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Squier Jaguar Short Scale Club Part 3

#163
Well I'm working on putting the Mim deluxe setup in one of mine. Had to route for the pickup, the pre, and drill a hole for a side jack. Here are the routes for the pickup and the side jack:

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#166
Did a lot of work on mine this weekend.

- Made sure all frets were seated correctly (none of my basses were) :rolleyes:
- Fret levelling and crowning
- Shimmed the neck!
- Oiled the neck with paraffine oil. No lemon oil here!
- Restrung with a new set of nickel rounds from Unicorn bass (Magic!)
- Now when possible i did a super low action set up and intonation

:hyper:

Prior to this i have done the following:

- Gotoh 201 bridge (Just drop in!)
- DiMarzio Model J bridge pick up

Still left to do:

- New tuners, uncertan which.
- New Tusq XL saddle
 

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#170
AltGrendel said:
What's up with the control plate, you re-doing the electronics?
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My plan was to wire each pickup to one channel of a stereo socket. When I did that it hummed hideously as if I had got something the wrong way round - except I couldn't see what I had done wrong, so I just wired each pickup to a separate jack for now as I was impatient to play!

I mix them using a boss LS2 (which sounds much better than just mixing them passively) or send them off to drive different effects... all sorts of fun is possible there.

Anyway I will redo do it properly (hopefully soon) with a stereo socket and a volume for each channel. And put the guard back on. Also I need to drill out the P pup screwholes so that I can get them a bit lower, and get the J pup at the right height without needing that bit of paper jammed in the side!
 
#171
topo morto said:
My plan was to wire each pickup to one channel of a stereo socket. When I did that it hummed hideously as if I had got something the wrong way round - except I couldn't see what I had done wrong, so I just wired each pickup to a separate jack for now as I was impatient to play!

I mix them using a boss LS2 (which sounds much better than just mixing them passively) or send them off to drive different effects... all sorts of fun is possible there.

Anyway I will redo do it properly (hopefully soon) with a stereo socket and a volume for each channel. And put the guard back on. Also I need to drill out the P pup screwholes so that I can get them a bit lower, and get the J pup at the right height without needing that bit of paper jammed in the side!
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Do I have a circuit for you. I wired my Jazz bass stereo, details are here. It's dead simple and you use some Switchcraft jacks, links are in that post.

I can supply a picture if you want.
 
#175
AltGrendel said:
Do I have a circuit for you. I wired my Jazz bass stereo, details are here. It's dead simple and you use some Switchcraft jacks, links are in that post.
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Thanks, some good ideas there!

My original thought was to have

stereo socket
switch to switch which pickup is on the tip (in case I need to use the bass with a mono cable)
p volume
j volume

Anyway I will let the ideas slosh around for a bit...
 
#177
George Mann said:
Short-scale (lack of weight) + Agathis body (anti-tonewood) = dead!
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This is just wrong. I have had very light instruments, both bass and guitar, with low weight that is far from dead. They are even quite audible unplugged.

Shorter scale means you need heavier strings for proper tension. But if you have that, there is no death of sound.

When it comes to agathis, this is actually a pretty good tone wood, even if it is cheap. But it is not a beautiful wood for stunning finishes.

All in all I loved the playability and sound of the Squier Jag SS, but I was a tiny bit underwhelmed by the versatility in pickups and/or the passive electronics. It seemed to offer little tonal variety when I tested it in a shop. If I get one, I guess I will change pickup(s) and/or the passive electronics. If I want short, I may also opt for a bass VI, but that's another story.
 
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