Green Architecture

paltic

This is my custom partscaster jaguar...still unfinished(due to budget constraints) and been building this for 2 years already. I have completely gathered all the parts for this project so I'll just have to take these to a local luthier for assembling and finishing. I got most of these from ebay so I had to painstakingly bid on each item and grabbed on the cheapest deals.

1.) this is the design i have in mind

2.) the parts:

a.) the body - Japanese

b.) the neck - Mexican

c.) the pickups - Semour Duncan quarter pounds (sjag-3 A & 😎 - for higher output. i have also have the pickup covers for the these(although not recommended by SD)...i have two options: chrome-y or hole-less

d.) set of brass shielding to minimize feedback

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e.) pickguard - cyan brushed aluminum (from Hong Kong)

f.) capacitors, wiring, etc. control assmbly from Acme

g.) chrome plates

h.) telecaster switch and mustang bridge(common mod for jag, can't afford the mastery lol!)

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i.) mute plate, tremolo

j.) the wronski plate(for the tele switch) - same idea as the johnny marr telecaster switch but with less modification on the body. the problem is solved due to the inclined switch hole and the good side of this is you can still restore it to the conventional lower control switch configuration. this plate is courtesy of Stereordinary

...and some blacktop witch hat knobs

k.) paint - sherwood green nitro

Hopefully i can finish this project within this year and show you guys the finished product.

chipbutty24

Sweet. Sherwood is my favorite color. Not too stoked about the cyan PG but hey, it's your guitar. Did you get the plate directly from Stereordinary or second hand?

sheilaaellis44

I love them, I have em in my strat too. You can conjur any tone you want out of it, and they almost sound true to single coil or P90. The bridge hot model sounds HUGE in series, I won't buy any other pickup. period.

paltic

finally got my custom jaguar:

The custom color's quite tricky. Originally it was intended to be dark sherwood green but it ended up being sherwood green metallic / ocean turquoise metallic. The color changes depending on the lighting & angle of view. At certain points it looks green, blue, aquamarine and even inca silver.

daytime:

night:

everything's perfect except for one thing - the pickguard won't fit!!! (kids beware of Eden)

Can I get your opinion on this?

I'm planning on changing it with a custom pickguard w/ these color options:
1.) black - the chrome plates and PUP covers will be emphasized

2.) mint- classic look (strat captures actual color)

3.) gold - w/ Deimel color contrast and appeal

http://www.seymourduncan.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=36953&d=1356920134&thumb=1

there's also a part of me that wants to keep it as it is

paltic

I made a decision to use what I have right now. I can always upgrade in the future. Since the jag has all those modern spec. upgrades, I think it's just proper to have a modern look:

with the new guy (Blacktop body + Squier VM neck):

with the rest of the family: