Customised Fender USA “Original ’60’s” Jaguar – Final specification.
Combining the classic lines of a Fender Vintage re-issue Jaguar, with Creamery “Alt-88” pickups, and “Johnny Marr” style, 4-way switching
Customised Fender USA “Original ’60’s” Jaguar – Setup tweaks after new neck installation
Having changed the neck on my Candy Apple Red Jaguar – I now need to dial in the neck action, and check all of the previous setup perameters
Customised Fender USA “Original ’60’s” Jaguar – Reverting to the original plan, and a Fender, American ’65 re-issue neck…
“You put the hardware on – you take it off… On… off… on… off…”
…reverting to my original plan
Customised Fender USA “Original ’60’s” Jaguar – Setup
Setting up and personalising the action on my customised “Original ’60’s” Fender Jaguar
Customised Fender USA “Original ’60’s” Jaguar. Fitting a nut, and stringing
A properly cut bone nut is one of the keys to great tone – but cutting one properly can be a challenge. Even with the right tools and a refined approach – it can take a while. But it’s well worth the effort.
Custom built Fender Jaguar USA. Building the tone circuit, and wiring-in the pickups
I can finally see well enough to drop some Creamery “Alt 88″Jaguar pickups into my Custom spec Fender “US Original ’60’s” Jaguar. I’m wiring them up with a “Johnny Marr” schematic, and I’m especially looking forward to testing out the additional “neck and bridge in series” combination.
Custom built Fender Jaguar USA. (Re)-fitting a Fender Mute
I’ve got a couple of small jobs scheduled this week. First off – I want to replace the Fender Mute on my CAR Original ’60’s Jaguar…
Custom built Fender Jaguar USA. Fitting a customised, bound and block-marked neck
Fitting my customised Musikraft Jaguar neck onto my Candy Apple Red “Original ’60’s” Jaguar body. Featuring some new Gotoh SD-510 tuners, and a StewMac neck shim.
Custom built Fender Jaguar USA. Candy Apple Red headstock finish – Flatting the decals, and polishing out
Finishing the painted headstock on my Musikraft custom Jaguar neck. A few gremlins in the detail – but maybe I just have to live with some of my practical limitations, and focus on the overall effect.
Custom built Fender USA “Original ’60’s” Jaguar. Applying the headstock decals
Applying authentic looking headstock decals seems such a simple task, at first. But it’s a lengthy process, and there are many potential pitfalls along the way…
Custom built Fender Jaguar USA. Bound and block-marked neck – Painting the headstock
It’s going to be tough to exactly colour match the finish on my Fender body – but I should be able to get reasonably close…
Custom built Fender Jaguar USA. Changing to a custom-built, bound and block-marked neck
It’s quite usual for most of my project builds to evolve over time. However – I don’t usually start the process of upgrading before a project’s actually completed…
Custom built Fender Jaguar USA. Shielding the cavities, and grounding the cover plates
It might seem like overkill to some – but I want to properly shield my USA Custom Jaguar body with some copper foil. While I’m at it – I can sort out a few grounding issues
Custom built Fender Jaguar USA. Fixing the scratchplate and control plates into place
Covid Lockdowns seem to be the perfect time to obsess with small details. I’ve been putting this off for a while now – but I’m finally going to fix some hardware to my Custom Fender USA Jaguar
Custom built Fender Jaguar USA. Fitting out the headstock. Tuners and a string tree
Things are beginning to grind with the third UK Covid lockdown. There’s precious little to keep me occupied on my various projects. It’s times like these when simply fitting some tuners is enough to entertain.
Custom built Fender Jaguar USA. Scratchplate and Control Plate fitting. The importance of planning ahead
When it comes to scratchplates – the fit is all important. In fact, scratchplates can often be a cause of huge frustration when piecing together a build. Especially – it seems – on a Jaguar.
Custom built Fender Jaguar USA. Fitting the neck
It’s not much of a job – but Covid lockdowns, Brexit and the Christmas holidays have all slowed things down recently. The arrival of a new neck for my Custom USA Jaguar is a welcome boost.
The perfect Jaguar setup? Part two. Let’s face it. It’s the bridge – isn’t it?
One of the “received truths” about the Jaguar – seems to be that the original bridge design is at fault for just about everything – (although there are a whole series of common mods which address some sonic characteristics as well). With the bridge however – many of the “fixes” appear to cause problems, or…
The perfect Jaguar setup? Part one. Appreciating the design, and architecture.
Comparing the various Jaguar bridge options got me thinking. I just couldn’t work out what that Fender Tune-o-matic bridge was trying to achieve. Since I plan to have a few offsets to set up over the next few months, I need to work out how to solve some of the technical differences which make Stratocasters…
Fender offset bridge options – A tale of three bridges
With two new offset projects, and an existing Jaguar build to upgrade – I need to make a few choices. I’ve collected a few different bridge options over the past few months. Now might be a good time to go through the options, and work out which bridge might best suit each build.
New Project. Custom built Fender Jaguar USA
I regularly modify previous builds in order to learn more about how they work, and to try and improve on my original results. I’m always in search of the best quality instrument I can put together. Unfortunately, the situation with my eyesight is making some of the processes more difficult. Maybe it’s time to leave…
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