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Hey everyone,
I just got around to looking at this string. I thought it fair to mention
that I have two Fender Japan guitars. I got them last year right before the
WTC disaster. They're this incredible metallic deep blue color, and I LOVE
them. I got a jag AND a jazzmaster. A friend of mine went on a trip to Japan
and went into a guitar shop there and KABANG! there were these jag and
jazz'z and 'stangs in crazy colors he'd never seen before. Being a smooth
talker, he kind of built a quick friendship in one of the clerks and
well...Fender Japan DOES export now, they just don't know it yet.
As for the guitars...
I have mixed emotions. They're beautiful and play GREAT. The
craftsmanship is incredible, but...
For starters, they still come with those suck-ass threaded bridge
saddles. BUH-BYE! replaced both with mustang bridges.
The pickups on the Jazzmaster HAD to GO! They WERE strat pickups!
$130 bucks later, I was two Seymour Duncan Vintage Jazzmaster pickups closer
to good tone.
The Jaguar sounded KILLER right out of the case, but when I took the
pickguard off to inspect the wiring and switch componentry, one of the
screws had a very poor alignment job and was barely into the wood of the
guitar. I would say right now my jag is my favorite guitar. I go through
phases, so I'm sure next month the Jazzmaster will be king...but for now...
-Dano
>From: "ohsyrus" <>
>Reply-To:
>To:
>Subject: [SurfGuitar101] Re: Jaguars and Jazzmasters
>Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2002 14:57:14 -0000
>
>I want to extend my appreciation to all who responding to my request
>for advice and I thought you might be curious as to the outcome.
>
>The Jag I had a chance to play, so I know pretty much what it is
>(although without the proper strings), however, I've never had the
>privilege to try out a JM. So that's what I ordered, sight unseen,
>from one of these web outfits with a 30 day happy, happy, joy, joy
>policy. I wanted to get both, frankly, but SWMBO said, what, do you
>have 4 arms? The argument that swayed me the most came from Ivan's
>list of 3rd wave JM players. I love everyone on that list.
>
>So now, final question--how do the Seymour Duncan JM pups compare
>with the AV stock pups? Any advantage to SD's souped up versions like
>the "hot" JM, or the 1/4 lb JM? Opinions?
>
>thanx!
>
>
>--- In SurfGuitar101@y..., "Brian Neal" <bneal@z...> wrote:
> > I don't know much about MBV or Sonic Youth (didn't these guys put
>pickups
> > BEHIND the bridge?), but Mr. Cobain had humbuckers in his Jag.
>Davie Allan
> > (King Fuzz) gets massive amounts of grunge from his Jazzmaster (it
>sounds
> > like a Harley Davidson!), but he too, I think, has humbuckers in
>his guitar.
> >
> > The Japanese Jazzmasters from the mid-80's to early 90's supposedly
>have
> > strat like pickups in them underneath the wide pickup cover. A lot
>of people
> > seem to replace them. Over at The Fender Forum, there is news that
>Fender
> > Japan is making Jaguars and Jazzmasters again, this time with much
>better
> > components and maybe even better pickups (everyone is wondering
>about this
> > since the first Japanese reissues were pretty poor). They offer
>lots of
> > color choices and even some non-standard options like a hard tail
>bridge and
> > humbuckers. They are not importing them to the US though, although
>some
> > dealers in Europe are individually scooping some up. There are also
>a few
> > people who are buying directly from Fender Japan.
> >
> > Davie Allan and The Arrows:
> > Fender Forum:
> >
> > BN
>
>
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