need you guys help

Tigerose123

alright guys heres the deal. im wanting to replace the bridge on my jagstang. I originally was thinking of putting a T.O.M. bridge in but i am concerned because ive read that you need to have the humbucker straight rather than angled. this would require me to reroute the body and get a custom pick guard made. my question is do i have to straighten the hum bucker? is it that big of a deal? or is there another bridge i should try? I have sen some people put mastery bridges in but those are really expensive. any help would be appreciated. thanks guys - TR

HNB

You don't need a straight bridge pickup for a TOM. It is just a different type of bridge style. 😉

Tigerose123

see thats what i thought too but then i read this "The Tune-o-matics require a straight humbucker route in order to acheive 100% accurate string and pickup polepeice alignment. This means replacing the stock pickguard, routing the body slightly and only using SH (standard spaced humbuckers/Gibson spaced humbucker"

Tigerose123

i found that under the pros and cons of tuneomatic bridges here: http://www.jag-stang.com/guitars/the-tune-o-matic-bridge/

redman1401

Tigerose123 said:

see thats what i thought too but then i read this "The Tune-o-matics require a straight humbucker route in order to acheive 100% accurate string and pickup polepeice alignment. This means replacing the stock pickguard, routing the body slightly and only using SH (standard spaced humbuckers/Gibson spaced humbucker"

for 100% yes, but you don't really need 100% dead on, i have a tom on my jagstang and it lines up well enough.

HNB

The Jag-Stang's angled pickup is one of its unique features. The pole pieces line up as well with a tom as they do with any other bridge. 😉