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I am once again trying to figure out what to do about my Jagmaster project guitar. She was my first project guitar and I installed Lindy Fralin Texas Special Jazzmaster pickups, locking Gotoh Tuners and rebuilt the broken bridge with Graphtec saddles. She also has the original 500K pots as oppose to 1 Meg pots you find in a Jazzmaster. Everything was fine until the bridge post cracked the body and I had to fix the body. The repairs went great, but now the guitar needs to be setup again since I had to add an additional tremolo spring to keep the bridge down.


Long Story short....I am not playing this guitar much these days. I have an AVRI Jaguar and Squier Duo Sonic I play while this one hangs on the wall. To compound the situation, I am about to finish my Baja Telecaster Project guitar and start my Fiesta Red Musicmaster project. I would love some input about what you think I should do with my guitar. Make sure and vote in the poll as well. Thanks in Advance.

The options I have come up with:

1) New Setup and give her another chance
2) New setup and change out the 500k pots for 1Meg pots
3) Sell the guitar to you
4) Keep the pickups and put them into a Blacktop Jazzmaster
5) Keep the pickups and put them into a future jazzmaster project

It's a guitar that you have put a fair amount of time, work and money in to. That won't translate when you sell it. You will not get that back.

Given that, I think I would just hold on to it as it is, and maybe you'll find yourself hankering for it in a few months or a year's time. This happens a fair bit with me, where I'll sort of forget about a guitar and not play it for a year, then suddenly miss it like mad and play it all day for a year or so. Maybe give it a set up and see if you play it more.

Whatever you do, keep those pickups. They are probably worth more than a repaired body or conversion neck.

Haze wrote:Whatever you do, keep those pickups. They are probably worth more than a repaired body or conversion neck.

The pickups were $160 for the set. Neck 8400 and Bridge 9400. I keep wondering if the 1 meg pots were installed it might be worth keeping, though I would love the Jazzmaster tremolo. Don't dig the strat trem.

I doubt I could sell the guitar for more than $300 with the pickups installed. Getting into Vista Jagmaster territory at that point. This Squier neck is the 25.5" version. If I kept anything from the guitar it would be the pickups and the locking tuners. The Custom pickguard might be valuable to someone as well.

taylornutt wrote: I doubt I could sell the guitar for more than $300 with the pickups installed. Getting into Vista Jagmaster territory at that point. This Squier neck is the 25.5" version. If I kept anything from the guitar it would be the pickups and the locking tuners. The Custom pickguard might be valuable to someone as well.

You won't get $300 for a non-vista Jagmaster. This is what I'm saying, the pickguard is a good example. It's a good piece or work, and it's something that a lot of people would want, but if anything it detracts from the value, it definitely doesn't add value.

This guitar is worth more than you could ever hope to sell it for.

i'd part it out on ebay.

Set up that awesome guitar and quit talking crazy.

If you start a new Jazzy project or buy a Blacktop Jag you are INSANE. You have stuff that fits either bill already and looks cooler.

If you decide to let it go, you'll get more out of it if you sell the expensive add-ons separately. I made the mistake to sell a set of Leosounds custom pickups with a Squier strat ... I will not do this again.

That pickguard always reminds me of Bowie's lightning bolt shape.
Cool guitar but the white looks a little boring,

5 people voted for me to sell the guitar to them. Where are the offers? Today could be your lucky day.

we've a forum for that, mate.

hotrodperlmutter wrote:we've a forum for that, mate.

I was really kidding actually. I put the "Sell me the guitar" option on the poll as a joke and didn't expect anyone to respond to it.