Ice Blue JagBlaster - Completed

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JSett
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Re: Ice Blue JagBlaster - finally, some progress.

Post by JSett » Fri Oct 15, 2021 7:55 am

Lo-Fi wrote:
Fri Oct 15, 2021 7:49 am
johnnysomersett wrote:
Fri Sep 24, 2021 11:58 pm
soul1 wrote:
Fri Sep 24, 2021 9:34 pm
Wow, that looks great.

Where did you get the pickguard?
Brian aka Earlpilanz on eBay cut it for me
What colour is it out of interest? I’m about to push the button on one of his guards for my fiesta red jag and his choices are overwhelming.
It was 'Aged White'... but I also aged it slightly further with a concoction I've used to simulate the mellowing/yellowing in the past so it's creamier than new
Silly Rabbit, don't you know scooped mids are for kids?

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Re: Ice Blue JagBlaster - Completed

Post by Lo-Fi » Fri Oct 15, 2021 8:29 am

Looks great. I need to go mint I think but he has about 6 mint versions to choose from…

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Re: Ice Blue JagBlaster - Completed

Post by JSett » Wed Nov 10, 2021 2:13 am

Never one to shy away from any potential embarrassment at admitting a mistake, I declare this experiment a mild failure.

After a month of getting to know this in it's new form I came to the conclusion that it sounded better with the original single coils. It sounded great ...but it sounded extremely generic and all the character of a Jaguar was gone. Now, I love WRHBs in Jazzmasters (and have had some form of them in the bridge position in all mine for over a decade), but it turns out it's not the big 'step-up' in a Jag that it is in a JM. Must be something to do with the scale length and the Jag pickups being naturally quite raucous already.

So. The WRHBs are out. I'm still keeping the new switching system as I enjoy that, but the OG AV65 Jag pickups are back in their home.

"..strikes and gutters, ups and downs"

(yes, I'm glad this wasn't on the '67, no need to rub it in :D )

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Re: Ice Blue JagBlaster - Completed

Post by JamesSGBrown » Wed Nov 10, 2021 6:52 am

johnnysomersett wrote:
Wed Nov 10, 2021 2:13 am
Never one to shy away from any potential embarrassment at admitting a mistake, I declare this experiment a mild failure.

After a month of getting to know this in it's new form I came to the conclusion that it sounded better with the original single coils. It sounded great ...but it sounded extremely generic and all the character of a Jaguar was gone. Now, I love WRHBs in Jazzmasters (and have had some form of them in the bridge position in all mine for over a decade), but it turns out it's not the big 'step-up' in a Jag that it is in a JM. Must be something to do with the scale length and the Jag pickups being naturally quite raucous already.

So. The WRHBs are out. I'm still keeping the new switching system as I enjoy that, but the OG AV65 Jag pickups are back in their home.

"..strikes and gutters, ups and downs"

(yes, I'm glad this wasn't on the '67, no need to rub it in :D )

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Ha, answered my question here.

Well, if you ever look to sell that AV65... let me know please!

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Re: Ice Blue JagBlaster - Completed

Post by JSett » Wed Nov 10, 2021 12:35 pm

JamesSGBrown wrote:
Wed Nov 10, 2021 6:52 am
Ha, answered my question here.

Well, if you ever look to sell that AV65... let me know please!
I might have to now I've just bought that '65 Jag. I'm still undecided but PM me if you're interested... it's worth a chat at least
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