Hello all
I just completed my first build of any kind of guitar.
My 2 favorite guitars are my '63 Jaguar and my American Strat, so i was looking at them one day and thought it would be cool to combine the 2. So i started thinking of how i wanted to do so and which parts i wanted to combine and drew up a blueprint.
i Made the top half the shape of a jaguar and the bottom half a strat. Put a '64 jaguar neck on and made it 24"scale, with a left handed SRV strat trem. All gold hardware, made from solid African mahogany. I designed the pickguard and designed 2 of the plates to fit what i wanted the guitar to do. It has a 5 way channel selector 2 Tone 1 Vol standard strat set up(when top switch is down). It also has the upper control pannel of the jaguar set up to control the neck puckup only when switched on(up) with a volume and tone. the pickups are Lindy Fralin woodstock 69's that are set up to be upside down with reversed polarity, as hendrix's would be.
All of the control plates are 23k Gold Leafed, with golf leaf that was my great grandfathers. And the carving at the bottom i drew and my Father hand carved into the body, and i then gold leafed.

It plays and sound superb. its looooud. It feels both like a strat and a jaguar but it definitly has its own feel.

it was an extremlly fun project and i will be building more of these, it is just as nice/nicer as my other guitars

any thoughts comments or anything is cool, or just look

have a good one,
Steve B

sorry i have no sound clips of it yet or video, but check this out:
www.myspace.com/cashedfools

I love the bridge. Looks like SRV style.

Great Job!

BEAUTIFUL!

I have to say that's really creative. I love your Jag also.

Hello Sbalkan2,

Right nice job.
That's a beautiful piece of wood you chose.

Keep up the good work and thanks for
sharing your photos.

Cheers.

Hey fellow lounge peps, follow Steves link to his band Cashed Fools. Listen to some tracks. These guys are doing what so many of us wish we where doing...playing our own original material. They are obviously good enough to get booked doing it too. Listen to some tracks like Crazy Deep Soul Love. Steve's solo comes in at 2:50. Steve is a fine player.

...nice guitar BTW. I think some of the guitar builders here will be duely impressed with your first effort.

great guitar, cool that you put it together, body wood is beautiful, looking forward to your next ones, cool myspace page and funky good tunes, thanks Bro!

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Thanks everyone for the great comments, thanks much for checkin out the music too, after all that is what playin guitar is all about isnt it, makin good music and feelin good.

Any suggestions on what it should be called?

Ive been calling it a "Jagcaster", but ive seen many other forms of what people call a "Jagcaster", which could either be a strat/jag mix or a tele jag mix.
So some of my friends suggested "Straguar"
which i think is a funky name and could only mean one thing, a strat jaguar mix.

just want to see what everyone thinks

keep it funky
-steve b

Hello Sbalkun2,

Of course there is always the
"Jatocaster", a rather bizzare nomiker.

Cheers.

What a BEAUTIFUL guitar!!

However - I see ONE huge problem with it.

It needs .....

to be MINE! instead of yours!

Just kidding. No problems seen.

I have a Jaguar and love the look and feel - but hate the feedback mine makes.

As for a name - since it appears to be more Jaguar in appearance - how about "Jagocaster" as a suggestion?

HOLY.
CRAP.

What a glorious guitar!! The wood is just amazing, and the gold leafing is exquisite. I love every single little detail of that guitar.
And to know that this is your first time building one....my GOD!!!!
Awesome job, and I hope to see many, many more in the future!!!! :D:D:D

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That works for me!

Nice job. I hope it plays and sounds great.

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My other guitar is a Strat.

That is one gorgeous guitar! And you're not so bad yourself. Keep up the good work and don't stop following your dreams!

Music and love.

A dream achieved alone is just a dream, a dream acheived together, is reality.--John Lennon

[b][quote="sbalkun2"]Hello all .I just completed my first build of any kind of guitar. [/b

Well done. One suggestion though. Photograph your guitars against a monochrome background. Our most prestigious collector uses white. That seems to work quite well.

Doc

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dude that is sick, i love the design and finish very good job

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I got this guitar and I learned how to make it talk...

[quote="sbalkun2"]Hello all
I just completed my first build of any kind of guitar.

BTW: Have you seen the Grosh ElectraJet at www.groshguitars.com?

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