FUCK IT!

aen · Post by **aen** » Tue May 25, 2010 3:15 pm

Fuck some fucking jaguar wiring! I haaaaaaaaaaaaaate wiring up guitars, and this jag is like, the new king of headaches.

Post by **dots** » Tue May 25, 2010 6:15 pm

i think i know a site with a diagram. . .

mongoose69 · Post by **mongoose69** » Tue May 25, 2010 11:57 pm

Sorry to be a pain in the ass, dude. But hey, at least you got it sold!

aen · Post by **aen** » Wed May 26, 2010 1:25 am

Haha, don't you worry, you're not the one who invented a guitar with 9 feet of wire in it.

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Wed May 26, 2010 3:07 am

dots did you ever get the dotsmaster fully functional ? i know we got it half rockin for albq but i don't think it worked all the way...

Post by **dots** » Wed May 26, 2010 5:56 pm

robroe wrote:dots did you ever get the dotsmaster fully functional ? i know we got it half rockin for albq but i don't think it worked all the way...

i've tried a few times to set it up, but the bridge does not line up with the neck, so the strings kinda go diagonal. it looks like the neck pocket is the culprit.

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Wed May 26, 2010 7:00 pm

dots wrote:
robroe wrote:dots did you ever get the dotsmaster fully functional ? i know we got it half rockin for albq but i don't think it worked all the way...
i've tried a few times to set it up, but the bridge does not line up with the neck, so the strings kinda go diagonal. it looks like the neck pocket is the culprit.

If you look down the line between the D and G strings; do the centre dot markers fall evenly between the two strings? If not you can move the neck pushing it away from the body whilst fixed with brute force to line things up better.
Sounds barbaric but it works. I've put a lot of bolt-ons together from parts as much as 40 years difference and they hardly ever fit or line up perfectly. My 65 Mustang has never been perfect and the high E is closer to the edge of the fretboard than the low E once past the 12th fret.

cobascis · Post by **cobascis** » Thu May 27, 2010 1:03 am

rewiring my jaguar was such a fucking pain. it to this day does does not work as it should.

Post by **dots** » Thu May 27, 2010 3:49 pm

jesus, you guys are scaring the shit outta me! i'm never, ever building a jag from scratch or doing a rewire. =]

fran, ima dig the dotsmaster out and play with it some more this weekend. i really would like to get it working so it can be the go to guitar for my shortscale pedal board.

SKC Willie · Post by **SKC Willie** » Thu May 27, 2010 4:33 pm

It took me like . . . four or five trys to get it right when I rewired my old Jag. The diagram I was using made everything look backwards and for the life of me I couldn't figure out what was happening. I eventually got it but, damn. It really sucked.

SAVEStheDAY · Post by **SAVEStheDAY** » Sun May 30, 2010 2:44 pm

My problem with the jag was the ground. I gave up after a while and skipped most of the switches since I don't really use them anyway. That was the only way I could stop it from humming like crazy. And I'm using the HH... Geez.

1,2,3, Pull Out! · Post by **1,2,3, Pull Out!** » Mon May 31, 2010 4:54 am

Bah! Jag wiring!

I feel your pain Aen!