Cheap Jaguar copies

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Re: Cheap Jaguar copies

Post by Jazzmonster Jones » Mon Jun 22, 2020 2:33 am

IF I could find a Jag for 300, I would have bought one in a heartbeat. The lowest I have seen in months has been 330 used plus shipping, and I have been looking hard.

This was 300 less than a new Squier.
I am going to feel fine modding/exploring/tweaking this one. A Squier wouldn't be needing that, or I wouldn't do that with a Squier.
I have a Squier JM, awesome. I have a reverse silverburst LTD edition Squier Strat, awesome.

I wanted a cheap guitar I could screw around with, not a Jag.

As for "garbage"? One mans trash is another mans treasure....I am not one of those "buy a JM then throw a Mastery at it" types. I am a builder and tech. I know how to make "garbage" into gold....got the spinning wheel in the back room.
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Re: Cheap Jaguar copies

Post by Jazzmonster Jones » Mon Jun 22, 2020 2:35 am

Horsefeather wrote:
Mon Jun 22, 2020 12:01 am
Those are hideous. When you can get a used Vintage Modfied for 300 or so, why this garbage?

Describe "hideous".

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Re: Cheap Jaguar copies

Post by manwithtitties » Mon Jun 22, 2020 4:13 am

I mean they do look like a copy of an offset built by people who have never seen one and only heard vague descriptions of them

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Re: Cheap Jaguar copies

Post by Jazzmonster Jones » Mon Jun 22, 2020 4:40 am

I think part of it is the way the photos are shot. Even if it's not an "exact" replica, I really don't care. I was eyeballing SG copies, and a lot of those are almost offsets.... LP copies are never accurate, and some look better then Gibby's.

I mean, offsets are "weird" from the outset, so "weirder" is o.k.

HS Thompson- "It never got weird enough".

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Re: Cheap Jaguar copies

Post by Jazzmonster Jones » Mon Jun 22, 2020 4:41 am

Did I mention I have a Hannah Montana guitar, and a couple First Act's? Strange guitars are in me blood.

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Re: Cheap Jaguar copies

Post by Jazzmonster Jones » Mon Jun 22, 2020 4:42 am

Horsefeather wrote:
Mon Jun 22, 2020 12:01 am
Those are hideous. When you can get a used Vintage Modfied for 300 or so, why this garbage?
More directly- I am not a guitar snob.

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Re: Cheap Jaguar copies

Post by jvin248 » Mon Jun 22, 2020 4:50 am

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Check out the Harley Benton models. I remember them having a couple of offsets.

G&L Doheny, but not in the cheap category unless they have a Tribute version now.

Rondo had some.

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Re: Cheap Jaguar copies

Post by BoringPostcards » Mon Jun 22, 2020 5:34 am

jvin248 wrote:
Mon Jun 22, 2020 4:50 am
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Check out the Harley Benton models. I remember them having a couple of offsets.

G&L Doheny, but not in the cheap category unless they have a Tribute version now.

Rondo had some.

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G&L does make a tribute Doheny. They were announced at NAMM the same year they released the US version.
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Re: Cheap Jaguar copies

Post by timtam » Mon Jun 22, 2020 5:43 am

Jaguar-like objects have seemed to be rarer than JM-alikes, other than on Aliexpress.

Maybe that's changing. Two cropped up today ...

Korean ?
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Corona-Jaguar- ... 4055658318

Japanese (?) 'Barclay' ....
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Barclay-Electr ... 4079737725
"I just knew I wanted to make a sound that was the complete opposite of a Les Paul, and that’s pretty much a Jaguar." Rowland S. Howard.

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Re: Cheap Jaguar copies

Post by Jazzmonster Jones » Mon Jun 22, 2020 5:47 am

jvin248 wrote:
Mon Jun 22, 2020 4:50 am
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Check out the Harley Benton models. I remember them having a couple of offsets.

G&L Doheny, but not in the cheap category unless they have a Tribute version now.

Rondo had some.

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I have looked at the HB's. I have a 3 of those (LP Cherryburst with humbuckets nice guitar, PU are kinda muddy, LP Goldtop with P90's- AWESOME, and a Vintage P Bass with the single coil.

They have a Jazzmaster-ish and a Mustangy....no Jags.

I got those back when shipping was 33 dollars, and the guitars were 108 dollars, the bass was 90.
Shipping is 50 now and the prices are slightly higher.

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Re: Cheap Jaguar copies

Post by Jazzmonster Jones » Mon Jun 22, 2020 5:51 am

Just to update- I bought the funky Jag copy....and with shipping it was well under 200 dollars.

Can't touch that with a ten foot pole.

If I wanted a Squier Jag, I would have shelled out the 449 and bought one. Nobody has a Squier Jag for 300 bucks.....the main focus of this thread was to see if anybody had the weirdo knock off I bought.

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Re: Cheap Jaguar copies

Post by Fiddy » Mon Jun 22, 2020 6:56 am

I did. I bought their Jagstang version and it was a vile piece of shit.

Hence my original advice. I wouldn't buy that even if it was $20.

Weird can be cool, these are just poorly made with inaccurate measurements all over.

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Re: Cheap Jaguar copies

Post by Jazzmonster Jones » Mon Jun 22, 2020 7:06 am

Wow, you must have gotten a really bad one.
I have seen "vile pieces of shit" from Gibson in the past, as well as other companies when you factor in the "dollars per turd" component... :fp:

A good re-read through this thread will tell you why I bought one,and why I started this thread.

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Re: Cheap Jaguar copies

Post by Fiddy » Mon Jun 22, 2020 7:15 am

Whatever... Buy away dude. :D :D :D

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Re: Cheap Jaguar copies

Post by mortron » Mon Jun 22, 2020 7:34 am

The one with less metal on it looks like a kit guitar I've seen on a few different sites. I believe many of these cheaper guitars are just finished kits. The kits have always looked like fun to build but worried about the end result.

It looks a bit unorthodox but if you like it, you like it. I had considered grabbing a kit and customizing the heck out of it. It looks kind of like the Marauder body shape that was built in China by Fender several years back, and considered making a Marauder influenced guitar with one for kicks but never pulled the trigger.

If you have the skills to finish it, a kit could be a good way to go if you're looking for cheap guitars with a few custom options. It also lets you save a little $ for a decent setup/fret dressing if needed (which it might).

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