Kurt Cobain using the Fender Jag-Stang Live
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.
Gorgeous Jag-Stang Project Guitar
Forum member iCEByTes has put together a gorgeous custom jag-stang project guitar.
Some of the specs on the guitar are:
Fender introducing Jag-Stang Bass guitar
[Edit: Hope everyone had a fun April Fools Day and didn’t fall for anything posted online today, April 1.]
Corgan signature strat pickups to be DiMarzio
A bit more info is trickling out above the upcoming Billy Corgan signature stratocaster.
Fender blogs about some custom DiMarzio BC pickups HERE. Being called BC80 and BC89 they also have a photo on the blog post. If anyone has a guess as to what DiMarzio model these might be based on let’s hear it.
Billy Corgan signature Fender Stratocaster coming soon
On Jan 21 there was a post on the Fender blog with the following quote: “soon-to-be Fender signature artist Billy Corgan of the Smashing Pumpkins” Which would indicate an official signature guitar is on the horizon. Along with that post was a great video of Billy visiting the Fender booth at Winter NAMM 2008.
Favorites from Winter NAMM 2008
Now that Winter NAMM 2008 is complete we thought we would put together a summary of some of our favorites things from the show. Feel free to tell us your favorites by commenting this post.
The 28 Most Recognizable Guitars from Blender.com
We like Best/Most/Worst/etc lists. They seem to generate great discussion in all kinds of directions.
All I want for xmas is ... a jagstang t-shirt and hoodie!
Not a joke! :) On a recent shopping trip to JC Penny and Kohls department stores I was shocked to see t-shirts and hoodies with jag-stangs on them! They are actually Nirvana t-shirts and hoodies which have the below graphic.
Tightening that Dynamic Vibrato tremolo arm
A common question of new owners of guitars with a Dynamic Vibrato is how to keep the tremolo arm in the tailpiece bar. The tremolo/bridge unit of the Fender jag-stang and most mustangs is a Dynamic Vibrato, so this article applies to both the jag-stang and mustang.
Peekamoose J-style guitar
