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Concretebadger wrote:

stewart wrote:

Concretebadger wrote:I'm sure that the body wood does make a difference, if only to the sustain and possibly tuning stability.

WHA?

I was thinking about those crappy things made of plywood or worse that are sold in mail order catalogues. An extreme example maybe, but still...lousy quality wood is bound to cause problems like warping, structural weak spots and so on. Again, unlikely but yeah.

ah, i see. thought you meant between like, alder or poplar or something. it tends to be the necks that warp on those cheapo guitars, you can make a guitar body from just about anything. look at danelectros, for example. pine and hardboard.

DanHeron wrote:Surf Green Jaguar or Sonic Blue Jazzmaster.
THIS DECISION IS TOO HARD.

To be honest, I've been getting tired of surf green a bit. At this point I'd rather have the white Jag and a sonic blue JM.

Is it too early to guess what aftermarket guards will fit the Jag?

rps-10 wrote:Is it too early to guess what aftermarket guards will fit the Jag?

On OSG, everyone's saying the avri guards fit

stewart wrote:

Rox wrote:http://www.jemsite.com/jem/wood.htm

thrilling read.

Hard Maple:
This wood “shouts�. It is loud with a strong upper midrange, bright highs, and tapered off but very tight lows. A pickup that produces good lows will find them in a Hard Maple body, but they will be tight and will not interact with a loud half stack.

There's that wonderful phrase again.

gusman2x wrote:

rps-10 wrote:Is it too early to guess what aftermarket guards will fit the Jag?

On OSG, everyone's saying the avri guards fit

I believe this is correct. AVRI guards fit the old Squier Jazzies.

DanHeron wrote:Surf Green Jaguar or Sonic Blue Jazzmaster.
THIS DECISION IS TOO HARD.

I'm liking the Jag better than the JM, but god do they sound different. Honestly, if your main amp is bright go for the JM and if it's dark go for the Jag. If it's in between, you have a tough choice to make.

kypdurron wrote:So they are now making them at a "I'll have a coffee and that green guitar please" price. Still, only additional guitar I'd really want someday is a vintage or maybe Avri/TS Jag ... having a job made me a snob, maybe. But maybe it's better for me to want something I can't just buy without planning and sacrificing something else. Life would be boring if everything was available as easy as a Squier Jaguar.

If you can afford an AVRI, MIJ, or Squier you shouldn't just choose the most expensive. It's not necessarily better. I like the feel of the neck on my new Squier better than the one on my old AVRI. Sometimes life can be surprising.

kypdurron wrote:So they are now making them at a "I'll have a coffee and that green guitar please" price. Still, only additional guitar I'd really want someday is a vintage or maybe Avri/TS Jag ... having a job made me a snob, maybe. But maybe it's better for me to want something I can't just buy without planning and sacrificing something else. Life would be boring if everything was available as easy as a Squier Jaguar.

Life would be boring if guitars were made available at a range of prices to suit different people. Got it.

avj wrote:

stewart wrote:

Rox wrote:http://www.jemsite.com/jem/wood.htm

thrilling read.

Hard Maple:
This wood “shouts�. It is loud with a strong upper midrange, bright highs, and tapered off but very tight lows. A pickup that produces good lows will find them in a Hard Maple body, but they will be tight and will not interact with a loud half stack.

There's that wonderful phrase again.

RIGHT OFF THE BAT

I hate wood/tone discussions

This stuff is probably true for acoustic instruments but electric signals are just fucking signals and are probably going to be manipulated by a shit ton of effects on any piece of recorded music anyway

nice review from OSG about the green jag
http://www.offsetguitars.com/forums/vie ... =6&t=59879

I've not seen a single review of the VM Mustang yet. Anyone seen one anywhere?

nope...I'm wanting to see one on the Tele Deluxe

George wrote:

kypdurron wrote:So they are now making them at a "I'll have a coffee and that green guitar please" price. Still, only additional guitar I'd really want someday is a vintage or maybe Avri/TS Jag ... having a job made me a snob, maybe. But maybe it's better for me to want something I can't just buy without planning and sacrificing something else. Life would be boring if everything was available as easy as a Squier Jaguar.

Life would be boring if guitars were made available at a range of prices to suit different people. Got it.

Having a great guitar in at a highly affordable price point is stupid, especially from a business perspective. Why would you want to make money on something that is popular?

i compared the new squier mustang bass with a fender japan and a fender musicmaster us (74). I prefer the squier!!! crazy; for the neck, the sustain and the sound (more close to a precision bass)

plaidbeer wrote:I've not seen a single review of the VM Mustang yet. Anyone seen one anywhere?

Jut did an image search now over the last 24 hours and brought up this place of all places, with real picture of mustang.

http://rockshop.fr/2012/07/08/fender-sq ... d-mustang/

Popped by Denmark Street after work, they've just had delivery of some VM Mustangs, Jaguars and Jazzmasters today. I was quoted £269, sounds like a deal. Tort pickguards looked a bit shit though.

£255 is the going rate on these, so not so much of a deal ? I know it's Denmark St, so perhaps that's what you meant.

I'll be getting a deal through work so I'm content.

othomas2 wrote:

plaidbeer wrote:I've not seen a single review of the VM Mustang yet. Anyone seen one anywhere?

Jut did an image search now over the last 24 hours and brought up this place of all places, with real picture of mustang.

http://rockshop.fr/2012/07/08/fender-sq ... d-mustang/

Looks totally legit except the control plate gap. Want. I will have one of these for sure. That red looks great but I will probably go vintage white.

I think the slab body / '65 reissue had a gap between the guard and the control plate, so yeah it is more legit than you thought.