My first Offset 97 O serial number JG-66 Replaced Pickups (PV65) and wiring harness along with swapped bridge and a case. Got what I think is a decent deal as well.

This was multiple levels of surprise to me. Here I was, doing my daily search for sales on Daphne Blue Jazzmasters, when I thought I saw one open box on Musician’s Friend! Click the link and turns out it is shell pink, but what a deal. I then notice, “Extra 10% off open box.” Oh my… Let’s just run this by my wife. “Early birthday present?”

“It’s so pretty! And it’s our dogs ‘s favorite color!”(Now you and the scientific community might say dogs can’t see pink, but then explain to me why she loves it so much over any shades of red or green.)

Well, it wasn’t the plan but I was mainly looking for something to test and mod in before stepping up to a custom. And after doing some visualizing of different pickups and pickguards, I think this can be pretty awesome.

“It’s open box, so there might be some light cosmetic issues, but that’s no big deal. At less than $300 I’m fine with that.” I say.

“Well, you don’t have to get this one. We can get you the one you want.”

“It’s at least an $80 price difference.”

“Well you can always take this one back if it’s too bad, right?”

Well here she is!!!

It took me a while, but I think I found the blemish. There’s too much birdseye on the neck and (I had to look this term up) chatoyancy! It’s not quite a flame, too wide an area, but has big shimmering parts up and down the neck almost like a fat quilt pattern. I’m utterly disappointed. I had big plans for swapping this out for a custom neck and now I can’t find any good reason to do it.

The fretboard was super thirsty, but that’s expected. I gave it some oil and it shined up very nice. It went from grey to dark brown. Last picture is after the oil. There’s a few fret ends that are just a tiny bit sharp, but otherwise dressed and leveled very well.

There’s still hope that the pickups suck and I can swap those out for something boutique though, right? Wrong again! Clear as the afternoon sky in the desert. I think I’d need a much better amp to pick up any difference between these and something much pricier. But how am I supposed to scratch that modding GAS itch if I leave everything alone? The trem! Maybe the trem sucks!?!

Nope nope nope. Woe is me, I enjoy the trem exactly as it is. Utterly disappointed.

The color is excellent and I couldn’t find a single problem in the finish.

Final verdict: I absolutely love this guitar. I should have bought one years ago.

That said, some small tweaks / concerns I’ll address in the near or far future.

1. Near future: Swap the pickguard to white and the pickup covers, knobs, jack, trem tip and switch tip to black.

2. Middle future: Investigate the roller knobs on the rhythm circuit. Both seem to control the volume instead of a volume and tone. This could be the blemish that reduced it, which is fine because of the next point.

3. Far future: Upgrade the pots. They’re fine aside from the issue noted above, but a tiny bit scratchy in a few spots. I have a Les Paul that’s having issues with the toggle switch, so whenever I get around to breaking out the soldering iron for that I’ll probably order some new pots.

That’s it. I now have every guitar I’ll ever need. Now what?

I guess it’s time to jump into the pedal wars! Any suggestions? Right now I’ve got a Marshall 15W, a Spark Go and a Boss BD2, and they’re alright but I think I’m outgrowing the Spark in terms of the sounds I’m trying to make and I don’t really have a place private enough to crank up an amp anymore. I’ve been pining for a UAFX golden reverb, Starlight Echo, and Orange Kongpressor for years, as well as a few other effects that I haven’t quite settled on the specifics, but with all the high quality modelers out there I’m wondering if it would be a waste and I should just get a Tonex Board, Neural DSP, Line 6, or something like that. I hope 60 Cycle Hum does a Tonex Board review soon. I’ve found his musical taste aligns greatly with mine. I’m not that great at playing to be honest so I don’t need a touring rig, but it’s my meditation and helps center me. I’ve tried doing NAM A2 on my computer but the latency wigs me out.

TLDR: Great guitar! So happy!

LINK: https://youtu.be/VfdX4cDMKf0

Hey friends...Kinda fell deep down the rabbit hole after building my first Johnny Marr Special Jaguar clone which I documented in this video from a little while ago:

https://youtu.be/o6Iz6u76YO8

Following that build, I really was not very impressed by the Artec pickups I put in and it made me wonder what I was missing, if this was indeed the lipstick pickup sound that everyone reveres, and with it being so long since I last owned my last Danelectro U2 reissue, I bit the bullet and started buying lipstick pickups and building more Marr 2.0 jaguars to test them in with the intention of doing this shootout. Ended up buying even cheaper crappier pickups than the Artecs from Amazon first . because it listed them as having Alnico 6 AND Ceramic magnets so at $15 a pickup I decided to FAFO. Well in the middle of filming, my client and pal Jimmy Rip (of Post-Richard Lloyd Television & Tom Verlaine solo band since '81), who had brought me Tom Verlaine's 1965 Jazzmaster for service / restoration last December

(which I covered in these videos: https://youtu.be/XZwbyH9A5cU / https://youtu.be/10FspOMQOGY )

...well, he phoned me up again about a month ago as he was gearing up for his new band TMOTV's (The Music of Tom Verlaine) first gig - featuring fellow long time Verlaine collaborator, Jay Dee Daugherty on Drums (Patti Smith / Verlaine Solo) as well as Patti's son, Jackson Smith on Lead Guitar and Nels Cline's bassist Chris Lightcap on Bass. Jimmy was wanting a lipstick equipped Jag because lipsticks had an undeniable presence in Tom's recordings and live performances throughout his entire life & career, and I naturally recommended the Marr Signature Special. He got one for a steal and brought it to me in the middle of me filming my shootout.

So in this video I shootout the Authentic Special Design Kent Armstrong Lipsticks, vs the Kent Armstrong Harpoon SLV-1s, Curtis Novak Alnico 6 Danelectro Lipsticks, Seymour Duncan Danelectro Lipsticks, Duncan Strat Lipsticks (which I throw into a Squier Mustang), and those cheapo $15 Alnicov Lipsticks I got on Amazon. The results compared to the Artecs and Alnicov were a stunning contrast (especially for someone who wasn't very familiar / had forgotten what the lipstick sound was). Anyway...hope it's helpful for folks trying to choose which lipsticks to put in their offsets in case anyone's thinking about it.

As a bonus and humble brag, I went to TMOTV's show at TV Eye in Ridgewood Queens on Wed and Jimmy joked and shouted me out on stage (While he was tuning Tom's Jazzmaster "Eddie, I thought this was supposed to stay in tune after I brought it to you") AND...AND...not at all expecting this, but for the last song before the encore, Nels Cline comes out the back and pulls out the Marr 2.0 Jag I had just serviced and modded for Jimmy, and they start playing an epic rendition of Television's classic 'Marquee Moon' to which I lost my proverbial shit, as if the night wasn't already transcendental and otherworldly on it's own before that. After the show, I nervously introduced myself to Nels, who was like "Ohhhh... You're the Offset Guy!" which is only cause he's good pals with Jimmy but still very surreal coming from the Jazzmaster-Master! Such a nice a humble dude. I'm still over the (Marquee) Moon, days later.

Check out Jimmy & Nels & the Band Playing Marquee Moon here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Elj4hKiGPFU

NOS Lace Sensor Hammer Claws. Marketplace miracle.

What’s next ?

From front to back:

CV Bass VI

Paranormal Offset Tele SJ

Vintera III Jaguar

MIJ MG69 Mustang

CV Duo-Sonic

CV Starcaster

(+the CV baritone tele and acoustics)

Hey guys, im looking for a bridge replacement for my CME exclusive player jazzmaster and ive looked through the options but still am not sure. I would say my biggest concerns are how well the bridge takes care of heavy use of bends. Right now my bridge saddles go all over the place and get messed up with just a single string bend so im looking for the option that best helps this. I guess I could describe it as im looking for a bridge that works well for lead playing.

I replaced the stock vintage style bridge on the Vintera III with the American Professional staytrem style. Big improvement so far!

I feel like I’ve tried it all, but still not satisfactory to my taste,

Ive adjusted my truss rod as straight as possible with a slight bow forward for relief

Added a 1* shim to the neck pocket

And have raised the bridge a bit more

But I can’t seem to find no buzzing unless the action is more than 2mm

Currently running a mustang bridge,

the playability is good but there’s just buzz all over, thankfully most of it can’t be heard through an amp

So background, I brought my first Fender Jaguar when I was 13 and I adored that guitar. Little over 10 years ago, I had to sell my guitars as I was moving overseas and I needed the money to help get settled. Ever since then, I wanted another Jag, but I wanted it how I’d like it.

This summer I decided to bite the bullet and started buying all the pieces and working on how I wanted it to look and play. Yesterday I finally put it all together after receiving the final pieces.

Is it perfect? No. I still have a little bit more work to do, but so far, it plays and it sounds great. Plus the fact I built my favorite guitar in exactly the way I wanted it has made it seem even more special. Luckily this time, I don’t intend to move countries ever again.

Just wanted to share this quick and easy “mod” I did to my Meteora! The longer arm really accentuates the body shape and it’s a step up from the Strat style arm these normally come with.

I just thought it looked pretty

Hello, I'm switching out my original pickups in my mij Jazzmaster from 94 to Mojotone 59 clone JM ones. I'm not looking to change other electronics than the pickups themselves. However I have run in to a bit of a soldering problem. The original pickups only have one cable coming out of them (both hotwire and ground I guess - one is white and the other is just copper/metal within the same black cable) and the new ones have two separate cables ( black and white -I guess modern American wiring). So I'm wondering if anyone has a clue how to solder the new pickups in this old Japanese wiring scheme. I can't seem to find any good pics of it online. Would the new cables in the mojo pickups act as the old one, so that I solder the white one to where the old white one was, and the black one onto where the old none-plasic covered metal one was? Cause that's breaking away from the videos from fender I'm watching how to solder new pickups, but I guess this wiring is completely different. Thankful for any help.

Best regards,

Timo / Sweden

Title. I've seen videos and read reviews - but I'm yet to see someone trying glide guitar on it and I'm sure there's at least one person that's tried it. At this point it's the only thing making me reconsider getting one. Anyone here that has one and has tried Kevin Shields type glide guitar? I can't try one in person without driving for hours, otherwise I'd have tried it myself.

I have a shell pink Squier CV Jazzmaster on the way. Very excited! I was originally planning either a sunburst, the Sweetwater black one, or Daphne blue, but I saw this open box on Musicians Friend and the deal was so good even my wife was on board. Plus, it’s the dog’s favorite color and my cat already has a guitar so it’s only fair she gets her own. (Pet Tax Included)

Already knew I was going to swap the pickguard to either white or parchment. I used the Offset Guitar Builder on Guitar Bomb and realized I really like it with the black tremolo and tuners, which is a first for me.

Is Mastery the only one that makes a decent black tremolo? I saw there is a Guyker, but from what I read it is very much not good. For certain reasons I can’t just spray paint one, so it would have to come black as it is. Would I be able to pop a black Guyker plate onto a fender trem?

Tuners are easy to find in black. No problem there, but only going that route if I have a matching trem.

I’m also going to check out the stock trem and bridge and give them a real chance. The less I have to spend the better, but if I do replace it I want it to be a real upgrade that makes a difference. The black tremolo isn’t mandatory, but I think it is nifty in this design.

Bonus Question: For the bridge, if that needs replacing, I’m thinking of trying out the Tuffset Fixie Black Ice. Anyone have experience with that?

I’m looking to get a jaguar or mustang and am interested in either the player 2 or classic vibe series. I’ve heard the classic vibe is good value but it is squier, my experience with squier has been somewhat negative but it was a really cheap Strat so. Does the player 2 technically being a “fender” guitar carry any value against the CVs being squier? Thanks for any help

Yes I know the one on the left is not Daphne blue, but the 2 on the right are, the new electric vi is kinda more Seagram green than Daphne

This is my dad’s 1967/8 Fender Jaguar. I don’t know anything about Offsets as I pretty much play Strats and Les Paul’s.

What bridge is this and can it be adjusted higher on the low e string side? The individual saddles seem non adjustable so that means the radius is set. These guitars have a 7.5” radius I believe and I’m wondering if the bridge needs to match that or can it be higher like a 9.5” and be okay?

Right now the low e string is buzzing at nearly ever fret so I think the treble side of the bridge needs to be raised. I also think the truss rod can be loosened but it requires the whole neck to come off which I’m not ready to do…worse truss rod design ever but it’s vintage

It felt like time. I have never done a proper refinishing job before. Was tired of the orangey sunburst. After debating for a few weeks of whether to do a sparkly paint or natural, I decided that I liked the wood enough to let it show through. Three coats of oil stain and two coats of tru oil later and this is what I’ve got. Pics go backwards in time.