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Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 7:43 pm
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I like my Jaguar Bass. I was in Guitar Center, thinking "I'm here just to LOOK, and not BUY anything". Well, you know how that goes. The hot rod red and matching headstock was just too good to pass up. Now I understand why women impulse buy clothing and shoes! :D This is the bass I prefer for gigging, since you can get almost any sound out of it. I also like the thin neck on it. My 64 Jazz Bass has a thin neck, but my 78 P Bass has a much "chunkier" neck. Sometime in the late '60's the necks got a lot thicker. I prefer thin necks as opposed to chunky. Just my 2 cents.


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Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2008 11:59 am
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I got my jag about a month ago. I had never considered this bass once before but i went in and the red caught my eye. i picked it up and was amazed. it has such great tone and you can pretty much get an overdrive out of it. its very easy to play anything. if anyone is on the fence of decision, definitely go for it.


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Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 2:54 pm
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I love the Jaguar. Ive been goin to the shop alot just to play it. I played it and it sounds great. I like the shade of red and everything else boiut it. Yall should also try the Dean Sledgehammer. Great sound.

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Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 1:50 pm
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I want one in Hot Rod Red, not only for the color matched headstock, but because it'd look totally stunning alongside my So Cal Speed Shop Strat!

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Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 10:42 am
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I have a very nice looking sunburst Jag Bass.

It has to be the most attractive and the most useless bass in my small collection of 6 instruments.

I bought it out of Japan 2 years ago after being so impressed with my Geddy Lee, which comes from the same factory. I was also attracted to the tonal posibilities.

I was disappointed to find that the basic underlying tone was thin and lacked the sheer oomph and polish of the Geddy. In addition, the noise from the active config was absolutely shocking, frankly unacceptable. Despite the tonal possibilities, I couldn't actually find a good tone I liked. The low freqs seemed muddy whilst the treble reveals horrendous noise. On a gig, I found that I became quite easily lost in the mix. Another horrible feature is the inconsistent output across the strings.

The machine heads seemed imprecise also, really sloppy in fact.

I've fitted Lindy Fralin Jazz pickups which improved the tone, but seemed to upset the balance of the switching. The noise remains as bad as ever. It also pops much like the sound you get when you plug an instrument into a live amp. I wouldn't dream of recording with it.

Everything else is really nice, i.e. the neck, the style and the general quality of finish.

As such this bass has sat in it's case for most of it's time with me. I've not even changed the strings on it yet!

I've lost interest in this bass, I now have an '83 Squier JV P-Bass and an '84 Squier JV Jazz bass and these instruments are the best ever, period. Like. almost as good as 62 originals. (Not to be confused with later budget Squier models)

However, I believe that there are modifications one can make which can unleash the true potential of this instrument.Any suggestions??

Otherwise I have an as new 3 colour sunburst Jag for sale in a nice repro 60's hard case with Lindy fralin p'ups plus the originals. Anyone interested??

CF - Melbourne


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Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2008 8:21 am
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I've been playing the Jaguar for 5 months now and it looks like my battery is running out. So of course first I tried to open the battery hatch. But here's the problem: I can't get it open. Is it really so tight or am I doing something wrong here? I've tried to lift it, then tried to lift it and pressing the other side down. Any tips on this?


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