Build your DREAM JAGUAR BASS for less than $280

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Here are all the parts I used for this build:

jazz bass kit: it’s sold out at the moment, but Tomtop tells me it’ll be back next month (end of February)
http://shrsl.com/p7tk (be sure to select the US warehouse option to see the best deal)

Or buy a better quality kit here: (Use coupon code GUNSNGTRS to save $10)
http://shrsl.com/13tyk

Upper Horn Control Plate:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01...

Bracket:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01...

Lower Switch Plate:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...

Roller knobs:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01...

DPDT slide switches:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01...

This is the 3 position switch I used for the north/series/south bridge pickup switch:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...

Artec double J humbucker bridge pickup:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Custom-Black...

DiMarzio Ultra Jazz neck pickup: (not HOT jazz, I misspoke)
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...

Tone Monster Bass Preamp:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/TONE-MONSTER...

9v Battery Box:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01...

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I modeled my jaguar build off of the older MIJ jag basses that had jazz pickups, as opposed to newer American made PJ setup. I really liked those Japanese jags and you can’t get them anymore unless you’re lucky enough to find one used, even still they usually fetch over $1,000. So I set out to build one of my own, for just a tad less....
I started with this basic cheapo $75 jazz bass kit I got from Tomtop, I put a link in the description for you. Just a reminder that if you live in the US, you need choose the US warehouse option for shipping to get that price. Also a quick tip, if you hang out on their website long enough, usually a coupon code will pop up to save you another 5%. Now this jazz bass kit was not bad, but definitely far from perfect. There were a few things that needed fixing. Firstly, a jazz bass doesn’t look like a jaguar bass at all, but it’s actually closer than you think. Just like my wife, it’s got all the right curves in all the right places. All I needed to do was chop off the horns a bit to get her looking perfect. The jazz bass, not my wife...I’d never chop off her horns (honk honk). At any rate, a jigsaw and a dremel with a sanding drum made quick work of reshaping the body.
The neck wasn’t perfect either. frets needed to be leveled and crowned. If you don’t know how to do this, I have an excellent video on how to make your own pro Luthier tools where I explain every step in detail, check it out, but the long and short of it is, it’s easy, it just takes some time. Lastly, because my kit came with a paddle shaped headstock, I got to cut it into my own custom design. Which I later found out is pretty close to a boutique bass company called Sandberg. (Slaps forehead)