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So today I bought a...
Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2015 7:07 am
by singlepup
Not really a big surprise.
Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2015 7:15 am
by singlepup
The neck is so ridiculously good. Not sure why I ever questioned the magic of the vintage radius and 24" scale.
Slight issues: the perloid is starting to flake off. The saddles are gappy. Set up is decent (I think it's got .010s right now). I don't have the right allen wrench to fine tune... Which do I need?
Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2015 8:11 am
by Noirie.
A tiny bit of blu tac inbetween the saddles should solve the problem with gaps.
Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2015 1:38 pm
by singlepup
Good to know, thanks! I suppose I'll try it as-is for a while and see.
The main issue with gaps is string buzz, right? I was getting a little buzz on the G and B, but it was better after I pushed the saddles closer. The gap between D and G is like the Grand Canyon
Btw, it's a CIJ circa 2002.
Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2015 2:53 pm
by Fran
Nice. I still like a Jag-Stang, twas the first offset/short scale I owned back in t'1990's.
Watch those grub screws in the bridge posts aren't loose as well, they can cause a rattle and work themselves loose. I used to rub dry candle wax on then then put them back in. Stops movement.
How you finding the bridge pup? Some sound woolly and dull.
Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2015 3:49 pm
by Ankhanu
Beauty. I'm a little jealous. I always look fondly on the Jag-Stangs I played back in the day.
Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2015 3:52 pm
by George
Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2015 8:09 pm
by Doxastic
singlepickup24 wrote:The neck is so ridiculously good. Not sure why I ever questioned the magic of the vintage radius and 24" scale.
Slight issues: the perloid is starting to flake off. The saddles are gappy. Set up is decent (I think it's got .010s right now). I don't have the right allen wrench to fine tune... Which do I need?
what's a vintage radius?
Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2015 8:32 pm
by BearBoy
7.25" on Fenders.
Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2015 9:42 pm
by Rox
Love it! Give it some tort!
Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2015 10:45 pm
by Fran
Rox wrote:Give it some tort!
O.o
Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2015 11:10 pm
by Awstin
Have cooterfinger make you a new pearloid guard.
Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2015 11:23 pm
by robroe
singlepickup24 wrote:The neck is so ridiculously good.
Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2015 11:25 pm
by robroe
Posted: Wed Feb 11, 2015 5:39 am
by sunshiner
Congrats, play the hell out of it
Posted: Wed Feb 11, 2015 1:25 pm
by singlepup
I'm actually playing guitar more than I'm posting on shortscale! Amen.
Fran, thanks for the tip. I'll be sure to check those posts. The bridge needs a bit of love, to be sure. The humbucker actually sounds OK to my ears, but not sure if it's the original pup. Check out the cream cover...
Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2015 2:52 am
by dots
they made some with teh cream on the humbucker, so i bet it's original given how clean the rest of it is.
and god damn is it clean! nice pull and enjoy!
Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2015 3:55 am
by robroe
see here's the thing about that
the fake pearl pickguard shouldn't be flaking on you. mine was 10 years old before i swapped it out for pizzastangmasterII pickguard but it was fine. AND I BEAT THE SHIT OUT OF IT.
this guitar is untouched, still has the protective plastic on the pickup, but the pickguard is flaking?
wut?
Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2015 2:26 pm
by paul_
It's possible, different climates, lived in shops/warehouses instead of people-dwellin's etc...
My JS is 18 years old and its stock guard hasn't peeled or yellowed or anything.
Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2015 3:05 pm
by Nick
Whereas my friend bought a mim first run cyclone back in high school and the pearloid flaked off in a few months.
