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Hi Jerry,
Congrats on the Jag. My guess is that you will have to adjust the truss rod.
You may or may not have to shim the neck. You might want to as I don't think
the Japanese Jags were shimmed at the factory, whereas the American reissues
seem to be. But I would see how it feels after getting the truss rod
adjusted and your action set after the flatwounds go on there.
Good luck,
BN
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jerry [mailto:]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 12:40 AM
> To:
> Subject: [SurfGuitar101] Question for you Jaguar owners
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I have fallen to "sirene call" and got me a 2nd hand Jag (a mid 90ties
> Japanes example) it's a very nice guitar, despite the fact that it has
> been said that these are not as good quality wise, I checked the guitar
> all over, wiring, hardware, body, arm, tuners etc...and they all
> resemble what they should do. I found no flaws so far and it looks lika
> a very well build instrument.
>
> The previous owner had it stringed up with 0.9 roundwounds....so it
> sounded rather sissy....
> I want to put on 0.11 d'Addario Chrome Flatwounds on it. But would I
> need to "shim" the neck (add a bit to the tuss rod before putting on the
> flatwound strings) I done this with my Jazzmaster as I notided that the
> higher tension of the Flatwounds made the neck bow a bit more and the
> action was getting a tat to high....
>
> TIA,
>
> Jerry.
>
> P.S. I got the Jag for a nice price including Hard shell case, very hard
> to ressist.....
