Tech Talk: How to fit a Mastery Bridge to a Jaguar with a mute
(WorldNews Music)

We`re starting off strong in 2021 with a job involving a Fender AVRI Jaguar and a Mastery Bridge. Normally installing a Mastery is a relatively simple procedure: you open up the tin and pop into the existing body inserts. However, for the owner of this great Jaguar, it was a little more complicated than that. Jaguars and Jazzmasters look similar, but in reality they`re very different beasts. Sure, they share vaguely the same body shape, use the same bridge and vibrato, but dissimilar scale lengths – 25.5 inches on the Jazzmaster, 24 inches for the Jaguar – and pickups that are unique to each model are features that add up to quite the gulf in terms of sound and utility. I mean, just look at...