Hotrodding a Squier Jag.

Bought this baby about 6 months ago. Sounds great unplugged, fit and finish are nice, and plays good! It's silver sparkle too! It sounded great in the store, but I wasn't impressed with it live. My gripes are that it only has a soapbar bridge pup and active electronics... Yuck! I contemplated installing a Stingray pup but since I'm building another bass like that I decided not to.

So what I decided to do is build a "hot" J. I am also stepping outside my "norm" & using Lace Alumitone pups. A friend has one of the HB's in his JR, and I gotta tell ya'll, it sounds DAMN fine!!! They are a HiFi passive Pickup, very interesting design! I'm yanking the active circuit out all and wiring it like my Ric. I plan on mainly using this bass at church where "that" tone is what I'm after. There I mainly use my Ric or the P bass loaded with a Gibson Recording bass pup, which is also a passive low impedance pup. I use my high impedance basses in straight ahead rock bands or the bkuez band I play in.

I'll post progress pics as I make headway. Tonight I pulled the control plate and neck. Tomorrow I'll route, then it's just waiting on the pups.

So here she is prior to "surgery".

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...psfaaf63c3.jpg

nice!!!!

Thanx! Still haven't hacked on it yet, been in pain the past couple days... I'm starting to feel better tho, so in the next couple days I should get to it.

Just got word the pups will ship out next week.

I GOT THE PUPS TODAY!!!! THEY LOOK KILLER!!! :dude

NICE!!!

Can't wait to see whats next!!!

I should have them in tomorrow, I'll take pics.

Been hurting, so haven't wired them yet. Looking on the Lace site they recommend 250K vol pots... Kinda weird, but if that's what the say. I just figured 500K...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...jag_finish.jpg

Have yet to plug her in, I finished her up last night. I also need to decide on the knobs, but here she is!!! I LOVE the way this bass looks. :dude

WOW! Black Metal knurled knobs = SLEEK!

Thanx FJ!

Wow! Just Wow!

As in I did good? Cuz I'm REALLY digging the look! I have a problem with the wiring, but will have to tackle it later as my hand is KILLING me from working on it... I think it's the tone pot cuz everything reads fine up to that point.

also - black screws in the control cover

I'm gonna go with black screws on the guard, I don't want to get too contrasty.

Wow as in great. That's a lovely bass.

I was just messing with ya! Forgot to put the winky face in.

;)

I genuinely believe that Rally stripes would work on this piece Chuck

Funny you mention that... That's the next "mod" I'm doing...

scary Chuck-O! Very Scary!

Great minds think alike my friend!

I plugged her in tonight... IT'S ALIVE!!! :dude

It's growly as SHIT! I only played her a little bit, but from what I heard I think I got it right. I need to wire in a coil tap still on the bridge pup, but so far I like it. I'll have to really put her the paces, but it's on the right path.

I also need to get some knobs, and do the racing stripe. I'll post pics when she's complete.

Now I'm imagining a scene from Frankenstein. You don't have a humpback assistant named Igor do you?

I thought that hump was on the "other side'

Walk this way...

Abby something

Freshly dead

Still have yet to put knobs on her or paint the racing stripe. I've been recouping from my second wrist surgery, and sidetracked with some of my other "extra curricular" activities. BUT, and it's a big but, I got the pickups dialed in. I've found that's there's DEFINITELY a "sweet spot" with these pups, more so than other pups I have/used. With that said, I think I've got em where I want/like em. I am very happy with the results! They are HI/FI without sounding processed or fake. Still have yet to play them in a real gig setting. But I think they're gonna shine at church, which is where I plan on using this bsss. That setting calls for " sound. Normally I use my Ric, P with a Gibson Recording bass pup, and now this bass and/or my Stingray J (when it's done).

My olde skool basses are used for the RAWK and bluez settings.

You've got all the basses covered...

"All your base are belong to us!"