Fender '62 Reissue Jaguar

This was a 1999 (or 98) USA made reissue of a 62 Jaguar. The one I got was the one they had hung up at the NAMM show when they introduced the new AMERICAN Reissues. The hardware is OK, not perfect. When Leo Fender designed the hardware he must of been smoking something. For the most part, he did alright... The pickups are mounted right on the wood so you get an extra bite with the tone, the placement of the switches and knobs are their appropriatte (sp) spot. They should of put better tuners on this thing because its so damn expensive. My biggest complaint is the bridge. Its really flawed, the saddle design is flawed and unreliable. Some people put Gibson Tune O Matics on here, and I can see why. The angle/distance between the tailpiece and the bridge is all screwed up, you get a lot of string/bridge/tail buzz (A lot worse/louder than fret buzz) but with a little fixin' its aite. The neck is beautiful. Gorgeous finish on the neck, and the 24" scale makes it play like a dream. The black finish on the body looks flawed (as if "rushed" to get completed by trade show? my mistake....basterds)
The case (ugly brown/orange tolex crap) came with a bunch of stuff I'll never use, crappy cheap strap, bunch of "Certicates" and other needless junk (crappy cable, etc..)

The sound isn't versatile at all. Its not for everyone, you have to want this sound.
Very twangy, very happy in the MIDS, not full at all, colorful but not "full", For the most part, because it is single coil pickups, its very noisy.
You can take advantage of this guitar's specific sound capabilites.. listen to Sonic Youth.
A 10 because it is a usefful sound if your looking for it.

Factory set up sucked.
The pickups were poorly adjusted.
The body of the guitar has a wood "knot" visible thru the "flawed" black finish. ("flawed" because it looks like somebody at Fender didn't buff it right).
This guitar, even brand new needed a lot of TLC. Bad Fender.. bad $1400? I dont think so

I do believe this guitar can withstand playing live. I've had great experience with Fender guitars surviving the worst.
The hardware looks like Ill replace in a a year or two because it sucks, and its outdated (remember this is A REISSUE, not an improved model, a REISSUED model.. no computers then to calculate things for appropriatte settings and what not)
Will I use on a gig without a backup? ... hell no, it can last years, but not without a little TLC

Hmm... This is a tough one. Right off the bat I had problems with it (these necks are mostly all flawed because of the actual lenght and positioning of the truss rod).. and the finish was all screwed up.
Fender was nice on the telephone even though they gave me outdated information (fender authorized repair centers that were out of business), they don't really help out much, even though they did talk friendly.
The repair center they referred me to was terrible. My guitar sat there for 3 weeks and they didn't do anything, so I took my guitar back home respectively (the guy told me "tomorow night, itll be done"// bullsh$t

a 2 because atleast the guy on the phone at Fender was friendly

Man.. the neck feels good, and the guitar looks awesome BUT...

as a guitar it sucks. crappy sounds, really unreliable hardware, needs a lot of constant, pricey "Tweaking" every other month... You be the judge

2002 Fender 62' Re-Issue Jaguar, USA made, Ocean Turqouise. You guys got all the specs. Jaguars really do come with a HOST of features, I think more so than any other guitar currently on the market. So with that in mind I gave it the 10 considering I can't think of anything that has more than jags. Unless you're buying one of those guitars with built in effects.....????

The Sound (or for this guitar I should say soundS) is amazing. I'm playing an agressive style of melodic rock right now and it suits it perfectly. I mean you really do have a very colorfull spectrum of sounds to work with on this guitar. Literally with the flick of a switch you've got all of the cliche tones we've discussed, crashing surf rock, classic rock cleans, and with the right amps some crazy disto tones, classic british rock, and despite what alot of people have said (although I'd never use it) a really nice metal tone. Just use the neck pick-up to make it nice and fat, then bring up the presence and treble on your amp. Very thick and cutting. Overall the sound of my may jag, both of my jags, is just pristine. And I do not find much if any tonal differences in my jap or my USA model. I'm curretnly running a JCM2000 DSL100 head an 87' Marshall 100/100 Silver Jubilee head, and 2 1960 lead cabs, an A and a B. No effects, I have it rigged to switch heads like channels, Silver Jubilee for a vintage blusey gain, and the JCM2000 for my clean and lead.

Factory Set-Up--- Crap-o-la. Have a pro (and man, no insult, but you are probably not (inclusing me) a pro) re-adjust the neck, put 10 gauge strings on it, fool with the pick-ups to fit your preferance, and for the love of christ put a bozz-stopper on it! Unless you are a crazy sonic youth type band doing artsy behind the bridge strumming, buzzstoppers are SOOOO nessicary, the eliminate unwanted buzzes, pops, and other nioses, and the help hold the strings on the bridge saddles for us hard strummers, they also give the guitar faster, tighter action. $65, can install yourself, no drilling. Worth every penny. No flaws in the brisge routing, or fret-wire, saddles pick-ups etc. etc. but I guess that all comes down to luck. The Ocean turqouise is gorgeous! I had it sent to a licensed fender custom shop guitar building, and he painted the head-stock the same color and put a new decal on it and it just looks amazing. I love Fender Finishes. And this Ocean Turqouise is great with a matching headstock. The action is great, well, after I got it adjusted, that is another matter of preferance. Finish is a matter of opinion I suppose, but there were no flaws with it, or guitar parts, so since this particular jag is flawless I have to give it a 10

OK reliability. To me, I am always cautious with this guitar, I'm really not to into being rough with my guitars (especially ones that cost me $1400, not counting new parts and paint), and this guitar is KIND OF big and a bit heavy in comparison with most popular axes today. This guitar can be used live without a back-up no problem though, cause if you did dent it, the guitar would still play just as great but have a nice little battle scar that hurts little hearts like mine, nothing will fail you onstage either. I have non-factory strap locks on this guitar which I recommend with jags because of their weight and it you move around any onstage, chances are good the guitar will come loose from the stock strap buttons and fall to the ground. As far as the finish, I mean, it's a Fender finish, 10-20 years down the line, it's going to start fading, and very likely into a totally differnt color. (look at 10-20-30 year old fenders, blue to green, white to yellow etc). But the hardware will last you the long run. So only because of Fender's Reputation for wearing finishes, I have to give this section an 8

I've dealt with Fender Smart Parts to get my buzz-stoppers and I've dealt with 2 lisenced Fender Custom Shop builders, both were well informed, curtious, and exspidtious (quick). But, not cheap... At all... So for that, I'll go with another 8.

I've been playing for 8 years. This is my second Jag, and besides for maybe the wood quality,(although I belive they are both alder) I have seen/heard no real signifigant difference between my new USA jag and my Jap jag. So don't feel bad if you don't want to sring the cash for the new USA Jags, you'll be just as happy with a used Jap. If it was lost or stolen, I'd buy another in a heart-beat. They are my favorite guitars, and I have played TONS, even very obscure high and low end guitars while touring with my band. I have not found an axe I like better. It's a comfortable guitar, great sounding guitar, great looking guitar, it's just great. But, it is a VERY expensive guitar in my opinion. jap Jags used to go for $550, these go for $1329-$1389, and I think in comparision to the japs these guitars should be going for around $750-$800. But, don't go out and buy one, cause whenever I play mine I always stand out, if you get one I won't stand out anymore! =*( haha... just kidding guys. I'm going to give it a 9, the only things preventing the 10 are the price, and Fender's rep for fading finishes

50th anniversary 62' Japenese reissue Jaguar. (#537) White finish. 2 volume controls, 3 way selector, 2 tone switches.the usual trimmings except for a slightly different saddle (no plate over top of string rests).

The guitar suits the type of music i play very well (emo-core). I'm using a Laney TF300 amp with the guitar, Marshall stompers, Boss stompers, Charlie stringers wah pedal. Ive always had a problem with gettin the right sound out of the amp but the guitar does it justice and with the effects the guitar sounds perfect. The range of tone and sounds is just amazing with just the 3 way switch system on the guitar. If u play around i doubt u wudnt find a sound you wud like. The only thing i dont like is the deeper tones produced by the guitar but thats just a personal preference

When the guitar arrived and i played it the first time the action was just perfect and spot on for playability it offers a non effort way of playing. The pickups were set up just fine and there was no imperfections with the guitar itself asthetically.

I've giged the guitar once now and i had absolute no problems with it at all. The hardware seems to perform well and i dont expect ill have to change any of it within my life time. theres is one blemish in the guitar from carelessness but the finish is excellent and can be cleaned easily. The strap buttons havent come loose yet. overall a very dependable guitar ide be surprised if i had a problem with it at a gig or just playing.

i wudnt no its a fender i doubt ill need to use it!

Ive been playing for about 4 years and this guitar is a beauty to play i dont think i would ever buy anything but a Fender excellent quality and worth the money.

I got a candy apple red Fender Reissue Jaguar on one lucky run to my local music shop to pick up some strings...well it was a larger purchase than just strings that day my friend! you know the features....im not gonna waste my time. let's just say it's the ultimate in shizznit-ness. It was a diamond in the rough....the last genius who had it completely fucked it up. it was still stock tho.

Before i go on...check out this site....www.jag-stang.com. fucking brilliant jag site. do their mods.

ok...i'm a punk band. sex pistols? no. ramones? no. Clash? fuck off. Death By Stereo? Yes. Refused? Oh yeh. Strike ANywhere/ANti-Flag? Fuck yes. The pickups didn't cut it. They are way rad for surf and clean slightly distorted guitar work. i'll give em a ten because THAT's WHY JAGUARS WERE MADE! if youre gonna play metal do as others have said and buy a METAL guitar. I also have a RG570 and if you play metal BUY THAT!! Please! Anyways I bought a new black pickguard and put a cool rails in the neck and a duncan jb full size humbucker...now it is one of THE best guitars ive ever heard.

dunno bout the factory setup but the store set-up sucked fucking ass. i quickly changed the strings from 9's to 13's. The neck didnt even bow a bit. Like i said tough. Finish is nice...really high quality. guitar can handle major punishment. The bridge sucks tho. you need A MUSTANG bridge....it fits perfect no drilling or anything just drop the mustang bridge right in.

thsi sthing is tough. my drummer dropped it on his drums one day and it didnt even have a scratch. Its a fender tank.

dunno...hope ill never have to find out.

i own a ibanez rg570 and this. i sold all my other guitars. do some mods to this and youll never really need another guitar if youre like me...fat, lonely, and broke. i play this through a mesa boogie markiv thru a marshall 4x12. kicking setup eh? buy a fucking jaguar!

i havve an orginal 62 jag with every thing. i love te way it sounds and the way it plays. i play it way more than my les paul or my mustang. my jaguar kinda reminds me of my bronco. but it has a diff. sound. the guy that oned it before me was Clark Ross. he was a old colored blues player. in the case witch is also fender it had a pic of Jimmi Hendrix and him both playing jaguars. it was also autographed by him. on the back of the guitar on the plate it has GLARK ROSS stamped into it and also on the case to. i use a Peavy amp and the gutar sounds really cool. i would never get rid of it.

i play rock and it just wails with incredible sounds esp. with my jimmi hendrix fuzz wha.

like i said my jag is prfect. it has some paint missing from scratches but it is cool. it is the same exact color as Kurt Cobains white jag. it was set up perfectly and nothing is wrong with it.

i play with my band and i am only 14 but this guitar rulz. everything is mounted hard and solid. i would take a diff. guitar plus my jag cause i might want a diff. sound

not a problem yet

i have been playing for 1 year .if it were stolen i would cry and never play agian

Well it's a 2001 USA Vintage serie Jaguar. Large headstock, off-set waist body, flo-tremolo system, 24 1/2 scale rosewood fretboard, 2 vintage single coil pick'ups.tortisose pickgard. You can read it all in the Fender catalouge anyway...The guiatr came with the original vintage case(Brown, and very cool inside looks!, vintage strap, cable bridge cover etc.. all very nice. The guitar has 2 circuits, which allows you to set different volumes on he guitar, this can be very usefull. I give it a 9, because notning is perfect.....But the Jag comes very close!

I Play The Jaguar trough a marshall JCM 900 100w hi gain dual reverb head with a marshall 1960 4*12 cab. I like the sound a great deal, it's not very "heavy metal", but has got a real vintage rock tone. This is not the guitar for mordern humbucker-crack-heads, this is a real guitar with real guitar tone. I play moderate rock, and it suits this very well. You can create a very "Bass" sound on this guiatar, and and you can also create a "jingly jangly" sound, you know what i meen...That's one thing i really like about the Jaguar. I can get the Nirvana tone, and the perfect Beatles tone.But again 9, cause nothin' perfect.

The factory set-up was a little low for me. so i raise the strings, and adjustet the pick-ups a little, and the guitar relly sang...
The finish is a real good job. The sunburst finish is relly nice, and the neck is a rel beauty, reel glossy like the rest of the guitar. The metal plates is relly nive a shinny too. All this combined with the killer looks of this makes it perfect!!!

I have never had any problems with the guitar. I have used it live as main guitar, along with my Us Tele, without any problems. The trem system is infact the best ever by Fender, that relly works, and you van get that surf sound, i dig that....Only problem with the guitar is the 3 control knobs that control the lead cirtuit. when the two first knobs are down, both pick-ups are swith off, whic meen that know sound come trough. You can accedently turn those swithes off when you pick the string hard. This happend first time live.......

Never contactet Fender.

I own a 62 resissue Jaguar and a 94 tele us.standrd, a marshall amp a some effects. The Jag is my favorite guitar, it got the sound, and looks....I am sellig my Tele, and i thik i will get a 70'strat reissue. But the Jaguar is mine forever.........I at least think so at the moment

Made in Japan. 50th anniversary edition. 22 frets, not too big, not too thin. Solid basswood body, so it's very light. Seperate volume and tone controls for each pickup (2 stock passive single-coils). 2-way selector switch and then there are 3 slider switches that manipulate the tone. Maple neck with rosewood fingerboard. Candy Apple Red with matching painted headstock. Very cool. Floating tremolo bridge with Fender's take on a tunomatic. Vintage style tuners. Quite good actually. 24" neck, so it's great for tuning down, but sooooooooo different feeling coming off of a 25.5" scale neck. Comes with a hardshell case now, but mine is MIJ and used, so I got none of that stuff.

It suits my style well. I play everything - hard rock, surf, punk, you name it - I play it. For my music I play a lot of clean stuff that goes into high-gain stuff. It suits it very well. The clean is unbelievable! So indescribably cool! Unique. Distortion sounds a little thin on the bridge, but very usable. The neck sound is cool for distorted stuff, but don't use distortion with wreckless abandon, it wasn't made for that. It can do hard rock, punk, but I wouldn't use it for Metallica stuff too much. Please don't buy this guitar and then put in hot rails, get a Squire Jagmaster if you're gonna do that.

Set-up from factory - not too cool. Set-up from store - pretty damn cool. Pickup adjustments - great. Everything seems well assembled. Love the finish and matching headstock. Especially the headstock. It's unique.

Ummmmmmmmmm......Yup. This is your basic Fender. Near indestructable. The tremolo isn't like Floyd Rose or Kahler, even though it looks pretty heavy duty. Good enough though.

Been playin' for about 5 years, but really know my stuff. Everything is what I expected and more. I think I wrote the word unique like 100 times in this review, and that's really the only word that describes this guitar. I love it, and it's really just been growing on me ever since I bought it.

This is a 2001 American made '62 Reissue Jaguar in the now discontinued Sherwood Metallic Green (Beautiful colour!)

The guitar has a nice complicated system for working out your tones, but I'd rather play with the knobs on the guitar than the knobs on the amp. Originally I was more used to have just simple 3-way switches and single volume and tone knobs on my guitars, but the different sounds you can get out of this are amazing on the lead and rhythm circuits, though I mostly use the lead, as I usually play (perhaps too overly) bright, the rhythm circuit is quite muddy.

Other cookies to play with: the Fender tremolo, which in default setup has a nice mild vibrato sound to it, I've heard that other people modify it to get more of a dive from it, but I like it the way it is. Also has the Fender mute (used on the Jaguar only). Neat idea, doesn't replace palm damping in the slightest, I think this was for surf, which I don't play, so it can stay there. It changes the key slightly when you turn it on, so you pretty much have to tune it to the damper to get any use out of it, switching it on mid song will really mess things up.

I play I suppose variations on British alternative/rock/pop (Cure, Bunnymen, Feeder, Placebo), it works great as a different sound, usually used for cleanish sounds, maybe slightly overdriven. A heavy range of Boss effects (Compressor, Overdrive, Chorus, Flanger, Delay) go between it and my amp (at the moment a Fender Roc Pro 1000 Combo but I'm getting something to help with the clean side soon).

The single coils do hum a bit, you need to hold the guitar to keep the amp from screaming at you, if you're not holding it (why would you want to do that?), turn the volume down.

Using mainly the lead circuit, the sound is quite bright, the bridge pickup is fighting with the Telecaster on brightness really, just not as twangy, but with the neck pickup joining in or alone it can warm things up a bit. The rhythm circuit is slighly muddier, but I'm sure useful to someone, the idea is that you can switch from different volume and tone settings with the flick of a switch assuming your other setting would only use the neck pickup, so I leave the tone slightly down on the rhythm circuit for the difference should I wish to use it.

It plays clea greatly, distortion when playing rhythm (talking style now, not circuits) is a mid depthless, but distortion works great on lead. Modulation effects don't actually suit this guitar that well, except for Flanger, the tone of the guitar generally overpowers the chorus or phaser - well the levels I use, I don't drench my sound with effects - I use them, not they use me.

The bass cut really isn't that noticable, just takes a bit of the bass away on the EQ, not quite as tic-tac as you might expect. Yet again, probably something for surf.

These things are setup again when they get to the UK (well they'd better be) as the US factory finish is unlikely to have survived the ocean trip, the set-up on this is fine, nice and easy to play, the pickups are unadjustable anyway, the tremolo was setup fine, no adjustments needed.

The finish is a beautiful Sherwood Green, no noticable grain marks or anything on this deep coat. The knobs have twice come loose (once each for the volume and tone). Not a problem though as long as you don't lose them, just fix them back in with the key.

It feels solid, but also not so. Certainly not as convincingly solid as my Telecaster or Silhouette. I don't feel like even wanting to mistreat it. If you're good to it, I'm sure it will last, look how many of the 60's ones are still around, assuming this really is made as well as them (haven't played one to compare).

The finish seems strong, may have lightly bounced it against an object once or twice and panicked greatly to check to see any marks, thankfully not. It's never fallen of my strap, it's got very big strap holders anyway compared to those tiny Schaller Straplocks on my Rickenbacker and Tele, the may be good for those with the Straplock kit but not us ordinary strap users.

Not gigged with it yet, would backup anyway, but think I could go without one, I trust it enough.

Lifetime warranty. Not spoken to them.

Been playing actively about 2-3 years, started 10yrs ago. I also guitars from Rickenbacker, Musicman, Gibson and a Fender Telecaster. Varied effects and the Fender Roc Pro amp. This is my favourite guitar out of ones I own, not that I dislike any of them, there is nothing I regret not checking out before getting this guitar.

If it was stolen (or lost? do people really 'lose' guitars!), i'd be very annoyed that I'd have to start thinking about what finish to get cos the green's gone, but yes, I'd be chasing one down straight away.

I love the sound, it looks great too, I like the shorter scale neck - I quite like smaller guitars anyway, I know some people dislike the 24" scale and so go for the Jazzmaster instead, not me. I wish I didn't have to keep buffing that all that chrome to keep it beautiful.

My guitar is a Japanese re-issue bought in '92 new. I'm not going to bother going into all the features because it's all been mentioned before and, besides, does anybody really know what all those switches are for and how to use them? Besides, none of mine work, but will discuss that a little later.

Everything is still standard for the time being, but will probably change the PU's to humbuckers for a little more growl and low end.

I play in 2 bands right now, both of them totally different. One is a Goth/Industrial band and the other is more of a straight ahead rock n' roll thing. I gotta tell ya, this guitar handles both very well.
This guitar is actually ideal if you are really into dropped tunings because is has a shorter scale length (24" i think). Because of that, you can use a heavier gauge string and it will retain clarity without making your fingers bleed from the added tension, even when detuning as much as 1 1/2 steps below standard. Right now, I'm tuned down a whole step from standard and have it set up with 12's and it feels like I'm playing with 9's or 10's at the most.
And yeah, it's single coil and all that, but this thing has some decent tone and is extremely playable. I just wish it had a little more low end to it and that's why I'm gonna do the Kurt Cobain thing and put some humbuckers on it. I know that will upset a lot of you Jag enthusiasts and what can i say except, I DON'T CARE! You and your jag can go and play surf music somewhere. Me and mine wanna rock and we need 'buckers to do it!

Everything was in pretty good order when I got it. It's been almost 10 years so it's hard to remember. The thing that attracted me most to it was how incredibly thin the neck was; almost nonexistent. And if you have smaller fingers like I do, it's a blessing. I've let some of these EVH shredder types check it out and they were amazed at how fast the neck was and HOW GOOD IT SOUNDED in comparison to their shred machines.
As far as action and all that stuff, I'm always changing it depending on which band I'm playing with and how heavy my strings are.
The finish is another story. Read on.

Like I mentioned, I've had this guitar quite awhile and only recently started taking a backup on tour with me (a reissue '70 strat) and only to get some different sounds. I've never worried about it not being dependable.
This guitar has been thru a lot, including a few drunken episodes involving fire and whittling sessions. Needless to say, I have the most unique and, in my opinion as well as anyone who's ever laid eyes on my baby, the COOLEST looking Jag you can imagine.
The finish on the back and around the edges was charred pretty bad so i just sanded it down a little and feels fine.
The only thing bad that happened was that the electronics got fried in the process and the only thing that works now is the volume knob and the neck PU. The funny thing is, it sounds even better than it did before I set it on fire. Wood will do some amazing things when a little heat is added and as far as my guitar goes, it changed the sound for the better, giving it a nice warm sound (no pun intended). This guitar will last through anything.

Never used it. Besides, what are they gonna recommend for fire damage and a few wood-working sessions that got a little out of hand.

I've been playing for a while but only got serious with it about 3 1/2 years ago. I'm playing through a Soldano Lucky 13 head (awesome) and a Genz Benz G-Flex 2X12 cab and a slew of effects (mostly Boss). If my guitar was stolen, I'd be pretty pissed. I would definately replace it with another but would be hard pressed to duplicate what i've got now. You can only get lucky so many times when you throw lighter fluid into the equation.
The thing I love most about this guitar is the neck and the shorter scale length. A very playable guitar right out of the box.

This is the AMERICAN reissue Jaguar, it has two single coil pick-ups, lead/rythem controls,in phase/out of phase;treble boost switches, floating tremolo w/lock....lots of stuff to fiddle with...[ tower... are we clear fo take off?....]

First off i've heard a lot of crying about the sound,ie;...i can't play my metallica riff's....korn riff's just don't sound the....i don't know how kurt was able to get a decent....THIS IS A SINGLE COIL GUITAR! You don't go buy a Jackson to play the blues....it's DESIGNED for metal/thrash/dead core....This guitar does what it should,clean sounds are focused, tight, and just plain sweet. If you want to use low gauge strings this is not your guitar, it likes the heavy ga. strings. You do get the single hum [to be expected]but the 'real' clean sound, can't be beat. Over-drive settings take alittle get use to, but a slight bit of tweaking and it was there. It "will crunch",[heavier ga. strings, again..], with the right setting, back off the lead 'tone' knob, alittle. Running it through a MESA Maverick, with an mxr Micro Amp, is what it's all about. You can... "hit a note,and go for a bite,......still be hearin' that one.." Great guitar for what it does.....best.....I give it a nine, because nothings perfect...just close

The guitar, the way i got it, was set up real nice, again, HEAVIER gauge strings are the trick, for better tuning stability!! {which i hear alot of complaints on as well}, not a problem here! The tremolo is smooth, and if set up properly, you can wammy with no problems. The parts and pots seem solid enough, we'll see..I got the FIESTA RED finish, it looks great. The nitro-cellulose finish coat has already started to settle, like on vintage guitars, not as durable as the polyester, but cooler looking.

Ive been gigging with it for a short period now, it is my ONLY guitar at the moment for live [my '52 es 125 stays at the house]! So far so good...I havent changed out the strap buttons yet, cause i haven't needed to..but i probably will for safety. The hardware looks great and seems thus far to be real solid, doesnt go out of tune easily, so the tuners are definately good, and as mentioned earlier, with the proper set-up the trem WILL stay in tune.

Haven't had to deal with them, but then again, it's a U.S. made AMERICAN VINTAGE SERIES guitar, the parts and workman-ship are far superior than the jap knock-off's

I've been playing for about 20 year's, this is my first FENDER guitar, although i've had plenty of their amps. I've mostly played Gibson guitars [hollow-bodies p-90's], but know i'm into the Fender clean. If your looking for saturation and gain, and no tone...get an Ibanez or Jackson. If you want to here what your actual playing sounds like [with-out all the cover-up hums give you], get a single coil, and work with the pickup, not just covering it with some noise. I would get anther one of these if it were stolen, i think it's that good