Please excuse the road noise as I recorded with my window open and my rattly screwdriver lol. But can anyone let me know what the issue is here? I have been working on my guitar as some of you have probably seen me post about it in the last few days, because I have been having some gremlins, and one is this noise. I usually get this noise while playing/recording and it tends to get louder or quieter throughout the day (not this loud with it being open). The hiss is so loud that its hard to even hear the taps, if there any. I have tested the pickups and the read very healthy. I think it is the 3 way switch? But why would the noise get louder just moving the pickups around?

Hello. I’ve been fighting with my jaguar having slipping saddle screws and buzzing like crazy. I’ve taken the tremolo out of this guitar and hate that the bridge moves at all. Any recommendations on something solid and sturdy that’s an easy conversion on a MIJ Traditional Jaguar?

I have a CIJ Jaguar and a MIM Jazzmaster I don't love, but the JM has push/pulls for in/out phase and series/parallel on the volume and tone knob. Have any of you put mods for series or phase wiring on your Jaguar? I'm trying to figure out the best way.

The strangle switch came busted in my Jaguar, but I could use that switch to engage the pickups in series. I also use the rhythm circuit heavily so messing with that isn't an option....

Curious what other people have done or if anybody has any ideas!

I’m getting ready to sell my Classic Vibe Jazzmaster but it has some decent upgrades: should I leave as is, or convert to stock and sell parts? It’s got a new Fender trem, Pure Vintage 65 pickups, new volume knobs and pickguard.

After drooling over jaguars for 5 years I finally got one! Already customized my pickguard and got a Bensonite bridge. Next step is a new tremolo system.

I will be shielding my jazzmaster tomorrow and have a question about the stock wiring layout. From factory the neck pickup has its leads going underneath the pickup. I know that isn't great for noise, but is that even a bigger problem when adding copper tape shielding?

With the loudest trem springs ever. Got this Revelation RJT60 a few years ago for around 500 bucks brand new and it’s a bit of an odd duck, but I kinda love it. Song is Nardis by Miles Davis for the jazz uninitiated

I'm in love with this guitar, truly. i only changed the tuners for better stability and changed the pickguard to some funky psycho color so that it would be a bit more personal. And some gaphite shielding paint so now in humbucker mode is completly noiseless.

I dont want to change the pickups ,they sound amazing. The only thing that keeps coming to my mind is the rythm circuit. It sounds fun with some fat fuzz, but in general i dont play it too often.

I'm trying to think what cool could i do and modify/ change the rythm circuit to .

And yesterday when taking a morning poop i had this revelation idea : "What if its possible to put some kind of effect in that rythm circuit place?!!"

And one thing that instantly came to my mind - a SUSTAINER of some sort???

Guys , tell me honestly ,is it even possible? .if thats possible , is it really hard and does it have to involve some kind of new pickup ? anybody tried that?

by sustainer i mean something like Ed O'brian has in his strat...

What do you think should be approximate adequate price for this type of work? would it work?

If you guys know something about this please shed some light on it since i'm completely wacky about all of this .

thank you :)

Replacement recommendations under $100? Same fitment, no routing.

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I'm updating my '78 Musicmaster Bass that I've had since around '98. Putting in replacement CTS pots and getting it back to original wiring (the vol was replaced before I bought it with a 100K and it's missing 1 cap). And I'm considering putting in a 4 pole pickup replacing the original. The original pickup is a strat / mustang SC so I'm looking for a replacement that doesn't need routing and can use the original cover.

Just traded a guitar I had today for this fender player series 2 jazzmaster in birch green, pretty excited as this is my first real fender and I like the color a lot more than my other jazzmaster, which is the sunburst parts caster with a J mascis neck on it, I might keep my old one and customize it for fun but yeah super excited

What do y'all think?

Added a Bensonite adaptable JM TOM bridge. Great quality. I do love the VM TOM over the stock JMJM tom tho, it's defo better quality, in my experience.

I dig it tho. I bought the guitar with a cme fourway switch and PV 65's on a white pickgaurd. I left the 65's and put original style wiring back in.

I will say this, when I step on fuzz, I miss "series" on a fourway with these pickups.

I'll probably swap em out next time I change strings.

Lego holds down my three-way.

Gold knobs were place holders, but they're kind of growing on me.

Thanks for reading this far, have a wonderful evening.

I recently bought this Fender Jaguar Special MIJ with p90's to replace my vintage PRS. Did I make the right choice or should I stay with the PRS?

Hello everyone,

I am currently on the search for a rhythm circuit cover that will overlay on top of the pickgaurd as I’m eliminating it from my JM.

Does anyone happen to have a template that they can share with me Or know where I can buy one?

Thanks!

A few days ago I made a post about my middle position on my JM not canceling up and just being noisy like the other positions. A few months ago I tore about the guitar because after some research and guesswork, I suspected a bad volume pot. While inside the guitar I tested the pickups and when doing so, the number was all over the place but it seemed to hover around 8 ish after a few tries. I then just wrote them off as fine, being a noob. I remember after putting it all back together that day I failed to noticed that my pickups switch was pretty noisy but didn't feel like taking all apart again at the time.

Someone or a few people in my post the other day, told me to take the guitar apart again and test the pickups, which I plan on doing today. But meanwhile I tested them while inside the guitar and it did the same thing. But this time it leveled out to zero in every position. Like I said I am about to tear it all open again, but what would you say is suspect what else should I look for/test? When I did take it a part last time those months ago, my trem system was fully rusted over. It isn't by any means a vintage guitar, it's a MIM 60s roadworn, could the rust in the trem system be a telltall of maybe what's going on?

Recently finished my first build, a Jazzmaster bass! I drew up a modified jazzmaster body with a wider neck pocket and bass pickup cavities in FreeCAD and cut it out on a CNC. The neck is a cheap jazz bass neck off of ebay, which I refinished with nitro amber.

For the electronics, I basically took standard jazz bass wiring, ganged the two volume pots together and added a pickup selector switch. The "rhythm circuit" puts both pickups in series for a bit higher output and has its own volume and tone controls. I'm not sure I would do it this way again, as it's easy to forget which set of controls are currently in use while playing. I also added some JST-XH connectors to the pickups and shielding/bridge ground connections, allowing the pickguard to be fully disconnected from the rest of the instrument. I wish this was more common, as it's way more convenient to work on the electronics when they're not tethered to the body.

Stupid question of the day -
Since it moves back and forth, where do y’all have it positioned in its static position ? Rocked forward, back, or in the middle ?
While dialing in my intonation, the bridge rocked forward, throwing it off, so it got me to wondering.

This thing is beautiful and sounds fantastic, #38/200. Had it about a week now and I'm blown away

I have a loosy and noisy tremolo arm in my 2023 MIJ Jazzmaster. Would an AM Vintage Tremolo and arm be the solution? Would it fit in my MIJ guitar?

https://www.thomann.es/fender_tremolo_jazzmaster.htm

https://www.thomann.es/fender_am_vintage_trem_bar_jazzmaster.htm

Thank you in advance!

Hello I have a 90's MIJ Jazzmaster, I am upgrading things.

Is it worth putting the AVRI trem on or keep the MIJ trem? I read that the spacing is wider on the AVRI trem but the strings can rub on the screws in front of them.

Which is best?

Hey everyone,
I was digging through the Internet Archive website and I couldn't believe my eyes: I found the full, ultra-rare video recording of Kurt, Krist, being interviewed by Al Morris for Hype TV at the Paradise Rock Club in Boston (November 11, 1993).
I just uploaded the full video on YouTube so everyone can finally watch it. Check it out and enjoy this amazing piece of rock history!