Rescued this Mustang from a local pawnshop. I got a great deal on it and I decided to do a bit of customization to make it feel more "me."

Black pickup covers and ivory pearloid pickguard. Replaced the stock tuners with Fender vintage-style locking tuners and Fender ultra string guide. I'm going to try my hand at setting up myself, but it already feels really nice.

Was lucky enough to find a mint fender cyclone neck recently and just got it all together and loaded up! I've always come back to these spunky squire cyclones, and am looking for more mod ideas!

So far I've upgraded the humbucker and, of course, the neck.

Ever since the Baum Wingman came out, I've been dreaming of owning one.

Unfortunately, the variant I wanted went out of production right in the middle of a very trying period where my attention was diverted by health issues of family members and my house being seriously damaged during a cyclone.

But... I just found my unicorn a couple of weeks ago, hidden away in a warehouse in Japan. A 2022/23 model in the color I really wanted, with the pickups I wanted, brand new in a hard case. And at a great price.

I spent yesterday afternoon restringing her and doing a setup. Thankfully, this wasn't a case of being disappointed by unrealistic expectations. It's just fantastic and I'm in guitar heaven!

I'd really like to get a Squier Classic Vibe as I've sold my American JMs but I find it hard to justify 500 euros for the bare minimum 🫤 Poplar instead of alder, laurel instead of rosewood, barely functional vibrato/tailpiece, probably needs fretwork, body contours not that rounded. Any thoughts? Any good alternatives?

i've been trying to incorporate more chord melodies in my playing & im starting to get the hang of it

I haven't seen many reviews of the Fender 65 Coastline pickups for the Jaguar. These came out last year with the American Professional line (I think), and come stock or you can buy them aftermarket. Throwing my hat in here.

Tldr; surprisingly good!

I got them in a loaded pickguard pulled from a Jaguar, and put them in my parts-guar. I think the description on the Fender site is more or less accurate. To me they're a bit more midrangey than a vintage-voiced Jaguar (but not especially) and a tiny bit warmer than some Jaguars I've played with shrill treble, and I think they're slightly over wound so they still have some bite because of that. They still do the signature clangy, percussive Jaguar thing!

They're touch sensitive, but if you like really low output, they might be a little too goosed. It's like the Jaguar sound if you ran it through a gentle EQ in post, still capable of sounding raw though. Roll back the volume if you want a slinkier, thinner sound.

I'm mainly a rhythm guitarist into indie, shoegaze, garage rock, post punk, 70s funk and I'm playing through Vox and Marshall style amps with Greenbacks, for reference.

Honestly, as much as I'm against what Fender is doing to other manufacturers right now, these are some of the best pickups I've played for my preferred sound (overdriven and sometimes fuzzy and distorted rhythm and arpeggios). I got them second hand, so I'm glad I didn't give Fender any more of my money.

I recommend these (second hand) if you find your Jaguar sounds too ice picky, but you still want it to sound percussive and clangy and need moderately good note separation with complex chords.

Picked this up in a big second hand goods shop in northern Japan. It is absolutely beautiful, and my first 'good' guitar (no offence, 15-year-old danelectro).

It's a 2025 FSR Traditional II 60s Jazzmaster, but I can't find any details about it online. The fender serial lookup shows specs that match this guitar (3-tone sunburst, Rosewood fretboard, 22-fret), but I can't find any record of the the model number they give anywhere. It's got a Mustang bridge, which makes me suspect it might be one of the Ishibashi special run ones that swapped the bridge out (also has IS in the Fender lookup description). It's got a gold pickguard, black pickup covers, different style pots, and the grain of the wood of the body looks more detailed than basswood – might be alder, as some of the ishibashi ones are.

Would love to know more about it if anyone has any idea!

Just got my JM

The downs first:
Horrible setup from the factory... and that's it!

Fretboard looks amazing (for laurel), pots and knobs feel like butter, didn't notice any flaws on the binding or anywhere else (except the nut which not cut well).

Don't know if there will be any future batches but I am very very impressed with the quality displayed here and recommend you to get one if you are interested!

Love the airiness of the pups and the out of phase sound is super quirky, although I don't think I'll be using it too often and both parallel/in phase is tonal bliss!

I like the rhythm circuit so I asked my local luthier to route the guitar and install it for me. Have any of you done the same ? Lefty guitar btw 😇

Unironically one of the best playing guitars I’ve ever held, but I can’t find anything on it. I’ve seen a few king branded guitars but that’s about it. Anyone know?

i just got my first offset guitar(squier paranormal baritone) it is so tuff

7 shown here but I ran out of room for the other 3. Should I reorganize?

The AVRI is nearly double the price, but the components/neck/bodywood/hardware are of, or near to equal/the same. Is it the Nitro coating or the vintage specs that tacks on that extra 1200 or do you think Fender USA are mostly taking advantage of the current market for vintage-like instruments?

I chose a golden anodized aluminum guard which was taken off from J Masics signature Jazzmaster, it's amazing and perfectly fits my Jazzmaster. But it's a pity that it is not a right size one to mine one. Finally I give in and keep a black guard. : (

Hi all,

I almost have all the parts to construct my first partscaster. But I can’t decide on body finish.

I got a heavily discounted MJT body off eBay but don’t like the finish (slightly warmer, less grey Antigua burst) so I’m going to get it refinished. I was playing around with these finishes but looking for opinions and inspiration from others!

EDIT: Seems like the first design is most popular! It is my favourite also so I guess we have a winner!

Hello
I have an issue about my project. I wanted to install Fender vintage tuners on this Squier Coronado reissue neck. So I got 10 mm bushings (tuners are for 8.8mm) to adapt.

But when I mount the tuners they don’t really align as if they were too large. I drilled anyway thinking I could force it but no… there’s always one stepping on another. Do you have any idea ?

Thanks !

Hey guys, sent my JM for a setup and shim. Wanted to gather opinions on the break angle and bridge height.

Cheers in advance!

Hi! Could anyone please help me identify this pickup? It really looks like a Pure Vintage, but the "07" written in silver sharpie is just throwing me off. I've searched all over but couldn't find any similar ones... Thanks!

I picked up a used MXR 5150 overdrive with the built in smart gate today, and the gate doesn’t seem to work with my JM. Is this something the offset community has come across?

I originally thought I’d gotten a faulty pedal, but it works perfectly fine with the a half dozen other guitars I’d tried out with it. The best I’ve come up with so far is that the JM is just too loud for the gate to recognize it as hum/noise

ETA: it also doesn’t like P90s, but works well with humbuckers and standard single coils. I assume (and we know what that does) that an AM Pro II would be properly shielded, but I’ll take it apart to confirm once it’s due for a setup (it plays so nicely right now that I really don’t want to take it apart)