Squier J Mascis Jazzmaster Makeover

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Re: Squier J Mascis Jazzmaster Makeover

Post by Unicorn Warrior » Tue Sep 18, 2018 5:45 pm

What's the radius on that bridge? Is it a large improvement over the TOM for trem use?

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Re: Squier J Mascis Jazzmaster Makeover

Post by Zombie13 » Wed Sep 19, 2018 7:45 am

Unicorn Warrior wrote:
Tue Sep 18, 2018 5:45 pm
What's the radius on that bridge? Is it a large improvement over the TOM for trem use?
14" radius, huge improvement and stability.
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Re: Squier J Mascis Jazzmaster Makeover

Post by Unicorn Warrior » Wed Sep 19, 2018 11:24 am

Gotcha. I'm on the fence. 14 is even more of a mismatch than the 12 on the TOM. I may just hold out for a mastery when I have the funds

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Re: Squier J Mascis Jazzmaster Makeover

Post by Zombie13 » Thu Sep 27, 2018 2:03 pm

Unicorn Warrior wrote:
Wed Sep 19, 2018 11:24 am
Gotcha. I'm on the fence. 14 is even more of a mismatch than the 12 on the TOM. I may just hold out for a mastery when I have the funds
It's not bad with a proper setup, :)
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Re: Squier J Mascis Jazzmaster Makeover

Post by TeenageShutdown! » Thu Sep 27, 2018 3:23 pm

Wow, that looks great. Certainly a great color combo that you don’t see often. Single pickup JM’s do look pretty sweet in a stripped down form, but that neck pickup just sounds too glorious to ditch.

Why don’t you like the jack placement? Is this something that can be addressed with an angled cable?

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Re: Squier J Mascis Jazzmaster Makeover

Post by Zombie13 » Fri Sep 28, 2018 2:12 pm

TeenageShutdown! wrote:
Thu Sep 27, 2018 3:23 pm
Wow, that looks great. Certainly a great color combo that you don’t see often. Single pickup JM’s do look pretty sweet in a stripped down form, but that neck pickup just sounds too glorious to ditch.

Why don’t you like the jack placement? Is this something that can be addressed with an angled cable?
Agreed, my go to sound on this guitar is the middle position, sounds really good.

I've never liked that placement on guitars, from Strats to SGs, even with angled cables, just a preference thing when playing.
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Re: Squier J Mascis Jazzmaster Makeover

Post by Zombie13 » Mon Mar 30, 2020 7:56 am

Finally got around to completing this. This has gotten a lot of use for various videos, covers and live shows, overall a comfortable guitar to play.
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Will post a video with clips & blasphemous mods relatively soon.

Pickguard screws aren't black, I took them from the donor strat and are completely rusted, thought it looked cool.
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Post by Zombie13 » Thu Apr 02, 2020 5:26 pm

Video of mods
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Not shown: Luminlay side dots.
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Re: Squier J Mascis Jazzmaster Makeover

Post by shmuckhed » Fri Apr 03, 2020 2:01 am

Wow that is one beefy JM!

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Re: Squier J Mascis Jazzmaster Makeover

Post by Lambchop » Fri Apr 10, 2020 3:02 am

Wow, looks great. I had in my head that it wasn’t easy to do a straight swap for a Strat neck - were any adjustments needed or was it an easy quick fit?

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Re: Squier J Mascis Jazzmaster Makeover

Post by bodhi » Sat Apr 11, 2020 1:23 am

What was the reasoning behind filling the neck pickup area with epoxy? Can't immediately think of one :)
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