3-pickup Longscale Jaguar

jetset · Post by **jetset** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 12:12 pm

I got a reply from Tommy, thanking me for the heads up, and that saying that he'd look into tweaking their routing.

I have to say I had a blast making this thing. Maybe I'll do more in the future once I cost it all out.
-J

Post by **mynameisjonas** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 1:59 pm

it looks great! congrats

chrisjedijane · Post by **chrisjedijane** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 7:48 am

that looks really great - i want one!!!

John Taverna · Post by **John Taverna** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 9:47 am

congrats!

slomomarc · Post by **slomomarc** » Sun Dec 24, 2006 11:44 am

Wow...................Very cool looking guitar, Well done!!!

Post by **sookwinder** » Mon Dec 25, 2006 5:20 am

hey jetset , gotta say congrats on that jaguar/stratty/jm thingy.... as someone who loves strats and jaguars I am just blown away by this. This is definately an idea I shall file away for future reference, for when I don't have any other projects on...

thank you so much for sharing this with us

and like the others i also :

lalalandstudios · Post by **lalalandstudios** » Mon Dec 25, 2006 10:54 am

amazing job, it looks really really great...

Pumpkin · Post by **Pumpkin** » Mon Dec 25, 2006 10:42 pm

Nice work dude

....i would put Jag pickup covers on it though but thats just me.

DB · Post by DB » Fri Dec 29, 2006 9:45 pm

Jetset,

This project turned out fantastic. While I'm not a big fan of the looks of a strat, I love the sound (Jimi, Stevie, et. al.). A long scale Jag with all the chrome and the sound of a strat seems like a great combination to me.

Congrats on a great job!

DB

bassVIst · Post by **bassVIst** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 7:56 am

i LOVE the look of this guitar
i have strat pickups in two of my VI projects

but yeah, if i do something like this, i'd have to go with a VI-like placement of Jag pickups

Puke+Cry · Post by **Puke+Cry** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 5:00 am

dude! that looks awesome!

jetset · Post by **jetset** » Mon May 07, 2007 12:38 pm

Well I'm finally considering this guitar done. I got three custom wound strat pickups from Curtis Novak. I asked for them to be wound to have the output and tone as close to JM pickups as possible, with both the middle and neck PU's reverse wound so the 1/2 and 1/3 positions are hum canceling. Those are the positions I use most. They sound great. The GFS pickups were fine, but these really shine and now I can't put the guitar down.

One of these days I'll do up a wiring diagram for this project. It's a lot simpler than you might think: One switch per pickup, with the lead going to the "rhythm" switch which just switches between the main pots (250k) and the roller pots (1 meg.)

-J

FireAarro · Post by **FireAarro** » Tue May 08, 2007 3:21 am

How close to JM pickups do they sound?

jetset · Post by **jetset** » Tue May 08, 2007 2:28 pm

FireAarro wrote: How close to JM pickups do they sound?

They are pretty much spot on in terms of output level, and the bright/bass balance, but they are only halfway there in terms of the richness you get with the broad. flat winding of a real JM pickup. The Strat pickup will always have a more sharply distinct sound due to the narrower field. The neck pickup alone is closest to a JM neck sound.

It's a pretty nice axe now - I can get almost spot-on Tom Verlaine AND Richard Lloyd tones in the same guitar.
-J

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