I tried the recent black/White one today. It was a pretty nice guitar. Looked good, played nice. Didn't play it plugged in though, I imagine it's a pretty typical HH guitar. Would consider getting it as a modding platform nearly, put a tort pickguard on it, but it was a bit on the heavy side.
Joined: 29 Jan 2011 Posts: 1272 Location: S.E. WALES
Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 5:04 pm Post subject:
yep they are bloody heavy (guess its the alder) but plenty of scope for modding with that swimming pool of a route under the guard.
Just add one extra humbucker to get teh FreHleyszZ
yep they are bloody heavy (guess its the alder) but plenty of scope for modding with that swimming pool of a route under the guard.
Just add one extra humbucker to get teh FreHleyszZ
Hey, is the swimming pool enough to put Jazzmaster pickups in? You could do a pretty awesome mod with an offset equivalent of a HSH design, Jazzmaster Jag Jazzmaster. Would be pretty boss. Shame about the Strat Trem.
Would one of these be a decent project guitar, if I swapped the pickups for something interesting, put a decent Tort guard on it and installed a Wilkinson Trem?
Do you reckon the Vistas are of decent enough quality to bother with or should I go with a proper Jag? It just seemed like it could be a cool idea, as I did like the one I briefly tried. _________________ http://bit.ly/gQtI
Would one of these be a decent project guitar, if I swapped the pickups for something interesting, put a decent Tort guard on it and installed a Wilkinson Trem?
Do you reckon the Vistas are of decent enough quality to bother with or should I go with a proper Jag? It just seemed like it could be a cool idea, as I did like the one I briefly tried.
Don't cut up a Vista, but the Chinese ones are good for projects. Here is one I did.
Joined: 01 Feb 2011 Posts: 2072 Location: San Diego, California
Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2011 4:21 am Post subject:
My silver sparkle Jagmaster is an excellent guitar. It as a two-point trem, which I find to be very good. It's also a long scale, so it's pretty much not much different from an HH Strat. I use it as my main humbucker guitar and the whammy is very usable.
Vistas aren't just decent, they're very good. _________________ Kicking and squealing Gucci little piggy.
My silver sparkle Jagmaster is an excellent guitar. It as a two-point trem, which I find to be very good. It's also a long scale, so it's pretty much not much different from an HH Strat. I use it as my main humbucker guitar and the whammy is very usable.
Vistas aren't just decent, they're very good.
Do you know what years Squire made them with the two-point trem? I have a silver one on the way. Didn't realize that it's not a shortscale.
I plan to buy a 2009 standard Jagmaster, but I wont get a 24 scale ? I asked the seller if he could do the measurement from nut to 12th fret and it reads 305 mm ..
seems like 24 inch to me..
I dont want to swap necks or body or anything, I just want a Gibson-like scale on the Jag..I recently played a HH Blackface jaguar and the neck was fine, felt like 24 inch..
That's a nice image for reference, but it's a bit misleading. It shows as if the neck pocket and bridge location is the same for all guitars. It's not. You can't just slap a baritone neck on a Strat, or a Jazzmaster neck on a Jaguar, and expect it to work. The only really accurate comparison there would be the Strat (25.5") vs. Conversion (24.75") necks, because in that case, the location of the bridge and the neck pocket would indeed be exactly the same. And, just because a guitar is a longer scale length, doesn't mean it's longer overall. In fact, Jaguars---and I assume Jagmasters---are typically longer than a Strat.
That said, if measurement from nut to 12th fret was really 305mm, that is definitely a 24" scale. If it were a 25.5" scale it would be around 323-234mm. Also, a 24" scale feels quite a lot different from Gibson scale IMO, but it sounds like you've played one and enjoyed it anyway
That's a nice image for reference, but it's a bit misleading. It shows as if the neck pocket and bridge location is the same for all guitars. It's not. You can't just slap a baritone neck on a Strat, or a Jazzmaster neck on a Jaguar, and expect it to work. The only really accurate comparison there would be the Strat (25.5") vs. Conversion (24.75") necks, because in that case, the location of the bridge and the neck pocket would indeed be exactly the same. And, just because a guitar is a longer scale length, doesn't mean it's longer overall. In fact, Jaguars---and I assume Jagmasters---are typically longer than a Strat.
That said, if measurement from nut to 12th fret was really 305mm, that is definitely a 24" scale. If it were a 25.5" scale it would be around 323-234mm. Also, a 24" scale feels quite a lot different from Gibson scale IMO, but it sounds like you've played one and enjoyed it anyway
yeah, you´re right, but I found the comparison ok for a basic understanding, even if the neck pocket is an additional thing..
Today I got my 2008 Jagmaster, its REALLY a nice player..When I had another one two years ago, the scale was definitely another one, it felt like a regular 25,5..
I GUESS it must have been one of the 2000 series with that scale..after 2005 they switched back to 24,75 scale..
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