Full Scale Custom Walnut Stained Jag-Stang!

royb8s · Post by **royb8s** » Thu Oct 29, 2015 1:31 am

That is gonna be a sweet axe.

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Thu Oct 29, 2015 5:17 am

Thanks! I can't wait for it to be done so I can assemble it and hear how it sounds.

singlepup · Post by **singlepup** » Fri Oct 30, 2015 2:18 am

Looking very nice. How many J-S pickup combos have you tried at this point? Which were the best?

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Fri Oct 30, 2015 2:30 am

So far: several normal ones with single neck and humbucker bridge. Currently my favorite bridge pickups are super distortions or jb's with 1 meg pots because I dig the treble. I had one with a mini humbucker neck pickup and single coil bridge. It was ok. I don't really seem to enjoy mini hums.

What I am liking most about these is the contour added to the body shape (Which I like.) and the flat bridge. The mustang tremolo system is cool, but the tube kind of gets in the way sticking up so high. Even t.o.m's and mustang/jazzy bridges stick up a bit. These hardtail bridges are so low, my hand never hits them. I can rest my arm on the body easily and play any spot by the pickups. Kind of cool.

I have a three strat pickup one in the works. I always liked how a strat sounded, but not a strat body shape. Will see how this goes.

With this guitar, I am super excited about the possibility of s jagstang like guitar with the sound of my tele plus.

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Sat Oct 31, 2015 6:49 pm

Newest set of images gave me the "wow" impact. I was kind of nervous when I saw the first stain image because it looked kind of flat and like a chocolate bar. The sealer and gloss has made a huge difference. A different brown than I was thinking. (Was going for Costello brown.) I think it is pretty gorgeous and very warm looking for sure.

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With my custom guard he made and the neck.

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Zack · Post by **Zack** » Sat Oct 31, 2015 11:59 pm

Damn, that walnut stain looks sick. Any reason you didn't use actual walnut lumber? Builder's choice?

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Sun Nov 01, 2015 12:01 am

Weight and cost.

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Tue Nov 03, 2015 3:04 pm

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HNB · Post by **HNB** » Sun Nov 22, 2015 8:15 am

It came back from Scott a couple days ago but I was busy with the white Jag-Stang. I got it unpacked and got to work. I got the guard filed a bit for the humbucker ring. I mounted the metal humbucker ring. I also had to drill the humbucker rout a little for the height adjustment screws. (They were bottoming out.) I also had to adjust the neck pickup mounting holes in the pickguard. They were too small. I also drilled my control plate for the kill switch. Looking pretty good! I also sanded the headstock to get rid of the old Peavey Generation logo so I can add my own.

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HNB · Post by **HNB** » Sun Nov 22, 2015 8:17 pm

I got the wiring done! I also added the strap buttons. The volume is a push pull to tap the humbucker. The toggle is like a duo-sonic. Heavy duty clicking. I also have the customary kill switch between the pots. The tone pot is a TBX one to be like a Telecaster Plus. Just need the headstock done to get it all together.

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HNB · Post by **HNB** » Tue Nov 24, 2015 5:09 am

The red on the decal turned out great. Matches the pickguard really well.

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Post by **dots** » Tue Nov 24, 2015 4:32 pm

looking really ace there. what kind of tuners are you going with?

singlepup · Post by **singlepup** » Tue Nov 24, 2015 4:55 pm

That is ace. If I saw someone rocking that on stage, I would be super impressed. The tort and the walnut are perfect together.

And yeah, I like the decal too

Brandon W · Post by **Brandon W** » Tue Nov 24, 2015 8:52 pm

finish is badass

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Wed Nov 25, 2015 12:59 am

dots wrote:looking really ace there. what kind of tuners are you going with?

The stock ones it had worked nicely, so I am just going to put those back on.

I really dig walnut stain with tort also. Costello has a good look and I use walnut stain pretty often. (The dark walnut stain is my personal favorite.)

chemistforhire · Post by **chemistforhire** » Wed Nov 25, 2015 5:28 pm

What is with the screw that is placed dead center between the picks ups on the pickguard? Is it need to keep the pickguard from flexing? Is it even a screw or is it just light reflecting off the pickguard?

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Thu Nov 26, 2015 1:53 am

It is a screw like Mustangs have. I wanted it there to reference a Mustang pickguard.

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Fri Nov 27, 2015 8:46 pm

Finished! I can't say how it sounds yet because I need to adjust the saddle height and all my allen wrenches are too big.... It LOOKS good though! LOL

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Hanging next to prototype 1.0.

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Custom Jag-Stang trio.

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Customs next to standard Jag-Stang.

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HNB · Post by **HNB** » Fri Nov 27, 2015 9:56 pm

Found a 0.05" Allen Wrench in the garage and got it tuned up and intonated. I am super happy with how it sounds. The TBX helps brighten it up a lot. The push pull with the humbucker gives a totally different sound. I like it a lot. It works great!

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Sat Nov 28, 2015 2:29 am

FYI it does sound like my telecaster plus... but is more comfy with the contours.