Discussion of newer designs, copies and reissue offset-waist instruments.
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AMILCAR
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by AMILCAR » Wed Aug 28, 2013 4:25 pm
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Tweedledee
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by Tweedledee » Fri Aug 30, 2013 11:54 am
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by mkt3000 » Fri Aug 30, 2013 12:00 pm
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Oig
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by Oig » Sat Aug 31, 2013 10:32 am
Tweedledee wrote:Here's my heavily modded Squier VM Jag.

Very nice
Apart from the Seymours, what'd you do to it?
Wait, I see a Mastery and Fender tailpiece. What else?
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by Tweedledee » Sat Aug 31, 2013 11:30 am
Oig wrote:Tweedledee wrote:Here's my heavily modded Squier VM Jag.

Very nice
Apart from the Seymours, what'd you do to it?
Wait, I see a Mastery and Fender tailpiece. What else?
That's most of it, really. Seymour Duncan Firebird pickups, MIJ Fender trem, Mastery bridge, knobs from a Blacktop Jazzmaster, and I painted the headstock to match the body. The pickguard is also a custom mint green one from Terrapin.
Wiring is all stock, though I am considering wiring in a mini switch between the master volume and tone controls in order to split the bridge pickup.
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by FuZZBoY » Sat Aug 31, 2013 3:33 pm
Tweedledee wrote:Here's my heavily modded Squier VM Jag.

I love it!!
Is the japan trem a real upgrade in terms of feel?
May we see the headstock??
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by Tweedledee » Sat Aug 31, 2013 3:49 pm
FuZZBoY wrote:
I love it!!
Is the japan trem a real upgrade in terms of feel?
May we see the headstock??
Actually, the stock un-stamped trem felt quite good. I really don't consider the MIJ trem to be much of an upgrade in terms of feel, it was more for looks, to be honest. I've had a couple AVRI offsets and I do feel that the trem on those feels a bit smoother than the MIJ one, but really it's not that big of a difference in my mind. Of course, the trem on the 1965 Jaguar I used to own was perfectly smooth. I'm not sure how the AVRI ones differ from the vintage ones.
Here's the headstock:

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by FuZZBoY » Sat Aug 31, 2013 4:02 pm
Tweedledee wrote:
Actually, the stock un-stamped trem felt quite good. I really don't consider the MIJ trem to be much of an upgrade in terms of feel, it was more for looks, to be honest. I've had a couple AVRI offsets and I do feel that the trem on those feels a bit smoother than the MIJ one, but really it's not that big of a difference in my mind. Of course, the trem on the 1965 Jaguar I used to own was perfectly smooth. I'm not sure how the AVRI ones differ from the vintage ones.
Here's the headstock:

Ok, I was asking you that as I really like the feel of the trem on my VM JM. I understands that looks does matter, yours is really beautiful.
I wish I was able to do such a clean job on my JM headstock... I'm a sucker for those matching headstock offsets!
How's the sound with your firebird pickups??
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by Tweedledee » Sat Aug 31, 2013 4:41 pm
FuZZBoY wrote:
Ok, I was asking you that as I really like the feel of the trem on my VM JM. I understands that looks does matter, yours is really beautiful.
I wish I was able to do such a clean job on my JM headstock... I'm a sucker for those matching headstock offsets!
How's the sound with your firebird pickups??
I absolutely love the tones I get from the Firebird pickups. The SM-1N has been one of my favorite pickups for a long time and I've used it in a bunch of different projects. This is actually the first time I've tried the SM-3B "Seymourized" Firebird pickup and I'm really liking it. It's very close to a bridge P90 tone without the hum.
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by FuZZBoY » Sat Aug 31, 2013 4:48 pm
Tweedledee wrote:
I absolutely love the tones I get from the Firebird pickups. The SM-1N has been one of my favorite pickups for a long time and I've used it in a bunch of different projects. This is actually the first time I've tried the SM-3B "Seymourized" Firebird pickup and I'm really liking it. It's very close to a bridge P90 tone without the hum.
Sounds like a really nice rock'n roll machine

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by funkyeah! » Sun Sep 01, 2013 6:15 am
Not a guitar but still a Squier offset

Some days you just can't get rid of a bomb.
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by niksureal » Fri Sep 13, 2013 6:55 am
funkyeah! wrote:Not a guitar but still a Squier offset

holy crap. i love this!
i think im finally finished modding my squier mustang...
includes fly shot...

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by bubba899 » Fri Sep 13, 2013 10:21 am
Offset-wannabe wrote:bubba899 wrote:
Still want to match the headstock, but need something else to test on first as this is fast becoming my main guitar.
DId you have to do a lot of routing to fit the Wide Range pickups in? I'm thinking about doint something similar to this, only whit normal sized humbuckers.
Yeah, had to open out the cavity a bit as well as making it deeper. Was a bit of a ball ache and I didn't do a particularly pretty job of it. Not sure how much it would take for standard hum buckers though.