Jag-WOW!! (first thoughts on a new Jaguar)

Congrats ! She sounds lovely ! ! ! More porn please ! !

 

Thanks for plagiarizing. For the most part, that is....

I like the DDs but they are hotter than the what you'd expect with vintage. @Caddy put in Fender '65 reissues and can attest that those are dead accurate to the originals. Certainly Squier has addressed a selling point of the Duncan name and also a bit of "modern" music desires of the masses. So really you can keep the DDs or simply drop in Fenders with confidence. Both are great depending on your tastes.

The neck on the VMs are chunks, the largest or all in what we own; the Mustangs even chunkier. I'm not a fan of them, but.. I am not shredding on this. I'm more chords and passing notes, rooted base melodies, etc. Anything requiring nimble fretwork or soaring leads, this is not the guitar for me (not that I could play that stuff anyway. But if I were to try, I wouldn't choose this weapon.)

Scale and fretboard never bother me. Maple would be more of a concern over laurel or pao. Radius, same as you I guess. At over 9.5 pounds, it's a boat anchor so that's what prevents me from playing this more often. And my bridge has always been fine with Super Slinky 9s.r

But decidedly so about the tones. I'm always dialing and adjusting textures and tones and I love old school passive electronics. I *think* somewhere through the 70s into the 80s hair and everything dimed, en masse, people have just "forgotten" about how good they really can be. It's not ignorance or anything, just lack of exposure. Even today with a basic HH guitar, I talk to so many players and they look at me sideways at the prospect of not having everything on 10. The concept of adjusting tone and volume is simply foreign to them.

Happy guitar day. I'm sure the two of you will be very happy.

 

The cover over the saddles really makes it look retro ! Don't know how I never noticed that before ?

Really nice Chef ! really ! really !

 

I love my Jagwower too!

 

H (cool) NGD! Nice review.

 

HNJD! Granted, I've never played a jag before, but I don't believe I've ever seen whatever that it is below the bridge pup! Lol... Is that the aforementioned "cover" over the bridge? I feel like an alien looking at a guitar for the first time... Lol... And whatever that is, can ya palm mute with that thing?

 

I rather like the cover. Are these available online? Are there Squier-specific items available?

 

Yes, that is the bridge cover.

As I just posted a bit ago in another thread concerning this guitar, the Jazzmaster I bought new in spring of 1965 of course came with the cover. It was very quickly removed and stuck in the case, never to again see the light of day. While it looks good it put my picking and too far above the strings and as you guessed it made palm muting nearly impossible. My buddy and lead guitar player at the time had a 1963 Jag, his cover also lived in his guitar case (along with the string mute that the Jags came equipped with).

 

Yes, they are available on eBay. The Fender cover will fit the Squire (there are no Squire covers). I have often thought of getting them for my VM Jag and Jazzmaster, but $16 each for something that will live in the case just keeps me from buying them.

 

Thanks ... maybe somebody here wants to sell theirs? If so please P.M. me.

Yes, I like shiny things.

Btw, my SX Jazz Bass clone had a cover and I used it sometimes ... but I agreed it was not all that functional and I couldn't mute the strings and I couldn't play right over the bridge pickup all that well. And I don't smoke so I couldn't even use it as an ashtray. But I just thought it "completed" the overall faux classic look of the bass. Btw, it even had the thumb/finger rest on the treble side of the guitar which I often used when I played the old "thumb" style for the bass.

 

Pretty cool, man... I don't know why we like "shinies" that basically don't have a function, lol... Like the Tele/Esquire ashtray bridge cover... But they damned sure look good! Lol...

 

HNGD! Great review! I'm intrigued by these guitars. I do not have one. I had a Jagmaster, but that's not the same guitar as a Jaguar or a Jazzmaster.

 

HNGD and congrats, I love mine

 

I love mine too... though I can’t get it to stay in tune with even the slightest Trem use.
But the sound and vibe and looks... it’s a great guitar, especially for the money.

 

Awesome looking JAG...I'm also a sucker for CAR!

HNGD!

 

What string gauge are you using? If you have something heavier than 9s, the nut likely needs to be dressed. I use my trem regularly and it never goes out. Even sitting on the stand for a week.

 

I don’t mean to hijack this thread… But I’m using 10’s and a tusq nut. Also using a staytrem bridge and locking tuners. I recently lubricated the nut and saddles with pencil lead and the inside metal on metal bit of the tremolo with silicon lubricant.
One thing that I noticed is that the break angle is quite shallow... can that contribute to tuning issues with the rocking bridge?