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)
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)
shrsl.com/13tyk
Upper Horn Control Plate:
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01...
Bracket:
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01...
Lower Switch Plate:
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...
Roller knobs:
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01...
DPDT slide switches:
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01...
This is the 3 position switch I used for the north/series/south bridge pickup switch:
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...
Artec double J humbucker bridge pickup:
www.ebay.com/itm/Custom-Black...
DiMarzio Ultra Jazz neck pickup: (not HOT jazz, I misspoke)
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...
Tone Monster Bass Preamp:
www.ebay.com/itm/TONE-MONSTER...
9v Battery Box:
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01...
Full disclosure: I am an Amazon Associate, and the links in this description are affiliate links, which means that if you make a purchase, it doesn't cost you any more money, but I will earn a commission.
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)
@GunsandGuitars 6 жыл бұрын
Sorry for the terrible green screening on this one...learned my lesson. Don't film a green bass in front of a green screen...lol. Also, I misspoke, the neck pickup is not a DiMarzio "Hot Jazz" it's an "Ultra Jazz"
@NMMShred 6 жыл бұрын
Pls do dream les paul
@8cspohn 6 жыл бұрын
This is the best sounding of the bass's you have made so far, in sound. Well in the ability to very tone.
@airguitar1321 6 жыл бұрын
Do a fretless bass (if you can find one)
@mattbrad34 6 жыл бұрын
Guns and Guitars any interest in selling this one, or any other basses you’ve built?
@JonathonBarton 6 жыл бұрын
I love that you went with the Emerald Green - I think I mentioned in a comment from my other YT account (the one I actually post videos on) that I got a JB and a PB for Christmas. For the Precision Bass, I went with a Minwax wood stain with a clear base, but had the guy at Lowes use the tint recipe for a very nice Valspar house paint color (a purplish blue) - and it came out amazing! Thanks for these!
@upstate-settlers 6 жыл бұрын
Can you do a thunderbird next
@mr.darkpasta7018 6 жыл бұрын
^^^^^^^^
@zebfail480 5 жыл бұрын
yes dude
@olitho8602 4 жыл бұрын
Or a mockingbird
@SethPlaysBass 4 жыл бұрын
Cool idea. The kits aren't realistic and expensive. Smh
@PrototypeDriverCrash 6 жыл бұрын
I absolutely love the humbucker you installed on the bass. A good choice! Especially if you love both the 60s and 70s Jazz Bass sounds! Can't wait to mod a JB with that pickup.
@IanThatMetalBassist 6 жыл бұрын
I just want to say, your channel has been very helpful for info on kit building and thanks to you, I've put together my first kit, a ric bass copy.
@michaelmcmahan4612 5 жыл бұрын
Dan, I am so blessed by you and your channel. This is the most amazing bass ever. I have come back to this build video over 20 times. May Gods richest blessings rest on you and your household. Keep Jammin.
@americanpatriot646 6 жыл бұрын
I always wanted to do a p-bass with j-neck that has 3 sting style pickups with a 5 way switch.
@MichaelUhler 6 жыл бұрын
Tonal crossover circuit sounded great on this. Great channel man.
@IljavanDam 6 жыл бұрын
Great work on that bass; incredible tonal versatility.
@GrayMatter13 6 жыл бұрын
Oh, man! First a Ric copy and now a Jaguar copy?! I've always wanted both and now thanks to you I'll be able to build my own. Thanks!
@Lithuania8634 6 жыл бұрын
I love these videos because they speak to me on a personal level, considering the budget factor.
@annikjenaja1271 6 жыл бұрын
Not a Homosexual I like ur username. I feel like it contradicts my very being.
@greensmurf5000 2 жыл бұрын
Awesome handle.
@Lithuania8634 2 жыл бұрын
@@greensmurf5000 thanks
@TheDasbull 6 жыл бұрын
Great Job! Your videos are great for those of building a bass or guitar. Awesome playing and the finished bass looks and sounds fantastic! Thanks for sharing
@lulube11e111 6 жыл бұрын
Im really here for guitars not guns
@rodgerrabbit7724 6 жыл бұрын
Guns are awesome
@davegoldsmith173 6 жыл бұрын
Nice story bro.
@Khorne_of_the_Hill 6 жыл бұрын
Can't it be both?
@anonymous-dk3um 6 жыл бұрын
Nice status signalling there.
@Ievolovel 6 жыл бұрын
Who cares?
@Liberty4Ever 6 жыл бұрын
Hey Dan! You are absolutely killing it lately. Great build! I love that emerald green finish and the sound is awesome. With a passive sound that good you almost don't need an active. I'm getting ready to start my jazz bass build very soon. Thanks for the inspiration and the education.
@Sedd7848 6 жыл бұрын
That bass is illegal in New York and California, too many features on that “Assault Bass”! Thanks for another great build! Love the finish!
@aguyontheinterwebs3576 6 жыл бұрын
Noooo not New York
@xaza5625 4 жыл бұрын
Lmao "assault bass"
@darrylbutt2570 4 жыл бұрын
@Monsterbass Why are Yanks so mad about guns?
@cubedomatic 6 жыл бұрын
this is one of your best demos yet! I love both pickups parallel and passive on this one!
@cat_died 6 жыл бұрын
This came out great. That emerald burat finish came out really well. I'm surprised you aren't keeping this one for yourself.
@GuitarGod3711 6 жыл бұрын
At first I wasn't in love with it. I thought it was too punchy and the high ends really stood out. After the pre-amp I fell in love with it. Great bass!
@toms781 6 жыл бұрын
Fantastic build! Thanks for the tutorial.
@ethantrujillo9605 4 жыл бұрын
There's actually a lot of those Japanese jazz basses on reverb so theyre not too hard to find BUT they do hover around the 1000 dollar price point, sometimes a few hundred less
@djthingsmaker 6 жыл бұрын
hot damn, man definitely one of the coolest builds you did. colour, shape, and sounds. Bruh. great job man!!!
@torstencorum5983 3 жыл бұрын
I liked your build so much I converted my squire jazz the same way except all the electronics. Kept it simple. Love the colors.
@MST720 6 жыл бұрын
I'd like to see Davie504 play one of your bass builds
@GunsandGuitars 6 жыл бұрын
Me too! I’ll reach out to him and see if he’s interested.
@marciaferris2715 6 жыл бұрын
Yes
@f2detaboada 6 жыл бұрын
FUCK YEAH
@1106Winter 6 жыл бұрын
Guns and Guitars, and? Would be awesome!
@ratchetmaster4951 6 жыл бұрын
davie 504 will reply to a comment
@MarkAltin 6 жыл бұрын
Guns and Guitars - Thanks for the Rit dye tip! I'm building a Jazz Master based on your previous kit review and was having trouble with the finishing. I tried some lacquer, but ended up stripping back down to the wood to trip the trans-dye finish. I think its really looking great. Now I'm applying a wipe on poly for a gloss clear coat (I hope I don't screw it up). Keep up the great work!
@MarktheAirsoftPrimate 6 жыл бұрын
Love that color! Ive been using that harbor freight router for a few years and it’s performed beautifully.
@xfreeworld4563 6 жыл бұрын
Can’t wait for that jazz master build man! Working on a strat myself at the moment, that coupon code for the fret wire was awesome greatly appreciated 👌🏼
@chrispile3878 4 жыл бұрын
Good job on the build, and great groove on the bass.
@adammays3128 6 жыл бұрын
Dude... your style choices never cease to amaze me and am jealous of 100% of them. Nice job!
@igormuzyka4759 6 жыл бұрын
Congratulations with a really nice paint job, finally! Looks lovely.
@swept180sxnet4 6 жыл бұрын
oh my god that bass is so beautiful. keep up the good work!
@ezbowers 6 жыл бұрын
Love your channel dude!!!
@paulklement4511 3 жыл бұрын
nice work; good inspiration; this bass ist sharp!
@studiogorilla 6 жыл бұрын
Looks great, sounds even better!
@DJPhree330 6 жыл бұрын
Shoutouts to homeboy's curvy wife thooo 😲
@waldorfCrane 6 жыл бұрын
Would love to see more of the templating, routing, and cutting of everything.
@hammerjohnson4892 4 жыл бұрын
This Jaguar bass is double cool! I have a Jaguar hood ornament I picked up somewhere I should send you to mount on it, but it weighs about three pounds and I've already decided to put it on my beater 2000 Grand Am. And dude! Your playing on both four and six strings has improved so much in the last year! Kudos.
@Mobiliksa 6 жыл бұрын
Would love to see a telecaster build. The tele kit I bought from tomtop had a loose neck joint but in the end, I have a purple tele with coil split hot rails.
@joethegiant 6 жыл бұрын
Such a bad ass bass. With all the different tones. It's the only bass anyone needs. Another great video!
@FernandoCastilhosbass 6 жыл бұрын
Thats great, would love to have a go at this bass. Well done.
@Justin_the_Analog_IC_architect 6 жыл бұрын
That active setting is awesome!
@islamicllamas8142 6 жыл бұрын
that bass looks amazing, great work!
@ge200099 6 жыл бұрын
That looks really cool!
@tayfrancis3238 6 жыл бұрын
Do a custom Gibson Explorer please
@cameronjustis3836 6 жыл бұрын
YES!!!!
@waltlorenzut6338 6 жыл бұрын
Or even the Gibson Victory? Little known, but a very cool combo of a Fender P and a J, basically
@hawkjohnson9500 4 жыл бұрын
I was just gifted a Japanese Jaguar a couple days ago, it's amazing ! Thanks for reaching me what all the controls do !
@johnpick8336 5 жыл бұрын
Great Build and Chops !
@paulnorth5126 6 жыл бұрын
Hey Dan, Love the video's, especially the custom bass builds from cheap starter kits, they're really inspiring, makes me wanna start making one every time I see a video. Could you run down a list of the tools you "must" have to put a bass kit together and then any additional tools you use to customize your kits? I want to make sure I have the tools needed before I buy a kit of my own. Thanks.
@Deadman4818 6 жыл бұрын
This would be amazing
@GunsandGuitars 6 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the suggestion. I’ve been meaning to do a video on this, maybe I’ll get to it sooner than later
@vivalajerrylution 6 жыл бұрын
nice and beautiful jag bass dude !
@marianosolis1267 5 жыл бұрын
Good stuff man ... thank you
@titobalkani8240 5 жыл бұрын
This really might be the best channel on yt. Thanks man!
@decima526 6 жыл бұрын
Dude, you always do such an amazing job!
@del5.0 6 жыл бұрын
Well done....i love the color, sounds awesome
@bassimprovjams3772 2 жыл бұрын
I'm having a custom bass built now and have a double J humbucker! Can't wait!! That humbucker sounds killer!! I hope mine is just as awesome!! Great video
@elonmush4793 6 жыл бұрын
I feel you, Dan! I once completely rewired my Jazzmaster and it is a pain in the ass.
@axemurderforhire1 6 жыл бұрын
The passive output sounds brilliant
@Mlee1877 6 жыл бұрын
Very nice bass very well done thank you
@kennethschaar7024 6 жыл бұрын
the blue is a nice change from your norm, VERY SEXY BASS
@michaelproctor8777 2 жыл бұрын
Have to admit, that is one good looking and sounding bass. I love the tones coming out of that beast. A very versatile little thing. A good job well done.
@mbozz 6 жыл бұрын
What an awesome bass!!!!! Amazing as always
@johnbhumphrey 6 жыл бұрын
I would spend days on end trying to figure out which sound I wanted, there's so many and they all sound great. Great build.
@maxjpind 6 жыл бұрын
Really like the way the color turned out! Just gorgeous. TOTALLY feel your pain about the wiring too. Just finished wiring up a customer’s les Paul with a full jimmy page setup (4 push/pull pots) what a PITA lol!
@GunsandGuitars 6 жыл бұрын
That sounds like a rad build though!
@isaiahrodriguez8847 6 жыл бұрын
Such a cool build man!
@user-gi5yx4kx3z 5 жыл бұрын
Preamp+crossover = Awesome!
@dieselsk8 5 жыл бұрын
Congratulations on the good work. I find it very interesting, your choices for assembling the electrical part, enabling a lot of tonal options.
@GunsandGuitars 5 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@stringsthings 6 жыл бұрын
That finish turned out really good. Might have to give that a try.
@maxjbg 6 жыл бұрын
Awesome work
@SeanRussell-KE2CBC 6 жыл бұрын
Another awesome build!
@malcolmhardwick4258 6 жыл бұрын
Nice build man !
@yiwen9041 6 жыл бұрын
Love your finishes. And the way the chrome plate interferes with the "greenscreen" is pretty cool too!
@GunsandGuitars 6 жыл бұрын
Haha
@ToolTimeTyler 5 жыл бұрын
Sick build dude
@arthurmason4819 6 жыл бұрын
I had to watch this video twice to be understand the new features properly That, and also because it's just too awesome Great job Dan
@nerkoids 6 жыл бұрын
Man, with that crossover circuit - I could imagine how this baby would sound with flatwounds.
@nerkoids 6 жыл бұрын
Also, good thing you didn't go for the double Artec Jazz pups.... then there'd be 30 feet of copper wire :D
@davemcdonald8790 3 жыл бұрын
Sounds great!
@tyrssen1 6 жыл бұрын
Now, that's a killer build, mate!
@robertyoung7027 6 жыл бұрын
Sweet build man!
@joemurray2523 6 жыл бұрын
Awesome bass man, well done! Nice to see some new content :) I like the new tester riff hehe. Is there a correlation between time invested and how proud you are of the instrument at the end? If so would this be your new favourite bass?
@Dinkus324567 6 жыл бұрын
I love your Jagwire bass!
@griffinedwards1404 4 жыл бұрын
This is such an awesome build! I know it's a little different than your normal style but it'd be cool to to see a fretless bass build
@Eclecticsignal 6 жыл бұрын
What's a "Jag-Wire"?
@waltlorenzut6338 6 жыл бұрын
Jaguar + Squier?? Is that on purpose? Ha ha ha
@craigmccomish3758 6 жыл бұрын
someone else gets my pain
@Tom-gv7hc 6 жыл бұрын
Pretty sure it’s spelled Jaguar, The Fender Jaguar is an electric guitar by Fender Musical Instruments characterized by an offset-waist body, a relatively unusual switching system with two separate circuits for lead and rhythm, and a medium-scale 24" neck of course the bass would have different specs but I hope you get the idea!
@emerald_archer 5 жыл бұрын
Think he's talking about how normal people pronounce it. He probably pronounces it Jag U War or something silly like that. @@Tom-gv7hc
@prestondoring2640 5 жыл бұрын
Thomas Myers wooosh
@phatbeats7235 6 жыл бұрын
Love u man more guitar vids!
@c.e.f4916 6 жыл бұрын
You should try to make a Jag Strat (I’m just assuming everyone knows what that is by now) It would really just be a Strat with all Jag style hardware. It would look sic in one of the cool finishes that you do....
@micheltremblay4774 5 жыл бұрын
WOW, a nice build and good info on ordering one.
@diegoraggio3180 6 жыл бұрын
God I love that bass! Great channel man!
@stevebrown1997 5 жыл бұрын
That is a beautiful instrument! I had a Japanese J Bass a million years ago that I absolutely loved it got stolen from my apartment when I was on deployment :(
@coyperez3924 6 жыл бұрын
Love that Rid finish
@jenniferwhitewolf3784 6 жыл бұрын
Wow! This is inspiring.. I gotta think about this project, it would be a perfect companion to my Fender MIJ HH Jaguar in Sunburst... Seriously, thanks for this Vid!!!!!!
@robertwahlroos6976 6 жыл бұрын
So finally dipping into the kit build thing, and picked up this kit. I'm debating if I be daring and attempt to route out the curve on the front and give it a binding.
@guidowassenaar 6 жыл бұрын
Incredible! Love the lows from the active demo. Could you do a headless guitar sometime? Saw a kit on tomtop that looks pretty cool!
@juiceneck69 3 жыл бұрын
yo this guys got some pretty great bass chops
@williamsweetland8043 6 жыл бұрын
Do an explorer kit next
@dennisradle8663 6 жыл бұрын
Looks and sounds great
@bassimprovjams3772 2 жыл бұрын
Omg thats the same preamp I have in my custom I just mentioned!! That us so coo!! I really like this build you did!! You kind of went lakland style on the humbucker selection
@georgegermain9773 4 жыл бұрын
Hey I've been enjoying your videos and I just want to say you do some awesome work!!
@GunsandGuitars 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks George!
@AlejandroGonzalez-wo5fk Жыл бұрын
Bruh this sound so PHAT! YOU MELTED MY FACE WITH THAT DEMO!! And damn i mean... all the combinations that are left to discover.
@danielirvine7468 5 жыл бұрын
Damm this channel is awesome great work dan Hot bass looks great
@Livemusic1800 4 жыл бұрын
Thats awesome !!!!
@anthonysclafani3963 5 жыл бұрын
That color looks awesome
@juliuspowell341 Жыл бұрын
Never apologize for the great work you do.
@enkiea8322 6 жыл бұрын
Sounds really good.
@christanu9203 5 жыл бұрын
You're awesome dude!
@carljenkins7354 6 жыл бұрын
Dan, Love this video, love all your videos. If you made one a day I would watch it every day. Great content, very entertaining. Keep it up, all the best.
@GunsandGuitars 6 жыл бұрын
I wish I could make one a day.
@carlodevivomusicontent2138 6 жыл бұрын
Sounds amazing
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