Can anyone measure the depth of the pickup cavities on a Fender Jaguar for me?

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Can anyone measure the depth of the pickup cavities on a Fender Jaguar for me?

Post by Larry Mal » Sun Aug 19, 2018 6:18 am

Hi all, I'm starting a long dormant project shortly. I have a '68 Jaguar that I inherited, and it's been gouged out to accommodate humbuggies. I don't like no humbuggies in no Jaguar, so I'm going to return it to that.

Problem is what you see below:

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So, I will probably just route out the rest of the body so I can put a block of wood in there and then route out again for proper Jaguar pickups. Probably just use the pick guard as a template for those holes, but what I don't know is, how deep are the cavities that the Jaguar pickups sit in?
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Re: Can anyone measure the depth of the pickup cavities on a Fender Jaguar for me?

Post by timtam » Sun Aug 19, 2018 6:38 am

15mm on 1966 ..
http://www.offsetguitars.com/forums/vie ... =29&t=7827
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Re: Can anyone measure the depth of the pickup cavities on a Fender Jaguar for me?

Post by Larry Mal » Sun Aug 19, 2018 6:44 am

Perfect- no idea that information was on here. Maybe I need to spend less time arguing about bullshit and more time using the search function- there, I said it for you all!

Thanks for the help.
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Re: Can anyone measure the depth of the pickup cavities on a Fender Jaguar for me?

Post by aliendawg » Sun Aug 19, 2018 7:12 am

Larry Mal wrote: ↑
Sun Aug 19, 2018 6:18 am
 I don't like no humbuggies in no Jaguar
That's my way of life
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Re: Can anyone measure the depth of the pickup cavities on a Fender Jaguar for me?

Post by Larry Mal » Sun Aug 19, 2018 8:01 am

I did think about putting some Firebird pickups in it, but I'll put it back to being a Jag. It'll be a slow process, though.
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Re: Can anyone measure the depth of the pickup cavities on a Fender Jaguar for me?

Post by blimpage » Mon Aug 20, 2018 12:45 am

What a coincidence, I'm about to route my MIJ Jag for humbuggies. Wanna just swap?
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