Fender Jaguar Wiring Mods

Here we ll lay out some wiring mods that can give your offset more versatility and put the rhythm circuit to good use.

Fender jaguar wiring mods. Over the past 30 years he s developed quite a few mods that take the strat to the next level without getting too technical and crazy. Hello everyone i ve just modified the wiring of my fender jaguar and i am very pleased with the results. If you ve always loved the look of the fender jaguar and jazzmaster but you weren t completely sold on the tone i have dug up some mods that made my jaguar into a tone machine. Now that we ve explored a mod for the fender mustang rewiring a fender mustang let s turn our attention to another of the company s outlaw guitars the jaguar.

Although the jaguar never achieved the enormous success of the strat or tele when it was released in recent decades it has become an iconic model for indie rockers. Here are our essential tips for squeezing every last drop of performance out of your jazzmaster jaguar or other offset guitar covering everything from new bridges and pickups to vibrato fixes and supercharged electronics. If you are fans of fender s offset guitars like the jazzmaster and the jaguar like i am. As i mentioned before we ve tossed the vm s original vibrato in favor of a fender american vintage unit which offers a serious upgrade in performance thanks to more consistent manufacturing.

However the stock screws were not long enough to bring the pickups close enough to the strings so i got 2 inch and a quarter or so long screws which hold the pickups in place with no foam. When i got it i bought some jaguar pickup covers cut the tops off flush with the tops of the cool rails and then put jaguar claws on the bottom of the pickups. You may be quite interested in correcting what many players feel are shortcomings for leo fender s high end solid body guitars. At fralin pickups nobody loves tinkering with wiring options more than lindy himself.

Best mods for fender jazzmaster and jaguar guitars april 30 2016. I paired the wired up harness photo 9 with fender s fantastic pure vintage 65 jaguar pickups which are nice and deep on the low end and bright but not tinny on the highs.