Jag Wiring Mods

drasp · Post by **drasp** » Mon May 05, 2008 10:07 pm

I know there was a thread here, seems like it was right before the 2nd time we 'lost time' - anyhow, it was a thread about removing/lifting the tone knob from the rhythm circuit and also wiring the pickup switches on the lead circuit to go into parallel when both are down instead of off.

Anyone have linkage handy or wiring diagrams?

handen · Post by **handen** » Tue May 06, 2008 1:21 am

I, too, want this mod.

drasp · Post by **drasp** » Tue May 06, 2008 1:28 am

Hoo-rah! Give us this mod!!!

handen · Post by **handen** » Tue May 13, 2008 3:01 pm

Bump. Where's the mod at.

Jagermeister · Post by **Jagermeister** » Tue May 13, 2008 3:33 pm

...aren't the pickups already in parallel when both switches are up anyway?

Having them go into series or out of phase when pointed down would be interesting...

handen · Post by **handen** » Tue May 13, 2008 4:21 pm

Jagermeister wrote:...aren't the pickups already in parallel when both switches are up anyway?

Having them go into series or out of phase when pointed down would be interesting...

I think that's what it was.

aphasiac · Post by **aphasiac** » Tue May 13, 2008 4:27 pm

Jagermeister wrote: Having them go into series or out of phase when pointed down would be interesting...

Yes this was the mod (series when both down, parellel when both up).

Someone on Harmony Central claimed to have wired his jag this way - I PMed him but never got a response. Any electronic-y people care to work out how it can be done?

As for the rhythm circuit mod, my idea was to buy another 1MEG volume roller and stick it in the tone pot in the ryhtm circuit - that way you'd have 1meg tone/voume, that whole circuit would actually be useable finally. then you could flick to lead circuit for bridge only or series loudness. seems obvious but way more useful than it is now.

handen · Post by **handen** » Thu May 15, 2008 1:43 pm

aphasiac wrote:
Jagermeister wrote: Having them go into series or out of phase when pointed down would be interesting...
Yes this was the mod (series when both down, parellel when both up).

Someone on Harmony Central claimed to have wired his jag this way - I PMed him but never got a response. Any electronic-y people care to work out how it can be done?

As for the rhythm circuit mod, my idea was to buy another 1MEG volume roller and stick it in the tone pot in the ryhtm circuit - that way you'd have 1meg tone/voume, that whole circuit would actually be useable finally. then you could flick to lead circuit for bridge only or series loudness. seems obvious but way more useful than it is now.

What's his/her username? I'll try too, or at least search his post history to see what I can find.

Thom · Post by **Thom** » Thu May 15, 2008 3:50 pm

Is this what you're looking for?

aphasiac · Post by **aphasiac** » Thu May 15, 2008 4:48 pm

lamp wrote:Is this what you're looking for?

yup perfect, cheers!

drasp · Post by **drasp** » Thu May 15, 2008 11:28 pm

Yes, that's totally what I remembered seeing. Now, anyone know the tone bypass for the rhythm circuit? It's easy, I think.

Justin J · Post by **Justin J** » Thu May 15, 2008 11:29 pm

i wish i had a bunch of jags to try different mods out on.

Post by **Mike** » Fri May 16, 2008 8:58 am

Series wiring is a must. I would definitely use the Bass cut switch for that instead.

Justin J · Post by **Justin J** » Fri May 16, 2008 4:02 pm

the bass cut switch is fun when used with fuzz pedals.

Post by **Mike** » Fri May 16, 2008 4:27 pm

I'm not a fuzz guy. I am a thick chunky double single coil in series guy.

aphasiac · Post by **aphasiac** » Fri May 16, 2008 5:17 pm

The bass switch is essential if you want to play any early Placebo song.

I don't see the point of losing it when you could just use the mod above - whats the point of the 'off-off' position? Its a waste of good switches.

handen · Post by **handen** » Sat May 17, 2008 2:49 am

Awesome! That's the mod I was looking for!

bubbles_horwitz wrote:i wish i had a bunch of jags to try different mods out on.

I have three jags.

I'm gonna mod my black CIJ '62 RI to use the phase switch + series/parallel mod, have the bass cut on the top horn, and use the top horn roller pots as tone controls for each pickup alongside the pots in the lower plate to control separate pickup volume.

Post by **Mike** » Sat May 17, 2008 7:05 am

aphasiac wrote:The bass switch is essential if you want to play any early Placebo song.

There is no reason to ever want to do that.

The reason I would have it on the lower plate is because that is where the pickup switching is.

handen · Post by **handen** » Sat May 17, 2008 7:37 pm

I spent the better half of the last five hours drawing out a wiring diagram that does the following:

I'll wire up what I've got and test it out. If it works, I'll post it if there's interest. Basically it takes the redundancy out of the Jaguar.

Edit: Both off should read Series, both on should read Parallel.

drasp · Post by **drasp** » Sat May 17, 2008 7:43 pm

Excellent! Really hope this works out, I'd be 100% on board for re-wiring my Jag this way.

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