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Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2018 6:06 pm
by Fran
Did you get it already?
Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2018 6:31 pm
by mkt3000
I swung by GC during my lunch break, and was greeted by a friendly tech who's an offset/shortscale geek... and offered to buy it from me.
He confessed to me that he took it apart, took pictures, and either plans on building a similar guitar or modding the next used Jagmaster that shows up at the store. He says that the work was well done when it was first done, and that whoever did it likely spent more money on the mods than on the guitar.
Anyway, he injected glue and resoldered it. It sounded very nice (in fact, nicer than before), but the pots were still scratchy, so he told me he'll swap them out and have them ready go to before he leaves for the day.
So after work, back to GC to pick it up.
Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2018 2:46 am
by mkt3000
And it's back, and it's sounding and feeling a lot better.
The first thing I did when I got it home - put a mustang bridge on it, so now the strings stay where they need to be.
Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2018 10:06 am
by jagsonic
Horay! Thats such a great story!!! Really love the guitar. It's one of the things, i'm after since years.
Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2018 12:29 pm
by robroe
noiiiceee
Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2018 2:36 pm
by Fran
Nice end to the story
Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2018 10:01 am
by Mike
What type of mustang bridge is that? Saddle grooves look DEEEP
Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2018 3:16 pm
by mkt3000
Mike wrote:What type of mustang bridge is that? Saddle grooves look DEEEP
I think it's the one used on the Squier VM Mustangs
Got it from Guitar Parts Resource, and the description reads:
Made for Fender instruments in a variety of vintage and contemporary models. Chrome-plated bridge assembly includes six fully adjustable saddles, six intonation screws and springs, and two mounting posts with adjustable allen screws. Used on the Kurt Cobain Mustang and Squier Vintage Modified Mustang. Has smaller barrel saddles than the standard Mustang bridge.
Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2018 4:14 pm
by jcyphe
Which guitar center location was this?
Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2018 4:45 pm
by mkt3000
jcyphe wrote:Which guitar center location was this?
It was bought originally from the GC in Evansville, IN. The work was done locally at the GC in South Miami, FL.
Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2018 8:07 pm
by jcyphe
Was it the one in Kendall? That used to be my go to store.
Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2018 8:29 pm
by mkt3000
jcyphe wrote:Was it the one Kendall? That used to be my go to store.
Yep - that's the one. I live next to downtown, so it's the closest one when traffic's not horrible. When traffic's bad, getting to Hallandale can be faster, since I can take the 95 express lanes and be there in 20 minutes.
Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2018 10:44 pm
by Fran
Mike wrote:What type of mustang bridge is that? Saddle grooves look DEEEP
Yun modified it.
Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2018 1:21 am
by robroe
i need those saddles on all my shit
Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2018 12:04 pm
by Mike
Fran wrote:Mike wrote:What type of mustang bridge is that? Saddle grooves look DEEEP
Yun modified it.
LOL
it looks decent, definitely an improvement on the ones used previously on Mustangs.
I have original 70s Mustang 7.25" ones on my '72 Mustang and '66 Jaguar and they're decent, but the more modern one I had one my '65 RI Mustang wasn't great. Buzzy and strings slipped.
My Squier Jaguar has a straytrem one on it with matched 9.5" radius and that's also very nice but expensive.