More projects. Marauder and Jagstang

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More projects. Marauder and Jagstang

Post by Addam »

A marauder and a Jagstang for myself, both tweaked a little to suit me better :D

I got the Marauder template from THIS THREAD, I shortened the back of the pickguard slightly, tweaked it to fit the body outline better and to suit the Mustang Bass control plate.
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Ignore that pickguard, I fucked it up between the control plate and bridge.
I will most likely use 3 strat pickups with black covers wired so when all in the off position they're all on in series.
And of course there will be a rhythm circuit too.
And I'll probably paint it straight black. There's an outside chance I'll paint it pink and/or use a red pear pickguard.

The Jagstang has a little more Jag and a Little more 'stang added.
I added the lower horn and upper waist area from the 'stang, it's 1.5" thick and is all contoured.
I think it looks slicker than a real JS, kind of faster if you will. :wink:
It will get painted red, have a white pearl pickguard and black pickups, switches and knobs.
Pickups will be a superdistortion copy (cheaperdistortion?) in the bridge postion and a Jaguar pickup in the neck with standard Mustang switching and 1M pots.
Bridge will be a T-o-M and stoptail on a Mustang trem plate.

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Post by JohnnyTheBoy »

Looking good mate...
What i like about the Jagstang, is the fact the body looks a little more balanced..deffo more racey lookin 8)
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Both looking great, looking forward to seeing more.
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Yep that's more like I'd imagine a jag-stang 2.0. Good work!
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That jag-stang's shape looks weird, which is kind of saying something.
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I like that Jagstang shape better than the KC one. Can't wait to see the finished product.
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Nice work Adam, as always :)
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theshadowofseattle wrote:That jag-stang's shape looks weird, which is kind of saying something.
I'd say it looks squashed. Might look better once it's assembled though. That Marauder is pretty cool.
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Noirie. wrote:
theshadowofseattle wrote:That jag-stang's shape looks weird, which is kind of saying something.
I'd say it looks squashed. Might look better once it's assembled though. That Marauder is pretty cool.
Mine actually has a little more bulk to it. Compare them;
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Horses for courses, I guess?
Anyway, I'm building it to suit my needs rather than to win any beauty or popularity contests.

Got some paint on the Marauder too.
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AddamInsane wrote: Image
Horses for courses, I guess?
Anyway, I'm building it to suit my needs rather than to win any beauty or popularity contests.
Well the joke's on you because that thing is FREAKIN BEAUTIFUL.
The nipped-in waist on the original Jag-Stang is the biggest design fail. You fixed it perfectly and rescued the design.
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Post by Ben79 »

I much prefer your Jagstang - gets rid of all the original's gawkiness.
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MatthewK wrote: The nipped-in waist on the original Jag-Stang is the biggest design fail. You fixed it perfectly and rescued the design.
YES. The original looks like it's trying to suck its gut in. Nice work.
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Post by Addam »

So, inspired by The Ryan Jarman Guitar thread
I dug this back out.
No promised I'll actually finish this though :oops:
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Post by singlepup »

I hope you will. Would be great to see the finished product.

Very interesting that you used a TOM and stoptail on a Mustang plate. Never seen that before. Might have to steal the idea :lol:
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Post by speedfish »

I like what you did with your jagstang. Looks more like Kurt's drawing.




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Kurt was never happy with Fender's version, but I think he'd like yours.
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I want to wire the bridge humbucker to a stock Mustang switch as series/off/parallel (as the 2 halves of the HB in series and parallel)
I haven't quite found the diagram I need for that though.
Can anybody point me in the right direction?

The neck pickup will just be stock 'stang on/off/out of phase so already have a diagram for that portion.