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So since I've let my Jag HH go to Haze I've been missing it. It was a great guitar. What I'm missing about it the most is the short scale, due to my small hands. I've been jammin the blues a lot lately and the Strat is just too damn wide for me since I've got those short stubby fingers with a pinky that curls in. Yea, not a great combo. Anyways, I was wondering Jag, Jag HH, or Mustang ... which one would fit the blues the best but also be able to play more modern rock/grunge? From what I've read/listened to ... haven't got to play anything other than the HH but the Mustang seems to be the best choice. Any thoughts?

To be a bit of a pedant you can play blues-stylings on any guitar as such but what kind of blues sound are you looking for? That seems to be the question whose answer would point towards certain kinds of set ups. Do you need a trem? fat humbucker sounds? What is your blues style?

Very true ... I'd say my three most influential artists on my playing are T-Bone Walker, Buddy Guy, and Jonny Lang. I can name twenty other guys I love but they seem to be the most influential for me. So fat humbuckers wouldn't be needed based on the guys I enjoy.

Jag-stang. The neck pickup is a lovely a bluesey clean sound as you can get.

Honestly I always thought the stocks in my old 90's RI DuoSonic had a nice bluesy feel to them.

I've thought about the Duo too but it seems that once I get up around the 12th-13th fret my fingers get a little too scrunched. My buddy has one .. maybe I'll play with it again but last I remember it was a little too tight. I'm thinking 24" scale is the ticket but not saying 22.5" wouldn't work.

I'd find a shortscale neck that you love and get a hot single coil for the neck (like the texas special in the jagstang) I've been using my jagmaster for blues

lank81 wrote:I've thought about the Duo too but it seems that once I get up around the 12th-13th fret my fingers get a little too scrunched. My buddy has one .. maybe I'll play with it again but last I remember it was a little too tight. I'm thinking 24" scale is the ticket but not saying 22.5" wouldn't work.

That neck is awful for noodling. it has real nice strat sounding pups though.

really any of them that don't have humbuckers. all the pickups are basically strat ones and everyone knows that strats are the ultimate in blues toanz.

BacchusPaul wrote:Jag-stang. The neck pickup is a lovely a bluesey clean sound as you can get.

A warm 'bucker does'nt go a miss in Blues either. But no-one will ever listen to us Paul.

A lot of guys play with buckers (specifically les pauls) - Derek Trucks, Joe Bonamassa, Jonny Lang, Oli Brown. So I won't rule out the buckers all depends on the neck really. The Jag HH (Black CIJ) had a nice tone but the neck was a little too thick for my tastes. I enjoy the thickness of my strat just not the scale.

Bridge bucker, neck single, smooth 'Stang trem. The Jag-Stang, best of both worlds

What about a CV Duo? It plays great and has a nearly teleeske bluestone. ... and looks really bluesy

I have one of those, damn good instrument. If I were to make it purely a blues instrument i'd put hotter pickups in it and GOOOOOOOOO

Why did you sell your HH it sounds like this perfect guitar for the job?

dezb1 wrote:Why did you sell your HH it sounds like this perfect guitar for the job?

lank81 wrote:The Jag HH (Black CIJ) had a nice tone but the neck was a little too thick for my tastes. I enjoy the thickness of my strat just not the scale.

Check out the cv duo. Mine has the same thick neck as my us standard strat - only shorter. And i love this guitar. Sounds really great...

My CV Duo Sonic has a very bassy tone in the neck and is a nice choice for little bones.

Mustang / Musicmaster or Duo Sonic - all came in 24" neck versions, and all of them would work well for blues and modern rock styles. Heck, if you're on a budget, go try out one of those current Squier Duo Sonics - they're pretty darned nice and dirt cheap, even new... and yes, they have a 24" scale neck too.

Just find the right neck and the blues tone will follow

I think any guitar can be used to give a good blues style, some guitars have become synonymous with the blues but that is because each blues guitarist was comfortable with that particular guitar.

Just my two pennies worth, but i could be wrong