It's arrived, my Jagmaster ! First observations

NJjoanjettfan · Post by **NJjoanjettfan** » Tue Feb 16, 2010 11:31 pm

Well my Jagmaster has arrived ! ! A quick try after it adjusted to the room temperature and it seems like it may meet my needs but time will tell.

It does feel "short", I find my hand wanting to travel further down the neck towards the headstock. Additionally it's going to take some time to adjust to the shorter distance between the fret wires, I find myself hitting wrong notes.

The three-way switch is suspect, it doesn't feel like it achieves a "lock" in either bridge or neck positions. Feels like a jarring could cause it to center. Is this common ? Will order one from Guitar Electronics unless someone else has a suggestion.

ekwatts · Post by **ekwatts** » Tue Feb 16, 2010 11:35 pm

It's just a switch. It's not a common "fault".

It can be confusing if you're not used to playing different scale lengths at first.

I really doubt you needed to allow the guitar to adjust to room temp first. I mean, you sort of have to do that with a goldfish you win at the fair. But a guitar isn't a goldfish. It's just a guitar.

endsjustifymeans · Post by **endsjustifymeans** » Tue Feb 16, 2010 11:37 pm

NJjoanjettfan wrote:Well my Jagmaster has arrived ! ! A quick try after it adjusted to the room temperature and it seems like it may meet my needs but time will tell.

It does feel "short", I find my hand wanting to travel further down the neck towards the headstock. Additionally it's going to take some time to adjust to the shorter distance between the fret wires, I find myself hitting wrong notes.

The three-way switch is suspect, it doesn't feel like it achieves a "lock" in either bridge or neck positions. Feels like a jarring could cause it to center. Is this common ? Will order one from Guitar Electronics unless someone else has a suggestion.

Mine was like that as well. It never slid out of position, but it always felt like it was about to. Like I said, I hated the guitar as a whole. It only survived 2 weeks with me before I slapped the neck on my MIM Duo-Sonic and sold the body loaded for chump change.

endsjustifymeans · Post by **endsjustifymeans** » Tue Feb 16, 2010 11:40 pm

it should also be noted that that neck is uncommonly tiny even for a short scale. The neck taper so thin at the nut that I'd just end up mashing strings. I like a chunkier mustang type neck.

Reece · Post by **Reece** » Tue Feb 16, 2010 11:42 pm

wait, are switched like that not normal?

every guitar i've had with a three way bar the artcore had one of those switches that springs back to centre even with a light touch.

endsjustifymeans · Post by **endsjustifymeans** » Tue Feb 16, 2010 11:45 pm

Reece wrote:wait, are switched like that not normal?

every guitar i've had with a three way bar the artcore had one of those switches that springs back to centre even with a light touch.

not at all. my gibby les paul, my m-80, my hi-flyer, everything except the jagmaster takes a well inentioned flick to change position.

Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Wed Feb 17, 2010 12:04 am

I think it's just cheap switches. The switch on my brother's Dano Homodad is as sturdy as the Artcore one Reece is talking about.

serfx · Post by **serfx** » Wed Feb 17, 2010 12:07 am

i've had zero problems with the switch
mind you i rotated mine so it went front to back instead of up and down.

endsjustifymeans · Post by **endsjustifymeans** » Wed Feb 17, 2010 12:10 am

serfx wrote:i've had zero problems with the switch
mind you i rotated mine so it went front to back instead of up and down.

I do that too!

thought I was the only one.

serfx · Post by **serfx** » Wed Feb 17, 2010 12:13 am

i do it on every up down toggle .. otherwise i end up changing pickups when i don't want to..
i must learn to stop strumming with my arm instead of my wrist.

Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Wed Feb 17, 2010 12:20 am

I did that with mine, then for the next few years I had a running argument with it about what way it pointed. Eventually we compromised and it sort of moves around the diagonal.

serfx · Post by **serfx** » Wed Feb 17, 2010 12:21 am

we're still talking about a toggle switch here, right paul?

Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Wed Feb 17, 2010 12:22 am

Eh? What toggle switch?

taylornutt · Post by **taylornutt** » Wed Feb 17, 2010 1:16 am

What kind of Jagmaster are we talking about here? Pics please

endsjustifymeans · Post by **endsjustifymeans** » Wed Feb 17, 2010 1:18 am

taylornutt wrote:What kind of Jagmaster are we talking about here? Pics please

The racist kind.

rlm2112 · Post by **rlm2112** » Wed Feb 17, 2010 1:22 am

endsjustifymeans wrote:
taylornutt wrote:What kind of Jagmaster are we talking about here? Pics please
The racist kind.

Communist China made, Racist d-bag owned.

brambleperro · Post by **brambleperro** » Wed Feb 17, 2010 5:08 am

I had the same problem with my the switch on my Jagmaster. I'd never seen that on any other guitar.

It should be said that I had a lot of love for that guitar. My first fender style guitar, first offset, first guitar that I really had fun playing. It never really sounded all that great, but I always liked that feel.

It's arrived, my Jagmaster ! First observations

It's arrived, my Jagmaster ! First observations

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