Waiting is the hardest part

MattK · Post by **MattK** » Sun Aug 31, 2008 12:09 pm

Pulled the trigger on a 94 MIJ Jag from Ishibashi today - alder body, Japan domestic model. Now I have to wait until it arrives!

(and finally ... a shortscale in the family)

robert(original) · Post by **robert(original)** » Sun Aug 31, 2008 12:12 pm

hopefully you dig it, i wasn't too fond of the jap one that i got, but thats cuz i was comparing it to my avri(damn i miss that guitar.)

DGNR8 · Post by **DGNR8** » Sun Aug 31, 2008 12:50 pm

At least you're closer to Japan than we are. Looks great!

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Sun Aug 31, 2008 12:51 pm

FUCKING AMAZING LOOKING.

my friend matt got one around the same time i got my jagstang back then.

he bought a mint pickguard for his so it looked kinda like this

robert(original) · Post by **robert(original)** » Sun Aug 31, 2008 1:02 pm

is that pink with a mint guard or am i just really tired?

MattK · Post by **MattK** » Sun Aug 31, 2008 1:03 pm

Yikes! Looks really old-school though, only thing more retro would be a matching headstock.

As for me I am a bit fixated on the white / tort thing, would probably prefer brown but I think I'll be all right for now!

More Cowbell · Post by **More Cowbell** » Sun Aug 31, 2008 1:04 pm

NICE!

robert(original) · Post by **robert(original)** » Sun Aug 31, 2008 1:09 pm

one thing that gets me about the jap stuff is the countours and roundover.
i noticed with my american jag and the jap but robs pic shows how riged they really are.
plus i played rods favorite stang and then a jap re-issue and the difference was insane!
hurb has some good pics of how curvy his aen 69 is.

Reece · Post by **Reece** » Sun Aug 31, 2008 1:10 pm

Euch, mint on that colour looks arse. Whats with the string retainer too?

Anyway, awesome lookin' jag there, white and tort is always mega.

robert(original) · Post by **robert(original)** » Sun Aug 31, 2008 1:12 pm

look harder, its called GLOSS!
i thought it was a string retainer too tho.

Reece · Post by **Reece** » Sun Aug 31, 2008 1:14 pm

Oh yeah, that shits shiny.

Still don't like the mint though.

robert(original) · Post by **robert(original)** » Sun Aug 31, 2008 1:16 pm

its ok to have bad taste, millions of people live normal lives and suffer from bad taste.
but if you find you start eating your own shit you may want to consult a doctor about your disorder.
sorry man, im just really tired and feel like being a dick.

Reece · Post by **Reece** » Sun Aug 31, 2008 1:24 pm

Hahaha, being a dick is fine.

How long have you got to wait for it MatthewK? I find waiting for anything in the post, especially from oversea excruciating. Any ring at the door and I'm at the landing window like a soppy dog seeing if it's a delivery van.

MattK · Post by **MattK** » Sun Aug 31, 2008 1:33 pm

robert(original) wrote:one thing that gets me about the jap stuff is the countours and roundover.

I've heard that said before - I can't speak for the body edges but here is the original 1962 magazine ad overlaid / compared with the guitar I just bought:

I definitely have the rose-coloured glasses on but that looks like pretty good manufacturing tolerances for two guitars made 30 years and 8000 km apart.

The two images were simply sized the same (without adjusting width-to-height or anything like that). Oh, and I rotated one about half a degree to line them up. (Obviously there is a flip in the second image!)

MattK · Post by **MattK** » Sun Aug 31, 2008 1:50 pm

Zaphod wrote:How long have you got to wait for it MatthewK? I find waiting for anything in the post, especially from oversea excruciating. Any ring at the door and I'm at the landing window like a soppy dog seeing if it's a delivery van.

Yeah, I will be jumping when the phone rings for sure. Never shipped Japan-Aust before, Ishibashi use EMS. Maybe a week - I guess the store has to pack it and then it's on an aircraft to Sydney, then all the way down here to Hobart. Funny, I thought I would relax when I had found one to buy.

Post by **Mike** » Sun Aug 31, 2008 2:04 pm

It looks amazing Matthew. Congratulations - I'm sure you'll love it.

My favourite colour combination on a Jaguar.

robert(original) · Post by **robert(original)** » Sun Aug 31, 2008 2:25 pm

odd how the add doesn't show it with the mute or the bridge cover.

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Sun Aug 31, 2008 7:06 pm

i google imaged searched "fender jaguar white" so i don't think its pink

probably just the red rug playing tricks on the camera

MattK · Post by **MattK** » Sun Aug 31, 2008 8:52 pm

robert(original) wrote:odd how the add doesn't show it with the mute or the bridge cover.

The left-side image is a Photoshop overlay of the ad and my MIJ - makes it hard to tell which feature belongs to which. The original ad image is the sunburst on the right, I can see the mute. The cover does seem to be missing though.

ludger · Post by **ludger** » Mon Sep 01, 2008 12:41 am

That's beautiful. He shoots, he scores!