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Just bought a 66 Jag.

Posted: Thu Jan 28, 2010 6:33 am
by Richard
I left my house at 10 am this morning to go to Winchester, VA to pick this up and just got back home. HOLY SHIT. The guy I bought it from let me play his 58 Strat, 61 Jazzmaster, 65 Strat, 2 50s ES-175s, and his bicentennial Firebird and had tons of other vintage stuff. Lots of old Fender amps too. I never thought I'd see so much awesome stuff in one place, and am astounded that I was allowed to touch whatever I wanted. Seriously fucking amazing. Anyway, here's my new 66 Jag. Two slider switches have been replaced but other than that it's all original. <3

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Posted: Thu Jan 28, 2010 6:34 am
by mickie08
Fuck thats nice.

Posted: Thu Jan 28, 2010 6:42 am
by Bacchus
Lovely.

Posted: Thu Jan 28, 2010 7:14 am
by Mages
very nice. the shortscale '66 jag club is steadily growing!

how was the '58 strat? I've always wanted to play a '50s one just to see how they live up to the hype.

Posted: Thu Jan 28, 2010 7:28 am
by Richard
Thanks guys.

I played around with the 58 for a few minutes but I didn't plug it in. I was a little scared of it. It was a really worn in sunburst and felt awesome. The nitro on the neck was heavily checked and flaking off in a lot of spots. It was amazing(not $28,000 amazing) but I honestly liked the 65 better, if only for aesthetic reasons. I prefer rosewood fretboards.

Posted: Thu Jan 28, 2010 7:55 am
by Haze
another gent in the vintage jag club :wink:

Posted: Thu Jan 28, 2010 8:11 am
by gaybear
love the neck

Posted: Thu Jan 28, 2010 9:17 am
by Thom
Wow. Lovely guitar. How much if you don't mind me asking?

Posted: Thu Jan 28, 2010 10:43 am
by Mike
That thing is Hot To Trot.

Congratulations mate. I love the B&B look, and the crazed headstock checking is lovely. It looks remarkably clean.

Posted: Thu Jan 28, 2010 11:03 am
by ultratwin
SUPERWIN.

Sounds like quite a dude to buy such a gem from. Congratto!

Posted: Thu Jan 28, 2010 11:31 am
by stewart
delicious!

Posted: Thu Jan 28, 2010 11:32 am
by Fran
Awesome, well done dude. Love that headstock pic 8)

Posted: Thu Jan 28, 2010 11:44 am
by Mustang Melx
Very, very nice... congrats.

Posted: Thu Jan 28, 2010 4:24 pm
by hotrodperlmutter
wow. that is awesome. probably ready to trade the aenmaster then, eh? :lol:

Posted: Thu Jan 28, 2010 4:28 pm
by holyCATS1415
that's beautiful.

Posted: Thu Jan 28, 2010 7:06 pm
by Richard
Thom wrote:Wow. Lovely guitar. How much if you don't mind me asking?
$2,200
Mike wrote:That thing is Hot To Trot.

Congratulations mate. I love the B&B look, and the crazed headstock checking is lovely. It looks remarkably clean.
Cheers. I really love it but it's almost too clean for me. I'll take care of it like everything else I have but it's not getting special treatment. In a way I feel like it would have been better to get something a little more beat or slightly less original.
hotrodperlmutter wrote:wow. that is awesome. probably ready to trade the aenmaster then, eh?
pm'd

Posted: Thu Jan 28, 2010 10:01 pm
by dots
great price! that's what the avri's retail for now, so it's incredible you got a 44yo one for that. . . and in such excellent shape, too.

Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2010 1:04 am
by Richard
Thanks for the compliments everyone. To the people who said the headstock looked good, the back looks awesome too. The body is all checked as well but it's harder to photograph. You can see it a little in the second pic below. The other two pics are just because I liked them.

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Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2010 1:13 am
by dots
man. . . jags are just dead-awesome. and you've inspired an avatar change! =]

Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2010 1:28 am
by Richard
+1, and nice avatar. I was never a Jag fan but the only one I had before this was a CIJ reissue that needed a refret. I guess I shouldn't have discounted them because of that one example, turns out I fucking LOVE Jags. Definitely like this better than anything else I've owned.