Show Us your Squier Offsets!

[muffonrat]

Was done by a local luthier,sanded,repainted and decal applied.Really hated the truss rod hole on the headstock.Painted looks better imo.

[Geezer]

New to the "offset" world (been playing for 40 years) and I think I've FINALLY found the perfect guitar!

Although they don't seem to get much respect around here, I LOVE my Squier VMJM Special.
The fixed toploader bridge s perfect for me, since I never use trem (just use my hands or manipulate th guitar for trem-type effects)
The REAL eye opener is the PICKUPS!!! Perfect blend of clarity and drive, spank and spit.....I'm now looking at some of my other guitars to see how I can fit JM pups on them!

Anyway, here she is. Looks like a fairly "run of the mill" Special, but plays like so much more....and for $200 from the local GC, what a deal! I would gladly have paid much more (but happy I got'er for such a great price!)

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[MuscleDad420]

I got this VMJM for my girlfriend a couple years ago off Craigslist LA. We were told it belonged to Katie Goodman of Vivian Girls, which was actually confirmed when I ran into her at The Satellite a couple weeks later. I won the gold anodized ToneGuard at the LA Amp Show last year and it was a perfect drop-in replacement. I opted for a 4-way Fender Custom Shop Tele switch and wired it "Series > Neck > Parallel > Bridge" to make up for the loss of the rhythm circuit. Other than that an adjustable Mustang bridge, 500k pots, and some Starcaster-esque witchhat knobs. One of these days I'll get around to replacing the nut.

[caliban]

The pickguard looks great!

[CaffeineOrMe]

and a pic of my olympic white vmjm.
upgrades: cts pots, switchcraft jack, knobs, full cavity and pickguard shielding, avri '65 pickups, mastery bridge, staytrem arm, avri tailpiece, sanded down the neck to the bare wood and applied a tinted nitro finish and a fender decal.

[caliban]

and a pic of my olympic white vmjm.
upgrades: cts pots, switchcraft jack, knobs, full cavity and pickguard shielding, avri '65 pickups, mastery bridge, staytrem arm, avri tailpiece, sanded down the neck to the bare wood and applied a tinted nitro finish and a fender decal.

Stock nut?

[CaffeineOrMe]

Stock nut?

yes still. it's not the worst. might change it to something better soon though. but still got an unfinished musikraft jm body laying around here with a matching neck. guess that project comes first.

[weatherking]

My first offset! Got it in January after lurking around these boards for a couple of years. I got this as a modding platform. I replaced the pickguard with a mint green one...CAR with mint is probably my favorite combo. I also sanded off the DD pickup logos with 1200 grit sandpaper. I wanted a beefier bridge pickup, so I replaced it with a CP (not pictured) and I'm pretty happy with it. Thinking of getting an Antiquity II for the neck and a Staytrem bridge someday.

[voided3]

Here's my VM Jaguar HH in fiesta red, now a Jaguar SS thanks to a set of GFS Surf 90's. Here's how it looks:




Here's how it sounds:

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[MKR]

Here's how it sounds:

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Excellent playing and lovely guitar. I love that fiesta red one with the tort guard.

I always thought that model could have used a tremolo, but you certainly managed to get some nice tremolo sounds without one!

[preservation]

My first offset! Got it in January after lurking around these boards for a couple of years. I got this as a modding platform. I replaced the pickguard with a mint green one...CAR with mint is probably my favorite combo. I also sanded off the DD pickup logos with 1200 grit sandpaper. I wanted a beefier bridge pickup, so I replaced it with a CP (not pictured) and I'm pretty happy with it. Thinking of getting an Antiquity II for the neck and a Staytrem bridge someday.

yeah mang,

CAR with mint is drop dead gorgeous.
that and BMM w/ a red tort are my 2 all-time faves.

[electric12]

One of my Sq JMascis JMs.


Featuring Wilkinson roller bridge, VM tort and black witch hats. The pickups are slightly under-wound Bullocks and it sounds fantastic!

[caliban]

One of my Sq JMascis JMs.


Featuring Wilkinson roller bridge, VM tort and black witch hats. The pickups are slightly under-wound Bullocks and it sounds fantastic!

What has caused the stains around the pickguard?

[electric12]

One of my Sq JMascis JMs.


Featuring Wilkinson roller bridge, VM tort and black witch hats. The pickups are slightly under-wound Bullocks and it sounds fantastic!

What has caused the stains around the pickguard?

That would be fluorescent highlighter pen!

[Zork]

Atari Punk Console in the rhythm circuit :-)