Squier Classic Vibe 70s Jaguar

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Re: Squier Classic Vibe 70s Jaguar

Post by aliendawg » Thu Mar 07, 2019 4:20 am

Wow! I find the neck on my VM Jag very thin. Too thin, even.
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Re: Squier Classic Vibe 70s Jaguar

Post by kimson » Thu Mar 07, 2019 5:08 am

aliendawg wrote:
Thu Mar 07, 2019 4:20 am
Wow! I find the neck on my VM Jag very thin. Too thin, even.
Yeah, same here. My VM Jag, JM, Bass VI and Tele Deluxe (all 2014-ish) all had annoyingly thin necks and it was the main reason I sold them all.

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Re: Squier Classic Vibe 70s Jaguar

Post by higgsblossom » Thu Mar 07, 2019 9:35 am

I was also surprised by how thin the Bass VI neck was compared to the PS Bass VI, and that wasn’t fat as well...
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Re: Squier Classic Vibe 70s Jaguar

Post by 601210 » Thu Mar 07, 2019 9:46 am

Interesting. The VM 70s Strat neck I used is much fatter than my J Mascis, but I guess it's apples to oranges.

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Re: Squier Classic Vibe 70s Jaguar

Post by soul1 » Thu Mar 07, 2019 12:29 pm

601210 wrote:
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Some may disagree with me, but I hope the neck on the new CV Jag is as fat, if not fatter than the one on the VM Jag.
Historically VMs tend to have fatter necks than CVs, no? Or at least that's what I heard that led me to getting a VM strat neck instead of a CV for a project.

But I guess historically CVs are Chinese so everything is pretty much up in the air at this point.
The neck on my VM Jag isn't really thick, but it's not bad either. I've tried some VM JMs that had thinner necks. Some of the CV Teles I've tried have also had really thin necks that I can't bond with. It's a shame since they are well-made guitars, but I'm not sure why some of those necks are so thin. I'm hoping the new CVs will be different. For me, something in between the VM and the Mascis in terms of thickness would be nice.

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Re: Squier Classic Vibe 70s Jaguar

Post by pikmin » Thu Mar 21, 2019 4:24 am

This is the first video where we can hear the new Squier classic vibe 70s Jaguar :

https://youtu.be/0gDDSJMUXFs

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Re: Squier Classic Vibe 70s Jaguar

Post by jagstang » Thu Mar 21, 2019 7:47 am

looks like the surfgreen is not much saturated. I hoped it would be more "greener"...

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Re: Squier Classic Vibe 70s Jaguar

Post by prospect » Thu Mar 21, 2019 11:00 am

jagstang wrote:
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looks like the surfgreen is not much saturated. I hoped it would be more "greener"...
I was perplexed by the color in the video. It looks much closer to the Squier sonic blue. It could be a one-off in SB since the guy is a Fender employee. The other videos that show the surf green, definitely look more green.

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Re: Squier Classic Vibe 70s Jaguar

Post by MayTheFuzzBeWithYou » Fri Mar 22, 2019 3:15 am

It felt like the one John Dryer was playing was really greenish/blue while the other one was almost white...

I honestly was already almost over the idea of buying that guitar... but man, it looks and sounds really cool! Can't wait to try one of these!

...Still thinking about putting some transparent blue metallic laquer over it to give it a IBM/FMS kind of touch. Could this work?

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Re: Squier Classic Vibe 70s Jaguar

Post by Ceylon » Fri Mar 22, 2019 3:58 am

MayTheFuzzBeWithYou wrote:
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It felt like the one John Dryer was playing was really greenish/blue while the other one was almost white...
The other Jaguar in the video was a Johnny Marr Jag I think, at least it had a different switch and plate on the lower horn. Definitely white though.
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Re: Squier Classic Vibe 70s Jaguar

Post by Trout » Fri Mar 22, 2019 4:09 am

Ceylon wrote:
Fri Mar 22, 2019 3:58 am
MayTheFuzzBeWithYou wrote:
Fri Mar 22, 2019 3:15 am
It felt like the one John Dryer was playing was really greenish/blue while the other one was almost white...
The other Jaguar in the video was a Johnny Marr Jag I think, at least it had a different switch and plate on the lower horn. Definitely white though.
It was a japanese fender jag that had been marrified :D
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Re: Squier Classic Vibe 70s Jaguar

Post by jdr1014 » Fri Mar 22, 2019 7:27 am

The CV 70s Jag sounds and looks pretty good, but why does the guy in 2nd test call it a "jag-wire"??? I would think Fender would insist on getting it right in a video!! I've played these things for over 50 ears and don't ever recall anyone "back in the day" mispronouncing it like seems to happen so often these days. Is it some kind of millennial thing or what??!!

The word is correctly pronounced "jag-war" :fp: ( edit - I guess the Brits like to say "jag-you-are")

Rant over.....and I do look forward to trying one of these CV's and compaering to my VM and AVRI :)

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Re: Squier Classic Vibe 70s Jaguar

Post by Maggieo » Fri Mar 22, 2019 8:48 am

jdr1014 wrote:
Fri Mar 22, 2019 7:27 am
The CV 70s Jag sounds and looks pretty good, but why does the guy in 2nd test call it a "jag-wire"??? I would think Fender would insist on getting it right in a video!! I've played these things for over 50 ears and don't ever recall anyone "back in the day" mispronouncing it like seems to happen so often these days. Is it some kind of millennial thing or what??!!

The word is correctly pronounced "jag-war" :fp: ( edit - I guess the Brits like to say "jag-you-are")

Rant over.....and I do look forward to trying one of these CV's and compaering to my VM and AVRI :)
Oh. my. GOD! That drives me crazy, too.

Here's how I approach it- the guitar is pronounced "jag-war" and the automobile is pronounced "jag-you-are". Easy peasy.

But...THERE IS NOTHING CALLED A "JAG-WIRE", DAMMIT!
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Re: Squier Classic Vibe 70s Jaguar

Post by Gordon » Fri Mar 22, 2019 5:05 pm

jdr1014 wrote:
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The CV 70s Jag sounds and looks pretty good, but why does the guy in 2nd test call it a "jag-wire"??? [...]
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Re: Squier Classic Vibe 70s Jaguar

Post by aliendawg » Fri Mar 22, 2019 6:22 pm

prospect wrote:
Thu Mar 21, 2019 11:00 am
jagstang wrote:
Thu Mar 21, 2019 7:47 am
looks like the surfgreen is not much saturated. I hoped it would be more "greener"...
I was perplexed by the color in the video. It looks much closer to the Squier sonic blue. It could be a one-off in SB since the guy is a Fender employee. The other videos that show the surf green, definitely look more green.

Fender if you are reading this, please release it in sonic blue and/or daphne blue! :)
Squier Sonic Blue is an abomination! Is like they put the guitar on bleach. It's too light to be blue, but too blue to be White... I'm all for Daphne Blue though
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