Vm Jaguar Pickups In Series Wiring

1 shows the lead circuit modified for series switching.
Vm jaguar pickups in series wiring. Photo 8 squier s vintage modified jaguar is a modder s dream the factory routes and screw holes allow easy drop in replacement of the most common components that offset fans like to upgrade. The jaguar pickups themselves sound similar to strat pickups and therefore the jaguar s sound is due to the volume and tone pot values. We re looking at the backside of the chrome plate the same way you ll be looking at the components as you perform the mod. What this means is each pickup has it s own path of output.
Series will sound more humbucker like with louder darker and more pronounced mids. Another bit of good news. The diagram shows the wiring from the bottom so in this diagram both pickup switches down selects both pickups in parallel both pickup switches up selects both pickups in series. To illustrate we ve.
Rewiring the slide switch can engage a series connection which yields a significantly different sound. When you re done your bridge pickup will have three wires. This is an important step for trouble free operation in the series pickup mode. The jag s control cavity routes were more than ample to fit full size u s made potentiometers.
Series wiring puts your pickup s outputs into your other pickups. Modding squier vm jaguar post by ceylon mon jan 29 2018 4 06 pm there is allegedly a mod that allows you to keep the strangle switch and instead switch both pickups into series mode when both the on off switches are turned off. The principle is the same for the tele and jaguar bridge pickups. In traditional jazzmaster wiring when the two pickups are combined via the toggle switch they are in parallel.
Series mod for jaguar post by timtam wed sep 19 2018 2 07 am yes those pickups appear to already have a coil ground side that is isolated from the case which has its own ground the only one that should be permanently grounded. For instance the white hot leads are attached to the switch and the black leads are attached to ground.