Dear All

my newest toy

I always liked the Jaguar shape,tried to get a used one(unbelieveble prices)

and finally pulled the trigger and bought a Jaguar Special(JGS) new in Japan

Basically the short scale(24" instead of my Tele and Strats 25,5"")needs a a bit of attention(not too much though)

Also the 7,25" radius is new to me (no deal at all) and Humbuckers,silent,Dragster-J.They are OK as far as I can say nice tone variety very responsive a bit muddy in the bottom(compared to my other HB Bluesbuckers) but I am not the HB specialist

If I compare to my MIA Strats (1 CS ,1 Hwy1,1 G&L) I can say(unfair competition its not apple to apple)

Wood workmanshift equal or over MIA

Wood:MIA over CIJ-->alder or ash against basswood

Neck-->perfect MIA/CIJ on par

Neck wood-->MIA is better

Rosewood-->Depends but my MIA's are better darker

Hardware on par or a bit lower then MIA(MIA is chromed stainless steel while CIJ is polished stainless steel

Switches,etc-->CIJ above MIA but switches etc are a bit more tiny fragile so question is how long they will last under heavy gigin(which I don't do anymore)

There is no buzz whats so ever

Factory setup-->Bad

Standard strings-->very bad

Newest Gotoh Jaguar bridge(always an Jaguar issue)-->known issue,better then a real Jaguar bridge still strings jump out

But I did expect this 3 issues and accepted ahead of the purchase

Now this is a 900 Euro Guitar including shipping and (high) European import cost(170 of the 900).I guess you will have to compare to 1100-1150 USD so on par with MIA guitars

From now on I will

explore its tone

change to Flatwound 11's (From 9s to the original intended strings)

Still not sure on the bridge but 11s may cure the jump

The first song I played was Petite Fleur by Chris Barber and it was simply great

Have fun,as much as I have

Roland