The original shortscale guitars; Mustangs, Duo-Sonics, Musicmasters, Jaguars, Broncos, Jag-stang, Jagmaster, Super-Sonic, Cyclone, and Toronados.
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Hurb
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by Hurb Sun Aug 30, 2020 1:50 pm
sunshiner wrote: It actually looks great. I didn't expect it to look that good
Yeah, it's not bad. Couple of daft things that annoy me. Like wrong pickup screws. But that's probably me being an arse.
Doog
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by Doog Sun Aug 30, 2020 3:42 pm
Wrong how?
Hurb
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by Hurb Sun Aug 30, 2020 3:54 pm
I mean i can take a picture but you will think less of me
Hurb
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by Hurb Sun Aug 30, 2020 4:17 pm
OK so this is correct
This is the VM all tiny and stupid
I mean admittedly its not the worst thing going on in the world...but it kinda is the worst thing going on.
Just noticed the pole pieces are smaller too...kill me now!
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by holyCATS1415 Sun Aug 30, 2020 4:48 pm
I had one of the VM Jazzmasters for a while. I got it in a trade, wasn’t a bad guitar but someone had already upgraded the trem and pickups. The fake tortoise looks like a 90’s video game lava or something, I sanded it Down to the white layer and dyed it with coffee. I ended up trading it but it was fun for a while I’m just not that into jazzmasters.
Bacchus
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by Bacchus Sun Aug 30, 2020 5:24 pm
Ha. that does literally look like the wrong screw though, and not just a different screw.
Hurb
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by Hurb Sun Aug 30, 2020 5:44 pm
Bacchus wrote: Ha. that does literally look like the wrong screw though, and not just a different screw.
It may be a jazzmaster pickup screw. Can anyone confirm all vms are like this?
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by Bacchus Sun Aug 30, 2020 5:52 pm
It looks like one of the two screws you get in the middle of a P-90.
Hurb
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by Hurb Sun Aug 30, 2020 5:56 pm
I cant understand it coming out yhe factory like that...surely the previous owner replaced them?
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by BearBoy Sun Aug 30, 2020 5:58 pm
Here's the CV one from teh Fender site:
Fran wrote: I love how this place is basic as fuck.
ekwatts wrote: I'm just going to smash it in with a hammer and hope it works. Tone is all in the fingers anyway.
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by BearBoy Sun Aug 30, 2020 5:59 pm
The ones in my VM VI are smaller than the pickguard screws. They don't look quite as "lost" in the countersunk holes as your picture though.
Fran wrote: I love how this place is basic as fuck.
ekwatts wrote: I'm just going to smash it in with a hammer and hope it works. Tone is all in the fingers anyway.
Hurb
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by Hurb Sun Aug 30, 2020 6:09 pm
BearBoy wrote: Here's the CV one from teh Fender site:
Looks like they might be changed....what horror will I find under the guard!!
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by Fakir Mustache Sun Aug 30, 2020 6:39 pm
Hurb wrote: BearBoy wrote: Here's the CV one from teh Fender site:
Looks like they might be changed....what horror will I find under the guard!!
I would say so. The tort on the VM Jaguar HH body I had was horrible, the one on my CV Mustang is pretty nice.
NickD wrote: ↑ Fri Mar 25, 2022 11:44 pm plopswagon wrote: ↑ Fri Mar 25, 2022 7:05 pm
Fuck! My car runs on Tubes!
When you press the accelerator past halfway it doesn’t actually go any faster, but the engine noise distorts
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by plopswagon Sun Aug 30, 2020 7:01 pm
Hurb wrote: Looks like they might be changed....what horror will I find under the guard!!
Spiders, a lot of spiders.
ekwatts wrote: ↑ Wed Dec 21, 2022 12:53 pm
The word "moisty" has made me irrationally angry.
Doog
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by Doog Sun Aug 30, 2020 7:15 pm
My CV has pretty much the same screws as your VM, although without the stripped head.
Hurb
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by Hurb Sun Aug 30, 2020 8:19 pm
Haha!
First horror!
Currently putting original bridge on.
No horrors under the guard thankfully
I cant see any grounding to the bridge or trem in the normal way but it is grounded somehow.
Only slight doge thing is there was a crack in the paint just above the neck plate. I thought it was just in the paint. But its a bit deeper than that. Neck pocket is super tight so probably where it happened.
Doog
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by Doog Sun Aug 30, 2020 8:43 pm
My CIJ Jag (and likely JM) had a ground wire sandwiched between the tailpiece and body, but not on the Squier CV; I think it's maybe grounded at the bridge cup, but not in a way that's visible.
Hurb
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by Hurb Sun Aug 30, 2020 8:48 pm
Doog wrote: I think it's maybe grounded at the bridge cup, but not in a way that's visible.
Yeah must be.
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by NickS Sun Aug 30, 2020 9:34 pm
Hurb wrote: Only slight doge thing is there was a crack in the paint just above the neck plate. I thought it was just in the paint. But its a bit deeper than that. Neck pocket is super tight so probably where it happened.
Pour
beer glue on it.
Hurb
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by Hurb Sun Aug 30, 2020 9:58 pm
NickS wrote: Hurb wrote: Only slight doge thing is there was a crack in the paint just above the neck plate. I thought it was just in the paint. But its a bit deeper than that. Neck pocket is super tight so probably where it happened.
Pour
beer glue on it.
Done!
Glue later...superglue?
