rickvox
Joined: Jul 13, 2012
Posts: 82
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Posted on Dec 22 2012 09:14 AM
I just, thanks to my wife got my second Dipinto Galaxie 4 this time a Los Straitjackets model . I can't tell you how much I love these guitars . The pickups are great , Just adjust them to your taste (height) and your rocking. This is the most well balanced ,cool looking ,VERY cool sounding, stay in tune with wammy bar guitars out there. It is well made and for the money even if it was 3 xs the price it is a steal . They are my goto main guitars now and the only problem now is do I play the Pink Sparkle or the Silver Sparkle Galaxie as I love them both!
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CrazyAces
Joined: Jul 31, 2012
Posts: 4052
Nashville, TN.
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Posted on Dec 22 2012 10:57 AM
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Rouserman73
Joined: Dec 25, 2012
Posts: 101
Mänttä-Vilppula, Finland, Europe
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Posted on Dec 25 2012 02:00 PM
I just recently bought me a Vintage Modified Jaguar by Squier...and I gotta tell Ya that I really dig this guitars vibes..It's finishing is nice and smooth and it plays and sounds quite nice allright. I had to make few adjustments although..I put Gotoh-tuners instead of those kluson-type originals and new Fender Mustang-brigde too. Now I think that it is the way I want to and the upper E-string doesn't pop out when playing fast surf-tremoloes! 
— Twang & Bop til You Drop!
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imafunkyman
Joined: Sep 16, 2007
Posts: 548
Utah
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Posted on Dec 25 2012 03:21 PM
Beautiful instrument. I really need to give a Jaguar a try some time.
— Either you surf, or you fight.
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dirkkahuna
Joined: Dec 21, 2012
Posts: 77
Willow Street, PA
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Posted on Dec 25 2012 03:28 PM
At 1st I was all about the Mosrite Ventures Model exclusively... Then I graduated to a real 1962 Fender MIA Jazzmaster. Now that my hands are giving me trouble, its a Fender MIJ Jaguar but at least its still a surf guitar...
— give me 3-fingers of 1st Wave SURF
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fenderfan
Joined: Jul 13, 2008
Posts: 779
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Posted on Dec 25 2012 05:48 PM
For me, it's a Strat, or a Tele with a vibrato bar. The Jazzmaster is a fine, historic guitar, but sounds too soft and plinky to my undoubtedly damaged hearing, and the Jaguar, another respected surf guitar, sounds thin and like it's fretting out. But, my band plays not only surf but instrumental rock, with roots back to players such as Link Wray, and the Strat, and a Tele with vibrato, seem to handle that range of musical duty the best...again, this is all only as interpreted by my ears, with no disrespect to Leo's other interesting creations, and the fine players who use them.
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Reef-Ranger
Joined: Mar 14, 2009
Posts: 60
Oceania
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Posted on Dec 25 2012 06:56 PM
. . . "and the Jaguar, another respected surf guitar, sounds thin and like it's fretting out".
Respectfully, I couldn't disagree more. In fact, if this is the case, then something isn't quite right, either with your Jag or your Strat.
Like you, I own multiple Strats, Teles, Jags, Jazzmasters and a plethora of other guitars (single-coil, humbuckers, etc.), and there simply isn't a single-coil guitar in the known world that is inherently 'fatter' sounding (right outta the box), than a Jag. No Strat in the world (vintage or modern) can come close IMHO.
Check your pots, your caps, your wiring, your switches, your string gauges, whatever (!), but something just isn't right. Every decent Jag I've ever played wss like a Strat with P90s or Firebirds - it shouldn't be "thin" sounding at all.
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JakeDobner
Joined: Feb 26, 2006
Posts: 12159
Seattle
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Posted on Dec 25 2012 08:02 PM
Jags are fat for Fender guitars. Strats and Teles just sound more rounded. I wouldn't call it thinner and definitely not fatter. Jags have a lot of highs and a lot of lows. It is fat and thin. Strats and Teles are pretty focused and don't have a lot of shrill or a lot of fat. All good guitars for different purposes. Give me a Jazzmaster though, although I am keen on Jags.
When you use the word thin and "sounds like it is fretting out" then there is something wrong with the setup on the guitar you played. No properly setup guitar sounds like it is fretting out.
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fenderfan
Joined: Jul 13, 2008
Posts: 779
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Posted on Dec 25 2012 08:34 PM
No, it's not an individual Jag - they just all sound thin and fretting out to me, but that's only me, so please feel free to Jag on!
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JakeDobner
Joined: Feb 26, 2006
Posts: 12159
Seattle
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Posted on Dec 26 2012 12:31 PM
fenderfan wrote:
No, it's not an individual Jag - they just all sound thin and fretting out to me, but that's only me, so please feel free to Jag on!
I'm okay with saying they are thin, as they are Fenders. Fuller than a Mustang, more life than a DiPinto equals good enough for me. But if it sounds like a guitar is fretting out, there is something wrong with the setup, not the guitar itself. The Jag has any number of spots(four or five) where this is a reality. They are high maintenance guitars, that is the problem with them.
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morphball
Joined: Dec 23, 2008
Posts: 3324
Pittsboro, NC
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Posted on Dec 26 2012 01:21 PM
fenderfan wrote:
my band plays not only surf but instrumental rock, with roots back to players such as Link Wray, and the Strat, and a Tele with vibrato, seem to handle that range of musical duty the best...
Interestingly, the SG-2 Wray was famous for playing doesn't look or sound much like a strat... to my eyes and ears, it's a much closer cousin to the jag:
Not trying to jump on the pile, but I agree that your opinion of jaguars may have been tempered by a bad experience/bad setup, because these babies growl like their namesakes, and don't fret out anywhere on mine. Maybe you're just a "strat guy" though, and there's nothing wrong with that... I like 'em too.
— Mike
http://www.youtube.com/morphballio
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fenderfan
Joined: Jul 13, 2008
Posts: 779
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Posted on Dec 26 2012 01:55 PM
Link played just about everything, but really did a lot on his old Supro, which had a snarling Tele or Strat twang and growl.
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morphball
Joined: Dec 23, 2008
Posts: 3324
Pittsboro, NC
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Posted on Dec 26 2012 02:51 PM
Fair enough, but a tele or strat is not really the first thing I would think of for early Link... especially concerning that iconic white Supro, something he supposedly bought to replace a Les Paul. I'm sure in the right hands and with the right amp, you can get a tele or strat to sound similar (and I realize he definitely did use strats later on), I just think it's stretching it a bit to consider those particular models as "the" Link Wray sound. Tone is a really subjective beast though, so whatever works for you. 
— Mike
http://www.youtube.com/morphballio
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fenderfan
Joined: Jul 13, 2008
Posts: 779
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Posted on Dec 26 2012 03:04 PM
You're right that he used Strats (and used them extensively). The fundamental element of the Link Wray sound is deep, snarky (technical term) twang, and the best way to get that is with a Tele or a Strat, rather than wrestling with another guitar to make it sound like a Tele or Strat. And, if other players are able to get their desired tone with a Jag or Jazzmaster, that's good. We all gravitate toward what our ears focus most directly on, and, as I've mentioned, mine are probably damaged from so many years in front of the amps.
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Bill_Ashton
Joined: Nov 15, 2008
Posts: 124
Massachusetts
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Posted on Dec 29 2012 07:14 PM
My Classic 60's Jaguar Special with single coils is now my sole electric...she is good for everything, kinda a cross between a tele and a strat. Just right with my new Excelsior (you fathead!...RIP Gene Shepard)
— Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most...
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PrestonRice
Joined: Oct 05, 2012
Posts: 1725
Austin, Texas
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Posted on Dec 29 2012 07:51 PM
I want an excelsior so bad... My favorite current guitar is my tele, but I'd like a squier jag.
— IMO.
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synchro
Joined: Feb 02, 2008
Posts: 4423
Not One-Sawn, but Two-Sawn . . . AZ.
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Posted on Dec 29 2012 07:58 PM
Altar wrote:
I want an excelsior so bad... My favorite current guitar is my tele, but I'd like a squier jag.
The Excelsior is a great little amp. Add a touch of reverb and you get a very good early Surf sound, IMHO.
— The artist formerly known as: Synchro
When Surf Guitar is outlawed only outlaws will play Surf Guitar.
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PrestonRice
Joined: Oct 05, 2012
Posts: 1725
Austin, Texas
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Posted on Dec 29 2012 08:48 PM
Yeah, the tremolo is great, and the three inputs are a bonus, in a setup with multiple guitarists, and at $300, the price is phenomenal.
— IMO.
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Toneschaser
Joined: Jun 14, 2012
Posts: 462
Ohio!
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Posted on Jan 15 2013 10:37 PM
At the moment it's my modified 60's Kalamazoo KG-1 guitars. Fender look, 7.250" Fender radius, Bolt on neck, Jaguar scale..... A fun stab that the folks at Gibson made at Fender team during the early years of the solidbody guitar.
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Wombat
Joined: Oct 13, 2011
Posts: 251
Byron Bay, Australia
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Posted on Jan 15 2013 10:48 PM
I love my Strat's for surf (especially the Strat Plus) but gonna have to buy a Jag sooner or later
— 'Surf Music Lasts Forever'
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