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Jazzcaster

What to do with 3 dimarzio tapped stratocaster pickups? What would be a good way to prototype for alternate wiring possibilities on a stratocaster? What if we put these pickups on a modified jazzmaster body? (This guitar is still hypothetical) Hmmm…

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Features

  • Individual Pickup selection for each pickup with coil tap option
  • Phase switches for bridge and neck pickups
  • 5-way super switch controls series/parallel combinations

Switch Details

Individual Pickup Selection

3 mini-toggles located on the upper bout control each pickup. Each toggle has 3 positions, off, tapped, and full-on.

Pickup Orientation

A strat-style 5-way switch located on the lower body in the control area is used to determine series/parallel orientation. The 5 options on this switch include all possible combinations for the 3 pickups in the following order (neck/middle/bridge):

  • PPP
  • SSP
  • SPS
  • PSS
  • SSS

…where the standard strat neck position equals all parallel, and the standard strat bridge position equals all series.

Phase Switches

2 phase switches are located on the lower bout and are used to reverse phase of the neck and bridge pickups respectively.

Parts List

PartIdOptionsCost
BodySSS Routing,Swamp Ash$180.00
Warmoth Modified Mustang BridgeWMB1C Chrome$47.50
TremoloJMT1C$55.00
Pickguardpickups=SSS, controls=custom, bridge=jazzmaster$40.00
Vintage ModernMaple, Rosewood fingerboard, routed Planet Waves, LSR Roller Nut175.00 + $45.00

Discussion

Andrew Landis, 2009/01/14 03:08

wow i am so behind the times here i just was turned on to this blog i cant believe i hadnt been at it sooner! this is awesome jazzmaster are the coolest!


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