Need feedback from any Fender AVRI Jazzmaster/Jaguar owners

[MatthewTKK]

That would indeed be a dangerous situation, but in that case you would get shocked by contact with anything connected to ground - metal plates on the amp or guitar, the cuff of the jack connector, etc. If the amp is wired correctly then grounded strings are part of the shielding.

By the way the strings disturb the magnetic field of the pickup - anything ferromagnetic will "pinch" magnetic field lines. As this causes the magnetic field to distort slightly, the movement of the strings will produce tiny magnetic disruptions which stir tiny currents in conductors inside the field - but they are so tiny that you need a huge length of wire wrapped up in the pickup coil for it to produce even a small voltage change. Thus - different magnet designs (magnetic slugs vs bar magnets focused by steel polepieces, for example) produce a differently shaped magnetic field which is disturbed in a different way by vibrating strings. This causes different pickup "voices". To bring it back to the Jaguar, it's why they have a steel "claw" around the pickup, it's supposed to channel the magnetic field into a specific pattern around the strings to give the pickup a different sound. There are two shorter "claws" for the low strings, to prevent them from drowning out the thinner strings. Pretty much everything about the Jag is designed to minimise bass.

[HP Hovercraft]

Cool stuff! Thanks for sharing.

[Doctor Morbius]

Pulled the trigger this afternoon, thanks for the replies.

Congrats! They're a great guitar and I'm sure you're going to love it.

 

If the stock bridge doesn't work out, give the Warmoth Modified Mustang bridge a try.