It plays GREAT. I dig the neck. It's big and chunky. Big frets.
Tuners feel solid. Trem is smooth.
I really like the sound of the bridge humbucker! This surprised me.
That said, I ordered a Duncan P-Rails 1 and Triple Shot pickup ring to put in there
The humbucker and ring to NOT attach to the pickguard. They are screwed right into the wood of the body.
The neck Jazzmaster pickup is NOT great. I have an AVRI pickup I might put in tonight.
The previous owner monkeyed with the electronics a bit, which may be playing into the not great sound of the JM pickup.
There are 2 knobs on the guitar, and they are BOTH for Tone. 1 for each pickup.
That's right....NO volume control. WTF?
So I'm going to right that wrong immediately. Plug it back in to see how it sounds before I start swapping pups.
The knob in the "volume" position is a double-stacked pot. One of the pots is 1M-ohm (the one closest to the knob).
the other half of the pot does not register on my meter. There are 2 caps on this control, one on each half.
I don't have a clue what the guy was trying to do with this setup but it's gotta go.
The proper tone control is a 250M-ohm pot and has an Orange Drop cap on it. This is currently wired to the bridge pickup.
The bridge is interesting. It is single-slotted like the Mustang saddles, but has height adjustment screws.
It sits in the mounting bosses and rocks just a touch.
