I've got a Squire CV 60s Jazzmaster. I was tipped off before buying it that the tremolo arm had to be solidly pushed in and it would stay put. It does. I love how you are going through this Jaguar. You have a great way of doing mods!
Michael Worse that’s one way of looking at it. The other way is the jag with humbuckers is a unique sound you just can’t get off say a strat with humbuckers or a Les Paul due to differences in scale length and neck construction among other things. Also you can get approximately close to jag single coil sounds with coil splitting/partial coil splitting/pickup in parallel with itself. So yeah there’s ups and downs to installing humbuckers. But I definitely don’t agree with the argument that jags with humbuckers are worse than jags with single coils simply because both are a unique sounding choice for jags that you don’t get with other guitars. I recommend all jag fans to try (or if they can own 😉) jags with both setups!
alexrcowan You may be right there , Sir , but I‘m tryin‘ to keep things simple . Single coils are what speaks to me , but hey , that’s just me ! Peace out ✌️
Let’s say I want to add one more volume pot, an additional time pot, and switch all the switches to a silver switch or DPDT three way toggle switch, how could I go about this?
Hey Alex, sweet video, how do you like to cut the screws and clean up the threads? I was screwing in my Hot Rails more and more and thanks to this video I remembered at the last second holy shit these are gonna go through the body if I keep going lol.
As far as I’m aware in Australia we can’t buy directly from Dimarzio and are restricted to buying from dealers. Besides, the customer had already purchased these before work commenced
Le chachuzz do you mean have I ever failed a wiring job? Not for a long time really, I used to get things wrong when I started tinkering a couple of years ago. But once I learnt how components work properly it’s a lot easier to visualize and accomplish more sophisticated wiring schemes
Thanks mate! Yep the wiring will work the same with humbuckers (just be aware of the wiring colour codes of your humbuckers in relation to the Dimarzio’s used here) 😁
@@alexrcowan Perfect! your videos really help me, thanks a lot! i'm planning to do a KC Jaguar with my Classic vibe but with the two on/off switches for the coil split so i think it should work perfect following your diagram :D
(structurally speaking... and not in terms of the feel of the fretboard) Is this squire neck quality in comparison to a Fender Neck youd buy for the Jag?... I love that Trapezoid inlay sooooOOOOOO much that I would justify any reason to keep it on there... the only thing I'd have to get rid of is the Squier headstock... what are the options on that?.. can you just switch out headstocks?.. or do you have to buy a neck?.. cuz then that defeats the purpose.. otherwise i'd buy a Fender Trapezoid inlay neck... WHICH THEY DONT HAVE... great video, and im sure your channel is amazing. peace
Get in touch with a professional painter, guitar Luthier (or guitsr shops tech) to give you a quote on making it into a matching headstock and then purchase a genuine fender jaguar decal and decide if you wanna get it put on before they do the clear coat to protect it from being scrapped off or save the decal process last for yourself to save a bit $ after getting the matching headstock finished (just don't get a sunburst model, unless stubborn then expect the sanding off process until removed to be ready for replacing the Squier with the genuine fender jaguar (1965 version i recommend imo its my favorite, tho its your decision and depends also on whats available usually on ebay) decal being put on instead is an even more expensive process thats labor intensive than the much easier, quicker and cooler looking imo matching headstock option that you can put the water decal on top the dried paint as accurately to how it is placed onto the headstock (remember its a 70s jaguar so a '69 decal is an option and anything more or less from 1975 era and is actually period accurate to do over top the clear coat than protected underneath the clearcoat like nowadays so you got choices! Just remember the period correct option will be easy to scrap off the decal and thats not a cheap one like you are guessing I bet 8 bucks or maybe 20 bucks most im gonna assume,, right? Nah its in the $100's+ lmao I know it sucks. But its genuine at least! Don't bother with fake or unspecified if genuine for cheap prices. Its not worth the gamble for shitty decal that won't properly be placed on and even worse is how bad they look and don't look anywhere close to the real.deal which once on can ruin that expensive paint job done in the first place so take it from my research and experience within the 10+ years of modifying and setting up my.guitars myself and paying for it all and that was actually a project I did close with creating a Squier jaguar vm into a 65 jaguar specs with matching headstock the last process left before having to sell and had everything installed or replaced for 65 jag parts and the mute system that was around over 300 bucks for the headstock paint job and decal bought altogether for an idea of price btw. That was around 3.agowas.ago.in 2018 tho so could be different prices now. Good luck!! Hope it works out well for you :)
MegaBrebis no problem! This guitar isn’t mine, I missed it for a customer, but it was in considerably better shape than the one I got myself last year!
NOOOOO the one part I needed to see was the "boring" part you cut out!! I can't find videos on UA-cam of people wiring up jags
I've got a Squire CV 60s Jazzmaster. I was tipped off before buying it that the tremolo arm had to be solidly pushed in and it would stay put. It does. I love how you are going through this Jaguar. You have a great way of doing mods!
you should do a video on making a matching headstock
+100 on this !
Another +100 on a matching headstock vid
Should be getting mine on monday, cant wait and will definitely mod it in the future
alex keeps it clean! lovin the mods!
Humbuckers will steal the natural Jag sound away !
Michael Worse that’s one way of looking at it. The other way is the jag with humbuckers is a unique sound you just can’t get off say a strat with humbuckers or a Les Paul due to differences in scale length and neck construction among other things. Also you can get approximately close to jag single coil sounds with coil splitting/partial coil splitting/pickup in parallel with itself. So yeah there’s ups and downs to installing humbuckers. But I definitely don’t agree with the argument that jags with humbuckers are worse than jags with single coils simply because both are a unique sounding choice for jags that you don’t get with other guitars. I recommend all jag fans to try (or if they can own 😉) jags with both setups!
alexrcowan You may be right there , Sir , but I‘m tryin‘ to keep things simple . Single coils are what speaks to me , but hey , that’s just me ! Peace out ✌️
Great video Alex! It looks amazing and now probably plays amazing too. Off to watch the second part!
Já mando o like sem ver o vídeo, era exatamente o que tava procurando!
Let’s say I want to add one more volume pot, an additional time pot, and switch all the switches to a silver switch or DPDT three way toggle switch, how could I go about this?
Does anybody know what the gray wire that connects to the output jack? Mine is broken and i need a replacement
How would I wire those pickups into a mustang? Thanks great vid!
Legend
Hey Alex, sweet video, how do you like to cut the screws and clean up the threads? I was screwing in my Hot Rails more and more and thanks to this video I remembered at the last second holy shit these are gonna go through the body if I keep going lol.
great video, quality guitar tech work
Carlos Reyes thanks Carlos, I appreciate the kind words!
Was this a telecaster pickup? I think the strat ones would fit without cutting? I'm also considering changing the pus but no way I'm cutting the wood!
You can get those pickups from Dimarzio without the flange so you dont have to do the routing. Just an FYI.
As far as I’m aware in Australia we can’t buy directly from Dimarzio and are restricted to buying from dealers. Besides, the customer had already purchased these before work commenced
send a link ?
Is the pickups only pushed up with foam? no springs?
i was thinking about routing a jaguar for installing the jazzmaster pickups, what do yu think?
What are you using to check the pickup height?
How do you avoid cutting into the template with the router?
Bearing on the top of the router bit. They’re sold like this
love your vids man
cheers mate!
such a great video but, have you ever failed in a wire out of cameras?
Le chachuzz do you mean have I ever failed a wiring job? Not for a long time really, I used to get things wrong when I started tinkering a couple of years ago. But once I learnt how components work properly it’s a lot easier to visualize and accomplish more sophisticated wiring schemes
@@alexrcowan thank man, hello from spain
could you tell me the exact model of those pickups?
Would it be easy to do with a dremel
I am building a squire classic vibe jaguar. Can't find or figure out what holds the pickups in place. Help if you can. Thanks
It’s usually foam underneath the pickup, and then the adjustment screws screw the pickup down against the foam
@@alexrcowan thanks. I found Stewmac sells foam with a spring in each end
Great video. What did you charge for this Alex?
What’s your opinion of the original bridge? It was supposed to be an improvement on the old model. You always seem happy with the tuners
Great video!
this work the same with humbuckers?
Thanks mate! Yep the wiring will work the same with humbuckers (just be aware of the wiring colour codes of your humbuckers in relation to the Dimarzio’s used here) 😁
@@alexrcowan Perfect! your videos really help me, thanks a lot!
i'm planning to do a KC Jaguar with my Classic vibe but with the two on/off switches for the coil split so i think it should work perfect following your diagram :D
@@Sashiroku sounds like an awesome project man, will be truly versatile with the wiring mods too!
You forgot to ground the bridge...or did I miss that?
Can’t remember if I showed it on the video but the original bridge ground was used
Ohhh, Java is soo cute. Everyone needs a little Java in their life.
Haha yes he’s cute and he knows it! Always using that to get out of trouble!
@@alexrcowan hahahahaha send him to a gibson factory. They sure need some qc control.
(structurally speaking... and not in terms of the feel of the fretboard) Is this squire neck quality in comparison to a Fender Neck youd buy for the Jag?... I love that Trapezoid inlay sooooOOOOOO much that I would justify any reason to keep it on there... the only thing I'd have to get rid of is the Squier headstock... what are the options on that?.. can you just switch out headstocks?.. or do you have to buy a neck?.. cuz then that defeats the purpose.. otherwise i'd buy a Fender Trapezoid inlay neck... WHICH THEY DONT HAVE... great video, and im sure your channel is amazing. peace
Get in touch with a professional painter, guitar Luthier (or guitsr shops tech) to give you a quote on making it into a matching headstock and then purchase a genuine fender jaguar decal and decide if you wanna get it put on before they do the clear coat to protect it from being scrapped off or save the decal process last for yourself to save a bit $ after getting the matching headstock finished (just don't get a sunburst model, unless stubborn then expect the sanding off process until removed to be ready for replacing the Squier with the genuine fender jaguar (1965 version i recommend imo its my favorite, tho its your decision and depends also on whats available usually on ebay) decal being put on instead is an even more expensive process thats labor intensive than the much easier, quicker and cooler looking imo matching headstock option that you can put the water decal on top the dried paint as accurately to how it is placed onto the headstock (remember its a 70s jaguar so a '69 decal is an option and anything more or less from 1975 era and is actually period accurate to do over top the clear coat than protected underneath the clearcoat like nowadays so you got choices! Just remember the period correct option will be easy to scrap off the decal and thats not a cheap one like you are guessing I bet 8 bucks or maybe 20 bucks most im gonna assume,, right? Nah its in the $100's+ lmao I know it sucks. But its genuine at least! Don't bother with fake or unspecified if genuine for cheap prices. Its not worth the gamble for shitty decal that won't properly be placed on and even worse is how bad they look and don't look anywhere close to the real.deal which once on can ruin that expensive paint job done in the first place so take it from my research and experience within the 10+ years of modifying and setting up my.guitars myself and paying for it all and that was actually a project I did close with creating a Squier jaguar vm into a 65 jaguar specs with matching headstock the last process left before having to sell and had everything installed or replaced for 65 jag parts and the mute system that was around over 300 bucks for the headstock paint job and decal bought altogether for an idea of price btw. That was around 3.agowas.ago.in 2018 tho so could be different prices now. Good luck!! Hope it works out well for you :)
Maybe I missed it but did you keep the stock pots? I’d assume they are 250k? Why not use 500k?
Yep I kept the stock pots which are actually 1M
Ok. Interesting. 1mg. like a CV Jazzmaster. Sounds awesome. I have a CV Jaguar arriving tomorrow and I’m gonna be tearing into it.
@@rockerbob949 yep jags/jazzys both use 1M pots for their lead circuits. And awesome man, you’ll have a blast!
Thank you for the 2 informative videos. Why did you decide to mod it? How bad was it when you received it?
MegaBrebis no problem! This guitar isn’t mine, I missed it for a customer, but it was in considerably better shape than the one I got myself last year!
im gonna take off the bridge entirely and barbarically shove a floyd rose into it and make it work like evh's original frankenstein
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You ruined it.