Martin, a frequent visitor of this page, contacted me with a simple and effective fix for moving bridge screw issues.

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Wow, I treated myself to a Johnny Marr Jaguar, after spending the better half of an hour testdriving it.

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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

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.

I updated the “Exploring the Mastery Bridge” piece with my experiences after rehearsals and gigging with the bridge and added more pictures.