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I don't think the Jap bodies look that bad, infact I haven't even
noticed this, and still really don't see it.
Let me add this: The MIJ and CIJ's are different as far as hardware
goes. I had a early 90s MIJ Jaguar and it was trash. The tuners
were the vintage style ones with the keys that pop on. My 2003 CIJ
has tuners just like the AVs the older MIJ also had smaller saddles
than the ones on my 2003 CIJ do.
I always thought the saddles on the original Jazzmasters were all the
same. The two plain string saddles were made with a finer thread
than they had in previous years starting in '62(the year of the
Jaguar). We all know Fender liked to use up parts so there was a
time for about a year when you'd get bridges with one, two, or three
of the fine threaded saddles.
--- In , "loscobrassurf"
<loscobrassurf@y...> wrote:
>
> Got a mustang bridge from a local shop.( a Fender even )Put it on
my
> jap jazz .To bright .The mustang saddles are brass .The stock is
> steel. The brass saddles cured some of the string problems but made
> some other problems. miller
>
>
>
>
>
> -- In , "Brian Neal" <bneal@i...>
wrote:
> > Gavin,
> >
> > Let's hope that was just a photo-distorto effect happening...I've
> heard
> > people like Jim Shine say there are differences in body shapes
> between the
> > Japanese and American (both reissue and vintage) guitars, but I
> would hope
> > it wasn't that dramatic. I have compared other pics of Japanese
> Jags (from
> > the 90's) and they seem more reasonable.
> >
> > I have resisted getting Mustang saddles so far, but I just won a
> set on
> > eBay, so I'll try them out for grins. I may just look for some
> vintage
> > saddles since they have 3 different sizes too. I don't get why
the
> American
> > reissues didn't use different sizes; they were very accurate in
all
> other
> > details.
> >
> > If I can find a set of vintage saddles and the Mustang saddles
> don't work
> > out, I'll try the Graph-Tecs. I've heard that they don't fit too
> well side
> > by side on the bridge (they aren't wide enough so they can
> wigggle). Seems
> > like it's always something...
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > BN
