Looking for A 2nd Jaguar - What to Consider?

[goostah]

Dear All

I have no justification for buying a 2nd a Jaguar other than I love the look of surf green. My current Jag is CAR built to 65 specs (with a series mod). I only play at home and like learning different styles so I am not chasing tones or looking to fit into a genre of music. I have a bunch of other guitars (single coils, P90s, humbuckers etc and hollow, semi, solid etc) that cover all the tonal territory I need.

Anyone have suggestions for speccing out a 2nd Jaguar that is night and day different to my 65 spec'd guitar? I am thinking of building a Johnny Marr guitar but as I am not a Jaguar die hard I'm not sure it's enough difference to a 65 spec'd Jaguar.

Consider this thread a clean slate - it would be interesting to hear your non traditional ideas for a 2nd Jaguar.

Many thanks

[Embenny]

Your current guitar would have a 7.25" radius, so you could go for 9.5". It's got two vintage single coils, and a vintage vibrato. So how about some humbuckers or P90's and a hardtail? It's got a nitro finish, so how about poly? It's got a rhythm circuit and strangle switch, so how about a stripped-down 3-way switch and nothing else?

You asked for completely different, so here it is, and it just so happens that they're available super cheap on the used market:





Those are the Blacktop Jag HH and 90. I stuck TV Classics and a B5 in one and then it really fit the description of "different".

[goostah]

Your current guitar would have a 7.25" radius, so you could go for 9.5". It's got two vintage single coils, and a vintage vibrato. So how about some humbuckers or P90's and a hardtail? It's got a nitro finish, so how about poly? It's got a rhythm circuit and strangle switch, so how about a stripped-down 3-way switch and nothing else?

You asked for completely different, so here it is, and it just so happens that they're available super cheap on the used market:





Those are the Blacktop Jag HH and 90. I stuck TV Classics and a B5 in one and then it really fit the description of "different".

Thanks mbene, some good ideas here. Excluding my Gretsch guitars I only have one humbucker guitar. In fact I just stumbled upon this in another thread which looks really appealing (possibly from the same range as the one you posted):



If there's no huge variety in the Jaguar claw pickup category (bear in mind I don't have the greatest ears to detect subtle nuances in tone so huge is relative here) then something like this is a great option. Dynasonics have also crossed my mind as a possible option - I have never played them but understand they sit between tele single coils and P90s.

[timtam]

Classic Player HH jag with the non-standard switching that gives both single coil and HB tones ?

https://shop.fender.com/en-US/electric- ... 14171.html

[Embenny]

Thanks mbene, some good ideas here. Excluding my Gretsch guitars I only have one humbucker guitar. In fact I just stumbled upon this in another thread which looks really appealing (possibly from the same range as the one you posted):



If there's no huge variety in the Jaguar claw pickup category (bear in mind I don't have the greatest ears to detect subtle nuances in tone so huge is relative here) then something like this is a great option. Dynasonics have also crossed my mind as a possible option - I have never played them but understand they sit between tele single coils and P90s.

That's an MIJ Jaguar Special HH. They were available in North America only as black-on-black, but they are occasionally available from Japanese sources in various other colour combinations.

I actually sold my Blacktop and bought one of those MIJs (well, traded a JM for it). They're great guitars but since they have the traditional electronics and 7.25" radius, they wouldn't be "as" different as your current Jag.

I have an extreme fondness for Dynasonics and really want to put some T-Armonds in one of my guitars someday.







As for claw-compatible pickups, beyond the usual vintage, overwound, magnet variations, etc., there are a couple of differently-constructed options. I have Vintage Vibe JG90's in my MIJ, which are Jag-shaped P90's, though I'm actually about to swap those out after 10 years to change things up.

Curtis Novak has Jag-sized Lipsticks. That would sound totally different.



And there are Creamery Sonic 60's, which are Burns Trisonics shrunk down to a slimmer profile.



Jags are my main guitars, and I have spent years playing around with weird pickups in them. You'll be able to put together something very different-sounding from your AV65 with a little effort...just gotta figure out which direction to go! Hard to imagine pickups that sound more different than PAFs, filtertrons, dynasonics, lipsticks, P-90's and tri-sonics...and that's before you realize that you have even more options like Lace Sensors, Alumitones, and even active EMG singlecoils.

[goostah]

Thanks for all the info mbene.

[frelonvert]

They made a blacktop jaguar in seafoam green with block and biddings that was really cool !

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qt7oGYXjrpk

[Larsongs]

Something really different? How about a Thinline Jaguar?

https://youtu.be/rgDvXHf2AfM

[hikikomori]

how about this?

[frelonvert]

The jaguarillo was also cool:

[Larsongs]

A Bass VI

[astro]

If you can live with a strat jack, these are really cool:

[King Volcano]

If you can live with a strat jack, these are really cool:

I had one of those. Really liked it... Not a Jaguar, but I think these are such a deal and perfect for modding: