Jaguar vs Jazzmaster

red_rob · Post by **red_rob** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 1:53 am

This battered red one is awesome!

longhouse · Post by **longhouse** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 5:57 am

That is a thing of beauty.

Should a man love his woman less if she has stretch marks from carrying his children? Of course, not.

I get the impression this wine-colored angel has been loved deeply. (or maybe abused!)

red_rob · Post by **red_rob** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 5:59 am

Not sure Noel. I saw it on an ebay listed for refinishes.

Looks awesome though! i want to bash mine in now...

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 6:15 am

Wow. What happened to the posts up above?

One has Andrew Spence talking to himself amd me replying in somebody else's voice...

Strange!

red_rob · Post by **red_rob** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 6:42 am

Who said that?!?

what's going on???

leftyguitars · Post by **leftyguitars** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 6:50 am

Paul, going back to your picture on the first page of this thread. How did you get them to stick on the wall like that?

I had a late '60s lefty Jaguar in the early '70s. It was the worst guitar that I have ever had, always sounded out of tune.

randyz · Post by **randyz** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 7:08 am

Pete: That's what the tuners are for! You really should get someone to show you how to tune a guitar. Just kidding! When I bought my first 3/4-scale Rick, I didn't understand that different string gauges were required for the short scale. I couldn't figure why it never felt or sounded right. I also once had a guitar with an aftermarket bridge that was in the wrong location. I didn't know enough to recognize the problem at the time. Live and learn...

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 7:23 am

My Jags need .011 flats to sound OK up and down the scale...the scale length is short--24". These guitars sound awful with .008s and .009s like some guys I knew used to play 'em in the '70s.

And they are not known for sustain.

IMO the Japanese CIJ reissues beat the pants off the vintage ones for quality of construction and finish.

Lefty Jags and Jazzmasters are the weirdest-looking guitars on the planet, probably because they are so radically asymmetrical.

wayang · Post by **wayang** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 8:02 am

I feel like I've been on a Lefty Jag for years...

It's not easy being radically asymmetrical...

leftyguitars · Post by **leftyguitars** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 10:19 am

Ah! that may be why mine sounded so awful. Too light strings on it and (Randy) I never really sussed out what those tin things were for on the small wooden end!

scott_s · Post by **scott_s** » Thu Dec 22, 2005 10:28 am

I use .011-gauge strings (or larger) on my full-scale guitars. I can't *comprehend* what .008s would feel like on a Jag.

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Thu Dec 22, 2005 1:34 pm

Reeeeaaallll slinky.

red_rob · Post by **red_rob** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 3:02 am

Anyone got any pictures of a Jazzmaster with the mint green pickguard? I'm thinking of giving my olympic white model a new look but have a sneaky suspicion it might turn out looking terrible.

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 4:22 am

Don't need pics to know that it would look pretty odd.

The so-called "mint green" guards are either old and aged (the white celluloid on the old w/b/w guards loses its opacity over time and soaks up some of the black from the center layer...result is the greenish tint that, to me, looks cheezy), or new and manufactured to look old.

I'd keep the tortoise. I have a Fender Japan '59 replica with a gold anodized guard, and it looks gorgeous. So (if you can find one) that would be an option, and would look really nice on an Oly White body.

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 4:39 am

If you want to try out all the color combos known to man, try the Jazzmaster dressing room:

http://asphaltlove.5000megs.com/jm.html