I have a 1997 Jagstang since many years. I bought it already with a 1962 DuoSonic Pickup in the neck position.
In the bridge position there was a hole and a cheap no name pickup which I´ve sold.
I installed a 1965 Mustang tremolo unit, which works perfect! ...and a Staytrem bridge.
When I think about the name Jag-Stang I see a mix between Jaguar and Mustang also soundwise, which means to me "no humbucker".
I have to say that I play single coils to 99,5%.
So the combination of two single coils makes sense to me.
Even two Jag PU´s would make sense to me. But there is the ´62 DuoSonic neck PU, which I definitely keep in this guitar.
The senseless strange plug in piece in the pickguard was already installed...
I Installed a piece of pickguard to close the hole at the bridge PU area (not the same material and refreshingly unprofessional but working
...)...and I installed a Pickupwizard Jaguar bridge pickup (with a black Strat pickup cover).
Now I have problems with the complete setup. I need the bridge pickup higher and nearer to the strings...
...but this seems not possible because of the Mustang style pickup height construction.
I have a 1965 Mustang red tort pickguard here. It fits not exactly... Just for color comparison. ( I will not butcher-cutting this for a Jag PU!)
Now my thoughts and questions to everyone, about this guitar. What would you recommend from your experiences?:
Installing a complete Jaguar pickup? --For this I have to cut out the original pickguard more for the bigger PU covers, and drill holes
into the body. With this option I can easy get the height what I want/need.
...it is a players guitar already! And it needs to get played more.
And the original pickguard looks great to me.
Get a complete new pickguard:
Where can I find a nearly exact looking with pearloid pickguard??
Or, other pickguard in red or brown tortoise?
Like this here:
https://www.ebay.de/itm/4-lagig-Gitarre ... 2906225255
this white one looks not so good for me:
https://www.ebay.de/itm/4-lagig-Gitarre ... 2984005521
Anyway, when I have new pickguard I also have to cut it for a Jaguar pickup...
What do you think about this all?
Thanks for your opinons!
Cheers!
Here´s the Jag-Stang:
