picked up the new baby.....

Geeto67

So I picked up a really cheap jag-stang last night and man o man I forgot how good these guitars sounded. Despite an intermittent pot, and all the hardware being loose, she still sounded great. She even survived being slung across my back sans case as I rode my motorcycle back to brooklyn.

I was kind of hoping to pick up a cherry one but honestly this one is an honest closet relic, looking like it has sat in the back of someone's closet since 1997 (which it may have). All the hardware has that matte yellowish tarnish, and the pickgurd has yellowed also. I am starting to see the appeal of a relic guitar though I doubt I will rush out anytime soon and plunk down massive doucats on a fender custom shop relic, it just feels like cheating. The original strings (and I am pretty sure this guitar has never been restrung) were like an egg slicer on my fingers however so replacement is high on the list. Also the humbucker has been swapped for a dimarzio (no idea what model yet) and the trem bar is missing.

Pics to come when I get home tonight.

Anybody have a recomendation for strings?

tylerfender

i use earnie ball super slinky's, very good strings 😉

JaguarOW

D'addario XLs

id choose them over earnie balls any day

SeriousCat

I use Earnie Ball Hybrid Slinky's........ 😎

Geeto67

I have D'addario XLs on my yamaha. I like them, but I am open to considering something different.

I used to use Markley Blue Steels in the 1990s but I want to try some thing different.

foxyloxy

earnie balls power? slinkys? 11's anyway/

kidwaJstang

I use .10 pure nickel wound strings (typically Fender, Dean Markley, or D'addario brands, but if another pure nickel wound brand is on sale, I'll try those as well). The pure nickel wounds don't produce the output of the more commonly used nickel plated steel strings, but I actually prefer the tone produced by them. The pure nickel strings also have the added advantage of causing little to no fret wear on guitars with nickel-silver frets (like the Jag-Stang), unlike nickel plated steel strings do since steel is (duh) harder than nickel-silver and, therefore, wears it down.

Anyone else here use pure nickel wound strings??

Fran

D'ADDARIOZ!!

JaguarOW

Fran said: D'ADDARIOZ!!

the king speaks wisdom

Robbmonster

This thread has turned into a 'favourite strings' thread 😆

d'Addario 10-46 for 25.5" scale, and 11-48 for shortscale.

Back in the old days I remeber trying GHS Boomers and not liking them, tried Fender and didn't like them, tried EB's and did like them. Maybe I will try some EB's when I re-string next...

gilmourish

ernie ball 10s are my strings of choice. . always have been and always will be..

JaguarOW

gilmourish said: ernie ball 10s are my strings of choice. . always have been and always will be..

until you try d'addarios 😛

gilmourish

i probably would. . . but meh. . cba to change all my strings. .

Mad-Mike

I use Fender Bullet 009-042 first, if not, then Earnie Ball Super Slinky 009-042

sonicmansuperb

I love's my Earnie Ball 09's

EvilPandaDog

I'm using Skinny Top heavy Bottoms right now. But I think I'll step up to Ddarioblows whatever 52-12

Geeto67

I picked up a set of D'add XL 9 gauge and a set of EB super slinky 9 gauges. I am going to try out the d'ads first since the guy at the music store recommended them as well. If I don't like them I will just cut them off. If I do like them, my jag is due for a restring and I will use the EBs on it.

I had to open her up over the weekend to "tighten" some loose hardware. The pots were being held in buy their last thread. The neck pickup was just rattling around loose in the body. Since I have it apart - any cheap upgrades I can do right now?

I am thinking a set of 500K pots and an orange drop. There is already a Dimarzio in the bridge (I think it is a super E) and the stock single coil in the neck. Can someone recommend a set of pots or will any old ones do?

also is the neck pup the same as a strat. I was thinking about replacing the neck with a texas special and all I can find are strat pups.

jacksonjackass

Why get a texas special? I have an even hotter single coil to go with that DM. Its a duncan SSL-3. I'll do it for

Geeto67

I just figured a texas special because it is what the JS was supposed to have originally before fender cheaped out with the neck pup. I am kinda mixing and matching here as I don't really know what will sound good with the dimarzio, since I don't use dimarzio pups usually in my guitars (most of my axes have duncan humbuckers).

don't know what shipping will be to the states, but sounds interesting.

jacksonjackass

Shipping should be about $10