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Post by justin on May 27, 2021 14:25:32 GMT -5
I love the "zing" I get out of my Tele and Les Paul when I strum a G chord acoustically, for example. The Tele does it best. My G&L Legacy sounded less resonant but it has improved after I placed a metal stopper to prevent the trem from letting the strings go flat if I downtune. I recently bought a Squier Jaguar and I love it. I love its quirks and it sounds great but I do not enjoy playing it unplugged. Is this a byproduct of the offset tremolo? Would I increase the resonance If I installed a Fender trem that has the little trem blocker slider thing? The Squier trem does not have this feature. The thing is that I like using the trem. It's the first tremolo equipped guitar I've used where I liked it. I may be inclined to build a nice Jag one day, but this thing has really filled a void in my collection. I recently went through a Johnny Marr phase and this was obviously the right tool for the job. It also nails that "Under the Bridge" tone. Here's a photo. The Daphne blue is much more blue in person. I bought this on impulse because it played well and was about a pound lighter than similar examples. Because I cannot leave anything alone I bought a very light pine body that I'm planning to whitewash and replace it with. Daphne Blue wasn't my first choice, but it's kinda growing on me.  |
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Post by reverendrob on May 27, 2021 15:14:26 GMT -5
It's an electric guitar - it's designed to sound good...plugged in!
The byproduct or happy place you find with other electrics unplugged is a happy accident.
The Jaguar/Jazzmaster (and to a lesser extent, the Mustang) all have a sound that's derivative of their particular bridge/trem setups, which are ESSENTIAL to the standard classic offset tone.
It's why hardtail versions etc sound like ass if you're looking for the classic sound.
They're guitars you buy to be played at VOLUME.
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Post by reverendrob on May 27, 2021 15:19:32 GMT -5
Also, the trem lock will not affect the sound - I have them on some of my Jaguars. Makes ZERO tonal difference.
And as far as "nicer", you get fit and finish (and nitro, if you're so inclined) but realistically, they don't sound any better or nicer or play better.
They are what they are!
My little beater Squier Jaguar that's my main offset sounds better than the vintage Americans I've played it against (and has better 'feel" when I'm playing it, even if it has the cosmetics of a dead fish) - and is better sounding and alive than my previous go-to Jaguar that I still use for guitar synth stuff exclusively.
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Post by justin on May 27, 2021 16:08:54 GMT -5
Makes sense - both about the "happy accident" of a good unplugged sound and the virtues, or lack thereof of a "nicer" Jaguar. I guess if I just want to play unplugged then I'll reach for my Tele, which I tend to do anyway.
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Post by Deleted on May 27, 2021 21:36:14 GMT -5
I've been told by a builder, that the Jaguar bridge saddles cause more string contact vs something like a strat/tele block bridge. This gives it a slightly duller sound acoustically. That doesn't explain tele 3 barrels though which have a lot of twang, but that may have less string to barrel contact. Mastery bridges have little string to bridge contact which makes them sound wrong to me on Jags and Jazzmasters. Actually, the mustang bridge also has a lot a string to barrel contact as well, I have this on a Fender Jazz Tele
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Post by Mfitz804 on Jun 5, 2021 9:45:43 GMT -5
I had a USA Jazzmaster a few years ago that might have been the best sounding unplugged guitar I ever owned. Bought at Sam Ash and I knew it was coming home with me from the first pluck.
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Post by funkykikuchiyo on Jun 6, 2021 13:24:55 GMT -5
Sometimes when the break angle is very shallow across the saddles the tone can have less zing to it. That is a very short scale too, so it isn't going to have the snap of a Strat or Tele.
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Post by justin on Jun 7, 2021 19:00:30 GMT -5
Maybe I can add more shim. I've already got 0.7mm in there that allowed the high E string to barely clear the trem screw right underneath it. I've been playing my Tele more lately but the Jaguar will get some love at some point down the road.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2021 18:24:05 GMT -5
Sometimes when the break angle is very shallow across the saddles the tone can have less zing to it. That is a very short scale too, so it isn't going to have the snap of a Strat or Tele. This makes a lot of sense |
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Post by LTB on Jun 14, 2021 0:51:09 GMT -5
I had a USA Jazzmaster a few years ago that might have been the best sounding unplugged guitar I ever owned. Bought at Sam Ash and I knew it was coming home with me from the first pluck. Curious, why did you get rid of it? Didn’t play it enough? Wanted to buy something else? |
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Post by Mfitz804 on Jun 14, 2021 6:53:36 GMT -5
I had a USA Jazzmaster a few years ago that might have been the best sounding unplugged guitar I ever owned. Bought at Sam Ash and I knew it was coming home with me from the first pluck. Curious, why did you get rid of it? Didn’t play it enough? Wanted to buy something else? Probably both. During my heyday I got bored quickly and was always looking for the next guitar to get. That always involved selling one. |
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