Jagstang w/ built in sustainer

Joey · Post by **Joey** » Sun Sep 06, 2009 11:57 pm

I've had this project for a while just hadn't gotten around to finishing the paint. I was wanting to paint the body black. But now I'm leaning towards Dakota Red. I made a one peice pickguard, that replaces the control plate cause I got 3 control pots. I'm thinking about adding a battery box to the rear of the guitar, just to make battery change out easier. Putting the jack on the bottom of the guitar like a Les Paul. And installing the orginal control plate. I dunno what to do?

Black handmade pickguard
Bridge pickup JB
Fernandes Neck Pickup/Sustainer
3 way Toggle Switch Bridge/Both/Neck
Tune-o-matic Bridge
Locked Tail
Volume Pot / Tone Pot / Sustain Intensity
Switch on/off Sustainer / Switch Sustain Pitch
Orginal Jagstang Neck w/ Matching Pre-CBS Headstock
Replacement Tuners
Contour Added, no belly contour.... parnoid I might go thru the stock switch cavity

Joey · Post by **Joey** » Mon Sep 07, 2009 12:18 am

My other Jagstang

Electronics
Bridge Pickup EMG - 81
Neck Pickup EMG - 85
Toggle Switch - Bridge/Both/Neck
25K Volume Pot (stock cause of active pickups)
25K Push/Pull Pot (push is wired .1mf cap (stock for active pickups)/pull is wired tone bypass (wide open))
2 - 9 Volt battery, pushing the pickups to 18 volts

Body & Neck
Replacement Tuners & Shimmed neck
Tune-o-matic Bridge & Lock Tail
Custom Pickguard, forgot who made it
Shielded guard and cavity
Chrome Knobs

I slanted the bass side of the TOM bridge back towards the tail (extend the scale) for better intonation on my 52's.

aen · Post by **aen** » Mon Sep 07, 2009 1:12 am

Those are both pretty sweet. Im tinkering with a sustainer project too.

Post by **Mike** » Mon Sep 07, 2009 7:54 am

Memories

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Mon Sep 07, 2009 10:28 am

+1 for Dakota Red.
Its great to see some fellow enthusiasm for the JS and to see modified models. I would be very interested to see and hear that when its finished Joey.

m0n0mania · Post by **m0n0mania** » Mon Sep 14, 2009 8:58 pm

I've got a sustainer on a jagmaster, with the battery box sunk in the back. The annoying thing for me though is not being able to get to the trimmer pots without removing the pickguard, tempted to just put an extra hole in the back & be done with it!

Joey · Post by **Joey** » Tue Sep 15, 2009 3:31 am

hahaha... yeh your right it's a pain to adjust the pots on the circuit board, don't mention that again, I just wanna finish the dam thing.

Other then that are you happy with the sustainer?

DICHOTOMY · Post by **DICHOTOMY** » Sat Oct 03, 2009 1:32 am

loving the color on the second one.

i really need to branch out of my regular red or white comfort zone.

Reece · Post by **Reece** » Sat Oct 03, 2009 1:36 am

gerryhernandez wrote:loving the color on the second one.

i really need to branch out of my regular red or white comfort zone.

I hear you on that.

My guitars are:

Sunburst
Brown
Red burst
White
Desert.

I didn't intentionally go for that side of the colour spectrum but it just keeps on happenin'.

prospect · Post by **prospect** » Sat Oct 03, 2009 4:51 am

I vote for returning to your initial idea; black!

I'm excited to see the finished product either way.
I like your ideas.

ploppy · Post by **ploppy** » Sat Oct 03, 2009 2:53 pm

That looks really cool,
How does the EMG compare to the original humbucker?

Joey · Post by **Joey** » Sat Oct 03, 2009 8:57 pm

prospect wrote:I vote for returning to your initial idea; black!

I'm excited to see the finished product either way.
I like your ideas.

I'm just nervous about the black pickups... black guard... black knobs... ehhh black body? Just might be too much black. I really wanted to do a bloody red/black color. And with nitrocellulose lacquer your color spectrum is really limited. Unless you buy some pigment and mix your own colors. I've got some time before I get around to this project. I'm working on a few other Mustang/Jazzmaster body build at the moment.

How does the EMG compare to the original humbucker?

Alot more power! I tried several high out put passive pickups but was never happy with them. So active pickups were the next step. I like the pickups with my amp lead channel. I've got the 81 & 85... 81 great for metal riffs, sterile/weak for clean stuff. The 85 is good for clean stuff, not as good for metal riffs, but I still use it alot.

I wouldn't of put in EMG's if I owned just one guitar. If I wanna rock out, I grab this guitar. If I wanna chill, I grab different guitar. I like to have guitars that do one thing really great, rather then "ok all around". You can check out these pickups at Guitar Center, EMG are stock in alot of "heavy metal" guitars now a days.

ploppy · Post by **ploppy** » Sun Oct 04, 2009 7:25 pm

What's the main differences between active and passive pickups then?

Noirie. · Post by **Noirie.** » Sun Oct 04, 2009 7:26 pm

Heard of google?

paul_ · Post by **paul_** » Sun Oct 04, 2009 7:29 pm

Good point, Google may very well lead him to a guitar discussion website where he can learn useful information on the matter.

ploppy · Post by **ploppy** » Sun Oct 04, 2009 8:09 pm

Noirie. wrote:Heard of google?

Yes thanks!

Mages · Post by **Mages** » Sun Oct 04, 2009 8:22 pm

passive means it's not powered. active means it's powered. active pickups have a pre-amp built in that boost the output level.

ploppy · Post by **ploppy** » Sun Oct 04, 2009 8:27 pm

mage wrote:passive means it's not powered. active means it's powered. active pickups have a pre-amp built in that boost the output level.

Cheers Mage.

Joey · Post by **Joey** » Sun Oct 04, 2009 9:23 pm

Yeh, active pickups require a power source. Most people use one 9 volt battery with their EMG's. I put in 2 - 9 volt battery to push the pickups. They are rated for 27 volts... but there isn't much difference in tone 18 volts vs 27 volts.

Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Sun Oct 04, 2009 11:05 pm

Joey wrote:Yeh, active pickups require a power source. Most people use one 9 volt battery with their EMG's. I put in 2 - 9 volt battery to push the pickups. They are rated for 27 volts... but there isn't much difference in tone 18 volts vs 27 volts.

I still want a guitar with a petrol generator to power crazy hot pickups.