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jazzmaster in a jag..
Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 7:57 am
by thew ebow
has anyone ever worked out what the guy from metric uses?
Jimmy Shaw is his name..it looks like a jag with JM pickups..
http://www.flickr.com/photos/boboroshi/110904559/
what do you reckon?
Re: jazzmaster in a jag..
Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 8:03 am
by zhivago
from that pic, my vote goes for a Jaguar with Jazzmaster pups...the neck looks shorter to me, so it must be a Jag neck....
of course, I'm not 100% on this....let's see what everyone else thinks
Re: jazzmaster in a jag..
Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 8:04 am
by chrisjedijane
I vote for jag with JM pickups - the neck looks shorter, and it looks like the pickups are maybe a little closer together.
Re: jazzmaster in a jag..
Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 8:06 am
by Naturality
Yeah, that neck looks too small for a Jazzmaster
Re: jazzmaster in a jag..
Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 8:18 am
by i love sharin foo
It also has 22 frets. Definitely a Jaguar.
Justin
Re: jazzmaster in a jag..
Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 8:20 am
by Soiouz
Saw that guitar up close a number of times, it is definitely a Jaguar with JM pickups.
Metric is excellent in concert, by the way. Emily Haines is fantastic!!
Re: jazzmaster in a jag..
Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 12:12 pm
by Tweez
Metric FTW!
Re: jazzmaster in a jag..
Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 1:10 pm
by Felix
funny that I was just thinking about this mod.
For those who play a Jaguar, would you need to cut or expand the routes underneath the pickguard? I mean, is it a difficult procedure to install JM pups? I can't imagine the worth of it if you need to seriously route your guitars body to fit them. The pickguard is one thing...
Anyway, if anyone can answer that, it would be cool to know.
Re: jazzmaster in a jag..
Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 1:12 pm
by Soiouz
Yes, the body and the pickguard would have to be routed and enlarged.
Re: jazzmaster in a jag..
Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 1:15 pm
by Felix
Soiouz wrote:
Yes, the body and the pickguard would have to be routed and enlarged.
That doesn't seem worth the trouble, but I suppose this mod would be okay on a cheaper CIJ model.
I still like the idea though. It looks cool with the bigger pickups squeezed in with the chrome plates.
I guess the only logical question for me is, who here has done this?
Re: jazzmaster in a jag..
Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 11:40 pm
by Naturality
Shortscale has, but he doesn't come here much
Re: jazzmaster in a jag..
Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 3:06 am
by thew ebow
well...this would be half the work done!
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Original-1965-Fen ... dZViewItem
not sure if the price is right for a butchered body!!! But you could cut the re-issue plate and get make a cool vintage partscaster jazzuar!
seeing as jagmaster is already taken!
what do people reckon?
Re: jazzmaster in a jag..
Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 3:26 am
by idiotbear
Jimmy Shaw also uses a sunburst '66 (ish) Jaguar with blocks and binding. You can see it in the
"Monster Hospital" video - it's very nice. That's fitted with different pups too - a JM and a humbucker of some description, IIRC.
Re: jazzmaster in a jag..
Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 5:45 am
by thew ebow
Re: jazzmaster in a jag..
Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 5:46 am
by thew ebow
http://www.flickr.com/photos/hollyerskine/386582724/
for the jaguar-w modded pickups..looks like a seymour paf..