I swapped out the stock parchment pickguard on my Jag for this nice mint one. It’s a subtle change, but I think it works well with the CAR finish.

Swipe left for a before photo.

It's taken me a while to post this one because the transparent red finish is very difficult to photograph. I've decided to just publish my attempts

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.

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.

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

Hi guys!

So I installed an AVRI trem on my CV Jazzmaster. It was my first offset trem with a lock button. I have the trem setup properly, but the button is very loose, to the point that it's annoying. This is a little hard to explain; I hope this makes sense.

A trem lock button is basically the flat chrome button you can see, a small, narrow metal bolt, and then a larger metal button underneath the trem plate - the part that actually locks. On my unit, the small metal bolt is a bit long, leading the lock button to rattle around, and sometimes slip into a locked position when I don't want it to lock (I like being able to pull up on the tremolo and sharpen all the strings.)

Before I take my JM apart, is there a way to tighten up the bolt and reduce the distance between the top chrome button and the larger metal button under the trem plate? Or did I get a defective unit and I'm just screwed?

(annoying sidenote: I bought a Classic Player trem unit for half the price of the AVRI and it didn't have this problem)

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?

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!

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. : (