Kurdt's Jaguar...

johnnyseven · Post by **johnnyseven** » Tue Jul 15, 2014 11:36 am

...apparently used to be owned by Cliff Richard's guitar player.

Rox · Post by **Rox** » Tue Jul 15, 2014 5:01 pm

Pretty cool read.

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Sat Jul 19, 2014 4:21 pm

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Oasis was on this whole cliff richard train back in the day too ya know

Noirie. · Post by **Noirie.** » Sat Jul 19, 2014 6:03 pm

No, that Oasis song is a Stevie Wonder rip off.

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Sat Jul 19, 2014 6:09 pm

lol which stevie wonder song?

Noirie. · Post by **Noirie.** » Sat Jul 19, 2014 6:13 pm

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robroe · Post by **robroe** » Sat Jul 19, 2014 6:27 pm

hahah ohh yea i posted the wrong one!!!!

so much theft it rules.

its the turning

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moore65 · Post by **moore65** » Sat Jul 19, 2014 7:29 pm

I just noticed for the first time there's a strap button added to the opposite horn. Thus leading me to assume someone after Jenner and before Cobain, a righty, owned this Jag.

Take a look :http://www.zikinf.com/_gfx/news/fender ... cobain.jpg

Josh · Post by **Josh** » Sat Jul 19, 2014 7:58 pm

I heard Kurt just put that there.

othomas2 · Post by **othomas2** » Sat Jul 19, 2014 8:55 pm

Nah, you're both wrong.

It was a Martin Jenner thing. Guess he preferred the balance this way:

& that's what fully confirmed it was Kurts Guitars for me.

See 26mins on the video.

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othomas2 · Post by **othomas2** » Sat Jul 19, 2014 9:18 pm

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Sun Jul 20, 2014 12:33 am

the necks are different

othomas2 · Post by **othomas2** » Sun Jul 20, 2014 8:40 am

Trollalol,

That was obviously swapped later and the only real change, hence the weird strat headstock and block-less fretboard it later had.

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Sun Jul 20, 2014 2:31 pm

so what kind of neck is it then?

every other 65 1/2 jaguar neck with binding and dots has a bigger headstock than this one

Noirie. · Post by **Noirie.** » Sun Jul 20, 2014 2:47 pm

robroe wrote:so what kind of neck is it then?

every other 65 1/2 jaguar neck with binding and dots has a bigger headstock than this one

Could of been damaged and reshaped.

othomas2 · Post by **othomas2** » Sun Jul 20, 2014 4:20 pm

Could be a generic bound neck, who knows.

He probably took one off a Kurt Cobain signature guitar.

Noirie. · Post by **Noirie.** » Sun Jul 20, 2014 6:12 pm

Really want one of the Kurt Jaguar necks for my plain vanilla Jaguar now.

But Â£250 on Ebay

paul_ · Post by **paul_** » Sun Jul 20, 2014 7:28 pm

I've always assumed the neck on Kurt's Jag was a custom-built replacement given the weird under-lacquer decal, and agree the original neck was likely broken and replaced before he got it, maybe the reason the guitar was ditched by whoever the immediate previous owner might've been (no word on whether it was Jenner, just a video from over a decade prior when kurt was like 13 years old). Maybe the neck broke on Jenner, he ditched the guitar, some guy on the west coast made/had a neck made for it, played it a few years, and sold it to some junkshop as a true fucked-up Frankenstein with no vintage collectability whatsoever (not that Jaguars were doing super well in this regard anyway at the time) and then in walked Kurt with a DGC equipment budget and a thing for Sonic Youth/Dino Jr guitars.

Kurt's decal and headstock definitely scream "Sure I can make Fender necks, is it a Strat or a Tele?" circa '80s.

NickS · Post by **NickS** » Mon Jul 21, 2014 11:30 pm

My Swinger has an under-lacquer decal; when I peeled the remaining original lacquer off, the decal stayed - except for one small spot in the F.

paul_ · Post by **paul_** » Tue Jul 22, 2014 1:03 am

I don't mean just the fact that it was under lacquer is weird, though actually it is, a little. It clearly isn't a real Jag decal anyway, it's '50s Strat styled.