Natural Finish Jaguar/Jazzmaster

oolu · Post by **oolu** » Sat Oct 31, 2009 8:46 am

I've been thinking about stripping my sunburst-coloured Jaguar and just giving it a natural finish. I decided to look around the net for images of a natural Jaguar and the only thing I could find was this:

I think a natural finish Jaguar or jazzmaster with a black pickguard would look pretty classy... just a thought.

oolu · Post by **oolu** » Sat Oct 31, 2009 8:47 am

and by the way, whatever happened to the baritone Jaguar that Fender was selling a few years ago? I thought it was a pretty cool guitar, all-in-all. I didn't buy it, but I enjoyed noodling on it in the store. Nowadays though, I kinda wished I owned one.

stewart · Post by **stewart** » Sat Oct 31, 2009 10:54 am

i think jags/jazzies look weird when they're stripped, something not quite right about it.

DanHeron · Post by **DanHeron** » Sat Oct 31, 2009 12:29 pm

Here's a natural Jazzmaster i found on google images:

I quite like it, if I bought it like that i would leave it. But I wouldn't strip your sunburst one to that.

Post by **Mike** » Sat Oct 31, 2009 2:13 pm

stewart wrote:i think jags/jazzies look weird when they're stripped, something not quite right about it.

I agree. Do not want.

Mustangs too from my POV

Joey · Post by **Joey** » Sat Oct 31, 2009 4:28 pm

Yeh, why do they always stain Mustangs a walnut color... ugh

stewart · Post by **stewart** » Sat Oct 31, 2009 4:30 pm

i like natural bodies and maple necks more, but something about natural and rosewood gives me the heave.

foofoo982 · Post by **foofoo982** » Sat Oct 31, 2009 4:41 pm

stewart wrote:i like natural bodies and maple necks more, but something about natural and rosewood gives me the heave.

Agreed. But i also hate the look of guitars that were clearly stripped of the original paint.
I'd say buy an unfinished body and finish it as opposed to stripping your current body

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Sat Oct 31, 2009 4:47 pm

Mad-Mike from JS.com made a Jazzy from Ash, i quite like it. The grain is more 'interesting' than Alder and i also like the black guard/pup covers.

However, the Jag-Stang i built did'nt really do it for me with the natural finish.

taylornutt · Post by **taylornutt** » Sat Oct 31, 2009 5:06 pm

[quote="Fran"]Mad-Mike from JS.com made a Jazzy from Ash, i quite like it. The grain is more 'interesting' than Alder and i also like the black guard/pup covers.

I was going to mention Mad-Mike's Jazzmaster as well

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tomin8r · Post by **tomin8r** » Sat Oct 31, 2009 5:09 pm

I think natural stripped offsets look messed, like this Super Sonic I found a while back. It's the 3rd pic.

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=4 ... 5484141587

Post by **Hurb** » Sat Oct 31, 2009 7:24 pm

DanHeron wrote:Here's a natural Jazzmaster i found on google images:

I quite like it, if I bought it like that i would leave it. But I wouldn't strip your sunburst one to that.

whats up with the writing on that tremolo?

Gavin · Post by **Gavin** » Sat Oct 31, 2009 7:28 pm

Natural finish, in general, geez us the boak.

finboy · Post by **finboy** » Sat Oct 31, 2009 8:25 pm

Fran wrote:Mad-Mike from JS.com made a Jazzy from Ash, i quite like it. The grain is more 'interesting' than Alder and i also like the black guard/pup covers.

all that effort and he forgets to change the trem tip

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Sat Oct 31, 2009 8:48 pm

finboy wrote:
Fran wrote:Mad-Mike from JS.com made a Jazzy from Ash, i quite like it. The grain is more 'interesting' than Alder and i also like the black guard/pup covers.

all that effort and he forgets to change the trem tip

Hmm.. i get your point but that is an early picture, he may have changed that. Anyway, who cares, the guy is a player, i dare say nobody gives two shits what color his trem tip is when he plays live.

finboy · Post by **finboy** » Sat Oct 31, 2009 8:53 pm

needs more amber

oolu · Post by **oolu** » Sat Oct 31, 2009 8:59 pm

Personally, I think that Jazzmaster looks classy as hell... black pickguard + black pups = very nice. I definitely agree that a maple neck is way nicer looking than a rosewood one on a natural guitar... that Supersonic is one ugly son of a gun, though.

oolu · Post by **oolu** » Sat Oct 31, 2009 9:03 pm

foofoo982 wrote:
stewart wrote:i like natural bodies and maple necks more, but something about natural and rosewood gives me the heave.
Agreed. But i also hate the look of guitars that were clearly stripped of the original paint.
I'd say buy an unfinished body and finish it as opposed to stripping your current body

I can't say I've ever been able to tell the difference between a stripped guitar (that's been done well) and one that started it's life off unfinished... my Jaguar is a '62 reissue, made in Japan, circa 1998 i believe. I used to throw it around a lot when I thought that breaking stuff was the pinnacle of rockstardom and the finish is looking pretty haggard. I'll post some pics of it as soon as I find my USB cable.

I'd like to refinish it and I'm thinking all black or all natural.

MattK · Post by **MattK** » Sat Oct 31, 2009 9:50 pm

Hurb wrote:whats up with the writing on that tremolo?

It's a partscaster, notice the maple neck. Original guard though by the look of it.

dezb1 · Post by **dezb1** » Sat Oct 31, 2009 9:51 pm

johnny marr's natural jag: