Firstly the white laquer problem was worse than I though. There are a couple of moderatly large areas that needed attention. The worst of it flaked off easily, but a couple of patches need some sanding, and are proving quite stubborn. I need to go buy sandpaper to clean it down, and it may need a bit of a respray in some area's but it'll be OK.
While putting off a trip to the shops, I finally went for it and did the headstock. I traced the existing P shape into paper and cut it out, then drew and cut out a template for the new tele-style shape. It's not actually possible to get a true tele shape, as the circle at the end of the headstock forms a sharper angle on a P than it does in a Tele, so we're going to have the soft buldge of a tele, with the sharp edge to the circle of a P - no one will notice!
So once I was happy with the template I traced it onto the headstick (front and back) and attacked it from the rear with a jigsaw. It just about worked OK, but I had to finish the cuts with a small handsaw. I then used a file to get it down to around the right shape. It still needs sanding, and some final shaping, but it's pretty close, and pretty smooth so it's really just a finishing job from now on. It looks pretty good!
I've ordered a Jazz control set, as that gave me the three pots, knobs and cap that I needed for less than I could buy them. That does leave me with a couple of spare bits, as I bought a pot, with the plan being to use the other parts from the spare body, but I decided it was easier to just get some extra parts, and leave the other body in tack.
So now we're REALLY close to getting this think playing. Jobs left to do are:
Finish the neck
ReFinish the body.
Add the stickers
Add the machine heads
Bolt it all together.
Hook up the electrics.
Play a gig!
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