Anyone have a hotrail in their Jag?

[Unicorn Warrior]

The bridge on my vm is nice and traditional sounding but I need something that will handle more gain since I sold my SG. I have already ordered the thing (seymourduncan bridge) but was just curious what you guys think. I'll also be installing a mastery bridge and upgrading my strings from 9s to 11s (still has factory set-up). There were limited clips of jags with hotrails on the net so if anyone had sound clips it'd be great.

[fortytwo]

I used to play with a guy, that had one in his Jag. It was pretty cool.

Scott Hill from Fu Manchu used to play Jags, with Hotrails in the bridge.

[deviantkirby]

While I eventually went in another direction, I was very impressed with the sound of those pickups in a Jaguar. Maybe not the most vintage sounding pickup though I'm far from a traditionalist! Very tight when using a lot of gain. I think you'll have a great time with it!

[HNB]

Mine does.

IMG_5793 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

IMG_5789 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

I LOVE it.

[Unicorn Warrior]

Mine does.

IMG_5793 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

IMG_5789 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

I LOVE it.

Awesome. Is that a mastery I spy also?... Really curious about the sustain on it with both modifications.

[HNB]

Very good really. It is a pretty awesome combo.

[Johnophean]

Back in the mid 1990's my Jaguar used to have a DiMarzio Fast Track 2 in the bridge and a Chopper in the neck.
The combo of the really hot and midbumped sound of the Fast Track 2 w/ 1meg ohm pots was is still a sound I miss today.
My Jag has single coils now, but someday I'll get another and bring this one back to the DiMarzio Fast track 2/Chopper combo.
It was THEE grunge sound for me back then. With a Turbo Rat and any amp I could play through, tube or solid, my sound came with me.
SD Hot Rails always sell because they are popular and you can get them anywhere, but the Dimarzio rail style pickups are where it's at for tone and diversity.
Try em out! They even make a Super Distortion rail pickup now.
http://www.dimarzio.com/pickups/strat/h ... ling-strat

[andreisiatat2004]

Mine does.

IMG_5793 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

IMG_5789 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

I LOVE it.

how did u wire it

[HNB]

As a normal Jaguar. Two pickup switches and hipass filter.

[s_mcsleazy]

i know jamie when he was in reuben used one in the video for deadly lethal ninja assassin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7xELYJLx_s

[andreisiatat2004]

As a normal Jaguar. Two pickup switches and hipass filter.

na man i dont understand , i tried to do it too myself and fucked up my jaguar , now it doesnt work anymore

[HNB]

Just use the normal Jaguar wiring. Hot from each pickup to each switch and a capacitor on the third one. Check your wiring. Make sure grounds are connected right.

[HNB]

Did you connect the humbuckers middle wires to each other and tape them off? If they aren't connected the pickup wouldn't work. One hot wire, the bare and one color is ground and the remaining two get soldered to each other for the humbucker to be in series. For duncan pickups, the black wire is hot, red and white get soldered to each other and taped off, and the green wire and the bare one are soldered to ground.

[andreisiatat2004]

Did you connect the humbuckers middle wires to each other and tape them off? If they aren't connected the pickup wouldn't work. One hot wire, the bare and one color is ground and the remaining two get soldered to each other for the humbucker to be in series. For duncan pickups, the black wire is hot, red and white get soldered to each other and taped off, and the green wire and the bare one are soldered to ground.

so , green and bare to the back of the pot , red and white soldered and isolated and black goes... wwhere more exactly

[HNB]

The black pickup wire from your Duncan bridge pickup goes to the middle slider switch. In the picture diagram they show it as white. The neck Duncan pickups black wire goes to the upper slider that you see the white wire go to in the picture diagram.