FREE '65 Pickups??? - The Squier Classic Vibe 60s Jaguar | The Guitar Bucket List

[@franktaconelli9095]

worth noting that Leo Fender considered the Jaguar his top of the line

[@hipster09]

I like the pearl pick guard much better than the tortoise shell- black could look nice too. So many different sound options on this one👍

[@jimfusco]

Thanks, but you just like how great of a deal I got :-)

[@inthestudy]

Lovely guitar! Couple of extra bonus notes - can confirm what others have said; third hole is for the mute - it's on my to-do list to get my pickguard and body drilled to install one; I think they sound really great. (Plus, it's extra chrome on a Silver Sparkle Jaguar. That's a valid reason by itself!) If you want to do it, the parts kit is the "Fender American Vintage Jaguar Mute Kit"; it's $50, and you just have to drill pilot holes for the mute plunger and two mounting screws, then widen the plunger hole to the same diameter as the plunger (1/2", if I remember right). Not super high end. :D The big one though is - it's not *supposed* to have the yellow tint. That's not actually fake ageing, it's kind of a finish error. Squier keep having problems with the mix on their polyurethane clearcoat. I have two of these, one has aged with a slight yellow-green tint (happened a year or so after purchase - so buying yours in 2023, it would have aged in-the-box); the other looks perfectly silver. I *also* have a pair of 2003 Squier Jazzmasters in the same finish; and one is aged to a champagne finish, and the other one is *also* still silver. If they get the paint mix right, they don't change colour even after 20 years. Then there's this years' Silver Sparkle bass VI. Just about every single one that went through Andertons in the UK had patches of uneven yellow on it even two months after manufacture. So there seem to be serial problems with the recent sparkle finishes. :( Luckily, I agree with your assessment - even tinted, it looks great on camera. So I guess that's a good reason to use it in a bunch of music videos? ;D And completely off-topic - I adore that Black Holoflake strat copy in the background. Squier once made superstrats in the same finish and I love them!

[@Fivesecondrule916]

Brother it took me a while it find a fitting pickguard for the squire jag as well. I too have the silver sparkle jag & I was looking for a mirror pickguard & it was endless searching but it paid off eventually 😂

[@777Lateralus]

Where did you find one that fit? I’m looking into getting the squier blue sparkle jag next month when they come out and was thinking of doin the same, either a mirror or gold plate

[@Fivesecondrule916]

@@777Lateralus I went on reverb and searched for a squire jaguar reissue pickguard but it took me a while of constantly searching until I finally found one

[@jimfusco]

Ooh a blue sparkle one?? Oh great, another thing for me to obsess over 🤣 I got it on Reverb- the same that @fivesecondrule816 said

[@jimfusco]

Such a silly thing to drive ourselves crazy over, but it really does change the look of the whole thing!

[@Fivesecondrule916]

@@jimfusco it really does 😂

[@theWARMJET]

beautiful guitar

[@jimfusco]

Thanks so much for watching- for whatever reason that matching headstock really drew me to this one!

[@MegaRomans01]

the other hole under the bridge might be for a string mute if its in the center

[@jimfusco]

It is in the center- didn't know the original Fender versions had that feature!

[@G.S.W.SewmesomeMusic]

I think that 3rd hole under the bridge is for the spring for a mute plate that came on the original jags

[@jimfusco]

Aw man that would be a cool feature to have. Ah well, I guess I can't go "high end" on ALL of these guitars! Thanks for the info!

[@Iggytommy]

You incorrectly described the third switch on the lower bout. It's not a master on/off; it's a high pass filter (bass cut).

[@jimfusco]

Not on mine it isn’t- must be something wrong with it because it just cuts the sound out completely. Thanks for the tip, though- now I can attempt to fix it

[@Iggytommy]

@@jimfusco maybe you have a lose connection there. You'll see there's a capacitor there.

[@paulfrantizek102]

In the Lead circuit it's far twangier than a Strat or Tele. Almost like it's a treble boost.

[@jimfusco]

It really is- I haven't had to turn the tone knob down that much outside of the Gibson Custombuckers, which are extremely treble-y. I can see the extra treble being useful from time to time, so I guess it's nice to have another tonal option

[@greg1215]

That sucks grab a G note and your guitar insults you 😂 @7:45