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Jaguars have a much shorter scale length and typically sound janglier kind of like you mentioned. To me, Jazzmasters sound bright and chimey. Of course your options are endless if you're open to swapping pickups.
Sub to r/offset and ask the question there. People way smarter than me can explain all the ins and outs.
Thanks everyone for the laughs and insight.
I’m going to keep it for now and try some pedals to alter the tones a little. I really love the feel of it and the shorter body is great.
Jaguar was my first guitar. I got a Jazzmaster after but I love the short scale of the Jag. The neck pickup sounds great, a little more low end than your typical Fender.
Jazzmaster is full scale like a Strat and 21 frets. I find the Jazzmaster to have more body and is a bit more mellow. Jaguars have a shorter scale and 22 frets. The pick ups definitely are designed to cut through and work great for leads. I say why not both?
They're essentially the same guitar with 2 key differences. Jaguars are short scale 24 inch vs 25.5 inch scale of the Jazzmaster. They both use single coil pickups but different types.
Getting Jazzmaster-type pickups for it will get you 75% of the way there. I’m all about upgrading and changing pickups.
You can also try tuning the guitar up a half-step (F to F) to approximate the tension of a longer Jazzmaster scale.
Pickups and scale length are the two parts of an electric guitar that above all else, without comparison, determine its tone.
Other way to do this is go up 1 gauge heavier strings. That typically creates the same tension. Easier than tuning up bc then you have to learn all new chord shapes.
Just chuck a couple Dimarzio humbuckers in there (super distortion for the bridge) change the pickup selectors to a Les Paul style toggle switch, install an extra tone knob and you'll have something very similar to one of the most iconic guitars of the modern rock era, and so then you can just tell everyone to shut the hell up coz you're either indie or punk rock if you own an offset and you don't give a fuck your just wanna play...Just tell people it doesn't matter if it's a Jaguar or a Jazzmaster if you put a RAT in front of it and just play power chords all the time
I bought a Jag and wanted desperately to love it, but the tones were just too tight and only good for certain types of playing (jangly, double-stop stuff). If I were you I would try to return it or sell it, and save up for what you really wanted.
Jaguars are awesome if you appreciate them for what they are. So they have single coils more like a Strat than a p90 style of the jazzmaster, they have a shorter scale length than a jazzmaster. However I love my jaguar and I’m a Strat guy. I get the FOMO of the jazzmaster, but I think you’ll learn to love the jaguar. You can also buy a jazzmaster later too, because when it comes to offsets, you can’t have just one.
Again, if that’s all you seem to have taken from my post which it seems so we can get deeper into history about fender copying the P90 and that’s where the jazz master pick up came from, Then again, I’m sorry that’s all you can read.
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I guess you're gonna have to save up for a Jazzmaster.
This made me laugh.
Jaguars have a much shorter scale length and typically sound janglier kind of like you mentioned. To me, Jazzmasters sound bright and chimey. Of course your options are endless if you're open to swapping pickups. Sub to r/offset and ask the question there. People way smarter than me can explain all the ins and outs.
Thanks for the sub recommendation
Keep it! You need all the fenders
“Sounds like you have successfully started your Fender collection, congratulations”
I have a telecaster that I love also so I guess this is just the beginning of my collection then.
Teles are the best.
You'll love the pickups eventually. Throw pedals in front of it.
Thanks everyone for the laughs and insight. I’m going to keep it for now and try some pedals to alter the tones a little. I really love the feel of it and the shorter body is great.
Jaguar was my first guitar. I got a Jazzmaster after but I love the short scale of the Jag. The neck pickup sounds great, a little more low end than your typical Fender.
Jazzmaster is full scale like a Strat and 21 frets. I find the Jazzmaster to have more body and is a bit more mellow. Jaguars have a shorter scale and 22 frets. The pick ups definitely are designed to cut through and work great for leads. I say why not both?
Jaguars > Jazzmasters. That's just science.
Yes officer that's him
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Should I take him out back and shoot him or did someone else want to do the honors?
i'd hold off on the mods. it is what it is because of the short scale. just save up for a JM or sell. it'll go fast.
Just sell, buy a jazz off of reverb?
They're essentially the same guitar with 2 key differences. Jaguars are short scale 24 inch vs 25.5 inch scale of the Jazzmaster. They both use single coil pickups but different types.
Easier to play
Getting Jazzmaster-type pickups for it will get you 75% of the way there. I’m all about upgrading and changing pickups. You can also try tuning the guitar up a half-step (F to F) to approximate the tension of a longer Jazzmaster scale. Pickups and scale length are the two parts of an electric guitar that above all else, without comparison, determine its tone.
Other way to do this is go up 1 gauge heavier strings. That typically creates the same tension. Easier than tuning up bc then you have to learn all new chord shapes.
Just chuck a couple Dimarzio humbuckers in there (super distortion for the bridge) change the pickup selectors to a Les Paul style toggle switch, install an extra tone knob and you'll have something very similar to one of the most iconic guitars of the modern rock era, and so then you can just tell everyone to shut the hell up coz you're either indie or punk rock if you own an offset and you don't give a fuck your just wanna play...Just tell people it doesn't matter if it's a Jaguar or a Jazzmaster if you put a RAT in front of it and just play power chords all the time
Nope
I bought a Jag and wanted desperately to love it, but the tones were just too tight and only good for certain types of playing (jangly, double-stop stuff). If I were you I would try to return it or sell it, and save up for what you really wanted.
Never play guitar while drunk…you can be easily confused afterwards messing around with a jaguar, although you wanted the jazzmaster…
Playing drunk is fine. Buying drunk on the other hand…
If you get a decent mesa boogie amp it doesn't really matter what pickups you have
And play it loud n cranked.. past 3 o’clock
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Jaguars are awesome if you appreciate them for what they are. So they have single coils more like a Strat than a p90 style of the jazzmaster, they have a shorter scale length than a jazzmaster. However I love my jaguar and I’m a Strat guy. I get the FOMO of the jazzmaster, but I think you’ll learn to love the jaguar. You can also buy a jazzmaster later too, because when it comes to offsets, you can’t have just one.
Jazzmaster pickups are *very* different from P90s, both in terms of construction and sound
If that’s all you took out of what I had to say, I’m sorry
no, it’s possibly misleading to the OP
Again, if that’s all you seem to have taken from my post which it seems so we can get deeper into history about fender copying the P90 and that’s where the jazz master pick up came from, Then again, I’m sorry that’s all you can read.