Sunday, October 29, 2017

FENDER SQUIRE JAGUAR SHORT-SCALE BASS

The Short-Scale plays easily


This bass started life as a bargain model, it is only 30" length scale. The tone from the stock pickups was very lame, no high frequency and no extreme low frequency reproduction. This was ripe for a Seymour Duncan update.





The Seymour Duncan pickups fit the instrument perfectly. Only very minor filing of the pick-guard was required.
New Seymour Duncan pots brought the controls up to professional standards
Hipshot cast bridge replacement

The Hipshot bridge has fantastic adjustability and fits the Squire perfectly

After 2017 rework, new Hipshot bridge, new bone nut, new Seymour Duncan pickups

With all the new parts this bass is now pushing $500 in total cost (not including labor) but it plays like a dream and sounds even better.