Jagmaster Project

melvin-man

Sounding good fran, shame you didn't go for pink tho lol

AnotherTool

Don't refinish this guitar Fran, it looks cool as it is.

Have you ever treated a fretboard with lemon oil?

It's been a while since i owned a guitar with a rosewood fretboard but the two i did own had really dark, wet and shiny fretboards with slick frets from wire wool and lemon oil.

Does anyone else use lemon oil on rosewood fretboards?

Mustang-Pete

Yes, I use it most every time I change my strings. It really brings out the grain which I like.

Fran

Yeah i do use it Tool. I sometimes wire wool the frets too.

At one point i was more or less guitar trading on ebay, i've had 25 guitars pass through my hands in 2 years besides owning 12, so set up and repair was something i did a lot of. I miss it too.

tragictravisty

i changed strings today and used murphys oil. worked like a charm. now how to keep the plates from rusting...

Marlonmm

fran, strat neck on jagmaster body = cool!

any idea if this will also work on vista series bodies?

nirvana23freak

wont work on vista.

Fran

Yeah, i think the vista models are true shortscales, where as the new chinese models just use a conversion neck.

Robbmonster

The measurements I took suggest differently. Maybe there is something I am not understanding about how all this works...

Fran

If you look at the bridge position on the vistas it appears closer the pickups, where as on the chinese models its further back, i know this coz i had an old pickguard that left a gap on this project.

Robbmonster

mine is a chinese. im no exper of course, but all i know is the distance from heel to bridge on the jagmaster is over and inch less than on my telecaster

but yes, the bridge is VERY close to the pickups, even compared to a CIJ

Dinosauria

The Vista is a true shortscale, it is the exact same neck as the Japanese Jags (apart from the logo) even the antique style laquer is the same.

This is a cool mash up. I made one a few years ago out of a mexican Duosonic and a Strat neck. That was a really easy project cos the bridgeplate sits directly onto the guitar with no routing so all I had to do was move the bridge to a strat scale. The routing for the pickups was swimming pool style so I just measured out a new scratchplate, spaced the pickups and it was ready to go. Very cheap project.

Dinosauria

My friend has it now. I refinished it in Kingfisher Blue metallic (with matching headstock) It's basically the same colour as aged lake placid blue. Sorry about the pic, he took it with his phone.

tragictravisty

exact same as in made in the same factory? and the only difference is the logo?

Mustang-Pete

It wouldn't surprise me. They would have all been made in the same factory, so instead of amking 2 necks for 2 similar guitars, they would just use one neck for both. Simple costcutting by Fender.

Fran

You've not been paying attention again have you Trav? We've been over this a thousand times, its common knowledge the vista Jagmasters shared the same bodies and necks as CIJ Jaguars.

tragictravisty

sick. i might pick up a vista maple neck for my jag.

Mustang-Pete

Why? We've already established that the necks are exactly the same 😉

Dinosauria

The Vistas are great build quality. 😁

tragictravisty

jaghh necks = rosewood

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