Jaguar Build!!! Pics

DGNR8 · Post by **DGNR8** » Sun Feb 08, 2009 8:05 pm

Holy shit! That's the first one I have seen someone do in the color of nitro so far. Bravo!

matocaster · Post by **matocaster** » Sun Feb 08, 2009 11:53 pm

I'm so glad you guys like it, thanks so much for the complements! I finished up winding the neck pickup today I went with with fiber bobbins rather than plastic, I got 8.6k on the neck and i'm shooting for about 10k for the bridge. I'm so pumped for this guitar!!!

paul_ · Post by **paul_** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 2:06 am

Loving the finish on that, you really nailed it. Apart from the strat pickups will it have regular Jaguar style electronics (rhythm circuit, bass cut switch, etc)?

william · Post by **william** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 2:12 am

matocaster wrote:I'm so glad you guys like it, thanks so much for the complements! I finished up winding the neck pickup today I went with with fiber bobbins rather than plastic, I got 8.6k on the neck and i'm shooting for about 10k for the bridge. I'm so pumped for this guitar!!!

are fiber bobbins just nicer and more "vintage spec", or is there some other reason for using them?

nice guitar, btw. i hate stripes, but somehow you pulled it off. love how you aged the white before masking.

matocaster · Post by **matocaster** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 2:17 am

william wrote:
matocaster wrote:I'm so glad you guys like it, thanks so much for the complements! I finished up winding the neck pickup today I went with with fiber bobbins rather than plastic, I got 8.6k on the neck and i'm shooting for about 10k for the bridge. I'm so pumped for this guitar!!!

are fiber bobbins just nicer and more "vintage spec", or is there some other reason for using them?

nice guitar, btw. i hate stripes, but somehow you pulled it off. love how you aged the white before masking.

FIBER BOBBIN- that means that, unlike plastic, they can really heat up the wax and vacuum impregnate the windings- the result? KILLER tone, great output, no noise, and NO MICROPHONICS!

matocaster · Post by **matocaster** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 2:19 am

paul_ wrote:Loving the finish on that, you really nailed it. Apart from the strat pickups will it have regular Jaguar style electronics (rhythm circuit, bass cut switch, etc)?

Yup it will have the regular jag electronic layout, besides looking dman sexy thats the one thing I love most about jags!

william · Post by **william** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 2:31 am

matocaster wrote:
william wrote:
matocaster wrote:I'm so glad you guys like it, thanks so much for the complements! I finished up winding the neck pickup today I went with with fiber bobbins rather than plastic, I got 8.6k on the neck and i'm shooting for about 10k for the bridge. I'm so pumped for this guitar!!!

are fiber bobbins just nicer and more "vintage spec", or is there some other reason for using them?

nice guitar, btw. i hate stripes, but somehow you pulled it off. love how you aged the white before masking.
FIBER BOBBIN- that means that, unlike plastic, they can really heat up the wax and vacuum impregnate the windings- the result? KILLER tone, great output, no noise, and NO MICROPHONICS!

... are you the GFS guy in disguise? COME CLEAN!

matocaster · Post by **matocaster** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 3:41 am

Maybe, just maybe haha no I looked up a description of fiber bobbin vs. plastic and the GFS site poped up, haha I can't belive you caught that! Good job!

matocaster · Post by **matocaster** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 11:51 pm

Okay she is done!!! I plugged her in and WOW! This girl will now be my main stage guitar!

matocaster · Post by **matocaster** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 11:54 pm

The pics seem to be a bit pixelated it makes the stripe look like crap, but I swear in person the stripe has very clean lines

Reece · Post by **Reece** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 11:59 pm

forum resizes picture automatically if they're too large. the dotted blue lines means it's been resized and you have to click on it for full size.

anyhow, that's looking really nice. not a fan of the dual HBs but horses for courses and whatnot.

Post by **Hurb** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 12:01 am

Very nicely done. the hums are ridiculous though.

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 12:11 am

matocaster wrote:Okay she is done!!! I plugged her in and WOW! This girl will now be my main stage guitar!

Awesome work, great attention to detail and a pro finish. Brilliant. I like the CBS headstock idea especially.

Have you used Duncan Angry Rails? You may have said, perhaps i missed it...

matocaster · Post by **matocaster** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 5:34 am

Thanks for the complements! Na I decided after winding my own to use the ones I made for my next project and went with GFS lil' killers on this one, but knowing me i'll have 'em changed out in a week, I just can't stop tinkering. Oh, and yeah I adore the CBS heastock, I have an orignal '72 Strat and fell in love with the massive headstock!

astro · Post by **astro** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 6:36 am

I just exploded in my pants.

Nice job! Will you post a thread on the making of the home-brew pickups? I'd love to see that.

Post by **Mike** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 8:41 am

Single Coils and I would love it.

Humbuckers are for dweebs who don't have the rock within them.

wanderingjew · Post by **wanderingjew** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 9:29 am

Now do a B&B version.

benwalker · Post by **benwalker** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 4:52 pm

i came..

matocaster · Post by **matocaster** » Sun Mar 01, 2009 5:07 pm

Playing her live Thursday night

robert(original) · Post by **robert(original)** » Sun Mar 01, 2009 11:01 pm

that thing turned out great looking, it would be better with robroes IMO