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Squier Jaguar Short Scale club.

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#921
SBassman said:
But I'll be happy if it just Stays on the market at this price - which is very, very unlikely.
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This has been said on this thread many times. Why do people think the price will go up? My guess is the folks at Fender/Squier did a pretty thorough market analysis before launching this. Do they have a history of jacking up prices after a product launch? Given the fact that the price point is identical across their dealer network, my guess is that they've found the price point and will stay there.

I'd be curious to know what other people think. I don't watch the new bass market closely, but the Fender/Squier pricing strategy seems pretty stable to me. They might be messing with a good thing if they started getting cute about the price.

--Steve
 
#922
Personally, I don't think the price will go up. But I can see why people might think that. You do get a really good bass for the money. I still think unlikely though. What I more expect to happen is for it to be pulled in the next year or so and then Fender might bring out a shorty with the Fender logo on it. I think that they might be testing the waters for a short scale bass that isn't the Mustang.

This is purely Internet conjecture though! :)
 
#923
autodidact said:
After a day of having the bass and playing the snot out of it I haven't really come to any conclusions that other people havent reached:

- Yes the J pup is kind of weak and a little noisy
- The P pup is defintely solid sounding
- The pots are the first thing that needs to go
- Yes there is neck dive BUT nothing substantial enough to merit a tuning machine change

I'll probably look into a DiMarzio Model J for the bridge and since I'm kind of OCD I'll probably get the model P for the neck just so it looks the same haha. Pots need switched and suprisingly the input is pretty solid, I was expecting it to be shaky as thats what usually craps out first in cheaper instruments.

Overall, definitely worth the money.

# por favor.
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I think the neck dive varies depending on the weight of the body.
 
#924
Picture of my new Jaguar SS. Plays nice and feels good. Sound is good and pickups are as everybody has said. All I've done so far is remove the cheap strings that came on it and replace with D'Addario Tape Wounds, set action and intonation. This is not what it will look like when I'm thru with it.

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#925
Hello Gang:

Nothing fancy here, but last night a made a comparison recording of my son's Squier Jaguar SS and a Squier Classic Vibe Jazz bass. I just put a digital recorder in the room; no special setup or processing. Both instruments have the stock strings (which probably need to be changed).

Squier Jaguar SS vs. Squier CV Jazz Bass - YouTube

My playing is pretty rusty, and I didn't go back to do a million takes to sound impressive, so please excuse my performance. I thought folks might be interested in the difference in tone.

My son tends to prefer the sound of the bass with the P pickup solo; of the recordings here, that's my favorite, too. I put two example bass lines on there:

Example #1

A) Jazz Bass
B) Jag w/ both pickups @ 100%
C) Jag w/ P pickup solo

Example #2

A) Jazz Bass
B) Jag w/ both pickups @ 100%

Again, it's nothing special and only took me a little while to throw together.

--Steve
 
#926
Stev187 said:
LOL. Nothing makes my 10 year old want to play more than me going up to his room and giving his bass a workout. He'll stand there and say "Can I play my bass?"

Just leave it out and he'll pick it up. Better yet, entice him by making great sounds with it!

--Steve
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He played it a little yesterday with the CD that came with his bass book. It has a rock backing track which he likes. I picked up a use Crate BT1000 from a friend (for $75!!!) last night and surprised him with it. He did a little practicing on it this morning before school with the whole rig.

After he left I played around with it and got some very good tones out of both. Got some very nice growls playing that bassline from "The Chain"!
 
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Stev187 said:
Hello Gang:

Nothing fancy here, but last night a made a comparison recording of my son's Squier Jaguar SS and a Squier Classic Vibe Jazz bass. I just put a digital recorder in the room; no special setup or processing. Both instruments have the stock strings (which probably need to be changed).

Squier Jaguar SS vs. Squier CV Jazz Bass - YouTube
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I did not hear a lot of difference between the two, which to me is a good thing.

Thanks for posting.
 
#933
Stev187 said:
CrankenStein said:
I did a ghetto refinish on my jag, i like it though.
Bet it took some work to get that poly off. How many pieces is the body? Could you take some closer photos of that body for curiousity's sake?

Oh, and how did you refinish it?

--Steve

P.S. Looks pretty good--nice pair of basses.
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thanks, yeah i sanded it by hand with 80 grit, it took about 2 days. It appears to be a 3 piece body, not well matched. after i got through the primer there was some weird clear coat type stuff, do these things get laminated together? As for the finish i just used some water based stain and 3 coats of low gloss tung oil.
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i used the stock guard as a template (it still has the protective plastic film on it), but on her's, the p bass pickup wasn't centered all that well so i slightly shifted the two halves closer together on the new guard's pickup cutout and redrilled and mounted the pickup so that it lines up better.

i cut the guard's perimeter on a bandsaw, use a drum sander as a shaper, and then bevel the edge with a file and razor blade so they aren't something that i like to do that often, but for one-offs it's fine.
 
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