fellow Jaguar and Jazzmaster connoisseurs…
You’ve come to my very own place of worship of Fender‘s Jazzmaster and Jaguar, the wonderful, but often underrated guitars, once designed to be the top-of-the-line models in Fender’s production line.
Here you will find plenty of information on these two guitar-models and their specialities, strengths, and problems. Information that I collected since 1999, when I got me my first Fender Jaguar, and was intrigued by the oddities of that guitar.
Hopefully you’ll find what you came here for. :-)
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October 19th 2012
Martin, a frequent visitor of this page, contacted me with a simple and effective fix for moving bridge screw issues.
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October 19th 2012
Wow, I treated myself to a Johnny Marr Jaguar, after spending the better half of an hour testdriving it.
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October 3rd 2012
As always, I’m late to the show, and just now found this interview in Guitarworld from 1993 where J and Kevin talk about their guitars, tunings and music. Great read. :)
J Mascis: I like the necks on older guitars. They’ve been worn. Somebody’s played it. It’s like a baseball glove which somebody has broken in for you or something. And even though the old stuff is getting more expensive, it still can be cheaper than buying some hideous modern Nuno guitar. Modern guitars are just shit. I can’t understand why anyone would want one. And I don’t understand why having a guitar that is real easy to play is considered a good thing. I always thought it was bad–you start playing too fast.
Guitarworld Interview
March 11th 2012
I made a small change to the guestbook, now you can reply to a previous entry and that answer will be shown inside the original entry. Hope you like it.
March 9th 2012
I updated the “Exploring the Mastery Bridge” piece with my experiences after rehearsals and gigging with the bridge and added more pictures.
February 26th 2012
“From surfboards to shoegaze and beyond, it’s been a remarkable 50-year journey …”
- Fender celebrates the 50yr anniversary of the Jaguar with a thorough article and an Anniversary Model
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February 17th 2012
I needed a quick way to determine if my bridges allow for a good setup regarding the fretboard radius. Normally I would trust my eyes and fingers to determine if the distance of the strings from the fretboard is roughly the same arc as the fredboard’s radius… but wouldn’t it be nice to have a little helper to check the radius while fiddling with the saddle-height screws?
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