Fender Jag-Stang

Mine is a lefty. Stock it comes with a Humbucker and a single coil, both pieces of crap. Cool pickup selector switches. 1 Volume, 1 Tone. Absolute piece of shit Fender "Dynamic Vibrato". Sonic Blue(actually looks more like sea foam green) with bolt-on neck. I bought it for the great, little neck and its cool body. All of the problems with this guitar are fixable, and the good outweighs the bad.

I play music like the Stooges, Sonic Youth, White Stripes, Radiohead, Pavement, Televison, Sex Pistols, Velvet Underground, the Kinks, the Clash, Jefferson Airplane and a lot more. My usual setup is Fender Jag-Stang>Boss XT-2>EH Small Clone>Fender Princeton 65.

If you want a guitar that you can only play with distortion because of its crappy voicing, leave it stock. If you want it to be able to make more than one sound, switch the pickups. I chose a Seymour Duncan JB in the bridge and APS-II in the neck. These are two great pickups and I would recommend them to anyone. The tuners are horrible too so change them. Before the mods it would have gotten a 3 in this catergory, but I am giving a rating for after the mods

well I really can only comment on the finish, because I bought this guitars 2nd hand. Its great, no flaws I can see. Sonic Blue/Seafoam Green wouldn't be my first choice for a finish, but that really doesn't matter

Strap buttons strip easily, I've heard that the finish chips easily as well.

I don't regret getting this guitar. It's beatiful and the neck is my favorite. I forget how much I paid for it, but I'm sure it was worth it.

when i was young, dumb, and 15 it was the best guitar ever. By the time i turned 16, i realized the single coil suck and dumped a PAF into it. by the time i was 17 i realized the tuners sucked so bad that i stopped playing it. im 21 and now it hangs on my wall with 11 others.

The sound would be pretty good if i was tone def, but i hear notes, and these are not good. it never tuned right. it has a nice tone though.

the action sucks, along wiht the tremolo. The finish is pretty plain, i think it would be hard to mess that up.

reliability.. yes, this guitar is ideal for mediocre play.

dude, its kurt cobains guitar... woooaaahhhhhhhhh

For all the kids out there that are bleaching their hair and growing it out and have 100000 pictures of kurt on their wall, this is the guitar for them. It gives them a false sense of security that everything will be alright. After reading most of the 10 10 10 10 reviews, i couldnt be more sure of it. I was that stupid ass kid once, but now that ive played other guitars and moved on past the fact that he died, i realize this guitar really sucks. im sure his wasnt too crappy. ask the guy in REM since he has it now.

For the people that think he was a great guitarist, you couldnt be more blind. he was a songwriter, and lacked imensely in his guitar PLAYING ability. most of the people that got one of these probably do too, though.

Ok, this guitar was built in japan, has a humbucker ( fender dragster ) in the bridge and a sincle coil in the neck along with mustang stylee pickup selectors, mine is lefthanded and in fiesta red, which is nice. The neck is 24 scale which i love, it has a mustang tremlow that i locked down just cause i don't uses it, this improves the tuning stability.

I play grunge style music mainly ( not just nirvana , soundgarden , mudhoney, meat puppets, melvins ) the guitar sounds ok if you have a good amp with lots of gain but the pots and caps in the guitar make the humbucker sound week, although well balanced ( actually slightly bright but i like this ) , although actually its an alright bucker, so i swapped it out for a duncan full shred which i love, i reviewed that as well. The sincle coil is relly cool, nice and surfy.All the pickup selections are usable and all of them are cool locking down the bridge improves sustain as well. Once i did the mods this guitars sound gets a 10 easily .

The guitar was set up well by the shop i bought it off, pickups needed raising abit but thats all. The wood this guitar is made of ( basswood ) is very soft and dints easily, this is the only thing i really don't like about the guitar. everything was asembled soundly. On mine anyway.

I'd say it is a very reliable guitar, maybe a strap lock wouldn't go a miss , i always gig with a backup though just in case. Like i say the finish does crack and dint easily.

never dealt with them

I've owned this for about half a year , and i'm very pleased with it especially after moding it. It will always be my favorite guitar jus because it has sooooooo much character, its imperfect , but show me a guitar that isn't.

Fender fabricada en Japon...22 trastes...Mastil delgado...Volumen y tono...puente Dynamic Fender Vibrato...un selector con tres posiciones para cada pastilla.....
Y un color azul que es muy verde
?Que mas puedo decir que no se haya dicho ya?Pues que la forma es perfecta, es una guitarra preciosa, aunque la pintura salte si se te cae al suelo.

El sonido es genial. Gran variedad tonal, sirve para todo, yo la uso para hacer metal, grunge, rock alternativo... Y suena aun mejor si la conectas a un buen pedal Fuzz, me gusta como suena con el DOD FX33 o con el EH Big Muff.

El mastil es muy comodo y suave, es muy facil de tocar, las clvijas son muy precisas, aunque es un poco dificil cambiar la posicion del selector de las pastillas a mitad de cancion sin que se note

Le salta la pintura con los golpes, por lo demas bien.

Una gran guitarra que deberia volver a fabricarse, esta vez con las pastillas que puso Cobain en vez de con las baratas que venian de fabrica.

meh, just read all of the others. I just want to say that this is the most comfortable guitar on the face of the planet. i have wanted one for years because of its incredible ergonomics. i still dont have one, but my good friend does, and i want to take it from him!

okay.

why does it come in fruity blue?reds okay, but the pearl pick guard is really nice.

uh huh, reliable like an ox.

well the fender factory is by my house, and i have learned that they are stingy with blemished parts. but i guess they would be cool if they sold you a crappy axe.well, i think any plywood guitar is crap
(i had a mexican strat, and when i smashed it i was amazed to see the sides. thats right, plywood!)

nice geetar. put a sticker over the Fender and its a date. I wouldnt go on stage with a guitar that cost $300 for the name on it. get a Kramer. the striker is awesome. it didnt take me long to find out Fender stopped making good guitars in the 50's. well, im sure you could get a nice fender if you want to pay $1000. but after 8 years i know im gonna stay off of the fender wagon.

this guitar was made in japan like every other jag-stang in 1995.
it has 22 frets. 2 3-way pick up selectors. volume and tone dials. it has 1 single coil (stock) and a JB humbucker. a very thin neck.
the best neck ever IMO. came with original case with "designed by kurt cobain" writen on the front.

the sound is soooooooo good. i play lots of different styles and it suits the lot of them. there is no better guitar for sound IMO.
i use it with a small clone chours and a big muff. both pedals suit the guitar perfectly.

the guitar is set up very well. i didnt get it from the factory. the guy who owned this before me set it up and set it up well.
the pickups are fine. no buzzing or anything.
the guitar has a few chips which is expected with a second hand guitar IMO.

havent giged with it but my sister dropped it half way down the stairs and it was fine. the neck was still straight and the body got no new scratches. this guitar will definatly last.
i would use this guitar at a gig without backup. my baby would never let me down.

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overall i think this guitar is the kind of guitar that will stay with you forever. i love it.

Going from the serial number, this is a new Jag-Stang, imported to the UK from Japan by Music Ground in Leeds.
It's totally stock.
Jap pickups which rock, I dont care what anyone says.
Versatile Switching, on/off in/out phase.

This guitar gets used for everything. The HB can really rip when you've got it overdriven. Tuning the guitar down a tone gives you a bowl churning Limp Bizkit/Linkin Park growl. The Single Coil, although typically noisy, offers a very warm authentic vintage sound. I really can't emphasise how good these pickups are, everyone seems to slate them, but I'm perfectly happy with them. I play alongside another gutarist who has a Mex Fat Strat, and tone for tone, the Jag-Stang is warmer, and much more Fender sounding. I play with Fender strings, Steel 350s, 10-46 gauge. These give a higher and clearer output that then stock strings, as well as tuning stability.
I know Kurt stuck a duncan JB into his Jag-Stang, so I may try one someday, but I think I'll keep the stock one, this will also ensure the Jag keeps it's value!!!

There were two guitars at the shop. One for #650 and one for #550. The 550 had a bad pearloid finish, and the SC pickup was corroded, otherwise if was fine. The 650 was perfect except for the body which showed the wood joins under the light. I know that this can happen with time anyway, so I got the 650 guitar : who was to say that the truss rod wasn't corroded on the other? I'd rather not risk it!
The neck was not straight, so I had to loosen the bolts and put it right, this may have been transit damage or just a shit setup from the factory. Now LISTEN UP !!! Another interesting difference between the guitars was the tuning stability. I had read up on the JS before I got it, and knew about the problems people have had, so I checked both guitars, did a few divebombs. What I found was interesting, the 550 guitar fell out of tune after a divebomb, the 650 was fine, no problems at all!!!! To quote the UK Fender guru (I forgot his name for the moment) he said at Music Live 2001 " If you set up your Fender right, it will stay in tune, no matter how hard you play it, there really is no need for a floyd rose". So there you go, it's true. Take care putting the strings on, no overlaps, stretch the strings, only tune up, not down.
Other than the finish, the guitar is perfect.

Never played live with it, and I don't know if I would dare, I would kill myself if I scratched it.

I'm contemplating getting a Cyclone as a stage guitar. (I currently have a Westfield Strat, which sucks). I think it would stand up to alot of abuse if it needed to.

If I had to, I would play it live, and I wouldn't fear the guitar would let me down, I'm just scared I would let IT down. So a 10!

Arbiter are a shit company and don;'t know their arses from their elbows, but the Fender Guru is the nicest, most helpful guy you could ever deal with, I have spoek with him frequestly via e-mail about buting the JS and my AMP, a Fender RocPro1000.
The place I bought it have given me a 12 month setup warranty, so I can take it in at any point and have the neck truss rod done, nut filed or whatever for free.

I've been playing for 9 years. This is the best guitar I have ever owned. I don;t regret buying it at all, it was overpriced, so I took a risk, but I would gladly have paid double if I had known what a fantastic guitar it was, it's worth every penny.
If someone stole it, I would kill them. Then I would find another stock JS from somewhere, which is hard coz everyone seems to modify them : NO NEED , NO NEEEEED!!!!!!
I am contemplating getting both a stage Cyclone, and a Custom Shop Jag-Stang, with a cobalt-blue flame maple top, and a Hot Vintage-Noiseless SC pickup, that's all I'd change with the guitar.

If you wann hear it, check out my webpage at www.REBORNONLINE.com, there should be some MP3 tracks to download from my band.

I think it was 1997, made in japan, volume and tone controls, 1 single coil and 1 humbucking, sonic blue with a white perload pickguard

I usually play punkrock/grunge ( nirvana style )
I have a marshall valvestate 8080 combo and use a boss ds-2 turbo ditortion effect pedal.
The humburcker in bridge is a dimarzio super distortion. It's sounds amazing, especially in overdrive

The finish is very good, the color is cool but the factory single coil pickup is a shit. The neck is the best, is very thin and playability. The unique problem is the tuning, is very difficult stay tung

I have this guitar only nine months, there is no problem. I play hard and it's perfect

I don't nedded

In my opinion this is the best guitar of the world to play punkrock and grunge, the sound is loud, the body is very hard, a very thin neck. The sounds like Nirvana. Kurt Cobain designed the best guitar

This is an update on my previous review. Here is my Jag-Stang as to the list above.
1.) Its a 1998 50th Anniversary Fender Model with the gold sticker
on the back of the headstock, and as with all Jag-stangs, it's
Made in Japan.
2.) 22 Vintage Frets
3.) Volume, Tone, 2 3-way Pickup switches (On/off/On)
4.) Neck angled single coil, angled bridge humbucker
5.) Emg SA-1 (Neck, its actually a stacked humbucker), EMG 81 (Bridge)
6.) Active Pickups (Not the cheapie select pickups)
7.) Basswood Body (Really Hard Basswood), Maple neck with Rosewood
Fingerboard.
8.) Finish (3 inch thick chip'n'go Sonic Blue)
9.) The Mustang GT of Fender guitars Jag-Stang Shape
10.) Fender Dynamic Tremelo (Correction: Fender Super Whammy 98')
11.) Schaller DeLuxe Kluson Copy tuners
12.) 24" scale fingerboard, Thin Neck, Vintage Frets (I think we have
gone over this already).
13.) Came with a Black Tolex Case

Who needs more stuff than this on a guitar.

As many probably have already guessed
A.) I am a Heavy Metal/Grunge/New Wave/Jazz Guitarist
B.) I Use an Epiphone SC28 Chorus Amplifier With a Boss ME-6 Multi-FX
Pedal and a DOD Compressor/Sustainer pedal.
and C.) I Frequently Review on this Site.

I have changed my Jag-Stang a little more sience when I got it and the things I haven't changed are getting better with age. It is silent as the midnight air, until the dark tones emanate from the dark little EMG's with a vengance. this guitar has a rich and Full sound, and sience I shortened the wiring a little, it has more output than any of my other guitars. This booger sounds like mad and hungry giant. I love this guitar and it's heavy and dark sound.

Sience last time, my little Jaggie has gatehered a few nicks and scratches and Strap Loks that have been super glued in, but this guitar leads a HARD life putting up with all of my crap. Currently it is my misalighened stringed main axe that kickes the butt out of a Floyd Crappo-Rose equipped Ibanez. I have found a crack under the pickgaurd along the wall where the neck sits, and it hasen't crumbled in pain yet. As far as aging, this guitar is like all Fenders, it ages with the grace of a supermodel blessed with permanent beauty.

For a guitar with a Fender Tremelo that thinks it will out-do a Kramer Baretta guitars Floyd Rose , what I am about to say will shock you to death if you own a Jag-stang: I SEE NOTHING WRONG WITH THE JAG-STANG TREMELO, PEOPLE WHO SAY A JAG-STANG CANNOT DO DIVE BOMBS AND SWOOPS NEED TO SIT UNDER THEIR TREE AND THINK ABOUT HOW TO DO IT AWHILE, I HAVE DONE IT AND MANY OTHERS CAN AND MAY ALREADY HAVE. So I will share this little "My Jag-Stang Thinks It's a Jackson Soloist" trick. first you must take some really thin Scotch Tape or 3M tape (The kind you tape envelopes closed with) and wrap a VERY small amount around the action screws on the floating bridge, when you do this you must carefully screw them back into the bridge and make sure they are tight enough to stay in place. Next, you unscrew the bridge plate and take a large pair of pliers and tighten the posts that hold the tremelo springs (I use pliers because the hex keys are less reliable and prone to strip the heads of the screws). Finally you reassemble the whole tremelo including the whammy bar and install some REALLY light strings like 8's or 9's and you will have travel set EXTREMELY far downward. Your Whammy bar should be more than an inch or two or three off of the pickgaurd. It will take some practice and some breaking-in before the tremelo reaches the point of tuning stability like mine has (about a month of regular play or less). By then you should maybye see (If You are a Really abusive trem user) some bending up near the pivot holes in the tremelo plate, DON'T PANIC, this is normal and your guitar should have good to excellent tuning stability with heavy tremelo use, and if you did it right you should expierence some upward tremelo travel. A key note to the tuning stability is to do a few quick dive bombs and retune when you install new strings. I will put a Disclaimer that I am not responsible if you do this and damage your guitar, i have had this guitar more than a year and have not had a problem.

Won't Ever need it!!!

I have been playing 6 years alltogether, almost a year of that with Lithium. This guitar has been my main axe sience I started playing with the band (and Sometime before). I will never get stolen because ........
A.) I Keep this guitar within my sight at all times at gigs.
B.) I Sleep with this guitar next to my bed.
C.) This guitar has done a wonderous job of hurting others (Just ask
some of my friends...).
and of course, the mother of all D.) The person who stole this guitar would be sued, arrested, booked, molested, nettled, and so tortured and punished he or she would not want to see a Jag-Stang much less he Designed by Kurt Cobain sticker again. This has been and will always be one of my main guitars, it was my first wife, my Kramer was my first date, but this one, in the words of Stevie Ray Vaughn, was and is my First wife.

Mustang with weird shape , humbucker and single in neck
Mustang style bridge
The coolest shape ever!

the sound is great and all the settings are usable , although a little noisy , with a JB this guitar is brilliant , although in stock its better than any piece of shit fucking IVE BEEN HAD (ibanez) they fucking suck, o anyway , it sounds great

Brilliant setup good lowish action and good sustain

Ive had it for 5 years and its never let me down

great

Amazing , mind blow jobing , i love it.It beats any POS ibanez they are the worst company dont buy the worst guitar ever - an Ibnez Rg
buy the best fender!!!!!!