What do switches do on fender jaguar

On the rounded lower horn is a chrome plate with three slider switches located to on the right side of the picture. Second, the pickups can be used in series or in parallel. With this switch in the up position toward the strings , the pickups are in series, which delivers a bit more output and hence a bigger and louder sound.

With this switch in the down position, the pickups are in parallel, which delivers more of a classic sound. The two large rotary knobs near the input jack are master volume and master tone passive treble roll-off, more precisely.

The chrome plate on the upper horn has a single slider switch and two inset control wheels located on the left of the picture. The switch selects active or passive electronics circuits; passive in the down position toward the neck and active in the up position.

Age: 46 6, Holy crap, Don. I don't know why, but I'm the same as you tonally. Love the jag, but especially the neck pickup. Never tried it with the strangle switch, though I'll try this tonight! I was playing "Take it Easy" by the Eagles and I sort of had the same idea.

I was playing alone and was trying to transition from the rhythm acoustic-y intro into the lead chords where you finish the two runs on the intro chords and then hit the super-twangy Fender G as you move into the song. So I was downstrumming my Jag and hitting the bottom three strings extra hard to get that sound to accent those higher strings.

Then for some reason, my eyes wandered to that "strangle switch" and there it was. I think your explanation is spot on, Don. Mostly switching back and forth was more trouble than it seemed worth to me.

But I did see a use for it. In your case, it makes much more sense. I can see that would work going for a Ventures sound. Great post, as always.

It's really set up to allow the harmonics of a bass room to shine in a mix. Danhedonia , Jun 28, Could it be that the strangle switch is more effective when used with flat-wound strings? On a related note, I just found a schematic for a "Jagur". Typically, when you google for schematics you just get wiring diagrams , which don't really show you the signal path.

First time I've seen a pot's value given in "mega-amperes" "MA" That's a lot of current. Now I have to study it to see the difference between the bridge pickup only in the "Rhythm" mode and the Bridge pickup only in the "Lead" mode, which is somewhat brighter.

That means figuring out which numbered switches and pots go where in the wiring diagram. SW3 appears to be the strangle switch.

Can't do it now though, gotta go watch "After The Thrones". John L Rose , Jun 29, Big tuna likes this. Even though I love my Jaguar, I haven't gotten around to messing with that switch too much, so this is great advice! Now I want to go home and play! Just put 11s on the jag the other day coming from 9s so I'll make sure to try some new stuff. Caddy and duceditor like this. The strangle functions as a HPF; strings have all kinds of subtle variance in tone and frequency response.

As far as 'use,' I would echo Don's post while adding a little producer-nerdiness: like most filters or EQing functions, it can take on great significance when the context is changed. Like when you are recording and want a nice, uncluttered soundscape. I love Jags, and they can sound fantastic cue: "Under the Bridge;" or a great many Johnny Marr recordings. However their strong attack can really bury a sound that has to compete with it.

So the strangle can be of huge assistance in very basic engineering. Perhaps one way to think about it is that if you are playing a Jag by itself, it will often sound 'better' with the strangle off because you get a fuller frequency curve. Danhedonia , Jun 29, Thanks, duceditor!

I haven't been playing my Jaguar much lately because I have been trying to get a certain sound out of my Stratocasters. After much time and frustration, I remembered your post and uncased "The Cat".

I was getting real close to the sound I wanted, and then selected the neck pickup with the strangle switch. Oh, heavenly day! The sound that I was lacking. I still like my Strats, and usually play a Tele Thinline, but today is definately a Jaguar day.

Short version: The tone controls are variable low-pass filters. The strangle switch inserts a fixed high-pass filter. But, yeah, when or why to use it is a bit longer version. John L Rose , Jul 16, Sep 13, 4. Posts: 3, If you're looking at a regular Jaguar, as opposed to the humbucker Jaguar shown above, here is how they work: The controls on the bass bout are a preset selection for the neck pickup. It has a switch for choosing this set of controls or the main controls on the bottom of the guitar.

If you use this preset selection you get the neck pup only and there is a roller pot for volume and tone. It's got a capacitor that makes the neck pup a bit mellower than when used with the normal controls. If you flip this switch the other direction you can now control all pickups with the selectors on the treble bout and the main pots and this won't affect the neck pup preset. The three switches turn the neck pickup on and off, the bridge pickup on and off, and the third one has a capacitor that thins out the sound.

The pots are standard volume and tone. It's kind of confusing at first but it's kind of cool. Sep 13, 5. Age: 62 Posts: 5, Depends on the Jaguar model. Additional info available at fender. Sep 13, 6.

Posts: 6, This should amuse or confuse you for awhile. Interactive Jaguar.