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STAGG
Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2009 10:03 pm
by Jazzminge
My friend presented me with her fit bass this morning, I've had my eye on this fitty for quite some time. LOEV IT. It sounds wicked, proper smooth and sexy. Well chuffed!!
You likey?
Them stickers are coming right off though!!
What's everyone's opinion on Staggs in general then?
Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2009 10:13 pm
by louis
I had a stagg telecaster that I smashed onstage:
heres my friend andy with it.
It cost me £99, it would sometimes go out of tune, and was the worst of my guitars, however, it was really really light which was awesome.
anyway, after I smashed it I missed having a tele, so I baught a MIJ Fender one in metallic blue, and it just wasn't the same. too heavy, too scratchy, not enough twang, so I sold it, the only guitar I've ever sold.
looking back I wish I had have just spent more time on the stagg one and put a decent pick up in there. sure, the fretboard kind of hurt to play, and not all the frets were filed down properly, but it was light, had a maple fretboard, and was sunburst with a black pickguard (which I sprayed).
I guess you dont know what you've got till its gone.
lol, scratch that last bit.
Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2009 10:16 pm
by Reece
My mandolin is made by stagg.
It's pretty solid.
My only other experience of a stagg is through one of those mini marshall amps at college, and the guitar was owned by some nu-metal twat who had it tuned to C standard with 9s or whatever crap came on it stock.
Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2009 10:21 pm
by Jazzminge
I know they're a cheap brand but it's a pretty good bass and it's a present! Presents are gurrrd.
Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2009 10:36 pm
by laterallateral
I tried one of their LP copies and that was much nicer than most guitars in it's price range. They struck me as a perfect plateform for modifications and upgrades.
Stagg cymbals are a thing of distilled evil, though. stay away from those.
Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2009 11:13 pm
by Chico Malo
HUMBUCKS.
Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2009 11:16 pm
by ekwatts
I think the two massive humbuckers are easily the best feature of that bass.
Some guy at a gig actually just gave me a Stagg bass over the summer. It's left-handed, so I've stuck the strap button on the lower horn. It's missing all the knobs, the Stagg badge (no real shame there) and has numerous chips and dings. I'm considering refinishing it white, along with the headstock after filling the cavity left by the Stagg badge. Some new pickups, probably a new bridge and voila.
Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2009 11:56 pm
by damienblair17
looks pretty tight. DEMO???
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Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 12:15 am
by hotrodperlmutter
cool. i don't dig the pickups though. also, what is a 'fit' bass or 'fitty?'
Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 12:30 am
by Mages
I think it's like brit speak for hot or hotty
Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 12:34 am
by Reece
if anyone ever used the term fitty in my company i would burn their face.
fit i can accept.
fitty? fuck no.
Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 12:35 am
by hotrodperlmutter
i was thinking "fitty cent muhfukkiz."
aye, liable for face meltage.
Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 12:35 am
by laterallateral
would you do it with the power of 1000 suns, though?
Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 12:39 am
by ekwatts
Reece wrote:if anyone ever used the term fitty in my company i would burn their face.
fit i can accept.
fitty? fuck no.
I wouldn't recommend starting a fight with Jasmine. I saw her kill a man.
Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 12:41 am
by Reece
I don't doubt that.
Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 12:49 am
by Jazzminge
I dreamt I kicked a guy in the dick until he died a few nights ago
Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 1:02 am
by ekwatts
That's pretty normal for you.
I wouldn't imagine it would take that many kicks to the knackers to kill a man. You probably just continued because you'd hit a decent rhythm.
Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 11:44 am
by Fran
Cool Jazz, looks funky and fun.
Stagg is like Westfield, decent budget solid bodys and with a few upgrades (usually machine heads and a pickup) you have a good reliable guitar. I've see plenty of guitarists gig with these brands.
Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2009 10:25 pm
by tomin8r
Looks pretty cool, there was one at my local pawn shop a while back. I just can't dig the look of the humbuckers, they look too....huge or something, I dunno, maybe its just me
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Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2009 10:33 pm
by paul_
I think that's a really awesome looking bass though, Jazz Bass with a Jag-shaped body is win-win for functionality and looks. The awesome colour and matching headstock don't hurt either.
I played a Stagg Tele deluxe rip-off with a bigsby a few years back after seeing Eric rave about them on here and had to come back and rave about it myself. It was my first experience with a guitar that cheap being that decent.