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Fender Jaguar in a hardcore/metal band?

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seven ate nine.

Mar 24, 2009
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Springfield, MO
#1
I've been looking at this bass for quite some time now, and I'm really thinking about buying it. But I play in a local metal band and I was wondering if this bass would fullfill my needs (I've actually never played a Jag but I've heard a lot of good things about it). We play in drop C, and I really like the grindy punchy bass tone. Any thoughts?
 
#7
The Jag has active bass and treble boost unavailable to a regular Jazz bass but you can't balance between the pups, they are either on or off. It also has a series/parallel swtich that most Jazz's don't.
 
#8
I always thought they were kind of like "Jazz on steroids" basses, with a similar basic sound but with more tonal options. I think they'd probably cut through pretty nicely and could work well, at least sonically.

Visually they might not be pointy enough for the genre. However, why not blaze a trial for others to follow instead of following a trail that's already been blazed?
 
#11
seven ate nine. said:
Maybe I'm just dumb, but what are 'pups'?
Is that short for 'pickups' or something?
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Not knowing what "pups" doesn't mean you're dumb. I mean, you might be dumb, but not knowing what "pups" mean wouldn't be the reason. :D ;)

But seriously, yes, "pups" is an abbreviation for "pickups".


eupharies said:
Get a standard jazz, upgrade pups, and add push pull pots!
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Those suggestions certainly could work, but I prefer the K.I.S.S. (Keep It Simple, Stupid) approach in most cases. In other words, if a tool works better than another right out of the gate then I prefer to go with that one.

Note that I said "in most cases" and "prefer". For example, you may find that a Jazz feels so much better to you than any other bass that modifying one makes more sense for you and your preferences than a virgin Jaguar would, no matter how well a Jag might fit sonically. But my preference would be to start with stock models and see what works best before I'd start going down the path of buying a bass that isn't optimal and then start modifying it hoping to find a combination of parts that's "right".

Again, that's just my general preference. There's nothing wrong with different approaches. And if you're a tinkerer then modding a bass can not only get you something that, over time, becomes as close to perfect as possible for you but you can also have a lot of fun in the process (but, as you probably guessed, I'm not that kind of tinkerer ;)).
 
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dave64o said:
Not knowing what "pups" doesn't mean you're dumb. I mean, you might be dumb, but not knowing what "pups" mean wouldn't be the reason. :D ;)

But seriously, yes, "pups" is an abbreviation for "pickups".




Those suggestions certainly could work, but I prefer the K.I.S.S. (Keep It Simple, Stupid) approach in most cases. In other words, if a tool works better than another right out of the gate then I prefer to go with that one.

Note that I said "in most cases" and "prefer". For example, you may find that a Jazz feels so much better to you than any other bass that modifying one makes more sense for you and your preferences than a virgin Jaguar would, no matter how well a Jag might fit sonically. But my preference would be to start with stock models and see what works best before I'd start going down the path of buying a bass that isn't optimal and then start modifying it hoping to find a combination of parts that's "right".

Again, that's just my general preference. There's nothing wrong with different approaches. And if you're a tinkerer then modding a bass can not only get you something that, over time, becomes as close to perfect as possible for you but you can also have a lot of fun in the process (but, as you probably guessed, I'm not that kind of tinkerer ;)).
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Haha, I'm not a tinkerer. I couldn't trust myself to take things apart, add things in, replace pickups, ect. I leave all of that to my local music store/technician. ;)
 
#18
I've never played the Jag bass but from what I understand it sounds a lot like a Jazz bass and has the same variety of tones and then some. So, if Martin Mendez of Opeth can use the tone of the Jazz bass to great effect then I think that the Jag could work in your metal band.
 

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