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sunshiner wrote:It actually looks great. I didn't expect it to look that good

Yeah, it's not bad. Couple of daft things that annoy me. Like wrong pickup screws. But that's probably me being an arse.

Wrong how?

I mean i can take a picture but you will think less of me

OK so this is correct



This is the VM all tiny and stupid




I mean admittedly its not the worst thing going on in the world...but it kinda is the worst thing going on.
Just noticed the pole pieces are smaller too...kill me now!

I had one of the VM Jazzmasters for a while. I got it in a trade, wasn’t a bad guitar but someone had already upgraded the trem and pickups. The fake tortoise looks like a 90’s video game lava or something, I sanded it Down to the white layer and dyed it with coffee. I ended up trading it but it was fun for a while I’m just not that into jazzmasters.

Ha. that does literally look like the wrong screw though, and not just a different screw.

Bacchus wrote:Ha. that does literally look like the wrong screw though, and not just a different screw.

It may be a jazzmaster pickup screw. Can anyone confirm all vms are like this?

It looks like one of the two screws you get in the middle of a P-90.

I cant understand it coming out yhe factory like that...surely the previous owner replaced them?

Here's the CV one from teh Fender site:

The ones in my VM VI are smaller than the pickguard screws. They don't look quite as "lost" in the countersunk holes as your picture though.

BearBoy wrote:Here's the CV one from teh Fender site:

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Looks like they might be changed....what horror will I find under the guard!!

Hurb wrote:

BearBoy wrote:Here's the CV one from teh Fender site:

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Looks like they might be changed....what horror will I find under the guard!!

I would say so. The tort on the VM Jaguar HH body I had was horrible, the one on my CV Mustang is pretty nice.

Hurb wrote:Looks like they might be changed....what horror will I find under the guard!!

Spiders, a lot of spiders.

My CV has pretty much the same screws as your VM, although without the stripped head.

And yes, I do think less of you

Haha!

First horror!




Currently putting original bridge on.

No horrors under the guard thankfully



I cant see any grounding to the bridge or trem in the normal way but it is grounded somehow.



Only slight doge thing is there was a crack in the paint just above the neck plate. I thought it was just in the paint. But its a bit deeper than that. Neck pocket is super tight so probably where it happened.

My CIJ Jag (and likely JM) had a ground wire sandwiched between the tailpiece and body, but not on the Squier CV; I think it's maybe grounded at the bridge cup, but not in a way that's visible.

Doog wrote:I think it's maybe grounded at the bridge cup, but not in a way that's visible.

Yeah must be.

Hurb wrote:Only slight doge thing is there was a crack in the paint just above the neck plate. I thought it was just in the paint. But its a bit deeper than that. Neck pocket is super tight so probably where it happened.

Pour beer glue on it.

NickS wrote:

Hurb wrote:Only slight doge thing is there was a crack in the paint just above the neck plate. I thought it was just in the paint. But its a bit deeper than that. Neck pocket is super tight so probably where it happened.

Pour beer glue on it.

Done!


Glue later...superglue?