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Tag: Fender Jaguar

Posted on 21st Jun 202221st Jun 2022

Candy Apple Red H/H Fender Jaguar. Setting the neck, and test-fitting the tremolo bridge

Drilling my H/H Jaguar body for a tremolo. Ensuring the tremolo and neck are fitted straight and true.

Posted on 17th Jun 2022

Candy Apple Red H/H Fender Jaguar. Sealing and priming the body for nitro lacquer

Prepping a two-piece, alder, "reissue" style Jaguar body - ready for spraying a candy apple red, nitro lacquer paint job

Posted on 6th Jun 20226th Jun 2022

“Mary Kaye” Blonde Fender Jaguar. Fitting the neck to the body, and test-fitting a Bigsby B5 tremolo

After refinishing the neck for my blonde "Mary Kaye"-type Jaguar build - I can finally tap the neck with new bolt holes, and check the neck alignment with a gold Bigsby B5 tremolo unit installed. This is already becoming a quite distinctive-looking build...

Posted on 27th May 2022

Progress with a couple of Jaguar necks… Toning a PauFerro fingerboard, and prepping a re-lacquered headstock, including hardware installation

Continuing the saga of the repair, re-fit and preparation of two Jaguar necks, for a couple of my project builds. Lacquer repairs, finishing, hardware installation, and fingerboard toning

Posted on 12th Apr 202212th Apr 2022

“Mary Kaye” Blonde Fender Jaguar. Catching up with some lacquer repairs to the headstock

After a prolonged lay-off - the weather's finally right for nitro spraying again. Time to catch up on some long-running repairs to the lacquered headstock, for my natural blonde Jaguar build

Posted on 25th Feb 20223rd Mar 2022

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

Posted on 11th Feb 202211th Feb 2022

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

Posted on 2nd Feb 2022

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

Posted on 20th Dec 202112th Apr 2022

“Mary Kaye” Blonde Fender Jaguar. Change of plan. Repairing the finish on a different neck

After deciding to swap around the necks on my Jaguar projects again - I need to swap the hardware out on this lacquered AllParts JGRO neck. There are also a few areas of damage I need to clear up...

Posted on 11th Nov 202111th Nov 2021

“Mary Kaye” Blonde Fender Jaguar. Polishing the body in six *(or seven) simple steps

I want a polished finish for this ash Jaguar body - but I also want a super-thin nitro coat. Here's how I achieve a high gloss in just six, *(or seven) steps.

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