neepheid Posted Friday at 15:28 Share Posted Friday at 15:28 Some of you might recall I bought a Squier Jag H from Thomann, and it got bashed in transit, followed by a massive hoo-ha about whether or not I could keep it for a discount, discount offer was unacceptable, couldn't get a DHL "service"point to accept a parcel that size, currently waiting on a courier to come to the house to collect it. In the meantime, I managed to snag another one on eBag and here it is (next to the ill-fated charcoal one) So, I took it to a gig, and it played quite well, stock pickup is a little muddy/vague so I thought I could make it a little better. I acquired a fine replacement pickup - the Ibanez CAP dual humbucker out of an ATK810, thanks to @TheDaivisch of this very parish (arrived today, thanks mate, over and above). Today I fitted the pickup: Unfortunately, it's a chunky bugger so the pickguard doesn't quite fit over it. Gonna have to attack the pickguard with a file. Sounds good though, it's a mighty fine sounding, punchy, articulate pickup. Just wired it in series just now with the stock electronics, it will get treated to a full rewire with new pots and probably will fit a 3 way switch for series/single/parallel options, because why not. Earlier, before the pickup arrived, I did some idle scheming in the GIMP: So as you can see, I'm thinking black pickguard and some black "blocks" ie. stickers just to make it a little fancier. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulThePlug Posted Friday at 15:48 Share Posted Friday at 15:48 No Plate Rocks! For more of that smashing colour... just the chrome control plate! Leave it a while and see.... 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LowB_FTW Posted Friday at 18:36 Share Posted Friday at 18:36 2 hours ago, PaulThePlug said: No Plate Rocks! For more of that smashing colour... just the chrome control plate! I too though the same as above when I saw the image of no scratchplate bass. Mark 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDaivisch Posted Friday at 21:14 Share Posted Friday at 21:14 Looks fantastic mate. I bet it sounds great too. Enjoy 👍🏻 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepheid Posted Saturday at 21:18 Author Share Posted Saturday at 21:18 Nah, I've been looking at it sans pickguard and it looks wrong. Control plate in isolation looks so lonely and a bit bereft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LowB_FTW Posted Saturday at 22:30 Share Posted Saturday at 22:30 Fair enough. I can certainly understand your reasoning. I just prefer the look sans scratchplate, but it ain't my bass. Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepheid Posted Sunday at 13:28 Author Share Posted Sunday at 13:28 A half hour of fettling with files and sandpaper and the original pickguard can now fit over the new pickup... I couldn't find my round file so had to improvise in the corners - they're maybe a tad square but TL:DR, it's on. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDaivisch Posted Sunday at 14:28 Share Posted Sunday at 14:28 I guarantee once you add the split coil operation you'll get some awesome fat (and hum free) precision-esque tones too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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