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Hi Richard, I guess the white Jag dings easy. I think the Basswood is softer
than Alder, but the Polyester paint provides a little bit more protection. My
guitar looks pretty good considering where it's been. The worst wear caused by
my slamming the guitar on the stage a few times when I thought the Rock-Star-
Ending was going on a little too long one night in Europe with J&NRs.
I use a plate with a 3-way Tele-style blade switch in place of the three little
slide switches. I use a dice on the end of the trem bar. This enables me to hold
the pick, trem bar, and make changes with the switch without dropping any notes.
The pick guard is from WD. I want someone to make a pickguard with the correct
big bevel, but WD won't, so I gotta find someone who will. I use the grounding
plates as use in the original, and US reissues in all the cavitys. You can make
your own, no problem. Just be sure everything is grounded. I think I also
painted the cavities with grounding paint. Make sure that is well grounded,
also. I don't have a tone control hooked up because it really degraded the
sound. In my '63 all original Jag, I like the tone control. It probably has
something to do with the old style capacitor sounding better. I also use a 250K
pot in the white MIJ Jag instead of the 1MEG that is stock in all Jags. The 1MEG
vol pot has more treble when all the way up, and less when turned down. I like a
uniform response because I use the vol pot at every possible position, changing
the level constantly. I use cloth wire and a Switchcraft jack.
Hope this helped,
-dave
Richard <> wrote:
--- dave wronski wrote:
> My white Jaguar is a MIJ, 1996 model. The body is
> Basswood
Dave, do you have a problem with the basswood body
dinging very easily? I have a CIJ Vista series
Jagmaster which is my favorite guitar, but every
little bump and gouge leaves a mark, whereas the alder
body on my Cyclone has taken several bumps and shows
none of them. Also, what other hardware did you
replace on your Jag (wires, switches, etc) and what
kind of pickguard did you put on it?
Richard
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