Pickup LesLee Fender Jaguar User manual

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installation manual • Fender Jaguar
This first page shows how to separate the old wiring from the guitar in such a way, that will allow to revert it
back to its original state in case you want to sell the guitar or want to use the LesLee unit in another Jaguar® guitar.
The wiring will be removed in a few pieces, including the output jack, the volume & tone pots and the
upper slide switch - with most of their wires still connected. The rhythm circuit roller potsand the three selector
slide switchesremain mounted.
Now please study the step-by-step guide in this manual before you proceed with the installation. And if you have
zero experience with guitar electrics and using a soldering iron, please find a local guitar service point or a
friend with experience who can do the installation for you.
1. Remove the strings from your guitar.
2. Remove the bridge.
3. Remove the volume & tone knobs (set screw - hex).
4. Unscrew the pickguard (10 screws) and unscrew the
screws that hold the three control plates and turn
them over, like shown in the picture to the left. Also
unscrew the neck pickup and set it aside to free up
the wires that run underneath.
5. Make a few photographs of your wiring at the rhythm
circuit, the selector switches and the volume and tone
controls to document your original wiring harness.
6. Unsolder the blue, orange and red wires from the
selector switches, leave the black ground wire and
the capacitor with its connector wire in place.
7. Unsolder all wires and the tone-cap from the roller pots.
8. Unsolder the white neck-PU wire from the middle left
lug of the slider switch. And also unsolder the ground
wire from the brass shield.
9. Unsolder the yellow wire at the volume pot, the blue
wire at the tone pot and the green wire at the output
jack plus the ground wire at the brass shield.
10. Unscrew the two screws that hold the slider switch at
the rhythm circuit. Now remove the switch with all wires
still connected to it by pulling and guiding them gently
through the holes that connect the cavities.
11. Use the birch-ply wrench to unscrew the nuts of the
volume & tone pots and output jack and remove the
three components.
12. Store all the components of the removed wiring har-
ness to preserve the option for a clean reversion of
your guitar to its original state.
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The wire colors shown here are the original
Fender® colors of the original vintage Jaguar®.
You might have one of the many reissue models
from Fender or Squier with different color wires.
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by step guide for the correct procedure. Please
focus on the correct lugs and points to connect
your color wires.
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with pickup selector switches & roller pots
3.
To obtain the birch-ply wrench please unmount it from the unit
needed tools:
• cross head screw driver
• soldering iron, best with temperature control
• included birch-ply 1/2” wrench
• hex key for the control knobs
• small wire cutter
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6.
11.
7.
9.
volume
output
jack
tone
some models
have a yellow
bridge PU wire
some models have
slide switches with 6
lugs. The procedure
remains the same.
8.
main controls PU selection
rhythm circuit

1. Starting from the main control cavity we will thread all
wires through the holes that connect the Jaguar specific
cavities. But first separate the rhythm slide switch by cutting
the 5 wires at the stripped sections near the switch (the
short pieces of wire remain on the slide switch to ensure to
reconnect the wires to the correct lugs in step 4.) Now
carefully start threading these 5 wires plus the single purple
wire plus the speed wire (red and white cores) from the
main control cavity all the way to the rhythm control cavity.
2. The white, yellow & blue return wires are threaded to the
pickup selection cavity. And finally the white and yellow
input wires (with brass connectors) are threaded through
the first hole into the channel below the pickups.
3. Now solder the black ground wire to the brass shield of
the control cavity before inserting the unit all the way in.
4. Next screw the slide switch in place at the rhythm section
and solder the threaded wires to their corresponding lugs.
Do it one by one. Remove one short piece and solder the
correct color wire to its corresponding lug at the switch.
5. Proceed to solder the single purple wire to the middle
lug of the right roller pot. The ground connection of the
left lug to the casing of the pot remains in place (or needs
to be established, depending on your original wiring).
6. The red & white cores of the grey speed wire are soldered
to the left roller pot as shown in the drawing. Note the
third lug (left) is free and NOT connected to the casing.
7. The black ground wire coming from the casing of the slide
switch is soldered to the brass shield (bottom of cavity).
8. Next proceed with soldering the return wires to the pickup
selector slide switches. The yellow return wire (bridge PU)
goes to the middle slide switch where the red wire was. The
white return wire (neck PU) goes to the right slide switch
where the orange wire was. Solder the blue wire to the
left slide switch where the original blue wire was.
(Use the photos you made in step 5, page 1, to allocate
the correct lugs. No matter if your slide switches have
6 or 2 lugs, just proceed with connecting the wires to the
lugs where the original wires were on your photos.)
9. Solder the pin-sides of the brass connectors to the white
and red output wires of the pickups (you can use the tiny
hole in the birch-ply as holder). Next put the short pieces
of white and yellow shrink hose on the input wires and plug
the bridge PU (red wire/pin) into the yellow input wire and
the neck PU (white wire/pin) into the white input wire.
10. Slide the two pieces of shrink hose over the plugged brass
connectors and stroke along the hoses with the side of your
soldering iron to shrink them tight.
11. On the motherboard switch the tiny maintenance switch
to ON and mount the control cavity plate onto the volume
and tone pots and the output jack.
12. Now carefully remount the neck pickup without hurting
any wires with the mounting screws.
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back in place, and restring your guitar. Then please proceed
to the user manual to start using Pickup LesLee®.
Page two guides you through the steps of installing Pickup LesLee® onto your stripped control plates. The unit
comes with all components wired to be mainly simply mounted. Those are the output jack, the volume & tone
pots and the rhythm circuit slide switch. Additionally the wires for input and return signals, and intensity and
speed controls, will need to be connected to the right places. Please follow the step by step guide on the right
side of this page to proceed with the installation.
Be aware that the interconnected standard brass shields in
all cavities are a crucial part of the cicuit. If your Jaguar comes without the 4 sections of brass in the cavities,
please upgrade your guitar and install these shields or else the circuit will not work.
done.
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installation manual • Fender Jaguar
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Slide switches on vintage Jaguars
have 2 lugs - other models might
have 6 lugs. Just make sure to connect
the new wires to where your original
wires were unsoldered, (use photos).
main control cavity
PU selection
cavity
rhythm circuit
cavity
8.
4.
7.
9.
5.
6.
1.
11.
3.
you find the maintenance switch near the bottom
of the motherboard to the left of the supercap.
You can use a pin or ball pen to switch it from
OFF to ON. Remember to always switch it OFF
whenever you work on the wiring in the future.
OFF ON
ground wire
to brass
intensity
speed
ground
volume
tone
ground
output jack
input wires
slide switch
return wires
bridge neck
return
input neck
input bridge
2.
2.
1.
cut the 5 wires at the
pre-stripped sections
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brass
brass
brass connectors
input wires with
and shrink hose
9.
bridge PU
neck PU
shrink hose
When mounting the control plate onto
the pots make sure to lift the plate a
little to allow holding the pots and jack
to counter the tensioning of the nuts.