Playing With The Idea

[ripsrv]

ok guys i want to build a guitar that sounds great for blues. i have always loved the body of the jagstang, and untill i get a little bit more knowledgeable i dont want to build my own from scratch. so i want to start with the body of a fender jagstang. now i am looking for that rough and tumble kinda blues. like almost a rock blues{areosmith style} but i basically want a blues tone. the problem is on my mustang, i hate the short scale neck. it is way to easy to play and it doesnt feal natural. so i want basically have a jag stang body with a strarocaster style neck. i no this will involve fabricating. for pickups i was thinking a lace sencer or a tex mex pick up in the neck position. for the bridge im still looking and up for suggestions i now some may not see way put all the work into it to make it do somthing it was never ment to do but iv got some time and think it will be fun. i apologize for the vaugeness of my plan and uncertainty of where i am going with it but i would really like some imput on pick ups, and if this job is worht doing or to hard or whatever.

the alternative is to buy the jag stang and set it up for rock witch will suit my band style and what not and take my american strat and turn it into my bluse machine but it has jsut been done to many times. if this sucks and im just being over zealus and shooting after an un achevable goal let me know but if it wlill be cool and sound good i think it would be worht the time...you guys now a lot more than i do some let me know what you think thanks

Edited January 4, 2005 by ripsrv

[Jehle]

You've already identified the most difficult part of the build is that the Jagstang has a shorter scale length.

From the sounds of it, you want a gritty blues guitar, Strat scale, Jagstang. That's certainly possible. But you won't be able to just splice two guitars together to get there.

Pickups are a bit more of a try-and-see thing. You won't want really powerful pickups if you are going for softer sound. That's about all I could say on that.