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Squier Jaguar Short Scale club.

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bassist4dalord said:
Played one of the Jags with P/J pickups, a 9V battery, and 4 knobs. Unfortunately, it wasn't plugged in. However, it felt great; would have loved to have heard it!
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I bought that Jag in Sunburst and it's awesome Bass. Everyone needs at least one active Bass.
 
#687
selowitch said:
I'm pretty sure the preamp is active but the pickups are not. Whether that makes it an "active" bass I can't be sure.
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Squiers Web Page Calls the Deluxe Jazz Bass 5 string 'Active' and it has the same Jazz pickup as the Jaguar so I think it qualifies.

Deluxe Jazz Bass® V Active (5-String)
2 Single-Coil 5-String Jazz Bass® Pickups

Vintage Modified Jaguar® Bass Special
Jazz Bass® 1 single-coil bridge pickup & 1 Split Single-Coil Precision Bass® Pickup
 
#689
screaminglucy said:
just a little fyi...i have a PJ style fender molded case. i don't have a long scale bass to go in it so i cut a little of the styrofoam out so that the ss jag would fit...worked like a charm. it fits really nicely.
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What's funny is I ordered the Electric Guitar Gig bag from musician's friend ($14) because it said it was 43" long and the Jag SS is 42 1/4" and it fits fine. I found out I bought the exact same Gig Bag for my son's Squier Stratocaster last year and the Jag SS doesn't fit in it because the bag is too short.
 
#691
i just ordered one after reading this thread... black. very excited to get it! i've just been playing on an affinity J bass for a while and wanted something else. still looking for which kind of P i want to get down the road.
 
#694
I'm looking at getting the Modified Squier Jag in sunburst as I was just trawling through a bass site and fell in love with it. My dad took one look at it's £200 price and said 'I'll try get it you for around £170' so saying no would be silly. I just wish they'd hurry up with sorting it out!
 
#695
Charlie97L said:
i just ordered one after reading this thread... black. very excited to get it! i've just been playing on an affinity J bass for a while and wanted something else. still looking for which kind of P i want to get down the road.
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The Affinity is a fine first bass, but there's no comparison to the bass described here. One of my students has an Affinity P, and my son has a Squier SS Jag. We all want to play the shorty Jag--such a cool bass. You're gonna love it.

--Steve
 
#696
Yeah, I'm very excited. I got the affinity for recording at my studio, but honestly when compared to the guitars i've gotten from squier, (bullets, cvc tele), it's just not the same level.

if i like this one (sure I will), i will probably give the affinity to a friend and grab a higher-up-the-chain squier model. trying to have a good example of each bass and guitar type at the studio for people who need to experiment on demos.
 
#697
Got it! It's beautiful. Seems pretty well set up out of the box, though I don't like the feel of the stock strings compared to the ones i have on my affinity J (eb super slinky round wound). any suggestions?

also, i have a weird harmonic happening when i hit the A string open. i think it's an A 2 or 3 octaves up. never had a bass or guitar do that before. any ideas? it's happening acoustically, not over the amp.
 

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#699
I think the string ringing might be twisted. Going to restring it anyway, so no panic there.

Thinking of getting some DD Half Wounds.

The J pickup definitely isn't amazing, what are people replacing them with?

Also mine is hea-VY. I'd guess not *quite* on par with my full size J bass, but man, it's got some heft to it.
 
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