New classic player jag project

hendrix1234 · Post by **hendrix1234** » Wed Mar 30, 2011 1:04 pm

Just picked this up, i traded some other guitars i wasnt using for it.
ive had a few jags in the past and have always sold them, but hopefully this one will be different

It has CIJ mustang neck on it that has had a refret with jumbo frets, or something close but it plays great.

i was thinking humbuckers , or maybe some p90s. i do have a spare duncan 59 i can maybe put in the bridge until i can decide what to put it.

i would love to put a set of p-rails in it, bit im still not sure. it will have to wait a few months until i can get the funds together anyway.

But id love to hear if anyone has any suggestions on pickups?
also does anyone know the best place to get a guard from a classic player jag with humbuckers so then i can maybe just route the body using the guard
as a template for the humbuckers,other wise ill just use the old one.
ive had a look on ebay, but cant seem to find anything, i want one in black/white/black

Sparky · Post by **Sparky** » Wed Mar 30, 2011 3:08 pm

Oooh, that's booootiful! Do you need to put humbackers in it? If you have another guitar with buckers, you should consider keeping with single coils.

taylornutt · Post by **taylornutt** » Wed Mar 30, 2011 3:56 pm

AVRI pups with Bronco Knobs would be so sexy.

rlm2112 · Post by **rlm2112** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 3:19 am

How is the intonation on it? I just sold my CP HH jag body because I couldn't get the intonation right with a MIJ Mustang neck. The bridge needed to be moved about half an inch back.

Here are some pickguards that might fit: http://shop.ebay.com/i.html?_nkw=jaguar ... m270.l1313

Here are some that will fit: http://shop.ebay.com/i.html?_nkw=jaguar ... m270.l1313

I vote for P Rails. Good luck!

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 3:21 am

what a great project base.

can't wait to see what you do with it!

rlm2112 · Post by **rlm2112** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 4:34 am

Since *REDACTED*, let me elaborate.

I filed the saddles on the stock bridge to match the radius of the new neck AND tried a mustang bridge. Neither would intonate. I had to move every saddle almost all the way back, and the low E and G were still off.

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 6:27 am

shit dude, relax. i realized i shouldn't have mentioned it, and removed it.

RELAX

hendrix1234 · Post by **hendrix1234** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 9:00 am

Hey, yeh it seems to intonate fine, i had a bit of trouble but it seems to be ok.

i have decided just to stick with singles and not route it out, i was thinking either duncan's or the AVRI like taylornutt said, which ones are better?

i was something fairly beefy, so the duncans are probably better yeh?

i am going on a holiday to the US in a couple of months, so i cam goin to try and pickup a classsic player jazzmaster, and put some prails into that.

It will be easier putting the humbuckers in the blacktop jazzy.

Justyn · Post by **Justyn** » Fri Apr 01, 2011 2:17 am

I would just put some BC dimarzio pickups in it along with 3 way toggley plate and locking tuners and call it a day