Archive for the ‘jag-stang’ Category
Forum member Garagetone recently posted up some info and photos about a Jazzstang project he is working on. You can see a few select photos and quotes from his thread in the post below.
To see even more photos and information see the full forum thread HERE.
After I crafted a bunch of “standard” bodies, I decided to merge the guitars from my two favorite bands. Kurdt’s Jag Stang, with Thurston’s Jazzmaster. – Garagetone
Nice work Garagetone!
Jazzstang Design
Jazzstang Build Body Blank
Jazzstang Build - body routed and shaped
Jazzstang Build - hardware mounting
Jazzstang Build - hardware mounting
Jazzstang Build - painted
Jazzstang Build - with neck
EDIT: Updated with demo video.
Check out more from Garagetone on his Myspace Page.
punkacc9 has put together a great video tribute to the jag-stang! It’s a slideshow of great jag-stang photos backed by nirvana soundtrack. You can see the video embedded below but also check out the forum thread. [forum thread]
You’re also welcome to share photos of your jag-stang with us all in this forum thread. [Pics of Your Jag-Stangs]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-A9PRuoJr8
nicely done punkacc9!!
Check out the very detailed Fender jag-stang video review brought to you by David Taub at nextlevelguitar.com. David goes over all the details of the jag-stang, the history behind it, and plays a bit so you can hear what it sounds like.
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We bring you another fantastic jagstang project in this post. Comprised of a Warmoth made jagstang body and neck AJ put together a really nice guitar here.
Some of the specs from AJ’s “Gold Top” jag-stang are:
- Warmoth jagstang body
- Warmoth 24″ neck
- compound neck radius – from 10″ to 16″ radius
- Gibson style frets
- Bridge pickup – Seymour Duncan: Duncan Custom SH-5
- Neck pickup – Seymour Duncan JB Jr. SJBJ-1
- Tuners – Schaller locking
- Bridge – Warmoth; which is much more adjustable than the stock Jagstang / Mustang bridges
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This photo includes an original (c 1974) Mustang neck that AJ intended to use, but he found the Warmoth neck much better for playability.
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AJ’s guitar is a part of the Warmoth gallery.
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Do you have a project jag-stang or modified jag-stang you’re proud of? Send us the photos and the specs and we may post it here! [Contact us here.]
It’s been well known that there were 2 original prototype jag-stangs made by Fender at the time Kurt Cobain died. There was a sonic blue prototype that was played by Kurt on a few European tour dates. (see video in previous post) It was given to Peter Buck of REM after Cobain died. You can see Buck playing the lefty jag-stang flipped righty in the REM video “what´s the frequency kenneth”. Does anyone know where the blue jag-stang is today?
The fiesta red prototype never made it to Kurt. Fender was preparing to ship the guitar to Kurt when they got news of his death. It originally ended up in the Fender Museum. Forum member ‘prospect’ posted some of his great photos and information from the Fender museum which is shared below. [forum link]
These photos are from Fender’s Museum in California from a few years back. It is my understanding that this is now currently on display either in Seattle or Cleveland.
On Kurt’s drawing the surrounding information you see is for when it was scanned for “Journals”. The “blacked out” area is contact information for Kurt and his guitar tech which was to not be printed in “Journals”.
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If you have any more info on the current locations of the fiesta red or sonic blue prototype jag-stangs let us know.
While Kurt wasn’t alive long enough for us to see him play the jag-stang very much there were some shows during the ’94 European tour where he did.
Below is one of the better quality videos of Kurt playing the jag-stang on the song Dumb from the Slovenia 2/27/94 tour date. Thanks to Ryan for suggesting us post this on our blog! If you see other cool jag-stang videos that we should post let us know.
Forum member iCEByTes has put together a gorgeous custom jag-stang project guitar.
For all the details on his project and all the folks who contributed to it visit this forum post. [url] You could also post any questions to the creator there.
Some of the specs on the guitar are:
- neck: 24″ C shape (copy of jag-stang neck)
- body: ash (copy of jag-stang body ash), with straight humbucker and contours
- pickups: Seymour Duncan Lipstick SLS-n and Seymour Duncan JB
Below are a few photos of the project jagstang.
If you have a custom jag-stang, jaguar, or mustang project guitar send us your photos! We’ll put up a post to show off your project.
[Edit: Hope everyone had a fun April Fools Day and didn't believe anything posted today, April 1.]
It’s a Jaguar Bass. It’s a Mustang Bass. No. It’s a Jag-Stang Bass!
Similar to how the Jag-Stang was created it looks like Fender has taken features from both the Fender Jaguar Bass and the Fender Mustang Bass and created the Jag-Stang Bass. There are not many details available yet but we did get a hold of a couple images. Fender is expected to announce the Jag-Stang Bass at the Summer NAMM show.
