Questions about jagmaster

[sotoman]

I want to buy an offset, but money aren't beside me

so i'm thinking of bying a jagmaster and modifying her. The mods i have on mind are:
1. JazzmasterAVRI Bridge p/u... Will it fit? I guess with some routing i'll be alright.... no?
2. GFS lipstick humbucker neck pickup with coil splitting, in order to get cool danelectro chime tones... Another J/m p/u for neck will be better?
3. Tremolo replace... A 2-point tremolo will be better, but i wonder if it'll fit...
4. Some on-board boost circuit, like clapton's, in order to compensate for the lost jazzm controls



preview:



what do you think?

[mewithoutus]

jagmasters are great! i have two of the older 25.5" scale ones, in silver sparkle.

they are perfect for modding. what you wanna do sounds cool. i was thinking about putting jazz pickups in one of mine, but im not sure if they will fit. they might require additional routing, but might not since jags have that swimming pool routing already. not sure about the trem. the older 25.5" jags had a two point trem.

let me know when you get it started! im super excited to see how it turns out. good luck!!

[sotoman]

since jags have that swimming pool routing already

whoa thats great news, newer jagmasters have pool too?
but the problem is not only with the height, a j/m p/u is wider than a humbucker

[mjet]

I had a 24" scale MIJ Vista series one that was great but I'm not a real tremolo fan, certainly not with Strat tremolos. If I find another one at a good price I might convert it to a hardtail with one of these which basically fit over the tremolo cutout:

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/ ... sku=361537

[sotoman]

just do the wood trick, block the tremolo...
iif i could i would put a jm tremolo, but dunno the routing required etc etc...
and jm tremolo+bridge is expensive

[mewithoutus]

since jags have that swimming pool routing already

whoa thats great news, newer jagmasters have pool too?
but the problem is not only with the height, a j/m p/u is wider than a humbucker

yeah you are gunna have to cut out the pickguard. you may have to rout for the width of the pickup. im not sure if the new squires have the pool route, but i dont see why not.

[sotoman]

ok, here's a wiring scheme i made...
http://img386.imageshack.us/img386/8075/wiringgi5.jpg
do you think it'll work?
It seems pretty hard to wire, easier than a jm though...