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Hey, i ordered a Jag on ebay a few days ago and it got here today. i love it. except for one major flaw. when i put on any kind of dirt on, there's immediate, HARSH feedback as soon as i stop playing. any advice?

turn away from your amp? turn the distortion down abit? get a noise gate?

That is a rare condition called tehkurdtz which is known for afflicting Jags.

Get the pup waxed or buy some better quality ones, in fact someone is selling a set of SD jag pups in classifieds.......

Assuming it's a Japanese jag then it's the pickups, notoriously prone to some horrid feedback.
An upgrade or wax potting is in order as Johno said.

Yep, pickups aren't wax potted. In the meantime play facing away from your amp with little gain and/or volume/tone rolled off.

...or embrace the feedback in you!

This is bad feedback, not good feedback. You can't do anything clever with it. It's just lame.

Ahh, I've never witnessed it. I'm an avant humbucker fan.

wwrrss wrote: I've never witnessed it.

you never had a cheap guitar?

(not saying that Jags are cheap guitars)

All my guitars are cheap matsumoku's (Westone, Aria Pro II) and the pickups aren't too bad in them.

If I'm not real careful, the moment I step on some drive with my '66 Classic Jaguar (MIJ) I get a really high pitched whistling feedback too. My plan is to wax pot the pickups rather than replace them, 'cause I generally like what they give me tone wise.
Sadly, it's just the way these guitars work... though even though it's almost impossible to control and it's kinda harsh, there is a bit of a musical quality to the feedback that, when applied properly, can really work.

sell it, buy a used american one

thanks guys. i'll probably just get some new pups.

May not be properly shielded, or dirt in the pots. Take it to get a service, tell them about the specific issues and hopefully they can minimize it.........then get some pickups

If you remove the claws you'll have no more problems !!!!!!!

othomas2 wrote:If you remove the claws you'll have no more problems !!!!!!!

I always wondered about those... what exactly are they supposed to do? (other than create feedback!!)

Apparently, the claws were an attempt to brighten the pickup by "focusing" the magnetic polepiece's response in a certain freq. range...
I'm not sure if there's any practical value to that but that's what the claws are supposedly meant to do.

laterallateral wrote:Apparently, the claws were an attempt to brighten the pickup by "focusing" the magnetic polepiece's response in a certain freq. range...
I'm not sure if there's any practical value to that but that's what the claws are supposedly meant to do.

interesting, you'd think a single coil would be bright enough already wouldn't you... they do look cool though!

keep it that way and use it to your advantage.