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toneseeker
Toronto, On
Canada
Plays: Guitar (44 years)
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Hello Joe, and fellow fans,
I have a question regarding upgrading my JS100 with PAF Joe and Fred pickups. Joe, thanks for signing my guitar when you were in Toronto earlier this month. The show was, as always amazing and I really dig the new CD. Back to my JS100 question... My pickups finally arrived and I can't wait to get them installed. It occured to my that I should think about upgrading the rest of the wiring while the pickups are installed. I checked the wiring diagrams for the JS100 and JS1000/JS1200 and they seem quite different.
JS100 uses:Volume (500K LIN) with 331
Tone (500 K LOG) 223 with coil tap
JS1000 uses: Volume (500K-W) 330pF with high pass filter
Tone (500K-D) 0.022uF with coil tap.
Can I just replace the stock JS100 pickups with the PAF Joe and Fred pickups, or do/should I also replace the tone, volume pots as well as the capacitors? I am not a guitar tech so I don't know what would be the best way to do this upgrade. Can the additional parts be ordered from Ibanez?
Any advise is greatly appreciated.
Edited Fri Apr 28 '06 12:52 pm
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Fri Apr 28 '06 12:28:42 pm
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toneseeker
Toronto, On
Canada
Plays: Guitar (44 years)
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Hi Everyone,
Stevee T:
Thanks for the response re: the JS100 upgrade. I haven't decided what to do yet with the pots and wiring. Fred and PAF Joe and sitting on the shelf waiting for now. I picked up my brand new JS1200CA last week. Holy Crap! What a work of art this baby is. Absolutely flawless Candy Apple finish. I had her lovingly set up and she sounds like a dream. I have several other guitars ( 1968 Les Paul Deluxe Gold top, 1957 Strat Vintage Reissue, Ibanez S2075FW, JS100TR signed by Joe) but I haven't touched then since Candy arrived. It is a 2006 JS1200CA but I'm not sure if it has a FRED or a Mo' Joe bridge pickup. It would be nice to know but they never provide the specs with the actual guitar. Anyway, it's all good!
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Wed May 3 '06 10:53:48 am
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toneseeker
Toronto, On
Canada
Plays: Guitar (44 years)
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962, thanks for the info on the JS100 pots. I think I'll just install FRED and Joe without changing the capacitors, or installing a high pass filter for now. I'll live without it for now on the JS100. I mainly use the JS1200 anyway but still enjoy the neck on the JS100.
tulsachops, the '68 Goldtop was my first electric guitar. I bought it back in '78 from a session musician. I don't think I'd ever let her go, unless... maybe for a Chromeboy.
Keniko, I have both a JS1200 and JS100. When I figure out how to post a pic I'll upload some comparision shots. They are both JS guitars but there are few similarities in look feel and playability. The first thing you notice, as 962 mentioned, is the body shape. The JS1200 has a sharper appearance. The horns seem a bit thinner, slimmer. The sanding seems more precise. The neck differences are obvious. The multi-radius Prestige JS neck on the 1200 is just a better neck. The biggest difference in playability is in the bridge. My JS100 has an Edge-Pro II which is far inferior to the Edge-Pro on my JS1200. The whammy bar on the EP-II has a loose feel to it and is no where as precise as the EP. Also it does not stay in position so it will always give way to gravity. I hear there is a fix that can be done to the Whammy bar. I might give it a try one day. The JS100 is still a very nice axe. I just wish Ibanez would produce the JS1000/1200 series with the same paint job as the JS100TR. I dig the transparent finishes. I'd love to have a JS1000BTB.
Does anyone know what that metalic blue guitar is that Joe pays on the Live in SF DVD. It looks like a BTB but some times it looks like a more metalic trans finish. Maybe it's a customer paint job. It's stunning!
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