The CHEAPEST JAGUAR vs. THE NEXT CHEAPEST JAGUAR - Affinity Vs. Classic Vibe which would you choose?

[@tenguitarz]

The intro made me finally realize how one of the "sound effect" bits on Modest Mouse's "Tiny Cities Made of Ashes" was made, so, thank you for that 😂

[@Kyle-fy9kt]

This comment made me remember what a banger that song is.

[@capnjames]

Love that song the intro totally sounds like it too

[@h.p.brownsaucecraft7966]

Reminds me of Convenient Parking

[@refracted6349]

mm goes hard with harmonic whammy

[@roscoeswraps2510]

@@refracted6349 so hard I feel like I'm ripping them off every time I try using harmonic whammy 😄

[@subastral6291]

Love the jam at the start

[@fadingdestination]

Same!

[@rick00770]

Me too, used to play pipeline, walk don’t run and twilight zone back in the late 60,s brought back great memories of me and my friends playing and loving it.😊

[@bluwng]

@@rick00770 what song was he playing?

[@alansturgess1324]

@@rick00770 And 'Wipeout' . . . so many collections of so-called great surf hits, but most are just jangly instrumentals without the real 'surf' sound. What we need is a '60 cycle surf' set.

[@-jank-willson]

surf-grunge

[@gringogreen4719]

The great thing about Strat pickups is that you have SO MANY OPTIONS for whatever you want to put into this model.

[@TheAdventChronicles]

Ryan, you're COOKING on that opening Jam. That was some absolutely glorious music.

[@angrypickle]

Reporting from 2 hours in the future. They're $269.99 cause everyone gives 10% off Fender products :D

[@trevorarthurson6815]

I bought the classic vibe ‘70s model and love it.

[@bruinsgoon]

I bought one of these in Brown about month ago and I love it. I’ve been waiting for you to review this thing … just about what I expected 👍

[@jordangalash4289]

13:11 that was certainly not enough of that. Don’t deny the joy the two Princetons jingle brings you!

[@jonpardoe]

I'd feel even more cheated if we didn't get an entire run through and about 50 plays in the previous video. But completely agree, Ryan cost himself a chuckle there.

[@m3dicated]

I've been watching lots of your videos lately and I have thought about the Affinity Jag a lot lately, so this video is the will of the universe

[@jamwayofaiken-augustarockb7643]

The opening tune you played is by far. My favorite of your performances. The only thing missing was the rest of the B52s dude! Please give us more.

[@fullmetaflak]

I legit can't wait for the jaguar affinity modding episode

[@td7426]

Years ago I owned a no-name strap that had the same type of pickups in that jaguar. I actually liked the sound of them just because they were different sounding from my other strat pickups

[@nieko3038]

Not many videos around of this guitar. Came across it scrolling on Thomann site. Ordered this burst version. Can’t wait to have it in my hands. Will surely mod pickups in time.

[@gt-sx4ti]

Hi Ryan, really enjoyed the review, you were like a kid in a sweet shop. The excitement was infectious. Strangely, I’ve been considering that guitar for the last couple of weeks, but I think you might have convinced me to buy the burst, but I’ll have to go and have a look at the brown, that looks good too. You are so excited I thought your face was gonna burst. You’re a great guy and I really enjoyed the videos, but I know I’ll never have a collection like yours. Many thanks, GARY in the UK that guitar is selling for about 250 sterling, I’ve even seen it at 2:38, absolute bargain.

[@MasterKtulu77]

I just bought a sunburst Sonic Mustang to modify to a C# alternative thing to beat up and I absolutely love it!

[@petemarron6677]

I got the classic vibe Jaguar on sale at GC last July $349. I like it.

[@BassRocket]

Looks eerily similar to the new Player II Series Jaguar. Sounds good. You're having too much fun doing this "work" haha, really appreciate your channel.

[@timleem3609]

Best Surfie intro !! May be buying one real soon……..

[@Azoteac]

I agree with your assessment. It exceeded my expectations for an Affinity level guitar and it's just FUN. I'd say it's cheap in all the right (easily replaceable) places and also perfectly usable as-is if that's all you need it to be. I got the sparkle brown finish. I didn't like how pale the neck was (same complaint I have for a lot of recent Squiers), so I swapped in a CV neck for the amber tint, rosewood board, and blocks & binding which is more to my taste. But there wasn't anything wrong with the stock neck. Interestingly, the all-maple one also has a gloss headstock and matte everywhere else, including the fretboard. I'd call the stock pickups 'punchy' and 'bright'. They're good for what they are and even though I was always planning to swap them out, I'll probably keep them in my parts bin- right next to the similarly cheap n' cheerful Squier Mini humbuckers- just in case I need a decent set of single coils for a project. Overall, it's a decent guitar with lots of potential for modding that comes in some great finishes, which is all I wanted from the start. I figured I'd pay the same for a similar quality body alone, and it wouldn't come in sparkle brown! I just dropped in a Göldo DG Tremolo and I have some way-too-nice Höfner style pickups by Mojo and The Creamery ready to go in once I get a new pickguard. I'm thinking Rickenbacker style gold or gold-perloid in a Jazzmaster style one-piece. It's a JagHöfMaster!

[@randrothify]

Yeah, I really like that sparkle brown. Really looks more like a handsome metallic bronze, and I usually am not a fan of brown. Dammit, now I have to get one😅.

[@Azoteac]

@@randrothify One of us! One of us!

[@hecc5123]

I really wanna see and hear your build, sounds killer!! I was also wondering if you think some humbuckers would fit in the stock routing? Wanna put some in mine once i buy one hahaha

[@Azoteac]

@@hecc5123 I haven’t tried to put humbuckers in, but it looks like they’d fit.

[@livefromadive6751]

My Affinity Jag mod check list: Pickup swap, not sure what 4 way blade switch to get the series option. Push-pull on the volume to add something similar the the rhythm circuit warmth Push pull on tone to add the strangle circuit.

[@billtrieshmann5979]

Think you helped sell a lot of these JAGS with the opener-- man that sounded killer

[@Some_Cat_]

I can't stop watching this video. I'm in LOVE with this guitar! 🎸🥰

[@jeffbitzinger1961]

Well dang … I kinda love those trashy pickups! Different sounds are a good thing!

[@Jonnicom]

The Squier Contemporary Jaguar can be had at this time for just a few dollars more, and comes with a tuneomatic, which I can't praise enough.

[@debhart4302]

The Affinity impresses me. I'd upgrade the tuners and pickups and play the heck out of it.

[@Drghoulie]

Thank you for this video, I’ve been waiting on your opinion on this guitar! It’s brand new and there’s only like 4 videos on KZbin. I think this secured my purchase but I’m going with the mystic brown with the maple neck. You should have compared this one to the player II since they are the same looking guitar! But thank you!

[@AydenChor]

Gotta say I am loving the stripped down versions of fender classics that squier's been pumping out, I really dig that they're solid for beginners to play with or for people to mod.

[@TommySurfink]

Looks and sounds like a boss garage rock machine, especially after that intro - pretty much sold me right there. I do love the poopy sparkle more though if it wasn't for the maple neck but I could get used to that too. Definitely want to try one in the flesh now

[@BuddyChance401]

Ryan, the shear joy you had during the entire video! Amazing! 😁

[@terrymcguniess7582]

me and my band always check this guy out we love that he doesnt just stick to overpriced gear me i want that upgrade ability so guitars like these are must to check out so keep on doing the great work mate!

[@JamieOnToast]

Intro jam is absolutely amazing!

[@rick00770]

Great surf gam. I loved that surf music back in the day. Reverb is the goat. You got me wanting a surf guitar. A jaguar or jazzmaster. 😊

[@janzelf]

Thanks for that great intro, you make me wanna pickup guitar again! Been playingbass,last couple of years...

[@1FeistyKitty]

on the sunburst ---- throw a single coil size H with coil split in the back, and a select S in the rfront and put black covers on them --- use those cheap white things for a cigar box rig

[@GeeBee135]

Love the 'Jettes t-shirt! Those Canadiennes Rock!

[@ralphhathaway-coley5460]

I am with you about the burst, I do love me a good tri-colour burst, but I dislike the cheapy looking two colour ones.

[@Greenjagsurf]

Im obviously biased to classic vibe, its caged pickups, inlays, stangulation and lead rythmn for a bit more. You made it do a lot. I dont hate it, i wish they called it like a panther, cheetah, or Jag kitty?

[@janzelf]

by the way, if you're really into cheap offsets to mod: Fazley Outlaw Maverick ---> 150 bucks + roasted maple neck + humbuckers. thank me about 2 years ago for the same comment. ;)

[@adkinsits]

You can truly tell in this video, that you are living la vida surf rock.

[@paulc519]

I would be very excited if they would come out with a lefthanded version!!!!!!!!!!

[@steviemac8075]

@paulc519 there’s always one winging lefty. Sure thing Flanders 😢

[@scottyhehehe5367]

We are hated.

[@keestoft250]

Hello, I'm another whinging lefty.

[@keestoft250]

Enjoyed the review of 2 cool offsets. Maybe if enough KZbin reviewers could give a quick mention to the lack of ANY offsets in left hand until American pro II, maybe Fender might hear it? Heck it's a long shot, but it might just work.

[@estebanmolinaramirez7309]

The intro jam reminds me a lot of "Out of limits" . . . Greetings!

[@markcaserta1367]

I have to have this guitar! No I don't play surf. I just want a banger for 60's garage rock. This guitar is speaking to me.

[@Some_Cat_]

Same. I'll be getting one for sure in mystic brown and the only thing I might change is the tuners. I love the sound of the pickups. Some people be slagging it off but they don't understand that there are people out there who actually aren't going into this expecting a traditional jaguar experience.

[@markcaserta1367]

Exactly! I am with you on this all the way.

[@ak2112]

I'm into that Affinity. I also like the other color they have but not with the white guard.

[@tuinhoofd1923]

It's amazing how far cheap guitars have come, I got a fazley (bax music's in house brand) triple p90 jazzmaster style guitar for 129 pounds, and it's a really good player that sounds surprisingly good. The trem hangs loose, but that's easily fixable and literally the only issue it has

[@Rarebirdeffects]

Some of your coolest jams are made using a jag. I find the same thing with me. They have some sort of inspiration I just don’t find in other guitars. Man are they ever fun to play and write on.

[@bluwng]

I like those tuners. They are not jumpy you just have to adjust the nut and tuning peg screws.

[@kappanastemme6782]

The CV jag is a great guitar. Just love mine.

[@robbertram3310]

I can appreciate the crisp, clean sound of the Affinity, but the Classic is so much better, in my opinion.

[@robf.7404]

I actually like the other color, Mystic Metallic Brown; reminds me of a late 60's Hot Wheels color.

[@bluwng]

I like it but prefer the rosewood fretboard.

[@rafaelcabralwilliams]

I'm impressed with the finish it's so much better than that of the CV 70s sunburst and the Fender Player II, awesome!

[@kel5944]

$119 for a humbucker squier? I wouldn’t have been able to resist THAT! I wish I had known!

[@TheDotTones]

Excellent rendition of Out of Limits at the top! Killer playing 🤙

[@60CycleHumcast]

thanks! its a hard song to loop over because the song structure really wanders around but this was a fun jammy compromise.

[@WRCzATL]

Both those Squiers have Indian Laurel fretboards, not rosewood. I might opt for the Root Beer Brown model just to get a 24" maple fingerboard.

[@smmyers5956]

NICE INTRO!!! Those pickups may be cheap but to me they sound good. If you want single coil grit get some Strat CuNiFe magnet pickups they have out. Sold as a full set. Those have a great sound with a little more umph. Wish I could afford to get them and the CuNiFe wide range to do a hss set.

[@Jhizzle473]

Huge blood orange vibes on the intro 🙏🏽😎

[@tomscioscia9869]

Ryan, have you ever tried gently tightening the screw on the tuner buttons? If you're careful not to overtighten them you can do that to get rid of some of the slop in the tuners when you turn them.

[@60CycleHumcast]

ive done that on other guitars but not on this one yet. Ill give it a shot.

[@roby280859]

many many thanks friend i have NEVER seen a nicer and funnier guitar review than this one i was already planning to buy this little gem, and your review has convinced me 100% for sure we have seen that you have had a lot of sincere fun with it, you have entertained yourself, us and interested us too also, what a great surf player !!! so, best congrats and kidest regards from Italy !!! ciao Roberto ps... how many beers did it take ? 😂

[@BeepBeep2_]

Catchy opening jam (even with yourself!) is a page out of the Anderton's playbook, but it was catchy and great. Don't stop. The Surfrajettes T-shirt was just icing on the cake. For a while in the last decade, for a Fender-style guitar, Affinity was the bare-minimum for "Okay and cheap" with the Bullet series being...questionable. The guitar market's goo-morph has been interesting. There are great-for-cheap guitars, and step ups in quality for a little more price (Epiphone's price AND quality hikes, for example). In this case, it's kind of a "not-jag", but still a great guitar. Love the video!

[@vonroretz3307]

Sounds so much like the sound on Takeshi Terauchi’s 1965 LP “Lets Go Eleki Bushi”

[@60CycleHumcast]

I’ll take that compliment!

[@mrandressav]

Well, the Affinity Jag is perfect if I wanna make my own budget Kurt Cobain Jaguar, with two humbuckers, and that's it, but I would like to put the rhythm circuit just for aesthetical purposes, and change the stock pickups switch for the KC one, although I also wanted to have the Squier jaguar contemporary...

[@drawfastdieyoung]

I just got a used classic vibe Jaguar for under 300 € last weekend. Looking at this review kinda reassured me since I love to have all the jag specific features and not just a few of them. Not hating on the Affinity but in my mind it’s closer to something like a Cyclone? Strat-Offset hybrid. Looks nice tho and I’m sure it will be a cool first offset for some aspiring surf punks hehe

[@kristinnsigfusson]

Great video, love the intro jam!

[@Pigsfly459]

You sound great brother 🤟🤟🤟

[@RekEighty]

Those pickups remind me of the pickups that came in the old Rogue ST-3 strats back in the early 2000s! They were same style metal baseplates with the bobbins just glued down with rubber cement to the baseplate. I took one apart to see what the construction was lol Coils were wound around a clear plastic insert that held the pole pieces in place and the ceramic magnet as well. The magnets were very thin and small to fit between the coil winds. Then two lead wires soldered to the coil wire lead ends. It was all then potted in wax. Some sounded decent some were really horrible lol I used buy a lot of those back in the day for friends wanting to mess around on guitars. They were like $80 locally at out music store back then. This thing sounds really good though compared to hose old Rogues!

[@woodreed52]

delicious, for 299 its a seafoam spray of fun n' vibe..I want one- ill spring for tuners.....demos like this cost me plenty THX !

[@SatelliteSounds]

Man, that intro jam is something else. Far out, for real

[@quiteenigmamusic]

I love when you play guitar:) Nice one 👍

[@markcaserta1367]

Please before you do anything radical, drop in some upgrade Strat pickups and show us the difference. Very interested.

[@jameslewis2635]

While there isn't anything particularly wrong with the Affinity model, I think that the block inlays, the higher quality fret fitting, better tuners and more authentic electronics setup make the mark-up involved with the Classic Vibe worth while.

[@accidentinstrument]

Looks like a nice guitar! One thing I'm most keen to hear about with any guitar is the neck profile. How does it compare to the CV or even the VM Jag?

[@60CycleHumcast]

Feels like the same neck shape as the cv but with a different finish.

[@accidentinstrument]

@@60CycleHumcast thanks Ryan!

[@jinbyun]

Man, those pickups are a perfect mix between strat style and jag style pickup. I expected a regular strat pickup. What I'd do for a mod is to put the stock pickup in humbucker setup(side by side) and put both in the bridge pickup area. I think they could squeeze in.

[@NoWayOut-]

Agreed, like the strat vibe without being one is nice and can’t really knock the cheap pickups even with that temptation to mod it.

[@jjim0437]

I like the angled switch on this vs. the horizontal switch on the Player ll Jag

[@allenmichaud1605]

That unit would appreciate the 80's treatment with a floyd rose and 1 humbucker. Coil split set up

[@Paul_Lenard_Ewing]

It is perfect. I play a style with a blend of Prog/Hardrock and Metal. I have 66 pedals on my board. The right OD & or Fuzz thru my Marshall and you will never know what guitar I am playing, lol.

[@raulflores1019]

I personally would have liked if this was titled "The ultimate JAG-off!"

[@NgerihayInc]

do you realize? the affinity got a sharper top pickguard. like a jag bass.. i like it damn!

[@albionvideo]

Oh my: In your comparisons, the Affinity's pickups actually sounded richer than the Classic Vibe's. That's a surprise! How much worse is their hum without the claw? BTW, a great no-routing substitute for the "rhythm circuit" is to just wire in a series/parallel push-pull for the 2 pickups. This way, you get a bassy, bluesy tone that defaults to LOUDER than the standard circuit, rather than being capped at

[@m3dicated]

Also, that sunburst is totally superior to my MIJ Jaguar's sunburst

[@monmixer]

If you are going to sit and play it at home it's wonderful. You may even get some gigs in with it but it's going to fail in some way soon if you are working it hard.

[@60CycleHumcast]

@@monmixer that’s a completely ignorant assumption.

[@todd-1]

I'd pick the CV for the block inlays alone!

[@MichaelBCoats]

I had to stop to comment on your opening jam, Ryan! It was great!!! You should release it as a single! Call it Ryan's Jag Jam! 🎸

[@johnp.3225]

Big fan of your channel and just subscribed. Let me ask you: do you think the Squier Telecaster Bullet could do a vintage sound riff like Roy Orbinson's Pretty Woman or Pixies' Here comes your man? Thanks for the attention.

[@markkasick]

Does this one have a skinnier neck than the 70's CV? Does it feel really well balanced in a sitting position?

[@pkdude5334]

by the time you upgrade the pickups and tuners, you might as well just get the classic vibe.

[@monmixer]

It's an Indian Laurel Fingerboard. They are ceramic pickups.

[@ChaelaThompson]

I want one of these to put EMG mavericks in or take advantage of the switch space to introduce a 5 way switch with some series parallel options

[@rickmiller7884]

Out Of Limits doesn't get enough play. That sounds great.

[@N0-0n3]

Ryan on the pickups, do you think you could do the weirdest thing ever and put telecaster pickups in there? I’ve been thinking about buying one and doing the same as well

[@Releasethebats123]

Killer intro Ryan!

[@theWARMJET]

sounds so good with that Reverb, what is that?

[@MichaelBCoats]

Love the fast food metaphor! Right up my alley! 🍔🍔🍔

[@mykhedelic6471]

It looks like a nice little guitar, but no Jag pickups (let alone the switching) then no Jag, imo. I'm still waiting for a Meteora with Jag pickups. Just a personal thing of mine.

[@mdshack6371]

Sounds almost as good as my 1976 Sears and Roebuck

[@rick00770]

Like that guitar. Looks great. Looks like a fun guitar. 😊

[@eertje01]

Finally someone who's reviewing the sunburst! Thanks Ryan! Does the routing accept p90's? Because I think a blacktop jaguar p90 pickguard would be a perfect mod!!

[@y23b6]

I'd love to see someone put lipstick pickups into an Affinity Jag. I bet it would instantly look sick.

[@DolphCas]

Intro jam!!! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👍🏽👍🏽 🔥🔥🔥

[@DavidHBurkart]

This is a very Ryan video. Yaaaasss!!!

[@pdxsaintjohn]

Nice shirt! 😊