3 Pickup Mahogany Jaguar with black anodized pickguard - *Finished!*

[nihilandvoid]

A while ago I built a jaguar with three teisco pickups and a kawai tremolo, it was cool but i didnt enjoy the sound of the pickups and it wasn't quite properly put together....


it sat unplayed for a while since i wasn't happy with it, and i was unsure of what i wanted to do with it.
After obtaining my Sublime Chieftain Deluxe (hollow with p90s) and my Ovation Breadwinner (with super distortions), i wanted something more Strat like but i cant play full scale guitars.
I decided to rebuild the Jaguar with strat pickups and an alternative wiring scheme taking advantage of the control plates on the jaguar.

I also found a guy in South Australia (me being in Queensland) who makes a full set of black anodized jaguar pickguard/control plate sets.
The one he had available sold so i reached out to him and inquired about a custom set. I opted for a similar set up to the Johnny Marr Jaguar, 2 slide switches on the up control plate, a strat lever switch, and a Master volume control (no tone).

After a few months i received it and it is beautiful! i also got most of the parts needed, plugged the holes in preparation for the mustang bridge.
The pickups are from an early 2000's Highway One Strat (possibly Alnico III, not sure, if anyone knows the specs please let me know) and all read around 5.9K.
Here's a rough mock up, I thought the Purple Volume knob and Switch tip would be a nice touch as well.
Ive ordered Black pickup covers too, i considered chrome but i think the black will look more sleak


the Electronics will be a 3 way tele lever switch (to switch between neck and bridge) and the two upper slide switches will turn the middle pickup on and have it in series or parallel. So i can have Bridge, Middle or Neck, Bridge + Neck, Neck + Middle (ser or par), Bridge + Middle (ser or par) and Neck + Bridge + Middle (Ser or par).

Ill be finishing this off next week once i get all the parts together.

Cheers
Alex

[MayTheFuzzBeWithYou]

I already liked the first incarnation of it! But the all black 3-piece anodized guard looks killer!
Also the purple pickup-selector tip looks great! Bice detail! - but I guess I would have kept one of the old knobs. (I just don‘t like these strat knobs)

[Trout]

Yes!

[gdayj]

Looking good Alex!

[Jsil13]

I think both variations look great man. I have that same trem on an old MIJ guitar branded Marvel. It was missing the arm when I found it, but I'm wondering if you've ever used it? I'm just wondering what it's like.

[nihilandvoid]

I think both variations look great man. I have that same trem on an old MIJ guitar branded Marvel. It was missing the arm when I found it, but I'm wondering if you've ever used it? I'm just wondering what it's like.

I was having tuning instability problems with it at first, so I removed it and converted it to hardtail. But after reassessing I think it was down to not being setup right. It’s a subtle sorta bigsby like feel.

[nihilandvoid]

and shes finished! unfortunately in the flow of the build I didn't take any photos, but its all done.
Still a few little tweaks needed, I think ill put a shim in the neck, and i need some proper screws for the pickups.
Soon enough ill take it to get set up properly

[Amon 7.L]

I hope you can handle some criticism but I feel the need to deliver honesty where it's due.
There's a major flaw with this is guitar:

It's not in my hands.

[valley_parade]

Holy freaking hell that Jag looks awesome.