Re: 2024 MIJ FSRs (Kinko, Ishibashi etc)
Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2024 11:25 pm
This. +10000000.
And I wouldn't say 'because most buyers seem so prefer them'. It's because it's pretty much the only option these days.
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This. +10000000.
Like I said, on its own it doesn't bother me at all, and I don't think about when playing. It's just when it's in the rack, it really pops out, bit like a sore thumb :-)Zeus wrote: ↑Thu Mar 07, 2024 10:35 pmThis, along with the narrow nut width, is a huge selling point for me!
I really, really can't stand artificially ambered necks and Fender puts them on everything, likely because most buyers seem to prefer them.
It's such a pleasure to see a natural pale maple neck on these.
I think it's a massive aesthetic improvement.
Yes, that's seems correct. I had a hard time reading it correctly from my newly acquired Harley Benton measuring tool as it has way too many lines on it :-D But the nut measures around 40 mm, and the distance between the strings at the nut is about 6-7 mm in between.OffYourFace wrote: ↑Thu Mar 07, 2024 4:14 pmCould we convince you to measure the distance between each string slot on the nut? Should be around 6-7mm distance between them.smalahove wrote: ↑Thu Mar 07, 2024 12:22 amJust wanted to point out that the neck doesn’t feel as narrow as the 40mm nut width indicates. The U shape feels really nice, and the shoulders prob have something to do with not having a narrow feel. At the same time, it’s nowhere near a Gibson type D neck (such as the slim C), which feels super wide to me.
Yup, mind is the same. I love it but the pale neck really stands out. Might put some off?The only thing that I would change is the lack of tint on the back of the neck. By itself it doesn’t bother me, but in the rack it pops out, and looks almost like it was painted white.
I don't much love either of the extremes; the ridiculously yellowed-out finish of the JMJM, for example, looks super fakey, but the doughy non-color paleness of plain maple just doesn't look right, either. Anything in-between is way better.Zeus wrote: ↑Thu Mar 07, 2024 10:35 pmThis, along with the narrow nut width, is a huge selling point for me!
I really, really can't stand artificially ambered necks and Fender puts them on everything, likely because most buyers seem to prefer them.
It's such a pleasure to see a natural pale maple neck on these.
I think it's a massive aesthetic improvement.
Oft, I’m Scottish and when I go to the beach all my freckles join together and I fit right in haha. I did think that untinted neck looked painted white right enough, but it wouldn’t bother me at all if I had it - probably only looked so harsh as it was next to several tinted efforts.
Already gone. That was fast.forestgreen wrote: ↑Sun Mar 24, 2024 6:08 amPSA that there’s one - I don’t know if it’s the first or last - Sherwood Green Jag up on Kinko.
I'm UK based too, could I ask, respectfully, what your buy in was with customs and shipping included.lemonsoda wrote: ↑Thu Mar 07, 2024 6:06 amI just picked up a Sherwood Green Jag. I sent Kinko an email last time they had some on their site a few weeks ago and just missed out. Kaz said they might be getting a few more in March and then he sent me an email a couple days ago saying he'd reserved one for me from a batch going live mid-March. So if anyone is interested I'd keep an eye on the site over the next week or so. I got hit with customs to the UK, but it's still only cost me about average for a used MIJ already in the UK (and way less than the flippers prices).
Still on the plane right now, but here's a couple shots from the QC photos they sent me.
Neck tint? Weirdly I think it's part of the Jag aesthetic - pale necks would look wrong to me on a Jag, especially a Sunburst one. I think it harkens back to the Jag being a "premium" model at launch in 1962, and fancy touches remind me of that, but it's personal preference eh. I find necks without amber tinting on guitars in general to look a bit anaemic in comparison. Like tan though, there is such a thing as too much - subtle is good, deep looks like fake slap and is likely to be accompanied by fake lashes too... anyway the metaphor falls apart.