Best Fender Jaguar setup

Andros

My jag was standard when i got it, i replaced the pickups with AV's then tried a JD jnr which i home made a case out of an old jag pickup, a little sanding and i managed to get the claw to fit on it. The mute is disabled and it currently has a mustang bridge in it.

as usual my crappy quality pictures....

I would like a usa tailpiece as i dont like the way the strings bend out from the tailpiece to the bridge on the japan versions

Rick

yup, string spacing is closer together on japanese trems

theshadowofseattle

Andros said:

That doesn't look bad at all.

louis

heres my jag aswell, except mine is strung upside down. got my mustang bridge of yun for c,c,cheap!

fetch

hey guys 😀

im still not sure on what pups i should be getting!

i looked at a nickle SD JB in the bridge and SD Jazz hum in the neck but not only will that cost $150 USD it'd cost at least $80 USD just to install them! The prices here are ridiculous! What do you think about the Jaguar pickups made by SD? the Vintage, Hot and QTR LBS. Are nice worth looking into, if so which one? Thanks all 😛

CakinBacon

80 bucks to install? You're getting screwed.

fetch

lol..

http://www.productionservices.com.au/guitars.html

< ripoff >

Repair Prices as of October 2004

Setup:

Electric Guitar $ 80.00

Electric Bass $ 70.00

Service a previously setup guitar $ 30.00

Fret Job $165.00

New Nut $ 70.00

Fit Tuning Machines $ 60.00 plus parts

Broken Neck/Headstock: from $ 90.00, reglue only

Fit Floyd Rose, existing cavity $240.00 plus $40 if under route is required

Replace input jack: from $ 30.00

Install pickups, switches: from $ 45.00

Fit Buzz Feiten Tuning System:

Std. Bridge $220.00

Floyd Rose Style Bridge & Nut $300.00

Bass $210.00

Recompensation $ 50.00 where nut is still applicable

< /ripoff >

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it's all in AUD$ (xe.com for conversion rates etc) and don't forget that pickup installation price is for a "straight install"... re-route etc for the two pickups.. like i said. expensive 😕

Aug

I'm guessing your a young kid with little to no knowledge of setting up/modding/maintaining your guitar. No worries, mate, you aren't alone. For now, all I can suggest to you is this: read the FAQ's, the mods, and surf the net...there's a wealth of knowledge out there...educate yourself. But, whatever you do, don't even think of touching that guitar until you have a firm grasp on what you are doing. Then do the work yourself. We (on this forum) will do our best to help you along, the best we can. 😁

fetch

eheh those were my thoughts exactly! i'm not that young (18 :/), even though i sound like im 12, but still you were right about being a total greener. yeah i was hoping to find a squire strat at the 2nd hand dealers here for like $50 so i can rip it apart.. or any cheap electric.. just to have something to muck around with.. lol, however quite predictiably it was about $20 less than a brand new one. prices here are so stupid!! 😈

well atm ive got a few websites which i've printed out and literally sit there and read it bit by bit but i dont learn from reading stuff, im more of a "do-er" lol.. so lets just hope i find a decent electric i can rape 😎

Aug

I agree. The first guitar I hacked was a 25th anniversary squier strat. I paid $120 USD for it, and did all my learning on it. Any cheap elec will do it.

fetch

Hehehe yeah, I think I might get cheaper SD Jazzmaster pickups (works out to about 60-70$ cheaper than the JB+Jazz Hum combination) and get them put in and then buy a cheap Squier.. I think the Bullets are the cheapest here, and just learn from there..

also one thing, you know with the larger pickups like the hummers and jazzmaster pups well, this might sound stupid.. but do you need to actually cut the body of the guitar to fit them in? I've never actually seen what's behind the pickguard. My thought was you only have to cut the pickguard to be able to fit the pups in, which isn't a big issue in my case because I'm getting a black pickguard, something different you know.

by the way it's not my fault im so lame, the scene here is dead. none of my friends play an instrument, they're all into trance, house music, rnb, sappy bull####! i would love to come live in the united states or even canada, just somewhere were DECENT music is actually appriciated.

also, what tools would i need when i get the squire bullet? like is there a decently-priced tool set that i can look at, or even any toolset so i can see if i have them around the house, like use it as a checklist almost 😆

any help will be appriciated.

Augustus_McCrae you've been great help, I haven't yet thanked you for it! So yeah, thanks heaps dude!

Aug

1. With the cheaper pups, you'll get a weaker signal. Be forewarned. But, they WILL do.

2. The bullet guitar only has the bridge bucker (if memory serves) and if you want to install a neck pup, there'll be NO route for that. You'll have to route that out.

3. You should be able to put *any* humbucker in the bridge position, but, like I said, the neck position will need to be routed.

4. Tools. Hmm...that's difficult, cause you *could* hack the hell out of it with rudementary chisels, or spend the bucks and get a decent router. Either way, you'll need to talk to grampa about that. 😆

mumblyjoe

You'll be surprised to find many guitar might have been already routed for what you need. If it's a Jaguar (im assuming) then yes you will need to route for humbuckers, but obviously not for single.

fetch

hehe, i have my ccnp which is a sorta geek kinda thing for computers/networking.. shoite im good for something after all. 😁

has anyone seen/used the virtual jaguar? it was floating around on some URL where you can play around with the switches and see what does what? i used it as a revision test kinda thing and i got all of them right.. i felt so proud.. next steps actually recognizing the sound and changing accordingly.. then maybe if i have time, i might actually try and learn how to play 😛😛😛

fetch

hey

i was just wondering if anyone knew of a site with step-by-step instructions on how to install a hummer.. i was just interested in giving it a look over.. like, i'm not going to do it just yet (still need the router 😁 ) but it'd be good to get an idea etc.. i'm actually really really interested in the whole thing now...

Rick

full size humbuckers in (originaly) single coil guitars, is pretty much frowned upon and unneccessary nowadays. as you can get single coil size humbuckers that do a job.

installation of a humbucker is pretty straightforward though. you simply buy a humbucker template (i think stewmac have them). then use a bearing over router bit to simply follow the template once you have clamped it onto you guitar body and pickguard.

it is a shame joey's old site isn't still in existence. it gave a great guide to using and learning about routers and router bits

triskadecaepyon

Nothing beats working with scrap wood first. Test it on a 2 x 4 or something, and learn it. Until recently, I did all my routes freehand - and trust me, templates save guitar's lives!

Rick

i'm still astounded you do them free hand. i mean, you could at least use a straight piece of wood just to get a dead straight line for each side?

BobArsecake

BobArsecake said: I also heard something about losing tone or sustain with the Mustang bridge, I'm not sure why it would, but that's what I've heard, innit. Is that true?

Yeah, you're probably right, and I'm not sure how that'd happen either. (not you being right...the sustain thing...)

fetch

hey there

i would like as many replies as possible because i think each and everyone of you has a #### great opinion and the more i have the easier it becomes for me to make a desicision! so spare like, 2minutes of your time for a complete greener! 😡

the following things are what i'd like to modify my jaguar with:

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first is the bridge, i already purchased it but haven't yet installed it! i just started getting lessons and the guy said he'd be happy to put it in for me for free as his a top bloke!

http://www.guitarpartsresource.com/MUS7.jpg

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a selector switch (again please feel free to correct me if i can't use it or if my understanding of what the specific hardware/part does!) which i want a chrome one. now i don't want to ever have the bass cut on, so i just want to be able to use the 2 pickup selectors so from that i suppose i'll just need a "on/on/on" switch for one, two, both?

http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Electronics ... tches.html

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i have won the bid for these and yeah. i think they look awesome. i didn't like the total "gibson" type which is fatter, i like how it's a total cone type shape 😁 looks wicked and would be easier to grip, but not really a "pro" in that sense lol..

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll ... %3AIT&rd=1

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as someone suggested the SD hot rails (i listened to the clips off the seymour duncan website and thought it was alright, but i could be mislead being the greener i am as they could have a wicked amp as comparred to my crappy roland cube30 which i'll be updating for christmas 😁)

http://www.guitarpartsresource.com/pick ... atshr1.htm

any other opions on pickups? feel free to post it! i originally wanted the SD Jazzmaster Soapbars but everyone on the forums told me not to go with the big humbucker type pickups (or was it specifically humbuckers? i don't know!) and to stick with single coils.

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the pickguard!

http://cgi.ebay.com/Black-Pearl-Fender- ... dZViewItem

I want the black pearl! I think it looks so awesome! Nuff said! Plus I'd like to keep my red tortoise safe because it's special. my first pickguard <3.

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the strings! i would like the .11 instead of the stock .9! .9 is the stock right? i don't know, i just prefer a bit bigger so it doesn't move off the damn bridge!

http://www.guitarpartsresource.com/EXL115.jpg

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this is the price breakdown (approx, but mostly exact):

toggle switch: $12.53 USD

pickguard: $27 USD

d'addario strings: $5.99 USD

witchhat knobs: $12.79 USD

which comes to a total of $58.31 USD which is $78.46 AUD for you aussies! add about $12 for shipping to that but that's not really important.

and also the pickups, which approx $75 each.. so yeah

all up about $220 this project is going to cost me, i doubt i'd have to pay for any of the work but i might have to do some of the smaller jobs on my own like the knobs and pickguard, the switch i suppose i'd need help with but still i wouldn't trust myself 100% just yet! probably need to practice! anyway i hope to get this all done by December 15th when school finishes and i'll be concentrating 100% on music!

please post your opinions etc, i know this is long so yeah. < /lifestory > 😛

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