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Currently working on my first Jazzmaster upgrade project, the base of which is a 1994/5 (ish?) MIJ Jazzmaster.

I brought the guitar with no mods whatsoever (or so I was told), as pictured. Since that photo was taken I've changed the wiring within the guitar for one of the kits from Sigler music (which improved the tone drastically may I add, fully recommend those guys), replaced the bridge with a pre-patent Mastery bridge and ordered a new set of pickups from Mojo pickups UK; I went for the standard Jazzmaster 58-64 set.

Side note - if anyone's ordered from Mojo before could you let me know how you got on? Wait times etc.

If you guys have any tips on where to go next then that'd be much appreciated! I've heard about people changing out the trem unit and pickguard but I'm not sure if that's necessary?

Cheers

how does it play currently?
does it NEED anything changed or are you just suffering from itchy hands/fingers?

I know this has been up for a bit now, but I don't think you can make the guitar any Jazzmaster-ier. If there aren't any playability issues and you dig the way it looks (e.g. pickguard), then you're probably all set.

I'll always recommend shielding and star-grounding the electronics, but if you sprung for a wiring kit I can't imagine you'd be interested in messing around with the wiring. You can always shield without touching the rest of the harness, but it doesn't work quite as well.

Anodized pickguards are sexy as hell on burst jazzys, though.