Teiscofan
Joined: Feb 21, 2011
Posts: 513
Ontario
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Posted on Jul 23 2024 10:20 AM
Greetings,
I have picked up a surf green Jaguar and want to upgrade it. Looking for recommendations/ parts list. ( My candy apple red JAG will stay stock)
- Pickups
- pots with Ohms
- Capacitor
- Bridge
-wire type and gauge
- etc…
I am looking for a straight drop in.I have found posts recommending the Maestro bridge.
Thanks
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edwardsand
Joined: Jun 29, 2018
Posts: 757
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Posted on Jul 23 2024 10:58 AM
For pickups, the Fender Pure Vintage '65 Jag pickups would be a good bet.
For the pots, you'd want 1M Ohm vol and tone, and if you go for full-size pots, you may have to enlarge the holes on the control plate. Alternatively, you could get a standard Fender Jag control plate, though I cannot say if it would be a drop-in replacement. Also, if you go with full size pots, you'll likely need new knobs to fit - the Squier knobs are typically a bit smaller and don't feel quite right compared to the full-size Fender knobs.
I wouldn't bother re-wiring the whole thing - nobody's going to see or hear the wires. Overall, I'd say focus on the things that make it feel/play better and that make it sound better, and it's up to you what matters for all that. There's no sense in trying to upgrade it all to classic Fender specs, since it will always be a Squier at heart (and there's nothing wrong with that).
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Tommy_Surfink
Joined: Dec 11, 2021
Posts: 12
South Coast
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Posted on Jul 24 2024 05:21 PM
Not really anything you have to put money in but I rounded of the edge that the vibrato is tipping over and it made a big difference on my Squier CV Jag. It stopped clicking and the motion is now really smooth. I guess yours is a VM but might benefit from it too
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synchro
Joined: Feb 02, 2008
Posts: 4446
Not One-Sawn, but Two-Sawn . . . AZ.
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Posted on Jul 24 2024 05:45 PM
I have a CV Jaguar that I kept basically stock. I did change to an AVRI tailpiece, although the advice above will make this unnecessary. The OEM pickups, controls, etc. have proven adequate so far.
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When Surf Guitar is outlawed only outlaws will play Surf Guitar.
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Boomerang
Joined: Jun 05, 2024
Posts: 43
Tennessee
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Posted on Jul 24 2024 08:48 PM
I recently acquired a 70’s Squire Jag and the only changes I made were the addition of the American Pro bridge thimble sleeves as recommended by Synchro in another post. It made the bridge much more stable when using the trem and I have zero tuning issues. I also had to blue loctite the bridge height adjustment screws to keep the bridge from dropping due to vibration. I may upgrade to a Staytrem later but to be honest the stock mustang bridge is fine. Strung it up with Ernie Ball round wound 11’s and didn’t need a shim. My trem unit is smooth and noise free so I haven’t done the mod described above. I think the stock pickups sound fantastic and the wiring, pots and switches seem fine so far and are hum free. This thing is quiet as a mouse in all pickup configurations. The only other thing I may do later is add a treble bleed circuit. It does lose quite a bit of highs when you roll off the volume.
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synchro
Joined: Feb 02, 2008
Posts: 4446
Not One-Sawn, but Two-Sawn . . . AZ.
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Posted on Jul 24 2024 11:47 PM
Boomerang wrote:
I recently acquired a 70’s Squire Jag and the only changes I made were the addition of the American Pro bridge thimble sleeves as recommended by Synchro in another post. It made the bridge much more stable when using the trem and I have zero tuning issues. I also had to blue loctite the bridge height adjustment screws to keep the bridge from dropping due to vibration. I may upgrade to a Staytrem later but to be honest the stock mustang bridge is fine. Strung it up with Ernie Ball round wound 11’s and didn’t need a shim. My trem unit is smooth and noise free so I haven’t done the mod described above. I think the stock pickups sound fantastic and the wiring, pots and switches seem fine so far and are hum free. This thing is quiet as a mouse in all pickup configurations. The only other thing I may do later is add a treble bleed circuit. It does lose quite a bit of highs when you roll off the volume.
I forgot to mention those in my post, but definitely the bridge thimbles, which I think are a great idea on any Offset.
The OEM bridge on mine hasn’t given me any trouble. I actually have a spare StayTrem bridge, but the OEM one hasn’t shown any self lowering tendencies, so I’ve left it as is. That little CV Jaguar seems to be blessed, because it has given me zero trouble. It’s much more expensive sibling, my Warmoth Jaguar, is more fiddly than the Squier.
— The artist formerly known as: Synchro
When Surf Guitar is outlawed only outlaws will play Surf Guitar.
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