So today I bought a...

singlepup · Post by **singlepup** » Tue Feb 10, 2015 7:07 am

Not really a big surprise.

singlepup · Post by **singlepup** » Tue Feb 10, 2015 7:15 am

The neck is so ridiculously good. Not sure why I ever questioned the magic of the vintage radius and 24" scale.

Slight issues: the perloid is starting to flake off. The saddles are gappy. Set up is decent (I think it's got .010s right now). I don't have the right allen wrench to fine tune... Which do I need?

Noirie. · Post by **Noirie.** » Tue Feb 10, 2015 8:11 am

A tiny bit of blu tac inbetween the saddles should solve the problem with gaps.

singlepup · Post by **singlepup** » Tue Feb 10, 2015 1:38 pm

Good to know, thanks! I suppose I'll try it as-is for a while and see.

The main issue with gaps is string buzz, right? I was getting a little buzz on the G and B, but it was better after I pushed the saddles closer. The gap between D and G is like the Grand Canyon

Btw, it's a CIJ circa 2002.

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Tue Feb 10, 2015 2:53 pm

Nice. I still like a Jag-Stang, twas the first offset/short scale I owned back in t'1990's.

Watch those grub screws in the bridge posts aren't loose as well, they can cause a rattle and work themselves loose. I used to rub dry candle wax on then then put them back in. Stops movement.

How you finding the bridge pup? Some sound woolly and dull.

Ankhanu · Post by **Ankhanu** » Tue Feb 10, 2015 3:49 pm

Beauty. I'm a little jealous. I always look fondly on the Jag-Stangs I played back in the day.

George · Post by **George** » Tue Feb 10, 2015 3:52 pm

Doxastic · Post by **Doxastic** » Tue Feb 10, 2015 8:09 pm

singlepickup24 wrote:The neck is so ridiculously good. Not sure why I ever questioned the magic of the vintage radius and 24" scale.

Slight issues: the perloid is starting to flake off. The saddles are gappy. Set up is decent (I think it's got .010s right now). I don't have the right allen wrench to fine tune... Which do I need?

what's a vintage radius?

BearBoy · Post by **BearBoy** » Tue Feb 10, 2015 8:32 pm

7.25" on Fenders.

Rox · Post by **Rox** » Tue Feb 10, 2015 9:42 pm

Love it! Give it some tort!

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Tue Feb 10, 2015 10:45 pm

Rox wrote:Give it some tort!

O.o

Awstin · Post by **Awstin** » Tue Feb 10, 2015 11:10 pm

Have cooterfinger make you a new pearloid guard.

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Tue Feb 10, 2015 11:23 pm

singlepickup24 wrote:The neck is so ridiculously good.

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Tue Feb 10, 2015 11:25 pm

sunshiner · Post by **sunshiner** » Wed Feb 11, 2015 5:39 am

Congrats, play the hell out of it

singlepup · Post by **singlepup** » Wed Feb 11, 2015 1:25 pm

I'm actually playing guitar more than I'm posting on shortscale! Amen.

Fran, thanks for the tip. I'll be sure to check those posts. The bridge needs a bit of love, to be sure. The humbucker actually sounds OK to my ears, but not sure if it's the original pup. Check out the cream cover...

Post by **dots** » Thu Feb 12, 2015 2:52 am

they made some with teh cream on the humbucker, so i bet it's original given how clean the rest of it is.

and god damn is it clean! nice pull and enjoy!

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Thu Feb 12, 2015 3:55 am

see here's the thing about that

the fake pearl pickguard shouldn't be flaking on you. mine was 10 years old before i swapped it out for pizzastangmasterII pickguard but it was fine. AND I BEAT THE SHIT OUT OF IT.

this guitar is untouched, still has the protective plastic on the pickup, but the pickguard is flaking?

wut?

paul_ · Post by **paul_** » Thu Feb 12, 2015 2:26 pm

It's possible, different climates, lived in shops/warehouses instead of people-dwellin's etc...
My JS is 18 years old and its stock guard hasn't peeled or yellowed or anything.

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Thu Feb 12, 2015 3:05 pm

Whereas my friend bought a mim first run cyclone back in high school and the pearloid flaked off in a few months.