Japanese Jaguar VS American vintage Jaguar SOUND CLASH!!!!!

blacktaxi · Post by **blacktaxi** » Sat Oct 04, 2008 8:53 pm

ok, i might be deaf fuck, but to me there's no difference except the bridge position. with fuzz it's all the same even there.

Post by **Hurb** » Sat Oct 04, 2008 8:57 pm

robert(original) wrote:i know i took shots a long time ago and posted them up after aug said basswood was crappy and poplar was far superior.
but depending on the basswood region it can have some really nice grain to it.
and i have run into multiple peices that actually have ribbons(figured) on the grain.
i just recently burned a peice i was keeping to prove this point.
its odd that your jap jag might be ash just becuz i have never heard of it, but then again, that jag is a rather rare piece so you never can be sure.

I am willing to admit defeat on this one to be honest my wood knowledge aint that great really. I took some in the dark macro pictures..maybe this will help confirm or deny.

I could care less either way.

robert(original) · Post by **robert(original)** » Sat Oct 04, 2008 9:07 pm

im fairly certain thats alder.
basswood almost never has straight grain, its usually sort of wavy, but is a uniform pattern, and there is never much of a color grade.
i don't think its ash either cuz it looks kinda tight, but, wood is unique, every peice is a lil different.
it may just be that 40 year old alder looks alot different than newer alder, which would make sense, especially since its milled and grown in different parts of the world.
too bad that chonce decided that it needed to be relic'd by beating a fucking screw driver against the paint.

AkK · Post by **AkK** » Sat Oct 04, 2008 9:12 pm

Not huge but noticable difference i think.
Thanks for sharing, useful comparison!

And i think it makes difference when you're playing.

blacktaxi · Post by **blacktaxi** » Sat Oct 04, 2008 9:34 pm

talking about the jap's wood, you might check the neck pocket:
link

edit: well, probably applicable to the vintage one, since wood is wood in japan and in usa

Post by **Hurb** » Sat Oct 04, 2008 9:47 pm

blacktaxi wrote:talking about the jap's wood, you might check the neck pocket:
link

edit: well, probably applicable to the vintage one, since wood is wood in japan and in usa

Good thinking batman!

blacktaxi · Post by **blacktaxi** » Sat Oct 04, 2008 9:53 pm

Hurb wrote:
blacktaxi wrote:talking about the jap's wood, you might check the neck pocket:
link

edit: well, probably applicable to the vintage one, since wood is wood in japan and in usa
Good thinking batman!

looks like alder

Post by **Hurb** » Sat Oct 04, 2008 9:58 pm

MattK · Post by **MattK** » Sat Oct 04, 2008 9:59 pm

That was really interesting - thanks. I thought I heard a bit more "bark" from the bridge on the vintage, especially with the crunchy tones.
I just bought an AVRI pickup for stupid-cheap ($5.50!) on the Bay to try in my MIJ Jag - on the basis of this test, and the fact that I don't like my bridge pickup, I reckon bridge is the one to replace ...

roofiez · Post by **roofiez** » Sat Oct 04, 2008 10:32 pm

i think i like the old one better

robert(original) · Post by **robert(original)** » Sat Oct 04, 2008 10:35 pm

between my jap jag, and my u.s. jag i MUCH preferred the sound and feel of the u.s.
but my u.s. was a re-issue, not vintage.

Reece · Post by **Reece** » Sat Oct 04, 2008 11:42 pm

They both sound lurvley, although I'm a wee bit pissed so I'm not a great judge at the moment.

I like the sound of the vintage in the bridge though, defiantely warmer and thicker.

laterallateral · Post by **laterallateral** » Sat Oct 04, 2008 11:50 pm

I actually enjoyed the sound of the Japanese Jag better in all cases , save the fuzzed-out neck.