woo hoo, new jagstang owner

echelon

yay, just aquired myself a 1998 jagstang - what a great guitar! Funnily enough i was actually shopping for a Fender Cyclone, but then i tried this guy's jagstang at my guitar lesson, and it had the best neck and balance of any guitar i ever played. So that night i started bidding on Ebay!

Here's what i ended with with http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 7402901038

Now sorry to you colour debating people, but this Jagstang is surf-green - it's exactly the same colour as my friend's Surf-green Fender Venus (which she got personally given by Courtney Love..b*tch!!). Bridge is also locked down and did the tape mod, so no complaints with regards to tuning/intonation.

I love the black pickups, though i dont like the Super Distortion - sounds good distorted, but clean it's got way too much bass and mids, and it's not F-spaced to the strings completely miss nearly every pole piece. I think this is the reason i cant get good harmonics on this guitar.

Thinking of replacing it with a SD JB (more balanced), and rewiring the selector switches so neck one is pickup selector (single/both/hum) and bridge one does some humbucker switching (coiltap/parellel/series). Anyone tried this??

Seems an obvious mod, and would make this into pretty much a perfect versatile guitar!

Also anyone know how a SD JB would sound, compared to a super distortion??

kurt_cobain19671994

congrats on the JS....as for the pickups, im planning on putting an SD JB in my JS....can't help with the super distortion though.

robertoriginal

we must all the thank the gods, this is the first onewbie on the boards to get a jag-stang that is not a complete moron,

those mods sound awsome. i would go for it. and as for the super dist. im not a huge fan, but some are.

have fun

peace

byronbrassballs

The Super Distortion roars in your face, the JB is polite coversation IMO. Wont cost too much to try both and hear which you like better. Congrats 😎

a66jagdream

Damn i was gonna get that one lol. ☹

Nice job man.

slythe_frontman

If you wanna sell that super distortion , give me first dibs.

Mad-Mike

echelon said:
Thinking of replacing it with a SD JB (more balanced), and rewiring the selector switches so neck one is pickup selector (single/both/hum) and bridge one does some humbucker switching (coiltap/parellel/series). Anyone tried this??

I've done half of that, my bridge pickup switch the the pickup selector, and I had the neck set up for on/off/on. It is possible to set up the other switch for humbucker switching, you could maybe fit 2 different combinations on there if it was done with a little strategy. I omitted the ground wires for clarity, but the best way would be to ground them to the switch casing, with the ground off on one of the lugs removed.

Pickup Selector Wiring

echelon

Mad-Mike said:
It is possible to set up the other switch for humbucker switching, you could maybe fit 2 different combinations on there if it was done with a little strategy

heh thanks..probably cos im not a 15 year old Nirvana fan? Actually i'm almost the opposite; i dont really like Nirvana, and i intentionally avoided ever considering getting a Jagstang cos of the Kurt/fanboy connection. but then i actually played one..!

Actually i believe a JB is significantly higher output than a super distortion - the only reason is sounds like it roars is cos of the massive amounts of bassy and mids! I'd prefer a more balance pickup, i can then do the EQing on my amp/distortion pedal!

woah, sorry! LOL!!

damn, only 2? would 3 be possible with a different type of switch??? thanks for the other wiring diagram; ive wired new pickups in myself before, but this is way more complicated..but still may have a go.

Really need to shield that front pickup too..it's the noisiest single coil ive ever used!!

echelon

actually now considering a Dimazio X2N for the bridge

http://www.music123.com/DiMarzio-X2N-i157489.music

it's bar magnets so dont have to worry about pole-spacing - it would completely fix the slanted pickup problem! plus massive but balanced output, so should sound good split.

i dunno, will have to try and find some sound samples..to compare this to the JB

slythe_frontman

if you're sellin the super distortion , gimme first dibs 😁

echelon

slythe_frontman said: if you're sellin the super distortion , gimme first dibs 😁

you live in the UK? if so i'll warn you when im gonna sell.

thing is i'm probably gonna stick it in my Fender Jagmaster, so replace the SD Invader that came with it (seriously, the invader is the WORST crappiest muddiest bass-heavy pickup EVER)

Doog

SONIC

BLUE

slythe_frontman

Yeah im in UK , ill buy the invader then if you're sticking SD in jagmaster.

slythe_frontman

And yeah what doog said , its sonic blue , just a bit aged.

othomas2

echelon said: actually now considering a Dimazio X2N for the bridge
http://www.music123.com/DiMarzio-X2N-i157489.music
it's bar magnets so dont have to worry about pole-spacing - it would completely fix the slanted pickup problem! plus massive but balanced output, so should sound good split.
i dunno, will have to try and find some sound samples..to compare this to the JB

I have an X2N that I tried in a jagstang. Sounded alright, although didn't find it hugely different as some said it would.

If you wanna do a swap for the JB let me know. 😁

Bamonte

congrats but jag-stangs IMO arent that great.

echelon

Doog said: SONIC
BLUE

but but...i PLAYED a sonic blue jagstang!!

this one is completely different - it's surf green dammit! It's not aged, cos the finish is even all over!! grrr..!

echelon

slythe_frontman said: Yeah im in UK , ill buy the invader then if you're sticking SD in jagmaster.

cool - yeh im DEF gonna sell the invader, it's way too powerful and insanely mid-heavy. probably let you have it for

echelon

Bamonte said: congrats but jag-stangs IMO arent that great.

i think it's obvious that the jagstang has problems (sustain, bridge, switches, pickups), all of which were pretty much fixed with the Fender Cyclone.

However, the cool shape, short scale and feel of the neck does make it a unique guitar - and with a few modifications (locking bridge, heavier strings, new pickups, rewiring switches) it can be a GREAT guitar!

dunno if it'll ever be my main guitar, cos the neck is so narrow i find it hard to play fast lead stuff, but for knocking out powerchords it's just the perfect guitar for punk/grunge, and also it does the jangly sonic youth drone thing well too.

Aug

when I first bought my js, I had all the same problems, but fortunately, here in LA, we have Eric's guitar...and they are quite familiar with fender short-scales. (Mine was the first jag-stang they'd ever seen, and that was just last year)

I did all the same mods and was still dissatisfied, so I took it in, paid $168, and the guitar is perfect. It's all about a proper setup, folks. Trust me.