Jaguars are a bit too complicated, from broken strings due to the bridge to tuning issues. The huge mount of different combinations you can get from the extra controls in the silver plates are a solid argument, but soometimes too many options may become a problem. In term of looks it's one of the best looking axes from Fender, big, outstanding and sophisticated. The tone you get from them and their sisters, the Jazzmasters, are very unique so it's an overall good option with proper adjustment (more than any regular guitar will ever need). You either love them or hate them, it's not for everyone like a strat, sg, les paul or a tele, it's more like explorers, cyclone or flying v: black an white with no shades in between
I just ordered the ice blue metallic MIJ reissue that you featured here (not that exact one. I didn’t know until now that your shop also had it). This video is making me feel better about my spur-of-the-moment purchase. It should arrive to me on Monday. I can’t wait to see how beautiful it is in person.
@@jonathanharmon2284 True it is a beauty. Mine was an impulse by. I had sold a Mosrite Japa and had some money to spend. I saw this Jag on eBay directly from Japan and bought it. I notice the paint chips really easily. I normally don't bang up my guitars but I knocked it against a desk and it chipped. Then I got another chip but I have banged other poly finish guitars on desks and stuff with no chips. The color is beautiful so it is so sad to chip it. Notice in the video even his has a paint chip. Is yours chipping? I know the early Johnny Marr Jags had finish crack problems big time but that was different because those are Nitro and cured wrong so they chip and crack without hitting anything. Look at 10:10 in the video and he has a dent in the finish which probably is a finish crack that has indented. Do you have problems with your chipping?
I'm trying to figure out if the 2 cut-off teeth on the claw should go on the bass side or treble side. There is a lot of conflicting into out there. If you quickly check out the ones you have in stock, are the cut-off claws on the treble or the bass side?
Just got a squier classic vibe 70s jaguar. Needed A LOT of adjustment even though I bought it used. They need approximately $200 of upgrades to get close to being as functionally gig worthy as the models you show. Would have loved to have seen the squier against those models.
Obsessed with these videos. Always ready for the next one. As a dude who's flipping classic vibes and MIMs, this shop gives me something to aim for. Thanks for pushing the content out!
I've got Classic Vibes and MIM. I do have one Japanese Fender left, you won't notice much difference going to the American or Japanese. It's why I got rid of my American. I got my Japanese and was ready for that "oh wow" moment but I was bummed out instead. Not because it was bad, it was great, it just wasn't any better. Fast forward and I get an American. I was expecting that "oh wow" again. Nothing. In fact, had major issues with the finish. It lifted off the body, acted like a waterbed then folded over itself into a crease and hardened back up again. It was the weirdest shit I've ever seen. No joke. 2 minutes with at $18 feet end file, if the fret ends need it, and you're golden. Electronics, they're super cheap. For a Jag to get all new switchcraft switches, $40. $8 for 2 new pots and $5 for a Puretone jack. You'll have electronics equal to or better than any American Jag. The pickups in a stock CV Jag will sound better than a Japanese Jag. You can then upgrade to Pure Vintage '65's for less than $150. When you do you're gonna find that they sound about identical to the stock CV Jag pickups. It's not really a necessary upgrade to be honest. The Japanese teen still needs to be upgraded. So just like in the CV, you've got to upgrade that anyway. What's the base coat of that Japanese Jag? That's right, about a $1000, minimum, more. And it still needs the same upgrades. Hell, block inlays and bound neck on the CV already too. With all that cash left over you can buy a killer amp and still have a boat load left over. The only real reason to get the Japanese or American is because of a feet oars radius, like you really want the 7.25 radius. Maybe a certain color. But if it is an authentic and killer Jaguar you're after, you're hard pressed to beat the value you get from a Squier CV 70's Jaguar. The 1997 Jag I have was my number 1. I have just done a total strip down and refin of a CV 70's Jag. I redid it in Charcoal Frost Metallic as a Nitro finish. Mastery hardware, all upgrades electronics and wires. Matching headstock with a killer all metallic gold Squier Jaguar decal, AVRI '62 pickups. Lots of checking in the finish. Relic's the neck and redid it in Tru-Oil. It's one of the best Jag's you'll ever pick up. Plays effortlessly. Sounds killer. I'd take this thing over any other. I've had AVRI's here, across my bench, this guitar puts them back in their cases. It's easily my number 1. If there was a fire, this Squier is the one I'd grab. Don't underestimate price or country of origin, neither guarantees quality one way or another.
Curious about anybody's thoughts on my 2002 '66 vintage reissue, the rarest iteration of the Kurt Cobain Jaguar platform (IV, V and VI). A small run made for Fender Japan in collaboration with Ikebe, officially model HJG-66KC IV, with USA-made Dimarzio PAF and Super Distortion humbuckers, a Tune-o-matic bridge, bound rosewood fingerboard, The DP103 36th Anniversary PAF in the neck position has a traditional Gibson-style "language" and the DP100 Super Distortion in the bridge position w/Dimarzio's iconic high powered humbucker, dances with Nirvana's ripping drive, but kinda flies in the face of that "Jag" sound most folks by Jags for. I love it, but purists tend to balk. Thoughts?
Very Cool, Thankyou. Stunning Guitars. My offset guitar, an Artist Guitars 2 tone Sunburst "Grungemaster" is amazing, especially for an affordable guitar and is so enjoyable and fun to play and different to any of my other guitars. It's so good I am thinking of getting another in White with tortoise shell pickguard, lol. Would love a Fender Jaguar, maybe one day. All the Best. Cheers
Offset guitars put me off simply due to the fact that tuning is supposedly unstable. Also, I hear lots of complaints about the bridge and the fact that the strings pop off the saddles during big bends. This has kept me from getting the latest Vintera Ii mustang. I love them but they sound like a pain.
I need to figure out when the 'foam' bridge mute things got adopted, then dropped, and why, then find an original Jag with one of those actually on it. I build JMs and JGs and that little upgrade makes sense for some players, not so much for others. Regardless, Fender still has the part, I just never see it on anything. And agreed on the "sky blue" 67. Maybe that's a case for storing in a polluted environment, and should be now called "Indian" or "Chinese", or "Overly Polluted Sky Blue"?
The entire original run (1961-1975) had the mute, then only the American Vintage 62, American Vintage 65 and American Original (and the vintage-modelled Custom Shop). It's available as a retrofit part, as it can basically be installed on any Jaguar that has the traditional pivot-bridge. It requires you to drill one big hole in the middle for the plunger and two small holes to mount the mute-plate to the guitar itself.
Sorry, unless im misunderstanding you here, that's incorrect. The 'strangle' switch is the switch that's closest to the bridge. it's in the down (I.e. 'off') position on all of the Jags in this video. So it isn't actually engaged or in use in any of these demos. For those wondering, in all of the demos, the bridge and neck pickups are both engaged. I think people misunderstand the function of the switch as well - it simply cuts some of the lower frequencies. Whether or not a guitar that is already really bright needs some low end taken off is another matter, but I think using it on the neck PU cab produce some lovely tones.
You know what, Alex. I’ve really never even thought about Jaguars. I watch everyone of your vids so I of course had to watch this one. I’m just not into them. The shape. The tone or lack of! Not one I would buy! Love your new shop videos. Keep them coming.
