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People have seem to be loving these guitars so I figured I would give it a try. Got it on ebay new. When it arrived I did the once over. It is very nice there are a couple tiny blems, but for the cost of this guitar, it is very good. Tuners seem solid. The bridge on this one seems fine. No rattle or anything yet. Tremolo works well. Pickups sound great. Mine had an issue where the neck pickup switch was broken so I just swapped the guts from a Japanese Jaguar switch plate I had in my parts bin. The plate was slightly too big, so I mounded the parts to the Squire plate and was good to go. There was a little glob of solder in the rhythm circuit cavity that I got out because the rattle was bugging me. All in all it is really nice.

Here are the pics.


IMG_5152 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr


IMG_5153 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr


IMG_5154 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr


IMG_5155 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr


IMG_5156 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr


IMG_5157 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr


IMG_5161 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr


IMG_5162 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

Blems (You can't feel them and they are super tiny. I am guessing some dust got on the finish and they just buffed it.)


IMG_5158 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr


IMG_5159 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr


IMG_5160 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

Kind of a blem, but not really. The pickups had plastic stuck to them and for some reason, the designers thought it would be cool to put it between the claw and pickup cover so I couldn't get all the plastic wrap off. LOL


IMG_5163 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

Congrats! Great color.

Thanks! These are a great deal. I have a lot of Japanese ones and this keeps up just fine. The larger frets are a little new to me, but the radius isn't bad.

oh thats beautiful

I wish I bought that colour now:( I also wish I'd never have sold mine

Thanks! I might get a CAR one if more of my for sale guitars sell. I also might get some VM Jazzmasters.

how do you find the neck? chunky?

i found my mustang to be a little clunky and the fret ends sharp

George wrote:how do you find the neck? chunky?

i found my mustang to be a little clunky and the fret ends sharp

From what I remember of mine it was a bit thinner than a strat and quite comfortable to play on

Neck shape is fine. Not as chunky as a MIM neck. Fret ends could use a little work, but honestly not bad on this one.

I have the VM HH model, the neck is nice and chunky, nice big frets. I like it a lot.

Anyways, what do you mean sharp fret ends? The ends of the fingerboard or the top of the frets is not smooth (when bending for example)? In any case mine is smooth in all ways.

I've never experienced the former, but have often come across frets that are not smooth, cheap 60s and 70s guitars for example, even a newer Epiphone. Not worn, just cheap.

my vm jaguar is literally my favorite guitar, ever. everything about it, the neck, the body, the pickups, now if only i had the tremolo arm :/

Nice guitar. If they put binding and blocks on it they could call it a special edition and I'd pay twice the price.

I am one of those strange people that doesn't really like bocks. B and D is normally good with me though. I have had one or two B and B necks and always seem to sell them. I think they look fine, but I don't bond with them for some reason.

jallawalla wrote:Nice guitar. If they put binding and blocks on it they could call it a special edition and I'd pay twice the price.

gross. thats a horrible idea

Oh and B and B always makes me think of Paul....

yes and a guy w/ a low postcount talking B+B makes the accompanying nausea all the stronger!

Seriously wanting to pick one up for christmas

really love mine. these vm jaguars are really good guitars.

HNB wrote:Oh and B and B always makes me think of Paul....

OH HAI

LOL