NGD - '63 Jag

make-and-do · 2013-07-16T17:42:02+00:00

I haven't posted anything in a while, thought I'd share this: 1963 Jaguar, got it from Ronnie's All Bang 'n Strum it a few weeks ago. Was a long distance buy, so I was a bit nervous for it to arrive, but was definitely worth it in the end. (Thanks Ronnie!) Been looking for one of these for ages. It's a refinish, and the nut is not original, it's a brass nut (apparently fit by Syd Kitchen). Case also not original. I like the fact that it's a refinish otherwise I'd probably be too scared to play it. I've replaced the bridge with a Mastery bridge, as I've gotten used to them on my other offsets. (definitely worth the extra cash) Still need to have the guitar properly set up by Foster vd Merwe. It plays very smoothly as is and the pick-ups are awesome, I've got Novaks on my Japanese Jag and I thought those were nice pickups, but the '63 pickups have something extra special to it... fuzz sounds amazing through these. Anyway, enough talk, here's the visuals ---- >>>> ps: thanks fellow guitar geeks, I wouldn't have known about Ronnie's if it wasn't for this site.

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Chabenda wrote She seems to have a re-issue scratch plate too, The tortoise shell ones shrunk like a newly weds disposable income. The patterns seemed to also be different to the re-issues. I still have the original one off my Jazzmaster - the amount of shrinkage is incredible.

Hahahaha....
It doesn't show up on the photos, but the scratchplate is quite warped on the neck side
and shrunk at the top rhythm circuit side - was wondering if that's
a standard thing with the old gear or if it was just crudely cut....but hey I'm happy with it as is ?

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Giggsy wrote
Giggsy wrote Stunning. Was going to say that you haven't posted in a while. And with that NGD I doubt you'll have time to post again for a while

Anyway, still have the red Wesley I got from you, albeit, very modified since then ?

Was it up on Gumtree a while ago? I had meant to ask, had some nice mods and got me thinking...
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Ye, I had to put up some gear for sale to accommodate the new Jag (was waiting for clients to pay),
but then it turned out I didn't have to sell it afterall. So now the Wesley is my humbucker guitar.

AlanRatcliffe

No, the proper nitrocellulose tortoiseshell shrinks badly (also a notorious fire hazard). The reissue tortoise is usually acrylic (and often laminated), which is nowhere near as volatile.

Vintage-Vibe

Nice colour combo/purchase!

They originally came with 11's from the factory - try that with the new bridge and you'll be in love!
(they'll almost bend as easily as 10s on a Strat style guitar because of the Jag's shorter scale length)
I've installled a couple of those Mastery bridges now and they really make or break the Jazz/Jag guitars.
Ask Foster to make up a bone or Graphtech nut and you'll be overjoyed - brass is terrible ?

Have fun!

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Alan Ratcliffe wrote No, the proper nitrocellulose tortoiseshell shrinks badly (also a notorious fire hazard). The reissue tortoise is usually acrylic (and often laminated), which is nowhere near as volatile.

Here's a (slightly out of focus) close up of the tort.
It's white-black-white-tort - it's quite thick, and yellowed (colour not exactly spot on in pic).
If the originals are actually a fire hazard, then I'm glad it's a re-issue guard :-[
Were the originals only one tort layer?

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Vintage Vibe wrote Nice colour combo/purchase!

They originally came with 11's from the factory - try that with the new bridge and you'll be in love!
(they'll almost bend as easily as 10s on a Strat style guitar because of the Jag's shorter scale length)
I've installled a couple of those Mastery bridges now and they really make or break the Jazz/Jag guitars.
Ask Foster to make up a bone or Graphtech nut and you'll be overjoyed - brass is terrible ?

Have fun!

Thanks Gareth. Yip will definitely get a new nut cut as the brass one seems way too low and it's
also making all kinds of weird harmonic undertones, subtle but still annoying.
I'll never go back to the stock bridges ('cept on my AVRI Jazz I still have the stock bridge and it works fine),
it's amazing the difference it makes in sustain and overall playability/stability.
11's all the way, 10's feel like spaghetti on the short scales.

Greg

SUPER JEALOUS!

Those pickups, scratchplate and hardware all look SO good!

Time to lightly "distress" that paint work!

Norman86

Over the honeymoon yet?

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