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Published on 06/25/01 at 15:00I got this guitar from my vocalist who was a former guitar player. I didnt pay him jack for it since he is my band, lol. Im pretty much borrowing it for the band. He bought this guitar at Strings and Things in Memphis, Tn in 98 I believe. Paid around $500 dollars for it.
This guitar does not deserve all the bad reviews it always gets. It is a sonic blue stang with 1 humbucker and 1 single coil which are very suitable for the grunge sound. I like it because it has a good feel to it. I have to admit that I had to get used to the sound of it because the humbuckers arent very high output in my mind. They sound great when raised around a in away from the strings though. If you have never played one I suggest you at least try the stang out. Alot of people give it a bad write up because it was designed by Kurt Cobain, but thats one of the reasons I like it. The different pickups phasings that is possible with the Jag-Stang make it very versatile. The neck is very slender which I love. I will eventually replace the pickups with a Fender blue lace sensor single coil and a Seymour duncan JB so I can get a more agressive sound out of it. The shape is fine with me since most of my guitars are sorta jaguar shaped anyways. I wouldnt get rid of it simply because its not in production anymore. It will surely be a collectors item one of these days.
The tremelo is the worst thing about this guitar. It has a mustang bridge and tremelo which I believe is called a Dynamic vibrato. If you use this, it will go out of tune instantly. I fixed this problem very easilt by wrapping electrical tape around the poles on the bridge. For more info to www.jag-stang.com. That is about the only way you will be able to remedy the problem. Besides that, the tuners are quite crappy. You would think Fender could put better tuners on guitars than their standard "vintage" series. They just arent worth a damn.
Very sturdy, no chips in the paint although ive heard about the pickguard peeling back on some peoples. I have no qualms about the guitar besides the fews things i've stated.
Three words. Try it out. Thats all there is to it. You'll never know if it's the right guitar for you until you do. I know a lot of people who like it and a lot of people that hate it, so you shouldn't buy it based on someone else's opnion. I think its a great guitar and I wouldn't let my vocalist get rid of it for anything (I would have to physically kill him).
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This guitar does not deserve all the bad reviews it always gets. It is a sonic blue stang with 1 humbucker and 1 single coil which are very suitable for the grunge sound. I like it because it has a good feel to it. I have to admit that I had to get used to the sound of it because the humbuckers arent very high output in my mind. They sound great when raised around a in away from the strings though. If you have never played one I suggest you at least try the stang out. Alot of people give it a bad write up because it was designed by Kurt Cobain, but thats one of the reasons I like it. The different pickups phasings that is possible with the Jag-Stang make it very versatile. The neck is very slender which I love. I will eventually replace the pickups with a Fender blue lace sensor single coil and a Seymour duncan JB so I can get a more agressive sound out of it. The shape is fine with me since most of my guitars are sorta jaguar shaped anyways. I wouldnt get rid of it simply because its not in production anymore. It will surely be a collectors item one of these days.
The tremelo is the worst thing about this guitar. It has a mustang bridge and tremelo which I believe is called a Dynamic vibrato. If you use this, it will go out of tune instantly. I fixed this problem very easilt by wrapping electrical tape around the poles on the bridge. For more info to www.jag-stang.com. That is about the only way you will be able to remedy the problem. Besides that, the tuners are quite crappy. You would think Fender could put better tuners on guitars than their standard "vintage" series. They just arent worth a damn.
Very sturdy, no chips in the paint although ive heard about the pickguard peeling back on some peoples. I have no qualms about the guitar besides the fews things i've stated.
Three words. Try it out. Thats all there is to it. You'll never know if it's the right guitar for you until you do. I know a lot of people who like it and a lot of people that hate it, so you shouldn't buy it based on someone else's opnion. I think its a great guitar and I wouldn't let my vocalist get rid of it for anything (I would have to physically kill him).
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com