Jag-stang Guitar Review (Kurt Cobain Signature Series) | Working Class Music

Thanks for over 3K Subscribers. We're finally reviewing the Jagstang! Kurt Cobain's signature guitar is very interesting for a lot of reasons and there's a lot to say about it. We're gonna try it out and see what happens. You could plant a house or you could build a tree, or you could watch this video. Thanks!
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[@distortedguitarist81]

Shoutout to Tia looking up the tabs and giving up lol. Very accurate to my playing style too

[@Aniki82]

Ahaha so true 😂

[@malfunction5448]

I used to hate the Jagstang body shape, too. Having played one, I will say that it is particularly well-balanced when playing sitting down. I have come to appreciate its seemingly random jaggedness

[@fpsknifer9906]

I've grown to love the way that it looks. It looks like something a surf band would play, or a guitar from The Jetsons.

[@fpsknifer9906]

I think Jag-Stangs are beautiful. I've always loved the look of Fender offsets, and this is about as offset as you can get.

[@honeywisp]

I like the jagstang shape more than the regular mustang

[@willow1507]

i have a squier mustang, if i was given this guitar i could finally die happy

[@cruellangellcomics7824]

Was he playing everlong? I liked that

[@JasonTMays]

yes.

[@dominikphilipps9234]

😂

[@FOhlookajew]

Jason’s talking voice & guitar playing is music to my ears (literally). 💜

[@JasonTMays]

💕😘

[@MrDpool1]

As a child-sized lefty, I too like this guitar, but like the Kurt Cobain Mustang, it only really comes to life when you upgrade to 500K pots.

[@chrislegacy4883]

Awesome video really like the editing while playing different songs and the clips from the documentary

[@tenebroruncr4374]

I bought that same guitar in red a month ago and I can only say that I am loving it. Her fingerboard is the best ever tested, comfortable fine and true rosewood. She looks cool once cleansed and nourished. The pickups are fantastic, they have the Nirvana sound clean or with the Boss DS. A great guitar although a bit pricey for being from Mexico Too bad not to be from MIJ.

[@jmdyt3626]

Yeah it seems abit expensive but kurt is why I started music and it’s my dream guitar so for me I don’t mind paying that also when I bought a guitar on sale for 400 the other day and it retails for 600 new so I’ll probably sell that aswell because imo at my age of 20 it’s worth having the extra money

[@fredericoreis8671]

double troy van leeuwen jazzmaster shootout, that'd be really cool

[@ZaidRasid]

This review may have just sold me on getting it!

[@ACUPOFGRUNGE]

Finally a kurt cobain guitar review with nirvana songs so i can hear the type of tone it would give me for those songs

[@patrickleo25]

That thing rips, JASON, LET WEIRD LOOKING GUITARS HAVE FUN!

[@JasonTMays]

lol. I TRIED! lol...I really did!

[@JasonTMays]

Nobody can ever say I didn’t take one for the team. 🥲

[@ingersollmusicacademy]

Hands down the best Jagstang Guitar Review. You groovy people are the best.

[@MrDpool1]

Also for us small-sized folks, any possibility of reviewing the Squier Classic Vibe VI?

[@WorkingClassMusic]

possibly....

[@zackmano]

Tia's spot on 🙌🏼 I have a '96 and I switched out the humbucker for a JB and it plays like a dream. 🤘🏼🔥

[@angelalvarez7950]

I’m peeping that gold Jaguar in the back 👀

[@JasonTMays]

hehehe....we may be dropping a first impressions/review on that.

[@trenthogan4212]

I really like the looks of it. I would swap out both pups. It is one of the few guitars that is offered for lefties in both colours.

[@esimms1889]

Smells Like Tia Spirit! Jason also survived the review and even had a few honest good things to say about the Jagstang, so hats off to you too J. Mays JM! TBH, the short scale length wouldn’t work for me, plus I don’t see what the Jagstang has to offer the player who isn’t exclusively interested in playing with gain. But that’s just me; “courses for horses,” as they say.

[@jessejordache1869]

Finally cleaned my jag-stang after picking it up for 200 dollars at a flea market a few years after it was first released. Pushed the saddles in to polish the bridge, and when I restrung it, the high-e string just floated above the saddle, which I only discovered while playing "get back" -- the high-note in John Lennon's little solo made me go "whoa, what's up with the intonation?". Spent hours with a Z shaped screw-driver to raise the saddle. No good. FINALLY found out that the way it had been strung when I bought it was wrong -- Mustang bridges have to be strung backwards, then under the Vibrato tail-piece, making the strings come from the body and up to the saddle where they sit comfortably. But damn is that a pain in the ass: I'm a converted bass player, where you have to be delicate with the strings, because if they get bent, they'll never get unbent, and wrapping the strings around and under a little cigar-sized piece requires way more tension while you're putting the other end in the tuning pegs, so the little o's at the bottom of strings keep popping out. So you shove them back in with an allen key, and PULLLLLLL. I hate mustang bridges. I want a Jazzmaster. Someday perhaps I'll be able to subscribe to "middle-class music", but either way, great chanel. I just discovered it.

[@kosokocreations6185]

binging wcm today when I get off

[@WorkingClassMusic]

good choice! we've got a lot to choose from

[@Vieuphoria94]

Were you playing tonight tonight?

[@TheGuitarGeek]

Finally!!! A good guitar on this channel!!!! 😂

[@WannesVDR]

Was expecting some more different tones in this review, given the options the switches give, but apparently the intention was to just blast Nirvana tunes 😁 Hadn't expected Tia to be a fan of the guitar, actually. Or at least not for this style of music. Keep the surprises coming 🙂

[@blksteve11]

Killer episode! Personally dunno if I like the look but it sounds great!

[@dominikphilipps9234]

😂

[@scottsoltani8389]

I like the single coil on clean, They are cool, I think this is the 3rd reissue.

[@jray5363]

“Pull out your spoons and hide your shotgun from your wife”. That’s funny! That guitar looks good on you!

[@pepuletrz]

the humbucker-single coil cyclone sounds exactly the same..its amnazing.

[@Aniki82]

Ahahah 7:50 Doont worry it was quite shared among "the fans" when it first came out from fender japan I guess main reason is that he played the mustang with humbucker 99.9% of the time. The pricing in after market in late 90 early 2000 said it all (around 400euros) BUT, now is the time for jag stang lover! 🤗😉 At least they didn't put a black humbucker............... 🙄

[@pepuletrz]

you can really feel the tension in there sometimes.

[@stewroo]

I'm glad it's so ugly since we got this wonderfully passive aggressive performance from Jason here. I agree entirely, however I do own a MIJ model which I bought from a friend at college for £150 back in 2005, so I can't really complain. Oh and for bonus Frankenstein's monster cred mine has been hardtailed and had the humbucker replaced with a Duncan Invader from the Tom Delonge signature.

[@PatrickGeneLeBlancHardy]

Thanks For Sharing 🎸 🎶

[@jaymaster77]

I also don't like the shape of the Jag-Stang, more than anything because of the ergonomics (and the Mustang vibrato). Ryan Jarman's signature Squier though... aka the MusUar, is the Jag-Stang done right (and one of my favourite guitars)

[@JasonTMays]

Big FACTS!!!!!

[@XxStonedImmaculatexX]

I gotta believe Kurt liked it a little at least, enough that he used it on one of his final shows albeit heavily modified. You dont need this guitar to sound like Kurt. You only need a Seymour Duncan SH-JB4 in humbucker in the bridge and a Boss DS1. The tremolo on this and the Mustang are notoriously unstable. A really good guitar tech can set it up well though. Also, even if its set up well, if you plan on using the trem bar, it’ll detune no matter what. Kurt had his and Mustangs Hard Tailed.

[@WorkingClassMusic]

thanks for the input. we love comments like this that touch on topics we weren't able to cover in the video

[@gearoftones8585]

They made the bottom part of the Guitar stick out way too much. Just not into the shape at all. I really hope they reissue the Cobain mustang

[@dandean2345]

Enjoyed that thanks, ransom note design made me laugh.

[@PartyxPoision]

Love nirvana, love offsets but yeah the guitar ain’t pretty. Personally I love the sound of the pickups. I came across a fiesta red squier mustang VM so I plan on sticking a jb and I believe Texas special is what he had on the neck ?? My point being uh the mustang is perfect as it is and the squier mustangs VM/CV (once set up) are so badly underrated

[@PartyxPoision]

I lied. I really want the jagstang now. I ended up keeping the mustang stock (besides taping the bridge pole pieces). When both pickups are turned on it's JANGLEMANIA I love it lol

[@officialnaplava]

Loved that review! Uglier guitars: lefthand Les Paul. Fender Cyclone. Reverse Flying V. Fender Lead II. BC Rich Warlock. That yellow Jag that johnny marr is playing these days (look up his latest upload on his yt channel).

[@JasonTMays]

I mean outside of the non-fender guitars you’ve mentioned I still think those models look a lot better than the Jagstang. 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@limaofarofa]

*SANIC*

[@Mandobird1]

I'm sure its mother loves it. 😬

[@sujitk3687]

Super rock guitar

[@1ambreakfast]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@homer7504]

*sonic blue

[@draygosound]

I think the Jagstang is neat! I don't want to buy one, though. I have mixed feelings!

[@jmCodinach]

100÷ agree with Jason, it's ugly but.... souds great. Pure grunge sound.

[@cercless]

The fender Venus is the ugliest fender guitar not the jagstang

[@JasonTMays]

Yea…it’s pretty ugly…it’s a very close second in my book.

[@theshiningemerald4288]

💙 ♥️

[@FriskyDingo329]

What was that Cobain anime?

[@WorkingClassMusic]

It's called Images from Heck or something(sorry it's been awhile since we found it) It's on KZbin if you wanna see if you can find it and check it out

[@FriskyDingo329]

@@WorkingClassMusic yeah I’ll look for it thank you! I appreciate the unique review!

[@thedanksavatron7782]

Scale is too short for my taste! You guy ever gonna demo non fender squire Gibson guitars? 🤔Inquiring minds wanna know...

[@JasonTMays]

We will. There’s a few non fender guitars we’re interested in.

[@jimmymarsh2489]

All apologies 😂

[@guitarhackr]

Ugly AF imo. Sounds great, though. Why not a Jag body with a Mustang neck? We'll never know. Probably a lot of good reasons. Great review as always!

[@realxandercuck]

Another great episode.

[@oldmanzen6682]

I'm with Jason on this one. I've never been a fan of the Jagstang. I think it's hideous and I prefer the sound from pretty much any other Fender model. More power to anyone who likes this though. Very happy for Tia. I was never a massive Nirvana fan either, so that's not a driving force for me. Thanks for the review, folks.

[@youngmountain664]

FIRST!!!!! 😁

[@actually_tris7458]

You wanna see an uglier guitar look at the fender meteora

[@Karmablock]

First of all: link me to that Jazzmaster shirt! Second it’s so ugly. You should look up the “Jag-stang done right” that modders have made

[@taylornutt]

I owned a Jagstangs for a bit and really wanted to like it. In the end, Kurt was not finished designing it when he died and Fender rushed it out. I really believe if Kurt had not passed away, the guitar would have been quite different. It's a very awkward guitar to play.

[@kcapkcans]

It's ugly, sounds decent. I hate short scale, so it's a non-starter. Horses for courses though

[@WorkingClassMusic]

a horse a horse of course of course

[@ITigerbaum]

Ugly. Loose the pick guard. News Flash. Humbuckers sound muddy, while being compared to Single Coils, on the same amp settings. Knowing this, the guitarist can create different ambiences with a switch on the instrument.

[@howyoudurrinhunneh]

Who is this guy? That guitar’s looks are 100% 90s and the sound is shit, you have to mod them so much to get a grungy sound. And it’s Sonic blue.

[@JasonTMays]

Not edgy enough!