Posted: Sat Jul 10, 2021 4:02 pm
This seems like a missed opportunity.dots wrote: so far, however, my only initial disappointment is in sticking with the original two colors and not adding to that.
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Posted: Sat Jul 10, 2021 4:22 pm
pooh brown?
Posted: Sat Jul 10, 2021 9:02 pm
You guys are doing well with this thread without me while I'm on vacation. Carry on
Posted: Sat Jul 10, 2021 9:19 pm
My first guess is ruin the best neck ever put on a guitar linedots wrote:
, i'm curious what almost 20 years and a new factory will do for it.
Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2021 3:49 pm
The MIJ "reissue" Jag-Stangs from the early '00s had alder bodies.
Obviously you can only see cosmetic differences from pics, but unlike either of the previous two Jag-Stangs:
-doesn't say "designed by kurt cobain" on the back of the headstock but rather has the "made in mexico" w/serial stamp typical of MIMs
-has a W/B/P pickguard material, giving a more traditional 3-ply look to the guard's beveled edge than the other JSs' black/white/pearl guards.
-has a silly '70s F-stamped neckplate for no reason, since it's the '70s
I have really small hands and find the JS neck too small for certain things. It's comfy for lower power chords for sure, I can see why Kurt liked it [on his compstang].
Obviously you can only see cosmetic differences from pics, but unlike either of the previous two Jag-Stangs:
-doesn't say "designed by kurt cobain" on the back of the headstock but rather has the "made in mexico" w/serial stamp typical of MIMs
-has a W/B/P pickguard material, giving a more traditional 3-ply look to the guard's beveled edge than the other JSs' black/white/pearl guards.
-has a silly '70s F-stamped neckplate for no reason, since it's the '70s
I have really small hands and find the JS neck too small for certain things. It's comfy for lower power chords for sure, I can see why Kurt liked it [on his compstang].
Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2021 3:57 pm
paul_ wrote:-doesn't say "designed by kurt cobain" on the back of the headstock but rather has the "designed by mexican kurt cobain" w/serial stamp typical of MIMs
Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2021 4:11 pm
Doog wrote:paul_ wrote:-doesn't say "designed by kurt cobain" on the back of the headstock but rather has the "designed by Conrado De Gobienne" w/serial stamp typical of MIMs
Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2021 4:27 pm
plopswagon wrote:Doog wrote:paul_ wrote:-doesn't say "designed by kurt cobain" on the back of the headstock, but NEVER SHUTS UP ABOUT IT OH MY GOD
Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2021 5:01 pm
hm. one would think fender would want to continue showcasing the cobain heritage of the guitar somewhere physically on the instrument, so i am wondering if its removal is based on stipulations made by the estate. courtney, dave, and krist have been in and out of court and sold off so many intellectual rights over the years, i wouldn't be surprised if just a decal like that has some god awful license fee attached to it now.
Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2021 5:01 pm
That massive Jagstang build thread on Offset was pretty interesting.
Kurt's original blue one had a different body shape and a custom seymour duncan 59 in the bridge. The neck was just a nitro finished regular MIJ Mustang with a scuffed Fender decal.
Apparently his original intention was it as a production model coming in blue and red with white pearl and a oly white with tort. Or something like that. Peter Buck still owns it.
What happened to the original red one is a mystery and it's believed to have been stolen by a Fender employee and covered up. The red prototype seen in magazines at the time was a rushed botched replacement for it. And that one was sold at auction a couple years back.
Kurt's original blue one had a different body shape and a custom seymour duncan 59 in the bridge. The neck was just a nitro finished regular MIJ Mustang with a scuffed Fender decal.
Apparently his original intention was it as a production model coming in blue and red with white pearl and a oly white with tort. Or something like that. Peter Buck still owns it.
What happened to the original red one is a mystery and it's believed to have been stolen by a Fender employee and covered up. The red prototype seen in magazines at the time was a rushed botched replacement for it. And that one was sold at auction a couple years back.
Posted: Sun Aug 01, 2021 1:45 am
My mum found this today
Looks like they charged him an extra 1% sales tax... suppose it’s too late to complain.
Looks like they charged him an extra 1% sales tax... suppose it’s too late to complain.
Posted: Mon Aug 02, 2021 3:50 pm
clearly a christmas tax.
Posted: Mon Aug 02, 2021 4:10 pm
The more I read this (and the OSG) thread, the more I'm thinking I misremembered this. Maybe £475? I remember the Aerodyne Tele I got two years later definitely being the most expensive guitar I ever bought (£505).Bacchus wrote:It's the best neck in the world. And one of the best neck pickups. I think I paid £375 for mine new.
Posted: Mon Aug 02, 2021 8:24 pm
Mine was £650 in 1997, but that included the comedy lefty tax which was usually around £100 back then.
Posted: Fri Oct 15, 2021 10:50 am
These seem to be in the shops now. Anyone tried one?
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Posted: Fri Oct 15, 2021 10:52 am
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Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2021 10:02 pm
Troggly put up a new vid. If you can make it all the way thru you can hear how the HB still sounds like a fart full of ass and the neck pickup still sounds really good.
Proves the robroe jagstang mod where you throw the humbucker in the river and put a music master pickguard on it is the best mod
Proves the robroe jagstang mod where you throw the humbucker in the river and put a music master pickguard on it is the best mod