Nail in the coffin for my guitar snobbery - Page 2

musicalmartin · November 28th, 2009, 06:13 AM

The JV (Japanese Vintage) series Squiers only to the very first Japanese issues .I think 82-83 .They had a JV**** neck plate serial number .They fetch very decent money now .I had one in 82 .A Strat ,it came with US pickups .It was a great guitar .It was when Fender USA stopped production for a year or so .Of course other later Japanese Squiers are still very good guitars .
I find my SX Strat with Keystones a fine instrument .I am getting a dual humbucker pickguard to load up with Toneriders and swap over,just to see what its like . .It only takes a few minutes .Great fun .

glebe digital · November 28th, 2009, 09:38 AM

A soldering iron and a little bit of knowledge is a dangerous thing!

After testing, here's my top pups:

1. Alnico 3 Kent Armstrongs [lovely and warm, staggered poles offer much better balance.
2. Lace Sensor [the tone is very stridant & clean but just lacks 'something'...close but no cigar]
3. MIJ ceramics [tone is great, but they seem to have trouble 'holding it together' at full-tilt tube saturation.......touch noisy.......having said that though, in my experience they're pretty darn good for factory stock.

I have a set of alnico's from a US strat deluxe coming, they will no doubt find a home & place in the pecking order.

1962guitargeek · November 28th, 2009, 04:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by glebe digital

Do you find yourself using the TBX much? I have a battery-less TBX pot, but I'm in two minds about installing it.......

Yeah, I have a TBX in most of my strats (along with a blender pot) and in one of my teles....

I did this one a bit different. I wired the TBX as per Doc's Mod, something I got from The Blue Guitar site. It seems to give more control over the tone change.

here's the diagram linky

glebe digital · November 28th, 2009, 07:09 PM

Thanks for the heads-up on that one! Interesting, I'll have to give it a try.

Steve G · November 29th, 2009, 03:50 PM

My Bill Lawrence Keystones may go in mine. Undecided..

glebe digital · December 1st, 2009, 08:29 AM

Drop 'em in!.......let me know if you do.....I once had some of his 70's blades, they were very nice indeed.

November 29th, 2009, 03:50 PM	#45 (permalink)
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November 28th, 2009, 06:13 AM	#41 (permalink)
musicalmartin Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: UK Age: 62 Posts: 1,389	The JV (Japanese Vintage) series Squiers only to the very first Japanese issues .I think 82-83 .They had a JV**** neck plate serial number .They fetch very decent money now .I had one in 82 .A Strat ,it came with US pickups .It was a great guitar .It was when Fender USA stopped production for a year or so .Of course other later Japanese Squiers are still very good guitars . I find my SX Strat with Keystones a fine instrument .I am getting a dual humbucker pickguard to load up with Toneriders and swap over,just to see what its like . .It only takes a few minutes .Great fun .

November 28th, 2009, 09:38 AM	#42 (permalink)
glebe digital Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: orkney Posts: 165	A soldering iron and a little bit of knowledge is a dangerous thing! After testing, here's my top pups: 1. Alnico 3 Kent Armstrongs [lovely and warm, staggered poles offer much better balance. 2. Lace Sensor [the tone is very stridant & clean but just lacks 'something'...close but no cigar] 3. MIJ ceramics [tone is great, but they seem to have trouble 'holding it together' at full-tilt tube saturation.......touch noisy.......having said that though, in my experience they're pretty darn good for factory stock. I have a set of alnico's from a US strat deluxe coming, they will no doubt find a home & place in the pecking order.

November 28th, 2009, 07:09 PM	#44 (permalink)
glebe digital Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: orkney Posts: 165	Thanks for the heads-up on that one! Interesting, I'll have to give it a try.

December 1st, 2009, 08:29 AM	#46 (permalink)
glebe digital Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: orkney Posts: 165	Drop 'em in!.......let me know if you do.....I once had some of his 70's blades, they were very nice indeed.

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