Jagmaster Appreciation Thread

ultraviolence · Post by **ultraviolence** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 11:12 pm

Zaphod wrote:Yep, locked down the trem shouldn't work. If you don't use the trem at all it might be an option, look into buying some extra trem springs.

uhhhh...are they easy to install, and inexpensive to buy?

Reece · Post by **Reece** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 11:14 pm

I bought a couple for next to nothing. Guitar shops will probably have some laying around if you ask.

Theres a little bit of a knack to installing them (I found) but it's not hard.

Mo Law-ka · Post by **Mo Law-ka** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 11:16 pm

theyre real cheap, probably $5 bucks for 5.
LANK

theyre not hard to install. the way i do it is as follows:
1. put pointy end in the hole near where you put strings in.
2. use another spring's pointy end to pull the looped end toward the claw.
3. pull it until you can attach the loop over the claw.
it might be easier to unscrew the claw a bit before doing this.

Skip · Post by **Skip** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 11:30 pm

i love my jagmasters
i have 2 they both are sweet
i rotate my guitars(jazzmaster,jaguar, 2 jagmasters) and look forward to the jagmasters just as much

i hardly ever use the tremelo
what do the extra springs do?

Mo Law-ka · Post by **Mo Law-ka** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 11:50 pm

extra strings keep the trem from moving when/if you do crazy-ass bends. it helps to stabilize the trem and such.

stewart · Post by **stewart** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 11:59 pm

urg, i've tried to like them but the strat trem just makes me feel sick. i apologise jagmaster lovers, but i just hate it.

Reece · Post by **Reece** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 12:02 am

+1 Don't get on with strat trems. Hence locking mine down.

<3 Jaguar trem though.

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 2:43 am

I had a CAR 25.5" jagmaster I bought from some douche on the jag-stang.com classifieds for $125 shipped. The dude kept my money for a good 4 weeks (made me pay by money order) then finally shipped the thing separated from the neck in the same box with NO packing materials to keep the two from knocking into each other the whole trip. Then when I emailed him pics he just said "what the fuck did you do to it?". It was one of those times you really really really want to take advantage of knowing a dude like this' address but end up having to be the bigger man and hope karma will sort itself out.

I sold it on ebay within 2 days with a $100 BIN. It's too bad because I liked the guitar in spite of the fact that it had gouges and missing paint everywhere.

Mages · Post by **Mages** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 5:29 am

I really want to make this jagmaster:

it really wouldn't be hard to do. and I'm pretty sure you wouldn't need to route anything since the jagmaster body is already routed out like whoa.

Nick wrote:finally shipped the thing separated from the neck in the same box with NO packing materials to keep the two from knocking into each other the whole trip. Then when I emailed him pics he just said "what the fuck did you do to it?".

wow. just wow.

Post by **Mike** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 11:01 am

mage wrote:I really want to make this jagmaster:

it really wouldn't be hard to do. and I'm pretty sure you wouldn't need to route anything since the jagmaster body is already routed out like whoa.

Nick wrote:finally shipped the thing separated from the neck in the same box with NO packing materials to keep the two from knocking into each other the whole trip. Then when I emailed him pics he just said "what the fuck did you do to it?".
wow. just wow.

Thats been done before here, Aug made Shadow the Shadmaster from a Jagmaster body. He added a Jazzy trem though.

euan · Post by **euan** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 11:32 am

Fran wrote: As a senior member of this forum and a pillar of the community

Pah. n00b.

timhulio · Post by **timhulio** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 12:08 pm

I had a black SPACKLE 25 1/2" scale Jagmaster. It was okay. Sold it, don't miss it.

bassintom · Post by **bassintom** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 12:58 pm

I picked up a burst jagmaster back in April.I like the guitar except for the FN strat trem..it's locked down now,I do that to all my strat tremz.It's kinda like my red headed stepchild.I like it but I spend to much time with the other kids(guitars).

More Cowbell · Post by **More Cowbell** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 1:12 pm

Mike wrote:
mage wrote:I really want to make this jagmaster:

it really wouldn't be hard to do. and I'm pretty sure you wouldn't need to route anything since the jagmaster body is already routed out like whoa.

Nick wrote:finally shipped the thing separated from the neck in the same box with NO packing materials to keep the two from knocking into each other the whole trip. Then when I emailed him pics he just said "what the fuck did you do to it?".
wow. just wow.
Thats been done before here, Aug made Shadow the Shadmaster from a Jagmaster body. He added a Jazzy trem though.

Here it is black like aug maded, then in white like I maded...

Reece · Post by **Reece** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 1:21 pm

Thomas · Post by **Thomas** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 1:32 pm

The white one is AMAZING!!!! What happened to it?

Post by **Mike** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 2:37 pm

NickD owns it.

Armchair Bronco · Post by **Armchair Bronco** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 3:08 pm

I have a "Crafted in PRC" Jagmaster II made a few years ago, and I love it. It was my first guitar.

This winter, I'm planning some major upgrades: new crunchy PAF-type GFS pickups, new push/pull pots, a new 3-way switch & jack, and new wiring & shielding. I also want to fill in the trem cavity permanently with some hardwood. Oh, and I want to replace the knobs with black Fender-style Jazz bass knobs like the ones on the Tiny Terror.

I'm having a hard time finding a decent replacement bridge so I may stick with the original one. I love to add some kind of intonable wraparound bridge, but I can't find one with a 9.5" radius -- they only seem to be made for 12" radius fretboards. Oh well.

Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 4:16 pm

I have plans to eventually get a mahogony Jagmaster body and painit it black. Load it up with two Bare Knuckle Pickups War Pigs and a Floyd Rose (black, obviously). I have a neck that'll fit, and is reversed headstock (wooo). I want Jaguar style chrome control plates, and a black paisley pickguard.

Then I can rock the fuck out of metal on it, and probably put my back out with such a heft of mahogony as that guitar would need.

Mages · Post by **Mages** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 5:55 pm

Mike wrote:
mage wrote:I really want to make this jagmaster:

it really wouldn't be hard to do. and I'm pretty sure you wouldn't need to route anything since the jagmaster body is already routed out like whoa.
Thats been done before here, Aug made Shadow the Shadmaster from a Jagmaster body. He added a Jazzy trem though.

oh, cool. I was just gonna keep it simple and leave the trem alone though.