fender jaguar pickups?

hendrix1234 · Post by **hendrix1234** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 7:48 am

I purchased a mij jaguar about 6 months ago, and changed the bridge pickup to a hotrails, but its still not the sound im after.

the newer style hotrails are the only ones that fit without routing the body.

i was originally going to put a dimarzio hs-3 in the bridge and a hs-2 in the neck but they just dont fit.

now my plan is to get it routed out for 2 full size humbuckers and put an old dimarzio tone zone which i love the sound of in it

the thing is its gonna cost me a bit to do this, i just want to know if there and other other options anyone could recommend before i route it.

Thanks heaps,
Matt

benwalker · Post by **benwalker** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 9:47 am

Sell MIJ Jaguar, buy HH Jaguar.

Reece · Post by **Reece** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 9:54 am

benwalker wrote:Sell MIJ Jaguar, buy HH Jaguar.

basically.

you have clearly bought the wrong guitar.

hendrix1234 · Post by **hendrix1234** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 10:40 am

the jaguar HH's are hard to come by in Australia and i didnt want to order one because it would cost me heaps to get it here.

i found a second hand CAR one for a fair price with a case so i bought it.

eh i dunno ill work something out.

cheers

paul_ · Post by **paul_** » Thu Mar 26, 2009 1:56 am

Unfortunately it may not be as cut-and-dry as that, as Fender seem to not be able to get over changing the fretboard radius and bridge set-up every time they come out with a different pickup model. It's like they're scared to put out a humbucker option on the classic Jag, so they have to make a whole new Jag to justify changing anything.

Anyway I'll stick up for putting humbuckers in a regular Jaguar. My JB Jr'd CIJ Jag is waaaaaaaayyy better looking and better playing than an all-black HH Jag, granted I've only really changed the bridge pickup and mostly use everything but the bucker now, but still. It's there if I need it.

The Duncan JB Jr, Lil '59 and Duckbucker are other single-sized doublecoils that fit in a Jaguar w/out routing, unless they've changed the style.

hendrix1234 · Post by **hendrix1234** » Thu Mar 26, 2009 10:41 am

Yeh im gonna keep my jag and i might just try some other pups, ive only tried the hot rails ,i might try some jb jr's or some lil 59's, i want something with a bit more bass and the hotrails dont seem to be cutting it.

would the little 59 be the better choice? for more bass?

thanks

MAtt

Marquischacha · Post by **Marquischacha** » Thu Mar 26, 2009 1:11 pm

What about those Seymour Duncan SJAG-3s? No routing, and I hear they're pretty awesome for heavy styles. I'm a bit annoyed with my CIJ so I was thinking of getting a couple myself.

Reece · Post by **Reece** » Thu Mar 26, 2009 1:16 pm

Marquischacha wrote:What about those Seymour Duncan SJAG-3s? No routing, and I hear they're pretty awesome for heavy styles. I'm a bit annoyed with my CIJ so I was thinking of getting a couple myself.

it's good for heavier stuff but it's still very much a single coil.

luke · Post by **luke** » Thu Mar 26, 2009 8:36 pm

Classic Player Jag HH? I'm sure someone in Australia can order you one in. That's the best of both worlds, it's going to be as good/better quality than your MIJ, but with the humbuckers you so desire. If you got the MIJ for a good price, sell it for a higher, yet still reasonable price and try to get a good priced Classic Player HH instead. I reckon it won't cost that much more, if anything, than going down the new pickups/routing option.

endsjustifymeans · Post by **endsjustifymeans** » Thu Mar 26, 2009 8:49 pm

Marquischacha wrote:What about those Seymour Duncan SJAG-3s? No routing, and I hear they're pretty awesome for heavy styles. I'm a bit annoyed with my CIJ so I was thinking of getting a couple myself.

I love that pickup. Good deep clear tone, great for heavier stuff.

snake-warrior-protector · Thu Mar 26, 2009 9:49 pm

i popped a duncan sjag-2 in my cij jag and am really happy with it.
it blends really well with the stock neck pup in phase.
sounds tops with all the different fuzz/od's i use and clean too.

you really dont need to start cutting the body up for tonezorz

hendrix1234 · Post by **hendrix1234** » Fri Mar 27, 2009 2:16 am

those hh jags sell for about 1200 bucks and the classic players sell for 1700 bucks so thats still about 1200 US dollars, its not cool.

yeh i might just try some seymour duncan jag pickups.

i dont mind the neck pickup so maybe ill just go the bridge pup.

i was thinking that i have other humbucker guitars, and the should keep the jag as jag like as possiblem but with a heavier bridge pickup.