Jagstang Project

mcconnachiea · Post by **mcconnachiea** » Sun Apr 19, 2009 6:17 pm

Hey guys

I'm from jagstang.com and found it rather quiet so I came over here

I have a 1998 sonic blue jagstang and I have already done the following mods:
Threaded arm hole to take strat screw in trem arm
EMG 81
Seymour duncan SSL-3
Pickups don't combine or phase (don't need or want them to)
awesome chrome knobs

I really want to:
Add contours
Put jag style roller pots in original switch holes - making volume and tone for each pickup.
Gibson style toggle switch as a pickup selector
B/W/B pickguard
Paint it black

I really need some advice on painting and adding countours mainly.
And the original trem is staying because its great

Thomas · Post by **Thomas** » Sun Apr 19, 2009 6:23 pm

Buy a replacement body and sell/store the original one. It'll be easier for modding/painting. I think Fran built his own... So maybe he can chip in about the quality of the replacement bodies.

mcconnachiea · Post by **mcconnachiea** » Sun Apr 19, 2009 6:30 pm

I've seen fran's one

I don't know how much a new jagstang body costs plus will the original neck fit? I'm rather sceptical about the whole thing of buying a new body

mcconnachiea · Post by **mcconnachiea** » Sun Apr 19, 2009 6:33 pm

Oh and do the Warmoth bodies come ready painted?

Noirie. · Post by **Noirie.** » Sun Apr 19, 2009 6:34 pm

mcconnachiea wrote:I've seen fran's one

I don't know how much a new jagstang body costs plus will the original neck fit? I'm rather sceptical about the whole thing of buying a new body

Fran made his project jagstang body

mcconnachiea · Post by **mcconnachiea** » Sun Apr 19, 2009 6:34 pm

Forgot to add- I also want a matching headstock

luke · Post by **luke** » Sun Apr 19, 2009 7:19 pm

There's no easy way to do it, and from the sounds of it you lack experience, which means you'll probably be getting someone else to do the work. In this case, a new body with the contours already is the best bet, and get that and the neck to whoever is painting it black with the matching stock. To add contours to your existing body means the paint has to be painstakingly stripped, contours have to be added (which isn't the easiest process in the world) and then it has to be prepared for painting all over again. Unless you're doing this all yourself, it'll cost you a bunch.

Your neck will fit any other Jag-Stang body that is advertised, unless it explicitly says it won't fit. Warmoth should be compatible. Jag-Stangs were made in one place and one place only, so anybody who makes replacement bodies that don't fit that single type of neck is just plain stupid.

And you pretty much can't get roller pots in those switch holes.

mcconnachiea · Post by **mcconnachiea** » Sun Apr 19, 2009 7:38 pm

I know, I'd be filing them out

BobArsecake · Post by **BobArsecake** » Sun Apr 19, 2009 7:42 pm

Crikey, that sounds like a job and a half D: Do you not just fancy an HH Jaguar?

luke · Post by **luke** » Sun Apr 19, 2009 7:44 pm

mcconnachiea wrote:I know, I'd be filing them out

No, I mean there is not enough room in that area to get roller pots. A roller pot is just a normal pot on its side, with a bracket and a big wheel on the end. Your pots would have to go through your pickups to fit in.

mcconnachiea · Post by **mcconnachiea** » Sun Apr 19, 2009 7:51 pm

I was thinking that too. i'd also be routing it to fit the pots

luke · Post by **luke** » Sun Apr 19, 2009 7:58 pm

I don't think you understand what I mean. I don't think there is enough room between where the pickup switch holes are and where the pickups are to fit in roller pots. Not only that, but you'd have to make new brackets and work out how to mount them to the pickguard. It'd be a very tight fit, if at all possible. I might be being a bit presumptuous here, but do you have a Jaguar?

mcconnachiea · Post by **mcconnachiea** » Sun Apr 19, 2009 8:03 pm

No, but I had one

And I'd be mounting the pots on the other side, I know there is not quite enough room, but I'd try and route under the body after the pickguard ends

luke · Post by **luke** » Sun Apr 19, 2009 8:04 pm

mcconnachiea wrote:No, but I had one

And I'd be mounting the pots on the other side, I know there is not quite enough room, but I'd try and route under the body after the pickguard ends

I'm pretty sure that's impossible to do. It's a good idea, you just won't be able to do it. You'd have to route from underneath, and I don't think it's worth the trouble.

Billy3000 · Post by **Billy3000** » Sun Apr 19, 2009 8:15 pm

Yea, from what you're saying that's a lot of work, and it doesn't sound like you're going to be doing it yourself, so for the amount you would spend paying somebody to do that work for you, it would make more sense to just get a new body made to your specifications.

mcconnachiea · Post by **mcconnachiea** » Sun Apr 19, 2009 8:24 pm

I reckon I could do it myself. I'm fifteen but I'm top of the whole year in DT (woodwork and stuff) and I've made some pretty interesting stuff.

I just don't have that many tools thats all

luke · Post by **luke** » Sun Apr 19, 2009 8:35 pm

mcconnachiea wrote:I reckon I could do it myself. I'm fifteen but I'm top of the whole year in DT (woodwork and stuff) and I've made some pretty interesting stuff.

I just don't have that many tools thats all

Well good luck to you, I just don't advise starting "please help me threads" if you're going to disregard advice from members with plenty of passive experience in this sort of thing. Just a tip.

Post pictures when you get down to this.

mcconnachiea · Post by **mcconnachiea** » Sun Apr 19, 2009 8:41 pm

I've had some experience.

I've modded four teles- I advertised this service on gumtree. I sort of wired them like les pauls with a fader pot as a mid scooper where the original pickup selector was. I don't do it any more

I have also built an explorer body with tele hardware on it

No pics, sorry

DGNR8 · Post by **DGNR8** » Sun Apr 19, 2009 11:10 pm

I would advise against modifying an unusual signature model unless it's already been butchered. But what do I know? You could be a genius.

mcconnachiea · Post by **mcconnachiea** » Sun Apr 19, 2009 11:21 pm

DGNR8 wrote:I would advise against modifying an unusual signature model unless it's already been butchered. But what do I know? You could be a genius.

I'm no genius but I am quite good with stuff. Plus more jagstangs are bound to pop up due to their current value