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LarryLunchmeat Joined: Dec 30, 2014 Posts: 13	Posted on Jan 06 2015 06:48 PM Jags are always sexy, but I'm cursed with left-handititus so it's really not an option for me. For me it's one of my strats with a bridge/neck pup switch. Top
JakeDobner Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 12159 Seattle	Posted on Jan 06 2015 09:48 PM LarryLunchmeat wrote: Jags are always sexy, but I'm cursed with left-handititus so it's really not an option for me. For me it's one of my strats with a bridge/neck pup switch. Left-handed unfinished body from One Eyed Jacks(not sure how much finished, the $155 was for a thinline, so less presumably for a non-thinline) - $155 Finished in metallic finish left-handed from MJT - $350 Musikraft Neck - $195 Pickups - $100 (the amazing Fender AV65 Pure Vintage Pickups) Pickguard - $30-50 Vibrato - $70 for AVRI on Amazon Bridge - $30-$150 Metal plates - $55 Pots - $30 Wiring - $20 Tuners - $30 Nut - $50 Knobs - $15 Sliders - $20 Roller knob - $20 Strap pegs - $10 Neck plate - $10 Jack - $5 Jags are expensive because of all the parts! Top
LarryLunchmeat Joined: Dec 30, 2014 Posts: 13	Posted on Jan 07 2015 03:21 PM JakeDobner wrote: LarryLunchmeat wrote: Jags are always sexy, but I'm cursed with left-handititus so it's really not an option for me. For me it's one of my strats with a bridge/neck pup switch. Left-handed unfinished body from One Eyed Jacks(not sure how much finished, the $155 was for a thinline, so less presumably for a non-thinline) - $155 Finished in metallic finish left-handed from MJT - $350 Musikraft Neck - $195 Pickups - $100 (the amazing Fender AV65 Pure Vintage Pickups) Pickguard - $30-50 Vibrato - $70 for AVRI on Amazon Bridge - $30-$150 Metal plates - $55 Pots - $30 Wiring - $20 Tuners - $30 Nut - $50 Knobs - $15 Sliders - $20 Roller knob - $20 Strap pegs - $10 Neck plate - $10 Jack - $5 Jags are expensive because of all the parts! Exactly. Fender only offers the KC model right now and my only other option is buying a Jap Jag. for around $1300. Top
SixStringSurfer Joined: Sep 23, 2014 Posts: 1400 Memphis, TN	Posted on Jan 19 2015 04:42 PM SixStringSurfer wrote: Just arrived today! Loving this guitar more and more every time I play it! — MooreLoud.com - A tribute to Dick Dale. New Singles "Finish Line" and "Paradiso" on Bandcamp and website. Last edited: Jan 19, 2015 16:45:28 Top
SanchoPansen Joined: Jan 04, 2011 Posts: 1588 Berlin L-Berg	Posted on Jan 19 2015 05:05 PM Really good looking guitar. What's up with the trem, if I may ask? The trem hole looks unusal on the pic. — The Hicadoolas Top
CrazyAces Joined: Jul 31, 2012 Posts: 4052 Nashville, TN.	Posted on Jan 19 2015 07:15 PM SixStringSurfer wrote: SixStringSurfer wrote: Just arrived today! Loving this guitar more and more every time I play it! Dig the big headstock! — http://www.facebook.com/CrazyAcesMusic http://www.youtube.com/user/crazyacesrock http://www.reverbnation.com/crazyacesmusic Top
CrazyAces Joined: Jul 31, 2012 Posts: 4052 Nashville, TN.	Posted on Jan 19 2015 07:16 PM We're still pretty fond of these — http://www.facebook.com/CrazyAcesMusic http://www.youtube.com/user/crazyacesrock http://www.reverbnation.com/crazyacesmusic Top
JakeDobner Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 12159 Seattle	Posted on Jan 19 2015 07:16 PM SanchoPansen wrote: Really good looking guitar. What's up with the trem, if I may ask? The trem hole looks unusal on the pic. It is a sticker covering the hole. Top
Noel Joined: Mar 15, 2011 Posts: 8528 Back in Piitsburgh, Pennsylvania, where I grew up.	Posted on Jan 19 2015 07:23 PM CrazyAces wrote: We're still pretty fond of these Dang! — This is Noel. Reverb's at maximum an' I'm givin' 'er all she's got. Top
SanchoPansen Joined: Jan 04, 2011 Posts: 1588 Berlin L-Berg	Posted on Jan 20 2015 02:32 AM JakeDobner wrote: SanchoPansen wrote: Really good looking guitar. What's up with the trem, if I may ask? The trem hole looks unusal on the pic. It is a sticker covering the hole. Well, thanks for the clarification. Looked like a massive trem hole on the pic, maybe for a crowbar? — The Hicadoolas Last edited: Jan 20, 2015 04:35:50 Top
Gilette Joined: May 04, 2014 Posts: 734	Posted on Jan 20 2015 04:22 AM JakeDobner wrote: SanchoPansen wrote: Really good looking guitar. What's up with the trem, if I may ask? The trem hole looks unusal on the pic. It is a sticker covering the hole. It stops the spring from falling out. Don't lose it! btw. Great guitars! Teisco's? Last edited: Jan 20, 2015 04:24:35 Top
Syndicateofsurf Joined: Oct 08, 2014 Posts: 1073 Northern Ohio	Posted on Jan 20 2015 06:35 AM CrazyAces wrote: We're still pretty fond of these I almost bought something that looked like these only it had more chrome if you can believe it. I sorta hate myself now. I did buy one of these which I love. Has the most sensitve whammy bar I ever whammed- DeArmond pickups. Voice of the angels. — Da Vinci Flinglestein, The quest for the Tone, the tone of the Quest The Syndicate of Surf on YouTube http://www.syndicateofsurf.com/ http://sharawaji.com/ http://surfrockradio.com/ Top
CrazyAces Joined: Jul 31, 2012 Posts: 4052 Nashville, TN.	Posted on Jan 20 2015 07:05 AM Syndicateofsurf, I dig those "zippo lighter" DeArmonds. Cheers, Jeff — http://www.facebook.com/CrazyAcesMusic http://www.youtube.com/user/crazyacesrock http://www.reverbnation.com/crazyacesmusic Top
Richard Joined: Mar 02, 2006 Posts: 1683 Georgia	Posted on Jan 20 2015 07:13 AM Syndicate, is that a Kay? — The Mystery Men? El Capitan and The Reluctant Sadists SSS Agent #31 Top
Syndicateofsurf Joined: Oct 08, 2014 Posts: 1073 Northern Ohio	Posted on Jan 20 2015 07:23 AM Oh yeah. Kay Vanguard with bushmaster headstock. Distributed exclusively by JC Penny. It reads 'PennCrest" on the head. Now with my Silvertone, I call them my dimestore guitars — Da Vinci Flinglestein, The quest for the Tone, the tone of the Quest The Syndicate of Surf on YouTube http://www.syndicateofsurf.com/ http://sharawaji.com/ http://surfrockradio.com/ Last edited: Jan 20, 2015 07:27:03 Top
CrazyAces Joined: Jul 31, 2012 Posts: 4052 Nashville, TN.	Posted on Jan 20 2015 07:26 AM Dimestore guitars rule! — http://www.facebook.com/CrazyAcesMusic http://www.youtube.com/user/crazyacesrock http://www.reverbnation.com/crazyacesmusic Top
Syndicateofsurf Joined: Oct 08, 2014 Posts: 1073 Northern Ohio	Posted on Jan 20 2015 07:42 AM Takes a banging and keeps on twanging! — Da Vinci Flinglestein, The quest for the Tone, the tone of the Quest The Syndicate of Surf on YouTube http://www.syndicateofsurf.com/ http://sharawaji.com/ http://surfrockradio.com/ Last edited: Jan 20, 2015 07:43:16 Top
SixStringSurfer Joined: Sep 23, 2014 Posts: 1400 Memphis, TN	Posted on Jan 20 2015 04:37 PM Some very unusual, yet awesome looking guitars in this thread! Btw, thanks for all the compliments on my Strat. SanchoPansen, that pic does make it look like a huge trem hole! CrazyAces, really like the shape on those guitars man. Btw, heard one of your songs on the Shrunken Head Lounge the other day. — MooreLoud.com - A tribute to Dick Dale. New Singles "Finish Line" and "Paradiso" on Bandcamp and website. Top
CrazyAces Joined: Jul 31, 2012 Posts: 4052 Nashville, TN.	Posted on Jan 20 2015 05:14 PM SixStringSurfer wrote: Some very unusual, yet awesome looking guitars in this thread! Btw, thanks for all the compliments on my Strat. SanchoPansen, that pic does make it look like a huge trem hole! CrazyAces, really like the shape on those guitars man. Btw, heard one of your songs on the Shrunken Head Lounge the other day. I had a period of a few years when all I collected was weird shaped guitars, LOL Thanks for the heads up about Shrunken Head Lounge. I'll have to thank Noodles and I still dig that large headstock! Cheers, Jeff — http://www.facebook.com/CrazyAcesMusic http://www.youtube.com/user/crazyacesrock http://www.reverbnation.com/crazyacesmusic Top
so1om Joined: May 10, 2012 Posts: 492	Posted on Jan 24 2015 08:57 PM Fronkensurf wrote: Absence makes the heart grow fonder... or Fender in this case. One of my favorite surf guitars was this Jag I owned back in the early 80's. I got it for next to nothing due to the refin. I don't know who did it, or what ever happened to it after I traded it away. I got it from a shop near Detroit called Rock City. Don't think it's there anymore. I think they had an all-original silver Jag w/matching headstock for like $500. Man, that was a lot of $$. This one probably cost $200. Bump. So can anyone comment on the paint job and those odd ball metal flakes we were talking about? Top

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