I has a Jaguar (photos & mod details added)

purplehaze19x · Post by **purplehaze19x** » Tue Nov 04, 2008 6:03 pm

Yeah i loves Jags also, Thats a beauty!

downer · Post by **downer** » Tue Nov 04, 2008 7:11 pm

"so...ehh...hi...ehh... this is a jaguar ehhh..."

holy shit are you a politician or what?

but congrats on the guitar although i think you should pick up a "normal" one, the jaguar bridge is the most genious think i find on fenders. it is superadjustable.

blacktaxi · Post by **blacktaxi** » Tue Nov 04, 2008 8:33 pm

grats. nice photoes.. after looking i now want one too

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Tue Nov 04, 2008 10:44 pm

That's one of the nicest sunbursts i've seen, srsly, well done mike. I hope it serves you well.

Post by **Mike** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 8:52 am

downer wrote:"so...ehh...hi...ehh... this is a jaguar ehhh..."

holy shit are you a politician or what?

Were you trying to beat DuoSonicBoy to Most Idiotic Post Of The Thread?

If so, Congrats. Otherwise, Get Tae Fuck.

Post by **Mike** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 8:54 am

I played it with the band last night at rehearsal and it was fucking awesome. Sounded great and was loads of fun to play.

I've done the right thing.

Will · Post by **Will** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 8:59 am

Mike wrote:
downer wrote:"so...ehh...hi...ehh... this is a jaguar ehhh..."

holy shit are you a politician or what?
Were you trying to beat DuoSonicBoy to Most Idiotic Post Of The Thread?

If so, Congrats. Otherwise, Get Tae Fuck.

Yeaaaa - I won something.
Are you using the trem at all? How well does it hold tune?

Post by **Mike** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 9:03 am

I don't use the Trem at all. I really tried to start when I got the Mustang but it's not for me.

It holds tune like a beast without it.

Post by **Mike** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 10:08 am

OK I just threw on the trem arm and messed around for a while, the Trem behaves really well and after heavy abuse the guitar is still in tune.

I think it's a winner.

sonicboom · Post by **sonicboom** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 12:24 pm

Good for you, matey. Really nice Jaguar. Love the sunburnt.

I was starting to get a little uh...concerned you'd end up with a very very expensive (and doubtless very very nice) vintage Jag and have to seriously boot up yr pedalmaking output to make ends meet.

Which would have been a win for the pedal- buying shortscale public, mind (strokes chin)......

James · Post by **James** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 1:16 pm

I was quite surprised to see you got one so quickly after trying one. I can understand it though with vintage prices as they are. Looks great.

astro · Post by **astro** » Sun Nov 09, 2008 7:00 pm

Sweet! I want one too!

Mages · Post by **Mages** » Mon Nov 10, 2008 12:59 am

awesome mike, I'm glad your quest has ended successfully. now I want to go to guitar center and try out some of these MIMs.

Post by **dots** » Mon Nov 10, 2008 1:01 am

astro wrote:Sweet! I want one too!

DEW IT. between the cij's and the mim's, there are plenty to be had with some great options, too.

astro · Post by **astro** » Mon Nov 10, 2008 2:05 am

dots wrote:
astro wrote:Sweet! I want one too!
DEW IT. between the cij's and the mim's, there are plenty to be had with some great options, too.

I think I'm going to dew it... I'm jonesing for a new guitar, it'll either be a Jag or a Mustang bass. First I have to sell off one of the guitars that I don't play, most likely my Les Paul (great guitar but just way too heavy. I feel like I need a back brace after playing it for 10 minutes!)

The Japanese Jags seem to be hard to come by here in Canada. But I've seen a few of the MIM's for sale locally. If only the single coil MIM jag came in white like the HH model... I could just buy the HH and be a total dork and rewire it with singles...

aen · Post by **aen** » Mon Nov 10, 2008 2:54 am

Or humbucker size p90s ZOMGDEWIT.

Post by **Mike** » Mon Nov 10, 2008 8:39 am

Yeah the colour thing is a real pain. I've seen people convert the MIM humbucker ones to singles on offset though, so it's doable.

Post by **Mike** » Wed Nov 19, 2008 4:38 pm

Right so a couple of practises in and I'm really getting to know the guitar. I'm thinking about making the following mods:

1. I'm getting one of these plates:

So I can replace the two pickup slider switches with a Toggle switch. I turned off my bridge pickup twice in Rehearsal last night when it was the only pickup on. Queue Silence and Panic about my amp.

2. I'm going to wire a 470K resistor in series with the 50K tone pot in the rhythm circuit to brighten it up for now, and will eventually replace it with a 1M roller pot so I have some use out of it.

Reece · Post by **Reece** » Wed Nov 19, 2008 4:42 pm

You must do some hxc strumming. I can't see myself ever moving slider switches accidentally. I do smash into toggles quite often though, 'specially on the strat.

Jackackack · Post by **Jackackack** » Wed Nov 19, 2008 5:04 pm

Wow, that is lovely. I kind of want a baritone jag.