Squier Jaguar Short Scale Club Part 3

[Verne Andru]

Just realized I never took pics of my SS Jag so I'm setting out to rectify that situation. Here it is pretty much as I got it. I dressed the frets, added the thumb-rest and strap locks and that's it. The guy who got this new had the pups changed to Fender American Standard P-Bass and a Seymour Duncan Jazz, put in the high mass bridge, new D'addario Chromes and had a custom perloid pickguard made. Said after the mods he realized he didn't like short-scale basses so he sold if for the cost of a new one and tossed in the upgrades free. Who am I to argue?

 

[MTN.bass72]

Just realized I never took pics of my SS Jag so I'm setting out to rectify that situation. Here it is pretty much as I got it. I dressed the frets, added the thumb-rest and strap locks and that's it. The guy who got this new had the pups changed to Fender American Standard P-Bass and a Seymour Duncan Jazz, put in the high mass bridge, new D'addario Chromes and had a custom perloid pickguard made. Said after the mods he realized he didn't like short-scale basses so he sold if for the cost of a new one and tossed in the upgrades free. Who am I to argue?

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Looks amazing! Love the white pearl on the red.. What bridge is this?

 

[OtherLisa]

Just realized I never took pics of my SS Jag so I'm setting out to rectify that situation. Here it is pretty much as I got it. I dressed the frets, added the thumb-rest and strap locks and that's it. The guy who got this new had the pups changed to Fender American Standard P-Bass and a Seymour Duncan Jazz, put in the high mass bridge, new D'addario Chromes and had a custom perloid pickguard made. Said after the mods he realized he didn't like short-scale basses so he sold if for the cost of a new one and tossed in the upgrades free. Who am I to argue?

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That's one gorgeous base, Verne!

 

[Verne Andru]

Looks amazing! Love the white pearl on the red.. What bridge is this?

Thanks. It's a HipShot high mass bridge.

White pearl wouldn't have been my first choice but it works and adds a touch of class me thinks. The guy gave me all the original parts so I could go back to black but I've come to like it this way.

I can see replacing the Jazz with one that humbucks somewhere down the line, but I'm really liking its P-bass tones so I'm not in any hurry.

 

[BAG]

Just realized I never took pics of my SS Jag so I'm setting out to rectify that situation. Here it is pretty much as I got it. I dressed the frets, added the thumb-rest and strap locks and that's it. The guy who got this new had the pups changed to Fender American Standard P-Bass and a Seymour Duncan Jazz, put in the high mass bridge, new D'addario Chromes and had a custom perloid pickguard made. Said after the mods he realized he didn't like short-scale basses so he sold if for the cost of a new one and tossed in the upgrades free. Who am I to argue?

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Is that a colour shift due to the camera as it doesn't look like the original red on my monitor. Looks almost like a wine red.

 

[felis]

I wouldn't touch a thing on that bass. It's just right the way it is.

 

[Verne Andru]

Is that a colour shift due to the camera as it doesn't look like the original red on my monitor. Looks almost like a wine red.

I shot it in low light so it's coming across a bit dark-ish, but not much. That said, it is a very nice, deep candy-apple red.

It used to take a special process to do candy-apple properly - multiple passes to get density and sparkle - but they seem to have found a way to do it cheaply enough for a $179 bass as this is as good looking as any vintage I've seen. And it probably won't crack like the traditional thick lacquers tend to do over time.

 

[edsand]

the Sunburst SS Jags that came as a part of the set, with the Rumble amp, varied quite widely in weight,

I have the sunburst Jag, and it is very light in comparison to other solid color examples, but it does have a good deal of neck dive. I upgraded the bridge, but not to a "high-mass" model.

Here it is pretty much as I got it. I dressed the frets, added the thumb-rest and strap locks and that's it.

That is a spectacular and classy looking Jag. White pearloid on red, with black hardware kind of sings to me. The upgraded pickups are a very nice bonus. "Original parts included" should be gospel for any modern, modded instrument.

 

[bass4more]

Do these basses come stock with conductive shielding paint applied to the control cavity?

 

[edsand]

Do these basses come stock with conductive shielding paint applied to the control cavity?

Um, paint yeah... "Conductive..." sorta, um, yeah. I shielded mine.

I just don't think the paint does the job, no matter how good it is, or well it is applied.

 

[BAG]

Do these basses come stock with conductive shielding paint applied to the control cavity?

Um, paint yeah... "Conductive..." sorta, um, yeah. I shielded mine.

I just don't think the paint does the job, no matter how good it is, or well it is applied.

I had to shield mine too. The Jazz pickup was really noisy, now it's virtually silent (noise-wise.... not signal)

 

[Bass Man Stan]

This strap should negate any neck dive.

 

[Bob T]

Weight variances are a given with wood. Mine has a slight amount of dive. I bought some Gotoh Res-o-lites and while they helped a tiny, tiny, bit the difference was minimal considering they cost nearly half the price of the bass itself.

I recall Sweetwater having a compare tool where you could pull up several stock instruments of the same model to compare color and appearance. Sometimes the weights would vary by a pound. More than I would have guessed. Price, brand, didn't matter, a very random thing.

 

[Bobisadrummer]

Looking to pretty much swap out everything on my candy apple red one. So far I'm considering a Hipshot KickAss with the stainless steel inserts or the A Style. I'm hoping along with my Ernie Ball Roundwounds (45-60-80-105, had to combine the regular and slinky sets for those gauges because no one sells short scale singles ) and the stainless steel inserts I can get a pretty bright, maybe even brash, sound. This gonna be for noisy punk music so the gnarlier the better.

Changing the electronics to a VBT setup with DiMarzio Model P+J set.

Also considering throwing on some Ultralites and an Xtender. Anyone know which size is needed? 1/2" or 3/8"?

Finally going to put a black pearloid pickguard.

 

[BAG]

I've never played a bass brighter than my Jag SS with its original strings. Even the half rounds i have on there now is the brightest bad ive got..... and i like it pretty bright.

 

[Bass Man Stan]

The stock strings excite the field of the pick ups very well. I though my pick ups were too close to the strings, but it's the strings singing out.

 

[DavesnothereCA]

....with my Ernie Ball Roundwounds (45-60-80-105, had to combine the regular and slinky sets for those gauges because no one sells short scale singles )....

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YES !

Properly balanced equal tension !

Very few bass string makers offer sets gauged like that (and even fewer offer singles), in ANY scale length nor string type.

It's long overdue for this to begin to happen.

Bassist still get no respect ! [Dave adjusts imaginary necktie.]
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[Bob T]

JAG SS ALERT!! This is listed as a Jag guitar, but the photo says otherwise. To be sure, call the store listed and ask them to verify the pic as being accurate. I found mine this way. Just in case anyone is looking...
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[Grateful Dawg]

I am getting a Jag SS on Friday and sending back the Mexican Fender Mustang I bought from Sweetwater. I don't like the 3 way toggle switch on the Fender (or any bass), I have no electronics skill to mess around with stuff like that , so I'd rather have the Squire based on what I've researched and happened to find one with upgrades on Reverb and grabbed it.

 

[OtherLisa]

I am getting a Jag SS on Friday and sending back the Mexican Fender Mustang I bought from Sweetwater. I don't like the 3 way toggle switch on the Fender (or any bass), I have no electronics skill to mess around with stuff like that , so I'd rather have the Squire based on what I've researched and happened to find one with upgrades on Reverb and grabbed it.

Yeah, that toggle switch is the one thing I don't like about my MIM Mustang. Hoping to upgrade at some point though I am sure I will keep this one. I do like it a lot otherwise.