A Jazzmaster Body Set Up As A Jag

[vic108]

I was checking out the WARMOTH GALLERY again tonight and something caught my eye.

I've been thinking about this for awhile and it seems someone had the same idea...
Using a Jazzy body but set it up as a Jag for that full size scale.

Doug Rice had built a sweet Jag using a Jazzmaster body. Did a great job on it too.

Also, saw Stan's Mary Kay finished Jazzy with minty pg which is very nice too.

Last time I went to a music shoppe (over 1.5+ hours away - one way and a $14 in tolls), I played a
Jag and a Jazzy back to back to see which one I liked better. Each guitar had it's pros and cons.
I walked away that day thinking I liked the Jazzy best. More than likely, it may have been due to
the scale difference. I'd like to try the guitars out side by side again, just to make sure.

 

[Unwound G]

Check out this post.

http://www.unofficialwarmoth.com/index.php?topic=8350.0

 

[OzziePete]

Check out this post.

http://www.unofficialwarmoth.com/index.php?topic=8350.0

Further to add to this Thread linked, I can recall asking Warmoth a couple of years back about modifying a standard Jaguar body to suit a Wilky bridge & maybe even move the bridge back to take a  24.75" scale conversion neck, and the reply I got was in the negative. No mention of any upcharge to do it, just flat no. If you are like me and do not like the Jazzmaster/Jaguar trem systems, be aware that the more modern and stable ones (like a Wilkinson or Floyd Rose) will sit very forward, at the bridge position on the Jag or JM bodies, and you might find the trem arm too long and always in the way when playing. A 'way' around getting a more stable trem might be to employ a Strat trem and source a David Gilmour-style shortened trem arm, or just simply trim the tremn arm you have. Sorry for thsoe afficionados on the JM and Jags but that tremn system I have always found finicky.