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I went to my local music shop's guitar tech for some fret buzz and they gave me a quote of $250.

They said that the entire fret board is inconsistent and they would have to file it all down. They also said that the saddle has a different radius than the fretboard so they would have to make deeper grooves on the outermost strings to offset the 'flatness' of the saddle.

Then after that was done they would do a standard relief adjustment and intonation check.

Im curious if this is all a fair price or if I'm being upselled.

I also live in a VHCOL area (SF) if that matters.

Hey everyone,

I’ve got a Squier Vintage Modified Jaguar that needs a new neck and I’m trying to figure out the most reliable option. Ideally I just want something that bolts on and is basically ready to go without turning this into a full project and right now I have my eyes on the MIM jaguar necks. This is a sentimental guitar so I’m all for upgrades that enhance playability, which is why a squier neck would be my second choice.

I’m wondering if Fender replacement necks are a straightforward fit for these Jaguars. I can get 10% off Fender parts, so if they’re truly ready to go, that might be the best route. The main thing I’m trying to avoid is ending up with extra fretwork. I don’t mind a basic setup, but I don’t want to buy a neck and immediately have to pay for leveling or major work.

On the other hand, I’ve seen a lot of Stratosphere necks on eBay that are taken straight off new guitars. They seem appealing because in theory they’re already broken in, and possibly closer to “plug and play.” But they’re also a little more expensive, so I’m not sure if the extra cost is actually worth it.

If anyone has experience with Fender replacement necks for jaguars specifically, or has gone the Stratosphere route, I’d really appreciate your thoughts

The neck on my guitar shrunk a bit, I think from the weather, and the fret endings started to push on the biding, creating little cracks. Generally I would've just left like that, buy in a feel spots I could actually feel it so I sanded a bit on those.

It's smooth now but the spots that I sanded are of course not glossy anymore, so I wanted to apply a finish. I don't know which finish to use. When I do other woodworking I just use a clear coat gloss spray like Rust-Oleum, but I don't know if that works in this case. I know the finish of my guitar is poly, but I also know poly tends to yellow with too many coats, so I thought wipe-on polycrylic would be a good idea.

It's two spots, each of at most 1in. My idea was to tape the rest of the neck off, but I don't mind sanding the whole neck binding if that would be better. It doesn't have to be perfect, and if I screw up I'll learn more and redo it; I like woodworking and it's just my personal guitar anyway, I like having fun with it.

Thank you!

Just messing around with an old junker and some spare parts, but I'm not sure how to wire up what I want to do: See below for items and my terrible attempt at a diagram.

2x single coil pickups (one bridge, one neck)

2x volume pots

1x tone pot

1x 3 way toggle, SIX TERMINAL (this is what's messing me up I think)

1x jack (of course)

I'm just not sure how I wire in the tone - do I send from the vol pots or send from the switch and then to the jack? idk, I'm not the best with wiring. Here's what I drew and got stuck at.

https://preview.redd.it/ow77j9kja32h1.png?width=702&format=png&auto=webp&s=48aaf5ca13c946ddda977345355ebc90f4815f42

The terminals on the 3 way toggle switch are just bridged. I don't know if this is right, but I saw a few other schems that did this and figured it must just be what people do with those types of switches.

After reading so many hysterical comments on Reddit about removing the plastic from the pickguard on a new guitar, I took the plastic off the pickguard on my new Am Pro II Tele Deluxe. Since Fender couldn’t be bothered to cut a hole around the knobs to make removal easy, I pulled the bridge humbucker volume knob off to get the plastic out from underneath. When I reinstalled it I found it no longer automatically stopped when 1 and 10 are reached. It just spins around and around, to infinity and beyond. At 10 it seems to at full volume, and is basically done after 6-7. To be fair, the neck also seems that way and I didn’t uninstall it. So my questions are:

-Am I such a fucking idiot that I can’t even handle removing the plastic from the pickguard without BREAKING my new guitar?

-Am I a fucking idiot and there’s an easy and obvious fix?

-Do I need to take this in to let the fine folks at Guitar Center repair it or make a warranty claim?

-Do I have the guitar or legends that can be cranked to 11+?

-Is this inconsequential and I should just get back to playing?