Mike, You are an awesome human being, lotta positive vibes. Not to mention, you know what’s best for Jazzmasters, Jaguars. Alway looking forward to watch new videos.
I just bought the two cheapest Squier basses, the Mini P and the Bronco, and they came perfectly shielded (w/paint) and grounded from the factory. Totally quiet. Squier Indonesia's QC is great at the moment.
I get the same satisfaction watching you assemble that super tidy wiring harness as I do watching engine rebuilds. A place for everything, everything in its place, everything just-so. Nicely done!
Super helpful as always! I just got my hands on a beautiful Vintera Jazzmaster in fantastic shape but had so much electromagnetic noise it was annoying to play. Turns out the prior owner had installed a new pickguard and didn't pay attention to where the wires were running so they were all literally directly under the neck pickup. After shielding the entire cavity (with COPPER foil tape lol) and making sure the wires sat in the route next to the neck pick up as opposed to directly under it it now sounds completely quiet to the extent that my amp makes the same amount of hum whether this guitar is plugged in or not. Such a huge improvement and thanks for the tips in the video - I wouldn't have been as careful about the wires without Mike pointing that out in this video!
I'm finally coming around to a Jazzmaster after 50+ years of playing just about everything else. Your channel is awesome. You really know your stuff and you're a helluva player. I'm always entertained by your videos and I never fail to learn something. I'm thinking of building my own parts Jazzmaster and it's beginning to come together in my head.
Love to see that wiring job. I plan to put new electronics in and completely rewire my MIJ JM in the future and now I know what to strive for in my wiring.
Wendy Eisenberg rules so so much. I've always wondered what pickups they use. Also! I'd appreciate a video on adjusting spring tension in a Jazz/Jag vibrato system, with and without tremlock. There's hardly any information anywhere on how that spring adjustment screw affects the range, sensitivity and stability of the vibrato system and I bet you have a lot to say about it. Love the channel!
For non colored wire, you can take a colored sharpie marker, hold it to an edge of the plain white wire, then pull the wire while maintaining contact with the marker until the whole length is marked. This creates a stripe that color codes the wire. Use multiple colors to differentiate. This method has been used by old amp builders to differentiate, so it does have an old school appeal.
Hi Mike Another great video. I gave your channel a shout out in my latest video just because your video on shims gave so much great info. So I decided to make a shim. This video makes me wonder if I need to make some further updates. You are a great source for absolutely necessary info. 😁👍🏼
I have a paetscaster jazzmaster with 3 pickups i builf about 4 years ago. I added the 3rd middle pickup about 2 years ago and all was well until recently. Its now super noisey like I have a grounding issue. I opened it up and its such a mess. Im tempted to rewire the whole harness just knowing i could do it so much better now. It was my first build, so ive learned a lot since then. If i am hoing to do that though, I may experiment with different pots in the rhythm circuit and maybe even put a tbx tone control in the lead circuit. Love your videos dude, its soup for the offset soul!
my vintera came with wires under the pickup as well in-between two horizontal pieces of foam when I put jm-v and jm-fats in it i ran them besides the pickup in the space left underneath
I have one of these blonde gold bad boys , last year I took it apart, shielded throughout, swapped the pickups, staytremmed it to heck and it is just my favourite. I didn’t like the idea of the colour combo but in person it’s beautiful
@@Puisheen holy moly I can’t believe you replied! Thank you. I have been a jm obsessive since the early 90s and have learnt a lot of lessons the hard way. I have a cij one that I just can’t crack- your videos are really helpful thank you 🙏
If I could drive all the way from Calagry, Alberta, Canada for you to work on my guitar...I would in a heartbeat. Shielded my heavily modified squier vm correctly with this video and the other (thank you). slowed down the video to watch the care of an artisanal master, offset connoisseur, and an artistic/unique player to boot. Keep doing what you do.
One of my favorite guitarist : Shannon Wright, uses the exact same one since ever. Check her, she has an incredible playing style that’s very Jazzmaster.
I screened my JM covers inside and connected that to earth.I was told it may knock some top off but I thought a JM can afford this.Its the quietist JM ive ever heard!
Great video as always. Do you find that shielding the pickup cavities cuts any of the high end? A lot of people claim that it does. Not sure if there is any truth to that or not. Of course a lot of people claim the Earth is flat too.
I just got a Harley Benton Jazzmaster which doesn't have the rhythm system of controls. I would love to drill a hole and add a kill switch or something fun there. Is that possible?
Great video. I have a 63 fender jazzmaster i need to rewire among things. Any tips or links to get the wiring. I need a neck for it too. Looks to be re finished might have been a sunburst from looking under the pick guard. Be nice to send the pictures to you and give me your take. Thanks, Blaine.
Thank you for the excellent work. The JM in this video is the same as mine... 😇 Are you insinuating that the shielding of all the 94 Japanese Blonde is not efficient enough ? I have never opened my JM so I don’t know what’s in it ...
I wish we lived closer. I bought Curtis Novac JM set that you recommended and have in Pancake. Id rather let an expert do it as Im not experienced rewiring pickups, pots etc. Id pay you to show me online if you could pickups and pots, recommendations haha. Love your work!
Hey thanks! Truly, any good tech should be able to install those, so let that be a safety net for you. I bet you'll do fine with a little patience and a soldering iron.
Mike, you are making the best offset guitar upgrade repair videos, keep up the great work ! Wanted to ask you your thoughts on conductive paint vs copper / aluminum etc. Been wanting to try the paint but wanted to know your thoughts on effectiveness, Thx
This is precisely why I sought out specific kinds of e-tape. Some of the old leaded tapes really got gross, but most of what I've been getting from 3m seems to have held up well enough.
Noise is unlike a liquid, in that it won't make turns in order to seep through cracks in the shielding, so partial shielding CAN and often will help. That is, until you move around and the noise is in-line with the electronics, which can happen if it's a particularly half-assed partial shield. Even in a tube amp, which is extremely sensitive and high impedance, I've seen a small piece of metal used as a shield internally between preamp and power sections. No faraday cage, just an inch or 2 of steel. Of course, the pickups themselves, sitting proud of the shield and being wide and, well, magnetic pickups, are the biggest noise picker-upper but yeah I'd say a full shield is worth it in a JM. Every bit counts.
So you don't send a ground wire under the pickups soldered to the shielding on the cavity? I wonder if that's what's making mine super noisy? Where do you then ground the pickguard to the cavity then?
My second electric was an ‘86 MIJ JM66- only $250 with a case - that I bought new in ‘87, instead of a bargain bin, beat-up, CAR, pre-CBS Model with a missing collet and a Mighty Mite neck (I also passed up an old Big Muff that would now be worth a lot more than the $40 they were asking). The main reason I didn’t get the Sixties Jazzmaster was that finding replacement parts at the time was nothing like today; Seymour Duncan had pickups but that was about it. Allparts didn’t have vibrato units till the Nineties. The MIJ had weak, inaccurate pickups; the wiring was not completely to spec; the collet was not good and would not hold the vibrato arm, which was too straight and too short; and most importantly, and inexplicably, the back of the neck pocket had an inch-wide wedge chiseled out. Last year I updated the wiring and pickups and it’s better but not great.
I love the music behind your video, it's like a mix between Dinosaur Jr and Weezer. You do a GREAT job, i have learn a lof of things about jazzmaster and guitar in general. Thanks a lot !
Hey Mike, I just installed some Duncan Antiquities in my new Squier 40th Anniversary JM. Does it matter which orientation the pickups are in stalled in (wires coming out of left or right, looking down at them)? I noticed here you put them both in with the wires coming out on the right side of the pickups. Thanks!
It's super nice to come across someone on guitar TH-cam who'll respect someone's wishes when it comes to pronouns. I have a few friends who use they/them and some people are super shitty about it to them.
Dave, totally! I have friends of all stripes and that diversity makes the world a better place. Hell, it makes me better, and respecting pronouns is the simplest way to let someone know that they matter.
This surely is a dumb question, but it seems to me that the main attraction for many to offset guitars, and single pickup guitars in general, is the noise. Feedback and various noise provides that muddy background that makes the bright tones stand out. So do some people prefer not to shield their electronics in order to get more interference?
I can't imagine that kind of noise ever being useful, but not everyone is as bothered by hum. I don't think I've ever heard anyone cite a certain type of noise as a reason for using one guitar over another!
I guess I don’t know what kind of noise the shielding is blocking out. If it is static then yeah, no one probably wants that. I was thinking it might make more feedback. Punk bands and Cobain liked to use feedback to fill any voids. I don’t know how they did it exactly though, but I assumed they chose this type of guitar because it was easier to coax various noises out of. I really don’t know much about offset guitars...which is why I want one to experiment with.
A.question: how to ground the wire on the bushes? Saw in some original usa jag diagrams the ground wire soldered on the tremolo unity, seems really more usable forn post mainteneance. Any tip? Thx!
hey! Just to confirm. The back of the pick guard should also be completely covered in conductive tape? There's none on the back of mine. Also, should the inside of the pickup covers be covered in tape as well?
Mike, great channel. Hours of fun and knowledge to soak up. How do you feel about adding treble bleed circuits to your guitars? As a beginner to modding guitars what would be your essential list of tools? Maybe an idea for two future vids! ;) Keep up the great work and your guitar playing is some of the best out there.
I sometimes do, it really depends on the guitar. Artoo used to have one but the particular network I used changed the volume sweep to be way too wide, but they can be great tools for the right situation. Thanks for the kind words!
Hi Mike! Great videos! I just bought a used Jazzmaster and swapped out the pups for a Lollar P-90 and regular Jazzmaster. I'm getting tons of buzz when it's in the P-90 only or JM only position (it's fine in middle position). Do you do projects for customers like you're doing in this video?? I'd love to have this whole thing done to my guitar and would pay handily!! Just didn't know if you're available for that....please let me know. Thank you!!
One of the reasons I bailed on owning a Jazzmaster was the noise. The majority of my guitars are single coil so I'm used to a base level of buzz. But the TVL JM I had was so noisy that only the middle position was usable as it was hum canceling. I bought a Jag instead and it's quite a bit better. However I do miss the tone of a JM sometimes.
I hope that one bad experience doesn't put you off a JM forever. Mine are super quiet, and I was especially please with their performance on my last tour
@@Puisheen I think it was more so that the JM was not the right guitar for my particular environment. I don't hold that against it. My basement seems to be particularly bad for RF interference. Add those really wide coil pickups and they just capture everything around. About 40% worse than all my other SC pickup guitars. I do want another go with a JM. I'm kinda biding my time until the AO60's maybe get an overhaul or the series changes in a year or two and maybe grab one when the prices are favourable. ;)
I had a set of Kinman Surfmasters put in my Jazz. They are a pretty unique hum cancelling design (but not a double coil humbucker) they sound purely single coil, I swear that they don't sound crap like the Fender noiseless pickups in the Ultra line (that hollow and lower output type of sound), they sound quite fantastic imo.
Hi there! I'm a big fan of Madison Cunningham. I love the sound she gets out of her Jazzmaster tuned to C standard. So I started thinking about making a baritone Jazzmaster using Warmoth for the body and neck. And I was wondering if you have any experience dealing with that tuning and what to look out for to make everything work smoothly. Thank you for uploading these videos. I have been learning a lot.
Just follow the same setup procedures that you would with any other offset really, pitch the neck angle back and raise the bridge. I've set up a bunch of Jazzmasters as baritones within problems.
Love my offset guitars.my 1st guitar was a fender Jaguar player.ive just upgraded to the fender american pro 11 jazzmaster dk night (love that finish) would like to know what your opinion on the new Jazzmaster is?
Hi Mike, any advice for a Jazzmaster whammy bar that squeaks as it turns when being played in the Kevin Shields style, meaning as I strum the guitar I have the whammy bar in my palm, and it’s constantly moving up and down along with my hand. As the whammy bar moves up and down, it makes a squeaking sound. Any help would be appreciated.
Hey, love seeing your videos. Could you possibly do some content regarding the various tremolos.? Specifically is a MIM much different from a USA AVRI? And Also Possibly various neck profiles what people should look for depending upon their preference? I have a Squire JMJM and A MIM Vintera. Much different. But in a good way. Already upgraded Squire with USA Trem and tusq nut, Novak wide range, looking at doing similar to Vintera.
@@Puisheen that realisation that even this “demo” still is better than 95% of the guitar-based instrumentals in that genre, and that it’s not going to be released as-is :(
Anyone know where I could find a sheet of that red tort material that Fender Japan used to use? Trying to find sheets of red tortoise shell with little to no yellow.
Ah, was hoping this would have the stock Japanese pickups. I've been eyeing a 60s style CIJ JM (I have to see how I feel about pink paisley so will revisit in a month). Thoughts on the Japanese Jazzmaster pickups?
I have a J MASCIS and I just did a full copper tape with conductive adhesive both in the cavities, on the flat area between the pickups and the pickguard underneath. Even the screws threaded through the screw holes which I also taped 100% blind. I read noise reduction is mild to little. Dude, the sickest gnarliest dirtiest distorsion on my pedal sounds like my guitar is unplugged, OFF! ZERO NOISE! I GOT NO NOISE!!!
@@Puisheen PNW…I literally just discovered you and you LEFT ME on the OTHER SIDE of the US? Noooooooooooooooo. We were almost so close. Anyway, great channel and you’ve convinced me to find a Jaguar. I’m trying to determine if Deep C is really much bigger than Modern C and if I can handle a neck that size!
Hi! Im having grounding problems with my cij jaguar 66. The main issue its hum at zero volume on lead circuit. The rythmn circuit has no hum at zero volume. The cavities are grounded. When i touch the strings, trem, switches the hum disappears. Any thoughts before send to a tech?
First thing I'd do is grab a multimeter and check my connections. Very likely that a solder joint is bad and needs to be reflowed. Check your grounds and pot terminals first!
If I need them I just get them from Fender, but normally I don't even bother upgrading the RC. The whole point is a much darker, rounder sound, which I love.
I always use solid if I can help it. I like it more for getting a clean finish, and I know stranded is supposed to be more durable but I find I have to freshen up the ends of those wires a lot more often than I ever have with solid core
![GUITAR SHIELDING 101: A [Relatively] Quick Guide to Working with Foil Tape](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/-mLBo4y9t8Y/mqdefault.jpg)
its so comfy to watch this stuff with a nice coffee and just enjoy!
I thought I was the only one who did this, ha!
It really is! Except when every now and then the thought enters my mind that I should better spend my time learning to do all this stuff myself
Mike is like the Bob Ross of guitars that way 😸
You're the hero the offset community needs.
Mike, You are an awesome human being, lotta positive vibes. Not to mention, you know what’s best for Jazzmasters, Jaguars. Alway looking forward to watch new videos.
Thank you, Diego!
I just bought the two cheapest Squier basses, the Mini P and the Bronco, and they came perfectly shielded (w/paint) and grounded from the factory. Totally quiet. Squier Indonesia's QC is great at the moment.
I get the same satisfaction watching you assemble that super tidy wiring harness as I do watching engine rebuilds. A place for everything, everything in its place, everything just-so. Nicely done!
Lol thank you Doug
Simply beautiful. That fresh wiring was extremely satisfying to see after the Frankenstein's monster you revealed!
Super helpful as always! I just got my hands on a beautiful Vintera Jazzmaster in fantastic shape but had so much electromagnetic noise it was annoying to play. Turns out the prior owner had installed a new pickguard and didn't pay attention to where the wires were running so they were all literally directly under the neck pickup. After shielding the entire cavity (with COPPER foil tape lol) and making sure the wires sat in the route next to the neck pick up as opposed to directly under it it now sounds completely quiet to the extent that my amp makes the same amount of hum whether this guitar is plugged in or not. Such a huge improvement and thanks for the tips in the video - I wouldn't have been as careful about the wires without Mike pointing that out in this video!
Super stoked to hear that Laika demo, been waiting on that song since you did the Jaguar vid for Fender!
BEST Guitar channel on TH-cam! Love the content Mike, you're awesome. 👍🏻(Also, that song is super rad)
I always learn something watching your videos. Also I really enjoyed the tracks in the background
I'm finally coming around to a Jazzmaster after 50+ years of playing just about everything else. Your channel is awesome. You really know your stuff and you're a helluva player. I'm always entertained by your videos and I never fail to learn something.
I'm thinking of building my own parts Jazzmaster and it's beginning to come together in my head.
Wendy is the shit! One of the torch-bearers of free music out there. Love this.
Wendy is so incredibly good
Thank you for taking the time to make this excellent video. I have to do this to my super noisy CIJ Jazzmaster.
Love to see that wiring job. I plan to put new electronics in and completely rewire my MIJ JM in the future and now I know what to strive for in my wiring.
You make shielding look so effortless! I remember shielding my non trem MIJ back in the early 00s and it was no-where as neat!
That is a nice tone at the beginning. Glorious!
Wendy Eisenberg rules so so much. I've always wondered what pickups they use.
Also! I'd appreciate a video on adjusting spring tension in a Jazz/Jag vibrato system, with and without tremlock. There's hardly any information anywhere on how that spring adjustment screw affects the range, sensitivity and stability of the vibrato system and I bet you have a lot to say about it. Love the channel!
Wendy blows my mind! As for tension we'll get there soon!
Yo that song during the timelapse part slaps! I hope you get to make more music while you're in PA because your playing is so rad!
Spencer you're too kind!!!!
For non colored wire, you can take a colored sharpie marker, hold it to an edge of the plain white wire, then pull the wire while maintaining contact with the marker until the whole length is marked. This creates a stripe that color codes the wire. Use multiple colors to differentiate. This method has been used by old amp builders to differentiate, so it does have an old school appeal.
Hi Mike
Another great video. I gave your channel a shout out in my latest video just because your video on shims gave so much great info. So I decided to make a shim. This video makes me wonder if I need to make some further updates. You are a great source for absolutely necessary info. 😁👍🏼
great work. I loved the shielding montage
Shielding up! Ready rhythm circuit! Engage!
Enjoyed the video.
I have a paetscaster jazzmaster with 3 pickups i builf about 4 years ago. I added the 3rd middle pickup about 2 years ago and all was well until recently. Its now super noisey like I have a grounding issue. I opened it up and its such a mess. Im tempted to rewire the whole harness just knowing i could do it so much better now. It was my first build, so ive learned a lot since then. If i am hoing to do that though, I may experiment with different pots in the rhythm circuit and maybe even put a tbx tone control in the lead circuit.
Love your videos dude, its soup for the offset soul!
watch for the repairs but stay for the tunes and tones... killer tones my man
Thank you, James!
my vintera came with wires under the pickup as well in-between two horizontal pieces of foam when I put jm-v and jm-fats in it i ran them besides the pickup in the space left underneath
I would love to see a complete, long-form wiring tutorial some day!
I plan on doing this when I'm not in a rush lol
What timing!!! I just bought some copper adhesive tape a few days ago to shield my Jazzmaster, as the noise has finally drove me nuts.
Mike, you have singlehandedly convinced me to get a Jazzmaster (tele/P-90 guy). And a Rivers Cuomo replica strat 😁
seconding this lol
Wanna have mine? :P
Love the demo Mike!
keep up the great content!!!
I have one of these blonde gold bad boys , last year I took it apart, shielded throughout, swapped the pickups, staytremmed it to heck and it is just my favourite. I didn’t like the idea of the colour combo but in person it’s beautiful
I agree, in person these guitars look GREAT
@@Puisheen holy moly I can’t believe you replied! Thank you. I have been a jm obsessive since the early 90s and have learnt a lot of lessons the hard way. I have a cij one that I just can’t crack- your videos are really helpful thank you 🙏
really love the vibe and info ...great vids!
watching you lay down that shielding was transfixing!!!!
That Floyd Trek shirt is EXCELLENT.
Excellent video!
Beautiful guitar tone. Happy Friday.
I just opened my '62, and OMG somebody was high - the wiring makes yours look sooo good. Ugh. A rewire is now on the table.
Well versed, clean work, great playing....I‘d have you work on my JMs anyday.....
If I could drive all the way from Calagry, Alberta, Canada for you to work on my guitar...I would in a heartbeat. Shielded my heavily modified squier vm correctly with this video and the other (thank you). slowed down the video to watch the care of an artisanal master, offset connoisseur, and an artistic/unique player to boot. Keep doing what you do.
One of my favorite guitarist : Shannon Wright, uses the exact same one since ever. Check her, she has an incredible playing style that’s very Jazzmaster.
I've heard of Shannon! Very good stuff
I screened my JM covers inside and connected that to earth.I was told it may knock some top off but I thought a JM can afford this.Its the quietist JM ive ever heard!
You're just like Jon from Spawn Wave, except with guitars. I love it!
You. Are. A. Guitar. Genius.
Lovely work as always Mike. Hoping for a longer, in-depth wiring video one day, a guitar nerd's ASMR dream
Oh indeed, such a video shall happen soon!
That’s some really nice shielding work. Looks I have to do redo mine...
Great video as always. Do you find that shielding the pickup cavities cuts any of the high end? A lot of people claim that it does. Not sure if there is any truth to that or not. Of course a lot of people claim the Earth is flat too.
Not at all, no
I just got a Harley Benton Jazzmaster which doesn't have the rhythm system of controls. I would love to drill a hole and add a kill switch or something fun there. Is that possible?
Great video. I have a 63 fender jazzmaster i need to rewire among things. Any tips or links to get the wiring. I need a neck for it too. Looks to be re finished might have been a sunburst from looking under the pick guard. Be nice to send the pictures to you and give me your take. Thanks, Blaine.
It took me far too long to realize that wasn't a Pink Floyd tshirt. lol
Love your videos
Thank you for the excellent work. The JM in this video is the same as mine... 😇
Are you insinuating that the shielding of all the 94 Japanese Blonde is not efficient enough ? I have never opened my JM so I don’t know what’s in it ...
So good, man. Thanks
I wish we lived closer. I bought Curtis Novac JM set that you recommended and have in Pancake. Id rather let an expert do it as Im not experienced rewiring pickups, pots etc. Id pay you to show me online if you could pickups and pots, recommendations haha. Love your work!
Hey thanks! Truly, any good tech should be able to install those, so let that be a safety net for you. I bet you'll do fine with a little patience and a soldering iron.
Great informational video but important question...what song was playing during the shielding montage?
Mike, you are making the best offset guitar upgrade repair videos, keep up the great work ! Wanted to ask you your thoughts on conductive paint vs copper / aluminum etc. Been wanting to try the paint but wanted to know your thoughts on effectiveness, Thx
Paint can be fine, it's just harder to check while you're working. I usually stick with tape
@@Puisheen Thanks Mike, have a great weekend !
Great shielding job! Your OCD served you well for a job like that!
great work. i opt for heat shrink over electrical tape as e-tape can get very gummy over time, but I agree that zip ties are not the way
This is precisely why I sought out specific kinds of e-tape. Some of the old leaded tapes really got gross, but most of what I've been getting from 3m seems to have held up well enough.
Noise is unlike a liquid, in that it won't make turns in order to seep through cracks in the shielding, so partial shielding CAN and often will help. That is, until you move around and the noise is in-line with the electronics, which can happen if it's a particularly half-assed partial shield. Even in a tube amp, which is extremely sensitive and high impedance, I've seen a small piece of metal used as a shield internally between preamp and power sections. No faraday cage, just an inch or 2 of steel.
Of course, the pickups themselves, sitting proud of the shield and being wide and, well, magnetic pickups, are the biggest noise picker-upper but yeah I'd say a full shield is worth it in a JM. Every bit counts.
So you don't send a ground wire under the pickups soldered to the shielding on the cavity? I wonder if that's what's making mine super noisy? Where do you then ground the pickguard to the cavity then?
Always cool to see someone who has discovered their Ikigai!
What a freaking cool guitar
My second electric was an ‘86 MIJ JM66- only $250 with a case - that I bought new in ‘87, instead of a bargain bin, beat-up, CAR, pre-CBS Model with a missing collet and a Mighty Mite neck (I also passed up an old Big Muff that would now be worth a lot more than the $40 they were asking). The main reason I didn’t get the Sixties Jazzmaster was that finding replacement parts at the time was nothing like today; Seymour Duncan had pickups but that was about it. Allparts didn’t have vibrato units till the Nineties.
The MIJ had weak, inaccurate pickups; the wiring was not completely to spec; the collet was not good and would not hold the vibrato arm, which was too straight and too short; and most importantly, and inexplicably, the back of the neck pocket had an inch-wide wedge chiseled out. Last year I updated the wiring and pickups and it’s better but not great.
After the job, the frequency of the noise shifted towards more treble, whereas it was more on the bass spectrum. That's what I'm hearing at 11:28
i got a am pro jazzmaster and there is so much hum and feedback on it when there is just a tiny bit of overdrive or distortion
I love the music behind your video, it's like a mix between Dinosaur Jr and Weezer. You do a GREAT job, i have learn a lof of things about jazzmaster and guitar in general. Thanks a lot !
Hey Mike, I just installed some Duncan Antiquities in my new Squier 40th Anniversary JM. Does it matter which orientation the pickups are in stalled in (wires coming out of left or right, looking down at them)? I noticed here you put them both in with the wires coming out on the right side of the pickups. Thanks!
It's super nice to come across someone on guitar TH-cam who'll respect someone's wishes when it comes to pronouns. I have a few friends who use they/them and some people are super shitty about it to them.
Dave, totally! I have friends of all stripes and that diversity makes the world a better place. Hell, it makes me better, and respecting pronouns is the simplest way to let someone know that they matter.
I existentially vibed you my Thunderjazz Girthmaster and await anxiously for its return pronto, amigo. Que tal?
This surely is a dumb question, but it seems to me that the main attraction for many to offset guitars, and single pickup guitars in general, is the noise. Feedback and various noise provides that muddy background that makes the bright tones stand out. So do some people prefer not to shield their electronics in order to get more interference?
I can't imagine that kind of noise ever being useful, but not everyone is as bothered by hum. I don't think I've ever heard anyone cite a certain type of noise as a reason for using one guitar over another!
I guess I don’t know what kind of noise the shielding is blocking out. If it is static then yeah, no one probably wants that. I was thinking it might make more feedback. Punk bands and Cobain liked to use feedback to fill any voids. I don’t know how they did it exactly though, but I assumed they chose this type of guitar because it was easier to coax various noises out of. I really don’t know much about offset guitars...which is why I want one to experiment with.
A.question: how to ground the wire on the bushes?
Saw in some original usa jag diagrams the ground wire soldered on the tremolo unity, seems really more usable forn post mainteneance.
Any tip? Thx!
hey! Just to confirm. The back of the pick guard should also be completely covered in conductive tape? There's none on the back of mine. Also, should the inside of the pickup covers be covered in tape as well?
Mike, great channel. Hours of fun and knowledge to soak up. How do you feel about adding treble bleed circuits to your guitars? As a beginner to modding guitars what would be your essential list of tools? Maybe an idea for two future vids! ;) Keep up the great work and your guitar playing is some of the best out there.
I sometimes do, it really depends on the guitar. Artoo used to have one but the particular network I used changed the volume sweep to be way too wide, but they can be great tools for the right situation. Thanks for the kind words!
@@Puisheen Thank you kind sir.
Hi Mike! Great videos! I just bought a used Jazzmaster and swapped out the pups for a Lollar P-90 and regular Jazzmaster. I'm getting tons of buzz when it's in the P-90 only or JM only position (it's fine in middle position). Do you do projects for customers like you're doing in this video?? I'd love to have this whole thing done to my guitar and would pay handily!! Just didn't know if you're available for that....please let me know. Thank you!!
Thanks for sharing. Quick question, where is the ground wire grounded?
One of the reasons I bailed on owning a Jazzmaster was the noise. The majority of my guitars are single coil so I'm used to a base level of buzz. But the TVL JM I had was so noisy that only the middle position was usable as it was hum canceling. I bought a Jag instead and it's quite a bit better. However I do miss the tone of a JM sometimes.
I hope that one bad experience doesn't put you off a JM forever. Mine are super quiet, and I was especially please with their performance on my last tour
@@Puisheen I think it was more so that the JM was not the right guitar for my particular environment. I don't hold that against it. My basement seems to be particularly bad for RF interference. Add those really wide coil pickups and they just capture everything around. About 40% worse than all my other SC pickup guitars. I do want another go with a JM. I'm kinda biding my time until the AO60's maybe get an overhaul or the series changes in a year or two and maybe grab one when the prices are favourable. ;)
@@MinivanMegafun100 Oh I see!
I had a set of Kinman Surfmasters put in my Jazz. They are a pretty unique hum cancelling design (but not a double coil humbucker) they sound purely single coil, I swear that they don't sound crap like the Fender noiseless pickups in the Ultra line (that hollow and lower output type of sound), they sound quite fantastic imo.
Hi there! I'm a big fan of Madison Cunningham. I love the sound she gets out of her Jazzmaster tuned to C standard. So I started thinking about making a baritone Jazzmaster using Warmoth for the body and neck. And I was wondering if you have any experience dealing with that tuning and what to look out for to make everything work smoothly.
Thank you for uploading these videos. I have been learning a lot.
Just follow the same setup procedures that you would with any other offset really, pitch the neck angle back and raise the bridge. I've set up a bunch of Jazzmasters as baritones within problems.
Love my offset guitars.my 1st guitar was a fender Jaguar player.ive just upgraded to the fender american pro 11 jazzmaster dk night (love that finish) would like to know what your opinion on the new Jazzmaster is?
I may have a Pro II soon
Does the Bride/Trem not need a ground wire?
First of all, that tshirt is rad
Where did you get that epic shirt?!?!
Wil Wheaton did a run of these last year! One of my favorite shirts
What tune is in the background? Lovely bits.
Excellent work! Side note, when are you going to put a comfy chair in the background to complete the "Warlock" vibe?...just asking for a friend....😏
I have indeed been looking for such a chair
@@Puisheen ya gotta OWN it, man! It's your LAIR!
Have you ever considered shielding the insides of the pickup covers?
Hi Mike, any advice for a Jazzmaster whammy bar that squeaks as it turns when being played in the Kevin Shields style, meaning as I strum the guitar I have the whammy bar in my palm, and it’s constantly moving up and down along with my hand. As the whammy bar moves up and down, it makes a squeaking sound. Any help would be appreciated.
Hey, love seeing your videos.
Could you possibly do some content regarding the various tremolos.? Specifically is a MIM much different from a USA AVRI? And Also Possibly various neck profiles what people should look for depending upon their preference? I have a Squire JMJM and A MIM Vintera. Much different. But in a good way. Already upgraded Squire with USA Trem and tusq nut, Novak wide range, looking at doing similar to Vintera.
There is a huge difference between the vibratos you mentioned, I always just recommend upgrading from any of the imports to AVRI at the very least.
would love to see you review a Kinman Surfmaster set one day...
Awesome Mike! To shield or not to shield the standard JM tremolo cavity? Your opinion ?
Can't find any hum cancelling Jazz Master pickup at Novak's site...
Miiiiiiiiiike Is the demo version of Laika released anywhere? I NEED THIS
Thanks for asking! Not yet, but I plan on reworking that at some point.
@@Puisheen that realisation that even this “demo” still is better than 95% of the guitar-based instrumentals in that genre, and that it’s not going to be released as-is :(
@@MrFingers127 Well that's super kind. I promise, I'll find time to do it justice someday!
Hey Mike, any recommendations for a JCM800 sounding pedal to go into a Fender Pro Custom Reverb? I use a AVRI 65 Jazzmaster
Anyone know where I could find a sheet of that red tort material that Fender Japan used to use? Trying to find sheets of red tortoise shell with little to no yellow.
The moment I realised my MIJ Jazzmaster is in a similar mess hahaha
So nice!!...This JM is basswood or alder?!
Basswood I assume!
@@Puisheen nice!!..I love basswood and your channel!..tks!!!
Ah, was hoping this would have the stock Japanese pickups. I've been eyeing a 60s style CIJ JM (I have to see how I feel about pink paisley so will revisit in a month). Thoughts on the Japanese Jazzmaster pickups?
Some of the worst pickups ever made IMO. Dull, noisy, and they're not even really Jazzmaster pickups. I always, always recommend tossing them.
I have a J MASCIS and I just did a full copper tape with conductive adhesive both in the cavities, on the flat area between the pickups and the pickguard underneath. Even the screws threaded through the screw holes which I also taped 100% blind.
I read noise reduction is mild to little. Dude, the sickest gnarliest dirtiest distorsion on my pedal sounds like my guitar is unplugged, OFF! ZERO NOISE! I GOT NO NOISE!!!
Are you in Westchester or NYC? You mentioned the Bx, I’m up in northern westchester. Do you do setups and stuff?
I’m now in the PNW area!
@@Puisheen PNW…I literally just discovered you and you LEFT ME on the OTHER SIDE of the US? Noooooooooooooooo. We were almost so close. Anyway, great channel and you’ve convinced me to find a Jaguar. I’m trying to determine if Deep C is really much bigger than Modern C and if I can handle a neck that size!
Hi!
Im having grounding problems with my cij jaguar 66.
The main issue its hum at zero volume on lead circuit. The rythmn circuit has no hum at zero volume.
The cavities are grounded. When i touch the strings, trem, switches the hum disappears.
Any thoughts before send to a tech?
First thing I'd do is grab a multimeter and check my connections. Very likely that a solder joint is bad and needs to be reflowed. Check your grounds and pot terminals first!
@@Puisheen ty so much!
Where do you get good mini pots for the rhythm circuit?
If I need them I just get them from Fender, but normally I don't even bother upgrading the RC. The whole point is a much darker, rounder sound, which I love.
Mike - beautiful work.
Do you prefer stranded or solid core Gavitt wire?
I always use solid if I can help it. I like it more for getting a clean finish, and I know stranded is supposed to be more durable but I find I have to freshen up the ends of those wires a lot more often than I ever have with solid core
@@Puisheen Thanks Mike - good to know I'm not the only one
This pickguard is beautiful