Jazz mods..

[FU]

I have to respectfully disagree. My CIJ 66 nails the jmaster tone. And I’ve compared it directly to a(my) 66. This is a blocks and binding model. Don’t know if PU’s are better/different than standard.

The jaguar, not so much.

[eyesadrift]

may i suggest
upgrade the tone pots also

[Stormy320]

"SonicD " wrote:

so the american sound vintage?

I’m sure they are not exactly the same due to the aging of the pickups and wood, but there supposed to be built the same, which I guess means in time they should sound the same.

I hope to do a comparison when they get a new American Jazz in.

I’ll keep everyone posted.

[tonas]

"FU " wrote:

I have to respectfully disagree. My CIJ 66 nails the jmaster tone. And I’ve compared it directly to a(my) 66. This is a blocks and binding model. Don’t know if PU’s are better/different than standard.

The jaguar, not so much.

You could be right. My experience has been with the MIJ Jaguars. Now that I have the AV Pickups in it and 500k CTS pots it sounds great. Before I did that thought it sounded way thin and lame.

[SonicD]

you mean this right?

http://www.webrocker.de/jaguar/v2/index.php?page=goodies_geek&show=jm_pups”>http://www.webrocker.de/jaguar/v2/index … ow=jm_pups

[tonas]

yep thats the picture I was refering to. See what I mean. That type of winding will surely make a pickup sound different.

[SonicD]

yeah man, so then, 150 for the mods and like 130 for the case. that sucks

edit: on second thought i dont need the case right now.

im closing in. right now i have 335e and i got 30 more, im gonna get 100 for christmas and my allowance is gonna be taken off for like 6 months till i pay off the rest of the money

[tonas]

Sweet!

[SonicD]

i know, if only my mom isnt too lazy to get the 200e i need till february…

[FU]

I say get the guitar first. Play it and make sure it is what you want. Then decide to upgrade.You may go through a few turds to find a pearl. IMHO, the only upgrade necessary(to start) is the bridge.

I wanted to add that the jazzmaster is a weird guitar. When I plug it into my set-up it demands tweaks that none of my other guitars need. For instance, I usually use a Flying V/LP or the Jazz. The LP/V or even tele can use the same exact sound. No changes. Plug in the jazz and hear a clangy, dark sound. Crank up the treble(which sounds crazy, I thought so too) and listen to the guitar gain a whole new dimension of sound with that overtone note like a PAF PU. The distortion EQ just blooms. It is a cool shade of jazzmaster.
Plug a humbucker in there after that and it sounds like you left the wah on. And not in a good way.
Experiment with it. You’ll be happy. Good luck.

[SonicD]

cool man, ill see.

yeah i want to order a mustang bridge and not bother with the original bridge at all.

what the hell is wrong with mij pickguards? it looks like shit! the red swirl pickguards

[tonas]

"FU " wrote:

Plug a humbucker in there after that and it sounds like you left the wah on. And not in a good way.
Experiment with it. You’ll be happy. Good luck.

No need to plug a humbucker in with the American ones. The bridge and neck pickups are reverse wound from one another, so when you play it with both pickups its effectively a humbucker. Really it’s an ingenius design. The American Jaguar is that way too.

[SonicD]

what, so they sound like humbuckers?

[Randy Jane]

No, he didn’t mean that how you took it Tonas. He meant that when he had his settings for his Jazzy it sounded good but then when he switched guitars (back to a V/LP with a humbucker) it sounded way trebley and hissy because to get the Jazzy to sound good (to him) you need to turn the treble up. Not that he wired in a humbucker in his Jazzy.

As to not screw up your other guitars tone/s why dont you try getting/making a treble booster? Get the tone you like for your main guitars and then get your Jazzy plugged in and dial in the twang you need to make it sound good. I would do that as opposed to walking back and forth trying to get the best tone…..but thats me………..I’m lazy.

Randy Jane

[FU]

Thanks Randy Jane, that is exactly what I was saying. I’ve tried an EQ, not a treble booster. But now I just have the two settings marked on on my Fender tube amp.
Just take a quick walk back and turn it a few clicks. I’ve found the sweet spot and can get it easily. The other amp has a pretty flat eq. I also found this little power attentuator on Ebay that I put on the Fender so I can crank it up to near self destruction but stand in front of it.
BTW, the neck PU and the up setting on the jazzy circuit just sing like a combo of an old p-90 and a PAF. Absolutely awesome. Now that i’ve learned to use the sound, I may go jazz full time.

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