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what's that black shit behind the bridge?

Just looks like she's replaced the Jag trem with a kahler or some METALAXE shit.

weird, because in that second picture, i definitely see the strings going to the jag tail piece.

makes sense that i wouldn't notice though cuz i'm too busy being distracted by all the bilinda behind the guitar.

Nah, it's well a Floyd Rose or some shit.

Cant make out whether its a Kahler or a Floyd, the square shape says Kahler but could just be the routing work.
Looks like they cut the top of the Jag trem plate off as well.

Haha, the 80's eh, a lot to answer for. A lot of vintage Offsets gor butchered in that era, half of them at the hands of Thurston Moore.

daftsupernova wrote:weird, because in that second picture, i definitely see the strings going to the jag tail piece.

chk yr eyes mane

Doog wrote:

daftsupernova wrote:weird, because in that second picture, i definitely see the strings going to the jag tail piece.

chk yr eyes mane

it seems that the second picture has gone missing

i smell conspiracy

THERE FIXED IT SEE



BLACK SHIT BEHIND BRIDGE AND STRINGS IN TAIL PIECE

I cant see the picture bro, just a red X, fix that lank!!

FOR FUCKS SAKE

FUCK IT ILL DO IT TOMORROW

Different guitar, that one.. at least a different bridge setup to t'others.

Looks like foam to stop the behind-the-bridge ringeez... or maybe some kind of 'behind-the-bridge' pickup ala Sonic Yoof. Looks more like the former, though.

1st guitar mentioned = KAHLER
strings not going to old jag tailpiece.

Bilinda Butcherer Of Jags

Doublepostphoneshenanigins

now time to wonder if they bought the jaguars like this (possible) or if they modified the guitars like this (probable?)

Who knows? I cant imagine a bunch of pot smoking students purchasing a £100+ Kahler, then fitting it so my guess is they acquired it this way. Could be wrong though.

They probably bought it that way, same way Mascis bought his first JM with a TOM and jumbo frets, and teh Kurdtz bought his Jag with a TOM and double DiMarzios. People had tried to make them more high-performance in the '70s and '80s when more intensive lead playing was en vogue and old Fender offsets were seen as obsolete junk guitars. An '80s Strat cost way more in the shops than a late '50s/early '60s Jazzmaster, both because they're less versatile guitars and because the bottom had dropped out of the Fender/Gibson market by the early '80s... buying a Jaguar and sticking a Kahler on it was once a cheaper option than buying a new Strat. We're much more retro nowadays, though it is worth noting that Fender themselves are updating these models to be more "modern" by moving the tailpiece and sticking TOMs and hawt pickups and flat fingerboards/bigger frets on 'em.

Doog wrote:
Different guitar, that one.. at least a different bridge setup to t'others.

Looks like foam to stop the behind-the-bridge ringeez... or maybe some kind of 'behind-the-bridge' pickup ala Sonic Yoof. Looks more like the former, though.

Makes sense. I'd say either 1. a retrofit tailpiece like the other one, except it was swapped back or 2. something to do with a mute/buzz stop-related retrofit

daftsupernova wrote:i wouldn't notice though cuz i'm too busy being distracted by all the bilinda behind the guitar.

That's the same guitar, you can tell from the pixels tort pattern. They must've removed teh Kahler and taped over part of the gaping hole it left behind, further adding to the "she bought it that way" theory.

paul_ wrote:That's the same guitar, you can tell from the pixels tort pattern. They must've removed teh Kahler and taped over part of the gaping hole it left behind, further adding to the "she bought it that way" theory.

That actually makes the most sense.