Lefty Jaguar transplant

[sabasgr68]

A little update... I got a Wilkinson trem arm that fits it perfectly, and decided to take the plunge to drill every hole. Of course the scary part was mounting the trem just right. I came to realize the gaps between the trem and the cavity as routed only gave me about 3/16" play in one direction and about 3/32" play in the other direction. So I taped a shim spacer inside the cavity to tell me where I was on one axis, and found a good placement for the other axis. There are no wrong holes hiding under the hardware, every one worked well. And because I had to put a few strings on just to align the trem for mounting without interference, I decided to put on a whole set. Why put it together this far without actually playing it, right? Yes, I tuned it and tested (played) about an hour. I didn't ground all the grounding points, so there was some 60 cycle hum, but this little Jag sounds great and works just as expected. It was really fun trying it out, and I love its tone. That made my day!
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After this, everything comes back off and I will work on finishing the body and pg. I will experiment on other pieces with the transparent finish I'm going after, so it will be maybe a month or more before this guitar gets finished. But it's on a great path now.

That´s awesome, Bat! She´s looking good; can´t wait for the finished project!

I have more than 3 months trying to add a dual cap mod to my Agile and can´t/haven´t decide(d) to start. It´s a simple mod, but I want to figure out the wiring to be sure. I have found some schematics to help me with that. Hopefully I´ll get it done by this weekend.

Yours is a bigger project and it´s ok that it´s taken some time to finish; mine is just an extra switch to add and I´m just beating around the bush haha...

[BatUtilityBelt]

That´s awesome, Bat! She´s looking good; can´t wait for the finished project!

I have more than 3 months trying to add a dual cap mod to my Agile and can´t/haven´t decide(d) to start. It´s a simple mod, but I want to figure out the wiring to be sure. I have found some schematics to help me with that. Hopefully I´ll get it done by this weekend.

Yours is a bigger project and it´s ok that it´s taken some time to finish; mine is just an extra switch to add and I´m just beating around the bush haha...

Thanks! Yes, I sometimes take months to follow through on simple plans. We have to balance these things with all of life's little obstacles, right? But once we get around to them, they can be great fun.

[sabasgr68]

That´s awesome, Bat! She´s looking good; can´t wait for the finished project!

I have more than 3 months trying to add a dual cap mod to my Agile and can´t/haven´t decide(d) to start. It´s a simple mod, but I want to figure out the wiring to be sure. I have found some schematics to help me with that. Hopefully I´ll get it done by this weekend.

Yours is a bigger project and it´s ok that it´s taken some time to finish; mine is just an extra switch to add and I´m just beating around the bush haha...

Thanks! Yes, I sometimes take months to follow through on simple plans. We have to balance these things with all of life's little obstacles, right? But once we get around to them, they can be great fun.

Yes, "life´s little obstacles"... We got to be grateful for our lives - I am -, although, sometimes, those little obstacles hit d**n hard. But we gotta keep on goin'...