Jagg Man

I know the Jaguar was Fender's Cadillac with all the bells and whistles but how much different was it to the Jazzmaster that came out 5 years earlier? Ive read its circuit was way more complex and offered a lot of different sound features and there's the pickup difference but on the surface, they seemed a lot alike
 
My father bought a Jazzmaster when i was a lad. Nothing other than a Tele Radio ever stuck around.So ya all want to here a real story.Last guitar my father had was a 53 Tele he bought in 70s from pawn shop in Portland Oregon for 300 $ or something.He sold it to some local guy for a pitance im sure.No clu where it is.I HATED THOSE THINGS WHEN I WAS A KID HAHAHAHAA.
 
Clockworkmike said:
I know the Jaguar was Fender's Cadillac with all the bells and whistles but how much different was it to the Jazzmaster that came out 5 years earlier? Ive read its circuit was way more complex and offered a lot of different sound features and there's the pickup difference but on the surface, they seemed a lot alike
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I never really understood what all the knobs and switches were for (?)
I never seen anybody twirl the top 2 sideways knobs either (or do those count as knobs since they are sideways?)
 
Amp Mad Scientist said:
I never really understood what all the knobs and switches were for (?)
I never seen anybody twirl the top 2 sideways knobs either (or do those count as knobs since they are sideways?)
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No clue either! Lol could've been dummy switches for all i knew. There is a battlefield of controls on these things, so i found this and now i have a headache lol

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Amp Mad Scientist said:
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Do you know what that is?
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Ah! Arguably one if not THE first solidbody electrics: Bigsby Merle Travis. Bit of controversy over the headstock: earliest photos are somewhere from '47/'48 and the headstock is different, kinda squarish. But then it landed in the hands of a guitarist named George Grohs and the famous Fender scroll style appears. But the question is was it done before or after Leo Fender started using it in 1952 and people have argued back and forth over who stole from who
 
Yargnad said:
They're actually very intuitive in practice. I love Jaguars and Jazzmasters and never had an issue with the switching. The strangle switch on, both pickups on and the bridge mute engaged is a great classic Jag tone.

That design and many similar to it date back well over a hundred years. I can't find the pic right now, but there was an ugly acoustic guitar from the 1890s which had a very Fender large headstock look to it. It's based on the the traditional headstock scrolls found on violins, cellos, etc. which have been around for centuries.
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I unfortunately have never gotten to play either a Jaguar or Jazzmaster but always loved the look of both as something radically different. Gibson guitars obviously loved it too since they got popped for ripping off the design on the initial Non Reverse Firebirds and lost a court case lmao

The headstock info is really cool! Makes sense it looks like a sideways view of a violin/cello. Never thought of that!
 
mcblink said:
I have a buddy, he can't play very well at all, but he's amassed an entire roomful of jaguars and jazzmasters. He's been collecting them for a long time. And I really don't have any idea why he's done this, but it's kinda cool to see em all
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Well it's not me, but I wish it was!
 
Clockworkmike said:
I unfortunately have never gotten to play either a Jaguar or Jazzmaster but always loved the look of both as something radically different. Gibson guitars obviously loved it too since they got popped for ripping off the design on the initial Non Reverse Firebirds and lost a court case lmao

The headstock info is really cool! Makes sense it looks like a sideways view of a violin/cello. Never thought of that!
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It has a switch to turn the rhythm PU on / off.
It has a switch to turn the lead PU on / off.
But apparently that's not enough, cause it has a switch to select between rhythm and lead PU.
It's practically redundant, or maybe they did that to confuse me.
It has volume / tone for the rhythm PU.
Then it has "master" volume tone. But it has no volume tone for the lead PU by itself.
In other words, the rhythm PU has 2 volume controls, and 2 tone controls if you think about it...
I'm wondering what triggered this configuration?
I'm wondering just what they had in mind. Like, what am I supposed to do w/ that?

Although I know more about it now than I ever imagined possible....it still confuses the :poo: out of me.
 
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GregM said:
I know I want one...
But then I also want a Luceille, and a Gibson 335, and an sg, and a king v.
I think that's about it, I'm sure more will come.
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This what i want Greg, and this would be a fabulous edition to your herd.:)

 
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