NGD 1964 Fender Jaguar

The original shortscale guitars; Mustangs, Duo-Sonics, Musicmasters, Jaguars, Broncos, Jag-stang, Jagmaster, Super-Sonic, Cyclone, and Toronados.

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The bridge pickup in it was sounding really wussy. I knew it was because the pickup was too low, but was being lazy about taking the guitar apart and putting in new foam... until today. I needed to add a shim because the bridge couldn't get low enough without hitting the mute, so it seemed like a good time to shim. The stock foam was basically squished plastic now. No spring left in the poor stuff.

ImageIMG_6575 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

Once I added in the foam and did my shim, the height and action were fixed!

ImageIMG_6571 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

ImageIMG_6572 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

ImageIMG_6574 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

ImageIMG_6573 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

MUCH better now.

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ImageIMG_6579 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr
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Still love looking at this guitar. Moving forward with refin or rethinking it?
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So far I am liking it naked. :)
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Post by WayToHip »

I feel this guitar needs as little changed with it, looks wise. It looks rustic, and certainly 50 years old; paint would ruin the m@j@.
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Yeah. I agree.
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Post by torchindy »

Plus it has a matched headstock this way.
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LOL True. The aged maple does match the body pretty well. :)