Installing a jb jr into the bridge of a jag... **DONE**

othomas2 · Post by **othomas2** » Sun Jul 05, 2009 4:50 pm

Just won a bargain jb jr on ebay... but I could do with some info on installing it.

Has anyone any schematics, pics, advice on which wires go where etc etc ?

Sorry for the noobish questions !!

any help would be much appreciated !

thanks
Owen

purplehaze19x · Post by **purplehaze19x** » Sun Jul 05, 2009 5:07 pm

I tried taking some pictures but they all came out blurry, so im posting the best one.

Red+White wires are twisted and solderd together
Green+Bare wires are grounded
Black wire is hot, and solderd to the middle switch.

If your keeping the stock neck pickup, you will have to reverse the Black and Green wires.

othomas2 · Post by **othomas2** » Sun Jul 05, 2009 5:59 pm

Thanks so much for that !! saves a lot of headaches !!

I think I've near enough got it... but just incase... is this all right ? grounding ?

purplehaze19x · Post by **purplehaze19x** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 3:07 am

Thats it.

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 3:24 am

black is ground, white is hot on the diagram. the other shit that is taped off you can pretend doesn't exist.

pretend your black wire goes where the white wire on the diagram goes, and solder the green one to silver, then to top of the volume pot

othomas2 · Post by **othomas2** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 6:21 pm

You guys are awesome, thanks very much !!!

O

othomas2 · Post by **othomas2** » Tue Jul 07, 2009 4:17 pm

It landed this mornin' and it's now fitted... thanks to you guys it went very smoothly

To avoid large gaps, I also chopped the top off a jag cover and fitted that too, it bulges slightly but nothin' I can do about that.

Sounds good... it achieves the sounds that I'm into at the mo.

Still very much like the stock neck pup so that has stayed and they pair up suprisingly well.

Oh, I also recently joined the white coily cable club recently

It's a Bullet Cable.

cheers
Owen

More Cowbell · Post by **More Cowbell** » Tue Jul 07, 2009 4:33 pm

Looks great! GOOD JOB!

JamesSmann · Post by **JamesSmann** » Tue Jul 07, 2009 5:02 pm

More Cowbell wrote:Looks great! GOOD JOB!

+1

Haze · Post by **Haze** » Tue Jul 07, 2009 6:13 pm

excellent sollution owen

robert(original) · Post by **robert(original)** » Tue Jul 07, 2009 6:23 pm

that looks really good! im suprised that no one else(that i have seen) has done this.
is that an avri jag? cuz the trem looks jap to me.

othomas2 · Post by **othomas2** » Tue Jul 07, 2009 7:03 pm

robert(original) wrote:that looks really good! im suprised that no one else(that i have seen) has done this.
is that an avri jag? cuz the trem looks jap to me.

Thanks guys...

It's a Japanese Jag.... I just fitted the mute & tried to make it look more American.

I think a few have done that mod with the covers... I certainly didn't think it up.

purplehaze19x above for one, although I think lookin' at his , he just used the end bits ... ?

bottom of the page:
http://www.shortscale.org/forum/viewtop ... c&start=60

I think I could have pushed it into a complete cover but could have risked damaged the pup or cracking the cover, so I didn't bother.

Was plannin' on doing that and stickin' tinfoil inside to mimic the coils. Don't know if that would have interfered with the signal.

O

purplehaze19x · Post by **purplehaze19x** » Tue Jul 07, 2009 9:50 pm

Yep, i only used the end bits of the original pickup covers because i have the newer style Jb jr's

othomas2 · Post by **othomas2** » Tue Jul 07, 2009 10:04 pm

What the differences ? and how do I know if I have a old or new one ?

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Tue Jul 07, 2009 10:34 pm

those covers come off the JBjr. Cowbell has done it. I have popped the cover off my SD Duckbucker....its the same type of shit

othomas2 · Post by **othomas2** » Tue Jul 07, 2009 10:41 pm

Ah, think I worked it out... the newer ones are totally covered with a plastic shell.

Mine that I bought 2nd hand has cloth sides like a traditional humbucker.

I presume I got that the right way around... in terms of new & old.

O

Narco Martenot · Post by **Narco Martenot** » Tue Jul 07, 2009 10:54 pm

robroe wrote:those covers come off the JBjr. Cowbell has done it. I have popped the cover off my SD Duckbucker....its the same type of shit

Yeah, they come off quite easily. I removed the cover from my JB Jr as well.

Nice work -- reusing the old Jaguar cover was a good idea. It looks really great.

paul_ · Post by **paul_** » Thu Jul 09, 2009 3:26 am

I've seen the jag cover mod done before too, but it's straight class and looks really good, well done. BTW regarding the bulging: claws? Where are they?
I have the old-school JB Jr with the ribbon-wrapped coils in my Jag too, no cover though. I don't even know where the hell I put my bridge single/claw/cover. In the JB Jr box somewhere.

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Thu Jul 09, 2009 4:57 am

needs vox coil cable D:

kidding. looks plenty fly.

Post by **Mike** » Thu Jul 09, 2009 9:20 am

Shame on you for the coily cable, but the pickup mod looks nice.

Installing a jb jr into the bridge of a jag... DONE

Installing a jb jr into the bridge of a jag... DONE