First off, I'd want to say I'm blown away on how beautiful that custom KC Jag looks like !! Yet again, what a great idea to have as a project ! Makes me think about getting an order from MJT too cause the Fender produced KC Jag costs about 1,5 grand at the market which is quite hefty to say the least and their not often to come by as well- if it's not a secret would you mind telling how much this project costed you? Aside from that, love the homage you did for Kurt and Grunge in the beginning. Actually the whole intro was perfectly done and edited, loved the footage about Kurt from which I reckon was the 1991 The Year Punk Broke excerpts from Rotterdam. It went extremely well with In Bloom cranked up loud I was rocking out in my room haha it really kicked ass! :D Great editing work! Also interesting filters added to pictures which give them a cool unique look. Keep at it! :) That guitar is my dream to own one day- it's so iconic , it's amazing that you have a piece in your room that looks like it's exactly from 91'. Love the relic scratches you did, not the 2015 NOS version which is without the scratches I mean the Fender produced KC Jag is great too but there's just something about the scratches and cracks of Kurt's Jag replica. Really makes you wonder like you own his exact guitar for a moment. A must have for any die hard Nirvana fan! Fender only had these on their 2011 version. Also, love the red line on the paint job and that the sunburst is less faded. I think you've never owned a guitar before with a vibrato tail before have you? and you have the vintage humbuckers, really cool stuff! I think MJT did a fantastic job with this and you're a lucky owner of one of these, endless tonal possibilities. I can't wait to watch your next part of the series. Truly awesome work!
Hey Karl, thanks so much! I put a lot of effort into this video so I’m glad you enjoyed it. Unfortunately the cost of the project was fairly high and exceeded the cost of the brand new Fender version of the Jaguar, mainly due to the labour costs associated with building a guitar from scratch. I’m lucky I saved up so much for it as you will always need more than you think with these kinds of projects. Really best left to the pros. It certainly is great owning a replica, I’ll be using it a lot in future videos for sure. The pickups sound great too. It’s not my first guitar with a teen, my old Jaguar has one and so does my Mustang and strat. I don’t use the vibrato very often so it’s not that big of a deal to me. Thanks again for the comment
@@wastewoodrockers5526 Your efforts won't go without notice! Ahh ok, correct usually with projects like these they can get quite expensive but well worth it in the end. As one professional musician once put it that music is an expensive 'Hobby' to have but it all returns back to you in the end and even more so with all the gifts that music gives to us and others around listening! Yeah, let the professionals do their work and guaranteed money goes in the right place whereas doing it DIY can get even more expensive for a beginner builder! I've still had the thought (probably you too I assume) to build a guitar by myself one day from scratch and with no/or as little help as possible. :) That'd be cool! Enjoy! Can't wait to see the custom MJT KC Jag of yours again.
@@karlm9302 That’s a great way to think about things, the cost means nothing if people get enjoyment out of your music! I’ve always wanted to build my own style of guitar. I love customising and messing about with them to see if I can come up with new ideas or improvements to make them unique. I wish you the best of luck if you decide to go ahead with it. Professional help is always good when you need it, but a bit of DIY is always a more fun way of approaching things.
@@wastewoodrockers5526 Absolutely! Keep at it, love doing that as well though haven't really made it as much of a priority other than changing some strings and what not but I should definitely get more into it! I just have so many ideas with guitar playing/and music in general that I like to specify on one goal at a time and then go from there it's easier this way whereas the other option you'll be doing different things every single day and may not progress as fast when you have a single goal that you want to reach! (let's say even better if for a limited time just to make you kick yourself in the ass at times) you have to be your own coach/tutor as far as I'm concerned! Something I've tried to do at least to the best of my possibilities. You might get distracted at times but that's part of the journey I guess! The less wandering off the road the better though Thank you!! I will definitely at some point. Agreed, but DIY is more suggestible with not a big budget imo as with anything in life the first times usually 'go behind the fence' lol.
Very good effort in building this Guitar 🎸. I have a Road Worn efty Fender Jaguar, Kurt 2011, first edition ( not many around), it has COBAIN stamped into the wood under the scratch plate between the neck and bridge pick up.. Even strumming this guitar unplugged it sounds awesome. I'm glad to see you have built one of your own and enjoy playing it.
Selling my project KC Squier Jag. Bought a Japanese made Fender Jagaur. The guitar is beat up and reliced as it is, gonna make a perfect KC project jag. Already ordered vintage DiMarzios. Definitely inspired by your build!
Hi, I posted recently on LN forum many pics comparing Kurt's guitar with the road worn to show the differences, you might find interesting. The neck didn't had two string tress, the tuners were changed to Gotoh in 92 and the headstock shape isn't exactly like a strat. There's a rumor in a jagstang topic in offset guitars forum that the radius was closer to 12,5, as neck probably was custom made. If your budget allows, you should look at Spitfire guards, it's the closest thing to the vintage stuff. Overall nice project, I hope you you paid less than the Road worn inflated prices!
That’s awesome man, can you link the pics? I’d love to check them out! I was looking at Spitfire pickguard and they were far too pricey for my budget, I think the one on my Jag (got it from eBay) was a good enough stand in even if it’s not entirely accurate. Kurts Jag had a bogus neck, the headstock isn’t any normal size, I noticed that. It’s sort of in between the large and small size. Tuners were vintage style until around Feb 1992 when they were replaced with modern style ones. The bridge on his Jag also isn’t the same as the one Fender used.
@@wastewoodrockers5526 They're in a thread Fender releasing KC guitar or something similar. The forum isn't open, but you can register there, it's free and you'll probably find more interesting things there. The body shape is also slight different, the japanese body close marches it. Montreux makes nice torts too, but still a little expensive. I think there was an UK seller on eBay with some chinese celluloid and he had some red tortoise patterns (more than usually seen). If I find it I'll post here. Good thing is that you can always upgrade you guitar later if you want to.
Greetings, excellent excellent video and guitar. Loved every minute of this video. I was wondering if maybe you could help me with the specs of ordering on MJT. What type of sunburst did you choose, gloss finish, checking, etc.
greetings from indonesia.....you can do custom to your tremolo bridge, with add Fender writing...with engraving laser...I've jaguar custom too, I made to luthier in bandung Indonesia, and I put dimarzio Paf and super distortion, and I use ds1,ds2, sansAmpClassic20, and smallclone......finally, the sound is incredible.......like yours mate....good luck the wastewood rocker
@@wastewoodrockers5526 Thanks bro! I started building and this is my first guitar building experience. I got inspired after watching your and Aaron's video.
@@aton3169 Awesome! Best of luck with your project. Some of the brewer videos on my channel feature the Jaguar with a new vintage accurate pickguard, you should check those out too!
Thanks, super stoked with how it turned out. I believe they’re just doubted to the pick guard with washers to keep them in place, although I’m not sure it’s been ages since I last had the pick guard off it. I made an update video on it not too long ago, managed to get a better pickguard from Spitfire Tort, feel free to check it out!
what dimarzio did you use on bridge position? you said 12:29 " and the bridge is a eighties super distortion" or I heard it wrong, please correct me......I mean did you use DP100 super distortion on your bridge?
Thanks a lot! The frets on mine are actually the tall thin frets, not the standard medium jumbo fender uses. You are correct though they aren’t the same as a vintage jag.
@@BlackAngelwithFire. There’s no evidence to back up that claim, people just call it a 1965. Kurt himself says it was a 1966 in interviews. Why would you put a 1966 neck on a 1965 Jaguar? Makes no sense.
But he did kurt just sad that becaus it was not smashed by kurt it gets smashed before kurt owned it the neck was splittet up and poping up of the body and the guitar tech replaced it with an 66 neck
First off, I'd want to say I'm blown away on how beautiful that custom KC Jag looks like !! Yet again, what a great idea to have as a project ! Makes me think about getting an order from MJT too cause the Fender produced KC Jag costs about 1,5 grand at the market which is quite hefty to say the least and their not often to come by as well- if it's not a secret would you mind telling how much this project costed you?
Aside from that, love the homage you did for Kurt and Grunge in the beginning. Actually the whole intro was perfectly done and edited, loved the footage about Kurt from which I reckon was the 1991 The Year Punk Broke excerpts from Rotterdam. It went extremely well with In Bloom cranked up loud I was rocking out in my room haha it really kicked ass! :D Great editing work! Also interesting filters added to pictures which give them a cool unique look. Keep at it! :)
That guitar is my dream to own one day- it's so iconic , it's amazing that you have a piece in your room that looks like it's exactly from 91'. Love the relic scratches you did, not the 2015 NOS version which is without the scratches I mean the Fender produced KC Jag is great too but there's just something about the scratches and cracks of Kurt's Jag replica. Really makes you wonder like you own his exact guitar for a moment. A must have for any die hard Nirvana fan! Fender only had these on their 2011 version. Also, love the red line on the paint job and that the sunburst is less faded.
I think you've never owned a guitar before with a vibrato tail before have you?
and you have the vintage humbuckers, really cool stuff! I think MJT did a fantastic job with this and you're a lucky owner of one of these, endless tonal possibilities. I can't wait to watch your next part of the series. Truly awesome work!
Hey Karl, thanks so much! I put a lot of effort into this video so I’m glad you enjoyed it.
Unfortunately the cost of the project was fairly high and exceeded the cost of the brand new Fender version of the Jaguar, mainly due to the labour costs associated with building a guitar from scratch. I’m lucky I saved up so much for it as you will always need more than you think with these kinds of projects. Really best left to the pros.
It certainly is great owning a replica, I’ll be using it a lot in future videos for sure. The pickups sound great too. It’s not my first guitar with a teen, my old Jaguar has one and so does my Mustang and strat. I don’t use the vibrato very often so it’s not that big of a deal to me.
Thanks again for the comment
@@wastewoodrockers5526 Your efforts won't go without notice!
Ahh ok, correct usually with projects like these they can get quite expensive but well worth it in the end. As one professional musician once put it that music is an expensive 'Hobby' to have but it all returns back to you in the end and even more so with all the gifts that music gives to us and others around listening!
Yeah, let the professionals do their work and guaranteed money goes in the right place whereas doing it DIY can get even more expensive for a beginner builder! I've still had the thought (probably you too I assume) to build a guitar by myself one day from scratch and with no/or as little help as possible. :) That'd be cool!
Enjoy! Can't wait to see the custom MJT KC Jag of yours again.
@@karlm9302 That’s a great way to think about things, the cost means nothing if people get enjoyment out of your music!
I’ve always wanted to build my own style of guitar. I love customising and messing about with them to see if I can come up with new ideas or improvements to make them unique. I wish you the best of luck if you decide to go ahead with it. Professional help is always good when you need it, but a bit of DIY is always a more fun way of approaching things.
@@wastewoodrockers5526 Absolutely!
Keep at it, love doing that as well though haven't really made it as much of a priority other than changing some strings and what not but I should definitely get more into it! I just have so many ideas with guitar playing/and music in general that I like to specify on one goal at a time and then go from there it's easier this way whereas the other option you'll be doing different things every single day and may not progress as fast when you have a single goal that you want to reach! (let's say even better if for a limited time just to make you kick yourself in the ass at times) you have to be your own coach/tutor as far as I'm concerned! Something I've tried to do at least to the best of my possibilities. You might get distracted at times but that's part of the journey I guess! The less wandering off the road the better though
Thank you!! I will definitely at some point. Agreed, but DIY is more suggestible with not a big budget imo as with anything in life the first times usually 'go behind the fence' lol.
that jaguar looks awesome dude!
Thanks a lot!
Very good effort in building this Guitar 🎸.
I have a Road Worn efty Fender Jaguar, Kurt 2011, first edition ( not many around), it has COBAIN stamped into the wood under the scratch plate between the neck and bridge pick up..
Even strumming this guitar unplugged it sounds awesome.
I'm glad to see you have built one of your own and enjoy playing it.
@@chrisgizas6795 Thanks a lot! Awesome guitar, was my dream to own that one when I first started playing
Selling my project KC Squier Jag. Bought a Japanese made Fender Jagaur. The guitar is beat up and reliced as it is, gonna make a perfect KC project jag. Already ordered vintage DiMarzios. Definitely inspired by your build!
Awesome man, good luck with that. I love mine it’s my favourite guitar.
that is one hell of a guitar, nice!
Thanks !
Incredible
Where did you get the control plate that has the 3 way toggle?
Nice video!
Thanks!
Hi, I posted recently on LN forum many pics comparing Kurt's guitar with the road worn to show the differences, you might find interesting. The neck didn't had two string tress, the tuners were changed to Gotoh in 92 and the headstock shape isn't exactly like a strat. There's a rumor in a jagstang topic in offset guitars forum that the radius was closer to 12,5, as neck probably was custom made. If your budget allows, you should look at Spitfire guards, it's the closest thing to the vintage stuff. Overall nice project, I hope you you paid less than the Road worn inflated prices!
That’s awesome man, can you link the pics? I’d love to check them out! I was looking at Spitfire pickguard and they were far too pricey for my budget, I think the one on my Jag (got it from eBay) was a good enough stand in even if it’s not entirely accurate.
Kurts Jag had a bogus neck, the headstock isn’t any normal size, I noticed that. It’s sort of in between the large and small size.
Tuners were vintage style until around Feb 1992 when they were replaced with modern style ones. The bridge on his Jag also isn’t the same as the one Fender used.
@@wastewoodrockers5526 They're in a thread Fender releasing KC guitar or something similar. The forum isn't open, but you can register there, it's free and you'll probably find more interesting things there. The body shape is also slight different, the japanese body close marches it. Montreux makes nice torts too, but still a little expensive. I think there was an UK seller on eBay with some chinese celluloid and he had some red tortoise patterns (more than usually seen). If I find it I'll post here. Good thing is that you can always upgrade you guitar later if you want to.
Greetings, excellent excellent video and guitar. Loved every minute of this video. I was wondering if maybe you could help me with the specs of ordering on MJT. What type of sunburst did you choose, gloss finish, checking, etc.
greetings from indonesia.....you can do custom to your tremolo bridge, with add Fender writing...with engraving laser...I've jaguar custom too, I made to luthier in bandung Indonesia, and I put dimarzio Paf and super distortion, and I use ds1,ds2, sansAmpClassic20, and smallclone......finally, the sound is incredible.......like yours mate....good luck the wastewood rocker
Hey thanks for the support! Much appreciated. You have an awesome guitar. Good luck to you too!
Very nice build! What is exactly the bridge on your build?
Thanks so much! It’s a Gotoh of some sort I’ll have to find the exact model number for you.
@@wastewoodrockers5526 Thanks bro! I started building and this is my first guitar building experience. I got inspired after watching your and Aaron's video.
@@aton3169 Awesome! Best of luck with your project. Some of the brewer videos on my channel feature the Jaguar with a new vintage accurate pickguard, you should check those out too!
Nice build! Do you have any idea how the pickup rings are mounted? Or are they bolts or something?
Thanks, super stoked with how it turned out. I believe they’re just doubted to the pick guard with washers to keep them in place, although I’m not sure it’s been ages since I last had the pick guard off it.
I made an update video on it not too long ago, managed to get a better pickguard from Spitfire Tort, feel free to check it out!
@@wastewoodrockers5526 I will! Spitfire make stunning stuff. I have an Avantguard on my JM Jag which is also proper celluloid. It looks awesome
@@QerstyBass Yeah I agree, I got a great price on mine too. Ah nice, I bet it looks great.
Great guitar 😊 Where did you get the pickup rings? Also are you ROI or NI, what was the import tax like ?
Hey! Thanks for the comment :D I’m from NI. Import tax was 20% of the total cost so pretty hefty! I got them from StewMac.
hey man. Where did you get your pots, tone control knobs, etc
Hey! I purchased a 62’ spec Jaguar wiring kit on eBay. It came with the correct pots, caps and cloth wiring etc
woah nice job, where abouts are you from, definitely northern irish haha
Hey thanks! And yes you guessed it! You Irish too? Usually only local folks know the accent 😂
@@wastewoodrockers5526 ahaha yeah im in bangor
Hey man, please can you list the specs of the neck. Thanks
what dimarzio did you use on bridge position? you said 12:29 " and the bridge is a eighties super distortion" or I heard it wrong, please correct me......I mean did you use DP100 super distortion on your bridge?
Yes it’s a DiMarzio Super Distortion from the 1980s.
@@wastewoodrockers5526okay, thats mean your pickup is Dimarzio Dp100Cr super distortion...its cool pickup,mate..!!!
How much was the body ?
I got the body and neck sprayed together, it was about £600 for both
What string guage ?
I use 10s
if you want to make it perfect, kurts had an extra strap button on the right horn
Yeah I was thinking about that, Thanks for the comment!
What neck was that from warmoth was it a strat style or a mustang/jaguar one?
It’s called the Pre-cbs Mustang/Jaguar
Cool will it fit in a Squier VM Jaguar
I wanna see it will it snug into place
@@ayanjaved322 I’m not sure, they fit fender neck pockets so I assume Squiers would be the same.
are you sure about that warmoth necks can fit the squier body
Nice build but the original 60's Jags did not have those jumbo frets.
Thanks a lot! The frets on mine are actually the tall thin frets, not the standard medium jumbo fender uses. You are correct though they aren’t the same as a vintage jag.
Its a 1665 jag
Nope it was a 66’, there’s videos of it in 1980 being played by Martin Jenner, it had a block inlay neck which was introduced in 1966.
No cause he once smashed it and replaced it with
A 66 neck but the original jaguar was an 65
@@BlackAngelwithFire. There’s no evidence to back up that claim, people just call it a 1965. Kurt himself says it was a 1966 in interviews. Why would you put a 1966 neck on a 1965 Jaguar? Makes no sense.
But he did kurt just sad that becaus it was not smashed by kurt it gets smashed before kurt owned it the neck was splittet up and poping up of the body and the guitar tech replaced it with an 66 neck
@@BlackAngelwithFire. Where’s your source on this?
If you found this band on TikTok your the reason why Kurt shot himself .
I did not find them on Tik tok lol, weird assumption to make