Fender Jaguar - Beginners guide to Bridge Setup
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Fender Jaguar - Beginners guide to Bridge Setup
If you have just bought a Fender or squier Jaguar and are having problems with the Bridge or setup generally. Are your strings skipping? guitar going out of tune? bridge rattling? fret buzz? high action? If you are asking have I just bought a dud and is the fender Jaguar even a good guitar? then I hope that this video can help.
Setting up a fender JAGUAR or Jazzmaster has a learning curve but it can be done! even with a cheap squier Jaguar. I hope this video gets your jaguar or jazzmaster playing really well. There is no reason that the Jaguar bridge should fail on you. With the right setup your Jaguar will play well and stay in tune.
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Good information in this vid. First time I got a Jag it played shite and I had to do a ton of research to get it to play well and it took a month or so to get it where I wanted it but in the process, I learnt a hell of a lot about setting up guitars.
If I could add a few suggestions, if you don't have any blue loctite, clear nail varnish works just as well. Add a drop and work it into the bridge grub screws and let it set and then your bridge won't sink.
Getting the right gauge strings is important. Ernie Ball do an 11 - 52 set called Ernie Ball Light Gauge. Great to begin with and the G is wound. You may find some problems with a dead G string on higher frets but this set of strings sort it out no problem
Last but most important, shims. You can buy some 3mm thick pieces of veneer/plywood in packs of 4. You can get 8 shims out of them by cutting them yourself and sanding them down to be paper thin at one end and a little thicker at the other. Do it yourself! It's a pain in the arse, time consuming at first but you'll have an exact and comfy fit and I think it sounds better too. Crimson Guitars has a good vid on making homemade shims. It's not difficult and totally worth it.
Great advice! I have made shims the way you suggest (the one in the black jaguar is one like that) I literally cut the bit where I mentioned nail varnish because I didn't want to have so much rambling. But maybe should of left it in! Cheers mate
@@DestroyingAmpsGearDemos nah mate ramble away! It's all good advice. Every little helps with offsets as most people are probably put off by their initial unplayability. It's cool to have a vid with everything in one place and then little tips, tricks and workarounds can be added
Awesome my brother. Amen!😎
Very interesting and answered all my questions. On with setting it up tomorrow. Thank you!!
Managed fix the buz. Changed the 9 gauge strings to 11 for more tension, added graphite to the nut, upped the bridge height, slightly tightened the trem and finally readjusted the saddles. Thanks for the advice.
Excellent talk on the subject of setting up the bridge on a Jaguar ish offset.. I have a Jaguarillo I've had now since 2012 and my bridge is set up just as you described it, shim and all. It is a beautiful thing once you understand how it is meant to be. I did go to a Staytrem bridge years ago as I feel it is a very superior bridge compared to the original. My Jag has a 9.5 radius neck and the bridge is made with the same 9.5 radius. About the only place I differ from your advice is string gauge.. I use to put heavier strings on it, 11's 12's but I find I really like 9.5's over anything else.
It funny but no one told me to set it up like this, (high bridge, shimmed neck ect) it just seemed the right way to get it done.. It plays great, It did take me some research to figure out how to correctly set up the trem lock out button and I don't know where that info went to..
I have a pair of Duncan 59's in it.. Love it.
Great video on your part.. Many thanks..
@@tommyd688 cheers
FINALLY someone who doesn’t skip over the important stuff. This was my first Jaguar setup and was maddening at first but your video helped at least confirm I wasn’t crazy. Thanks and good on ya mate!
No, you're not "crazy" but those bridges sure are.
@@squirelova1815 😂😂
I had a buzz that took me ages to track down. Checked all the usual suspects and it was really eluding me.
Finally I found it. The low e string was actually making contact with the end of the intonation screw (with the intonation screw being slanted up a little). I bought an identical screw, but slightly shorter (from the hardware store) and replaced it. Perfect!
I feel I partly inspired this by being a massive n00b trying to set up my Squier Jaguar - amazing video and really useful to hear and see it all explained so well
You inspire me every day x
Also check out Puisheen's youtube channel, he does a lot of filmed set ups on Jag's and JM's both squires and vintage etc.
I got a Squier CV Jaguar, and I just 3D printed a full-pocket shim. Wasn't happy with the angle - too much - so I scaled it down a bit and reprinted. Much better, now! Cost me 6 cents a shim in material, and about 5 minutes of time to design.
I still get a bit of buzzing up high on the low E and A strings, but for now I'm good. I like my action super low (I even use 7s on my Jagmaster at the moment... Was an experiment, easy to play, but I will go back up to 9s at least next restring).
Dude.. thank you very much! I followed everything that you said, and my jazzmaster feels so good now. Cheers 🤙🏽🤙🏽
Hell yeah ! That makes me very happy!
I placed a guitar pick that I cutted with scissors as a shim, and the guitar was perfecto with that.
yep that would work!
Thanks You. Just bought my 1st offset and your video helped me decide. I got Fender Player Jaguar, can't wait for delivery!!
Excellent 😃
good advice on the saddle intonation screw 🤘
Great video! Super helpful! Thanks! Recommend more light so people can see what you’re referring to, especially with the black bridge. Daylight is a good move for this type of video.
Thanks dude. Just had a Player Jag arrive. My first go to vid and there's a Tropical F Storm poster. Does not disappoint.
Sick! Thanks mate x
Lots of help thanks
Fantastic explanations for us new to all of this. Ta
Cheers!
Please let me know if this video helped you get the most out of your Jaguar or Jazzmaster.
Damn right it did especially with the extra light northern humour.
I'd been fucking around with a badly set up Jag and JM for a very very long time until I found this. Thank you a thousand times over
Oh man, this video is a godsend. Why weren't there any tutorials like this? A great guide for total offster noobs. Now I only need enough courage to start messing with my squier jag setup myself😁
You are welcome! Trust me you will be fine. Take your time.
Thanks for making this great tutorial. I'm just getting started with a Jag I purchased recently. It sounds horrible and buzzes everywhere, so this should help me quite a bit. I'll let you know how everything turns out when I complete the setup. Starting to see remedies to problems with my other guitars also (Tele and Mustang). Thanks
Ace! Yeah let me know how you get on. Cheers
Nice one, exactly what I was after, I can't say I'm not daunted though!
You will be fine!
Great video!
Cheers x
A jag with the rocking vintage bridge needs high friction in one place, and low friction everywhere else. There must be high string-saddle friction in order for the strings to grip and move the bridge as they change length with trem use. That high friction is provided by string tension (gauge) and good string break angle (bridge height). But there is low friction between the bottom of the conical-tip height grub screws and the thimble bottom, and of course at the nut, string tree, etc. That's how Leo designed it. An important implication of that is that you should never lubricate the string-saddle points. And never wrap the bridge posts.
I agree 👍
Thanks,i was already thinking selling my jag but then i found this video and did what was quite a job to tinkering,cursing and getting pissed but now i have playable jag..
That's brilliant mate cheers
This is perfectly discouraging. Everything I want is to play my guitar ❤
Thanks!
Cheers! X
I recently bought a blacktop HH jaguar from a pawn shop in decent condition so far I’ve replaced the pickups with fresh chrome MIJ pickups on reverb and gave it a deep clean put thinny .8 strings and now she sounds so good 😩 I can barely see that it’s backbowed because I got a couple strings buzzing and I currently trying to find solutions 😭
Thank you! Really good info! I’ve a Fender Vintera Jag on the way and fully aware of all the issues (I used to be in a band with a Jazzmaster player) I was about to spend £75 on a Staytrem bridge! Now it’s off to Tescos for some Loctite and lip balm (not sure if the Mrs would be impressed with borrowing hers) and since I play 10s on my Teles, I’d already decided that 11s were the way to go!
Awesome, let me know how you get on!
@@DestroyingAmpsGearDemos Got the Jag last week… a fabulous guitar, and it surprised me how much it suits my sound and the way I play, but straight out of the box, I got string skipping. Used a ‘cellulose fibre’ shim (a bit of a Weetabix box) on the neck and stuck on 11s and this immediately made a huge difference and I’ve had no problems since then. The thing that really surprised me most about the jag is that, having played fixed bridge guitars (mainly Teles) for 20 years, how much I absolutely love the floating bridge… and how stable it is! My first guitar was a Squier Strat in the 90s which was so unstable it put me off term bridges pretty much until now!
@@malcolmgordon2988 brilliant stuff!! Glad it's working out for you. The offset tremolo is the best imo.
If I play 12s on an archtop, is the tension like 14s on a Jaguar?
Lovely _and_ thorough; what more could a person want?
noods?
@@DestroyingAmpsGearDemos I mean, I didn’t wanna push my _luck_
Really appreciate this video! I’ve had my Fender MIJ ‘96 for a number of years. When I first got it, I didn’t realize the intricacies & pretty quickly switched to a Staytrem, but have always had the feeling it should be easier to play after that, shims, etc.
I recently went back to the OG bridge with the feeling I could get the action lower. Watched your video, cut a piece off a cereal box (several adjustments later) & wow it’s like a new guitar!
One thing I’ve had to do is add weather stripping tape beneath to raise the pickups. I did just notice that the bridge pickup must be unpotted, as I can tap & it’s quite loud. Guess I should replace it?
Thank you again!
Maybe not, the microphonics may be coming from the claw. If you can pull it off and bend the sides in a hair. Then either. Melt wax on the underside of the pickup bobbin and push the claw into the wax and remelt it to bond the claw and bobbin together. Or replace the wax with super glue. Try that first before replacement. Cheers
@@DestroyingAmpsGearDemos I still need to add a bit more foam tape underneath that pickup, so I’ll give that a go on my next string change. Thank you!
Have a good video of that process you’d recommend?
@@TheVoodooPlanet nah, haven't found one sorry. Should be simple enough if you plan it all out and take your time.
@@DestroyingAmpsGearDemos I bet you’re right, I’ll keep you posted
Pickup claw tightened & wax applied. Problem solved, thank you so much!
Have you ever seen a jag that required 3 shims. Action is so much better but I almost think a third, with a little neck relief might be optimal?
Put a Johnny Marr bridge on mine. Fixed my problems.
Guitar or life problems?
@@DestroyingAmpsGearDemos No just Jaguar problems. I have other guitars with different problems. I have yet to solve any life problems with a bridge change. LOL
What year is that black jag from? it looks sick
2014 squier vm. Repainted it last year
@@DestroyingAmpsGearDemos Ah, that's awesome. Great video btw, it has lots of info that many other videos I've seen about this topic often skim over. Great work!
@@averylangs thank you! Glad you liked the video. There are couple of videos covering my mods to the Squier on this channel
A Floyd the Barber collector card.
I'm keeping mine at 9s coz I like how easy peasy it is to play. Might try a set of hybrid 9-46 for a bit more tension.
I bought Stewmac shims £££ from ebay. 1° in my VM Squier Jag and strings are 13.5mm from the body at the bridge.
I put a 0.5° in my CV Squier Jag and strings are 15mm from the body at the bridge. Wondering if that's a bit too high?
It's hard to know without one of those mutes as a starting point.
I must be in the ballpark, though, ad the bridge all seems OK with light strings 🤷🏻♂️
"Holy Schnikes!" I need to become a virtual Luthier to own a Jag? Um...I'll stick to Strats and Teles Thank You very much...Geez Luise.
Does he ever show you how to do adjustments. Or is he just talking. God damn
the vid is too bright. it burns my eyes
Very long winded way to admit how gash the jag bridge is. “You don’t need to change the bridge, you just need to take these extra 20 steps and a week of your life arsing about”.
You do get points for the use of the word gash. But are wrong on everything else x