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Squier Jaguar conversion

Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2011 3:05 pm
by The Dead Ranch Hands
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Then I figured it needed more chrome...

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Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2011 3:07 pm
by wwrrss
Upside down strat jack?

Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2011 3:08 pm
by benecol
I like the outy strat jack, but then: whisper it, but I like strat jacks.

Excellent work too - hello you.

Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2011 3:09 pm
by wwrrss
benecol wrote:I like the outy strat jack, but then: whisper it, but I like strat jacks.

Excellent work too - hello you.
I like strat jacks, but I can't help but just stare at that one! Like a big mole on someones face, or a really bad tattoo on some tits.

Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2011 3:10 pm
by serfx
i LOEV the more chrome option..

however still not down with the strat jack.. even though it now looks like a turret tower or something..

but for the price on these plus your mods, still probably not bad at all..

any gut shots of your wiring? how the body is routed?

Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2011 3:12 pm
by wwrrss
MORE PICS AND INFO OF THIS FELLA IN THE BACKGROUND TOO!

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Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2011 3:15 pm
by The Dead Ranch Hands
serfx wrote:i LOEV the more chrome option..

however still not down with the strat jack.. even though it now looks like a turret tower or something..

but for the price on these plus your mods, still probably not bad at all..

any gut shots of your wiring? how the body is routed?
These guitars come pre-routed for standard Jag wiring:

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Yeah, I wish the Strat jack wasn't there, but short of filling it with wood filler and refinishing, the dummy strat plate was the best I could think of.

No rhythm circuit - I just skipped that altogether.

Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2011 3:17 pm
by The Dead Ranch Hands
wwrrss wrote:MORE PICS AND INFO OF THIS FELLA IN THE BACKGROUND TOO!

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That's an SX Jag bass with a Dano baritone (30") neck on it. It's very rough, doesn't look great close up, but it plays and sounds great. Cheap strat pickups on there and pickup surrounds to hide the jagged holes I put in the pickguard. It really needs a nice custom guard.

Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2011 3:22 pm
by James
That looks a hell of a lot better than the stock version, and looked better still without the jag trem plate.

Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2011 3:31 pm
by serfx
cool thanks.

and GFS top mount trem ftw!

Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2011 3:32 pm
by Pens
Yeah, I think it looks better without the jag trem plate also. It's starting to look steampunk with that extra plate added on.

Re: Squier Jaguar conversion

Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2011 3:38 pm
by taylornutt
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What guitar is to the left of the Jaguar? Looks like an old Airline or Eastwood guitar.

Really nice job. I like that the standard Jag routing is underneath. Massive improvement over the stock configuration.

Re: Squier Jaguar conversion

Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2011 4:58 pm
by The Dead Ranch Hands
taylornutt wrote:
The Dead Ranch Hands wrote:From

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What guitar is to the left of the Jaguar? Looks like an old Airline or Eastwood guitar.

Really nice job. I like that the standard Jag routing is underneath. Massive improvement over the stock configuration.
The red one is from a guitarkitsusa kit. It's fiberglass. I added a cheap starcaster neck and some Jazzmaster pickups.

Thanks!

Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2011 5:08 pm
by serfx
now if only there was a way to turn that strat jack into a place where you could easily hold your cigarette.. or guitar plectrums.. yes.. that is the ticket.

Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2011 5:22 pm
by jamba72
the vintage trem on the jag seems off muuuch too far ( for me), maybe it should be similar to the baritone one?
I´m not a big fan of the new ´vintage series´, the jack looks a bit strange..would be a quite a job to close the cavity, sanding, finishing..

apart from that it looks very nice. 8)

Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2011 5:41 pm
by George
Awesome. Looks lke a lot of fine work. I really love that trem and the out facing strat jack is a cool idea that gives a steampunk look to it.

Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 10:44 pm
by BillClay
totes digging that upside down strat jack for some reason.

Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 10:59 pm
by SKC Willie
putting the jaguar trem baseplate on there looks much better . . .


but it looks like it could be moved forward 1/4 inch. Without the plate though, it looks WAY to far back. Looks really nice, though. Did you just use a standard jag pickguard?

Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 11:08 pm
by paul_
portugalwillie wrote:putting the jaguar trem baseplate on there looks much better . . .


but it looks like it could be moved forward 1/4 inch.
Where he's put it looks about right to me for stock placement on non-CP/Blacktop/Mascis guitars.

Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 11:10 pm
by Dave
Yeah I like the added jag trem plate - balances the look out and oddly is exactly something I'd considered for that GFS trem under similer project ideas only a few weeks back.