this one. Groovy McFloozy indeed.

As for other things, well, we'll just have to see now won't we.

La la laaaaaa

Rilkean Copper

Well, it is a sunny day in Jookyland, waiting for couriers to no-show, a fresh batch of copper paint and the teardripped loveliness that is The Rilkean One in my sights.

Doesn't get much better than this.

So a first coat, a second coat drying and then hopefully a light drizzle of the noxious house brew to give it a touch of blues and greens around the edges.

Think this is going to be treacle.

I just noticed the body and neck for The Alcaeus One too, hmm, need some pickups and wire, but couldn't decide whether to go trad jazzmaster, or mad get Mosrite stylee. Have to have a ponder on that one.

La la laaaaa

Introducing: The Velvet Pearl One

The Velvet Pearl One is a rather stunning walnut bodied La Cabronita telecaster.
From the top it has the coolest looking Mother of Jooky finish yet, a gorgeous maple/maple neck and a few more thingies to boast about in chateaus and lounges alike. Sperzel tuners, Gretsch knobs, it just goes on and on and on and then on a bit more.

The pickup is stunning, a Mojo Pickups' Mojotron which will give beautiful cleans but still take the paper off the wall without blinking. Wiring is the usual top quality Mojo fare too, for many a mile of confident enhancing motoring.

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To be clear, The Velvet Pearl One is an utterly unique guitar, and there will never, ever, be another made. It is signed and numbered, entirely hand built and finished cooler than a slo-mo run across the pebbled beach at Portishead. There will genuinely never be another guitar like this and past experience suggests that it won’t be around for long.



Technical Stuff:

Type: Jooky Classic

Electrics: Mojo Mojotron Pickup, Mojo Esquire Wiring Loom

Guitar Type: Telecaster La Cabronita

Construction: Maple/Rosewood Neck, Alder Body

Strings:     10s

Output: ¼” Guitar Lead

Controls: Volume, Tone

Special Stuff: Certificate of Authenticity, Builder Signed and Numbered, All Wrapped with our Trademark Jooky Wrapping.

Serial Number: JL#10
RSP: £1249

Interesting Times

Well, things have been moving finally, and The Velvet Pearl One is now done - a proper introduction tomorrow, before it flies off to Jim - and the plan is to finish my lovely Jaguar, The Bacchylides One, tomorrow too.

The Travellin' Man One is back together and all dried out and various bits replaced that had gone rusty-in-a-bad-way, so that will finally be back on it's travels too.

All cool.

In other news, I had two 'incomings' today, both Les Paul stylee, and both it their own way quite cute..

The first is a Gibson 50s Tribute Les Paul Studio, which has had a hard old time of it. These are lovely guitars, but it needs some renovation methinks as whoever did the amateur relickification was clearly lacking a trolley to fall off.. The front doesn't look bad, but the rest is, well, wow. Old Goldy is going to get a Bigsby I think, though amazingly the Gibson pickups are really nice, so may hang around for a wee while.

The second is polar oppositified, and is pristine and pretty too. This is  a Japanese Edwards Les Paul, and is rather beautiful. I haven't had a chance to plug it in, but it feels and looks verily classy indeed.

The Gibson is going to get a Bigsby and maybe a Gold leaf finish, the Edwards I daren't touch.

And of course after spending months working my way thru every Vox amp I could find, but never quite finding what I were looking for, I also got one from the left of field, which nails it better than anything.

I got a Genz Benz Black Pearl which is utterly gorgeous to play. The reverb is stunning and there are more tones in there than I know what to do with. Clearly I will keep it forever.

So busy busy and a leetle busy, feels good to be back..

La la laaaa

Hot Rodding and The Good Doctor

Well, you know what it is like, you spend all your time making lovely guitars, and your nearest and dearest get all excited about somebody else's work.

And so when the #1 guitar from the soon-to-be-fabled "Rob's Hot Rod Shop" known locally as The Bobbit showed up on the shores of Jookyland, with it's Warmoth body, Gretsch Filtertron, girly looking blue finish (I'm not bitter, I'm not bitter), well...what can you do.

And despite myself, I have to say it is rather beautiful. The finish shows a touch of grain thru the paint, the lines are clean. Very mild aging which is utterly convincing. Lovely bridge, gorgeous flamed maple neck and Ye Olde Gretsch knobs.

Obviously I hate the man, but can't knock his guitar..

One to watch is this Doctor Robert, even The Future of Rock 'n' Roll can spot it...

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WIP: The Velvet Pearl One

Well, must be a day for it, as The Velvet Pearl One is nigh on donededed.

There are a few minor things left for the morning, like handpainting the Jooky logo on the pickguard, strap pins (why oh why etc.) and a pair of Gretsch knobs for that Hot-Rod-Bob look.

But it plays lovely cool, (I should say before you ask, but fotos were pre-set-up, so the saddles are more wibbly-wobbly-aligned now) looks rather stunning with it's dragon skin/petri dish Mother of Jooky finish and scorches the earth like the end of days.

This one isn't going to be for sale for it is off to Jim and hopefully appearing on his record (along with his Custom Jazzmaster - fingers-crossed) next week (or maybe the week after, I forget).

Anyway, as you were..

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Introducing: The 668 One

The 668 One is a rather stunning swamp ash bodied Telecaster Esquire, with plenty of twists to keep the birds singing tra-la-la.

From the top it has the weirdest looking Mother of Jooky finish yet, a gorgeous maple/rosewood neck and a few more tricks to boot.

The pickup is stunning, a Mojo Pickups reading of the Ye Olde Classic Kay Speedbump, which has a tone like nowt else.

Wiring is the usual top quality Mojo fare too, for many a mile of confidence enhancing motoring.

A Wilkinson, zingy steel blocked Strat trem does the biz and the final jiggy-saw piece is that it is an Ersatz baritone, drop tuned A to A. Man it is cool, no loss of string tension, but thumping and grounding like a wild beastie.

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To be clear, The 668 One is an utterly unique guitar, and there will never, ever, be another made. It is signed and numbered, entirely hand built and finished cooler than a slo-mo run across the pebbled beach at Portishead. There will genuinely never be another guitar like this and past experience suggests that it won’t be around for long.


Technical Stuff:

Type: Jooky Classic

Electrics: Mojo Kay Speedbump Pickups Mojo Esquire Wiring Loom

Guitar Type: Telecaster Esquire

Construction: Maple/Rosewood Neck, Alder Body

Strings:     13s

Output: ¼” Guitar Lead

Controls: Volume, Tone

Special Stuff: Certificate of Authenticity, Builder Signed and Numbered, All Wrapped with our Trademark Jooky Wrapping.

Serial Number: JL#9
RSP: £1249