'67 JagBlaster Agonising

Discussion of vintage Jazzmasters, Jaguars, Bass VIs, Electric XIIs and any other offset-waist instruments.

Do it/Don't Do it

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Stop being a p*ssy
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Re: '67 JagBlaster Agonising

Post by JSett » Sun Sep 19, 2021 1:23 am

JamesSGBrown wrote:
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I’d sooner do this to the Mustang you’ve got up.
The Mustang is actually rarer, bizarrely
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Re: '67 JagBlaster Agonising

Post by simonhpieman » Sun Sep 19, 2021 3:37 am

I'm going to go in the don't do it camp. 67 is still a good year (if you like blocks and binding it's probably 1 of the 2 best years).

Partsmaster build really feels like the way to go, here...

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Re: '67 JagBlaster Agonising

Post by adamrobertt » Sun Sep 19, 2021 6:03 am

Meh. I say don't do it. If it was truly a keeper you wouldn't want to switch the pickups, would you?

Also you say that '67 isn't a desirable year because it's CBS but I think that's real short sighted considering the fact that the vintage guitar market is currently fucking exploding, and it's not like the thing is gonna get younger or more common over time... someday in the not too distant future that '67 will be just as desirable as a '62 is now...

I don't mind modding old guitars if they're already beat up/modded... but if this thing is in original condition, even if it isn't factory fresh, I'd say don't do it. Not necessarily for the $$ concerns, either... just doesn't seem right. Idk. But at the end of the day it's your guitar I guess?

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Re: '67 JagBlaster Agonising

Post by pad » Sun Sep 19, 2021 7:42 am

Id do it, if you arent afraid of missing the value and maybe the hate of the next future owner.. ;D
If you think the mod makes it more musically for you, than go for it?!

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Re: '67 JagBlaster Agonising

Post by Ceylon » Sun Sep 19, 2021 8:15 am

Actually, the more I think about it, how's about first do the same mod to the newer IBM Jaguar you got to do this mod on, and if you like the concept of a Jaguar with WRHBs as much as you expect to, then sell that one off (I'm thinking there's a ton of speculative buyers on here) and proceed with the '67?

Plenty of people stuck Jazzmaster pickups in Jaguars and vice versa and didn't end up liking the sound too much. Like just eliminate the risk that you mod a 60's Fender just to found out that no, something is missing and this was indeed a mistake.
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Re: '67 JagBlaster Agonising

Post by JSett » Sun Sep 19, 2021 8:29 am

Ceylon wrote:
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Actually, the more I think about it, how's about first do the same mod to the newer IBM Jaguar you got to do this mod on, and if you like the concept of a Jaguar with WRHBs as much as you expect to, then sell that one off (I'm thinking there's a ton of speculative buyers on here) and proceed with the '67?

Plenty of people stuck Jazzmaster pickups in Jaguars and vice versa and didn't end up liking the sound too much. Like just eliminate the risk that you mod a 60's Fender just to found out that no, something is missing and this was indeed a mistake.
Well, I've kind of decided I may well keep that IBM anyway. The more I play it the more I think I'll be annoyed if I let it go. It won't be easy to find another in IBM with the matching headstock, or for the same money I got that one for.

This may well be the way I play this in the end. It might take a while to find a pair of vintage WRHBs for the right money anyway.
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Re: '67 JagBlaster Agonising

Post by terminalvertigo » Sun Sep 19, 2021 2:18 pm

just find a routed body online.. Don't do it to a CC Vintage Fender.
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Re: '67 JagBlaster Agonising

Post by Jaguar018 » Mon Sep 20, 2021 5:28 am

I don't think I could do it if it was mine. I do generally believe that if you're the owner you can do what you want, but I would not be able to do it.

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Re: '67 JagBlaster Agonising

Post by BTL » Mon Sep 20, 2021 2:32 pm

I'm in the "just get a project body" camp...but if it worked out, I might just modify the original.
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Re: '67 JagBlaster Agonising

Post by Embenny » Mon Sep 20, 2021 3:35 pm

Seems like a good way to light a bunch of money on fire on the gamble that you actually like the reality as much as the concept.

Jags are very warm sounding. WRHBs are very warm sounding. WRHBs in a Jag will not sound how they've ever sounded to you in a JM or Tele.

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Re: '67 JagBlaster Agonising

Post by Jonesie » Tue Sep 21, 2021 7:17 am

I'm team don't do it.

You can get a nice MJT guitar for like, a grand plus electronics. I'm pretty sure they'll rout for WRHB's too.

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