NGD 1962 Fender Jaguar

jamesoliver1234

It wasn't bought to sell I wanted a players pre cbs jaguar and I've got one cheaper than a USA standard wish i didn't bother posting now 

GavRichList

jamesoliver1234 said:

It wasn't bought to sell I wanted a players pre cbs jaguar and I've got one cheaper than a USA standard wish i didn't bother posting now 

If you’ve paid circa 1500, you’ve had yourself a very fine shopping day indeed 

Teyeplayer

GavRichList said:

jamesoliver1234 said:

It wasn't bought to sell I wanted a players pre cbs jaguar and I've got one cheaper than a USA standard wish i didn't bother posting now 

If you’ve paid circa 1500, you’ve had yourself a very fine shopping day indeed 

This is something I totally agree with.

WezV

jamesoliver1234 said:

It wasn't bought to sell I wanted a players pre cbs jaguar and I've got one cheaper than a USA standard wish i didn't bother posting now 

That’s a shame.  You have shown us a guitar with a story, and we are interested in that story.   That’s all there is to it.

i would love to own something like this, but I would still want to understand it’s past.  I would rather have an old modded players guitar than a case queen, for want of a better term.

IvisonGuitars

Great score @jamesoliver1234! Having conflabed with James before he got this I can confirm he knew exactly what he was getting and at an envy inducing price too. Also, knowing his gig schedule, by this time next year, this guitar will have done more gigs than most of us hope to do in 10 years! Enjoy it mate!

BloodEagle

This whole post perfectly illustrates the difference between gigging musicians and internet guitar nerds

WezV

BloodEagle said:

This whole post perfectly illustrates the difference between gigging musicians and internet guitar nerds

Some of us are not just guitar nerds on the internet

andrewaward

I think it would also look great with a mint 'guard

KDS

wow, James...... where do you find them, that's stunning  how many people have pre-cbs tele, strat and jag That jag looks ace !!!! Karen says enjoy  

amarok1971

Beautiful, congrats  

strat1990

jamesoliver1234 said:

It wasn't bought to sell I wanted a players pre cbs jaguar and I've got one cheaper than a USA standard wish i didn't bother posting now 

Play it and love it, don't worry about if it's 100% authentic if you're not a collector

GuyR

That's a wicked looking Jaguar jamesoliver1234. Play it in good health

JezWynd

Beautiful guitar, love the colour. Does this mean you’ll be adding more surf to your set?

Fuengi

1. Nice looking Jag, congrats @jamesoliver1234 ;.
2. Personally I wound never be tempted to post something on here claiming it is X, Y or Z (regardless if it's not for sale) if I had any doubts at all (as you say you did). Because sure as eggs is eggs, it will be spotted by people who really know what they are taking about. 
3. Reading through the advice seems well-intentioned. I'd be glad for it.
4. Being that I know close to nothing about vintage gear this sort of story puts me right off ever buying any. I'm still unclear if this has been sold to you under false pretenses. Were you told it was all original by the seller? If so, care to name them so we are all forewarned?
5. Enjoy it! Looks great. 

ICBM

BloodEagle said:

This whole post perfectly illustrates the difference between gigging musicians and internet guitar nerds

No reason you can’t be both - I gig with a vintage Rickenbacker bass... I treat it as a working tool, and I wouldn’t ever describe it as all-original - it’s been modded both before I got it and by me.

jamesoliver1234

i said in the post it was original meaning the body neck...pickups pots etc.... to me not original would be a  reissue body and an original neck for example maybe it was my wording.

jonnyburgo

It will look fantastic once the Floyd Rose has been put back on. Joking! Its mighty fine as it is I bet it sounds wonderful, excellent score.

ICBM

jamesoliver1234 said:

i said in the post it was original meaning the body neck...pickups pots etc.... to me not original would be a  reissue body and an original neck for example maybe it was my wording.

Ah, I understand .

You’ve fallen foul of ‘vintage guitar jargon’ - “all original” has a specific meaning in that sense.

It does look like a very cool guitar, and as Wez said its history is actually part of that - it’s clearly been through the wars (or more likely just the grunge era ) and come out in more or less one piece...

As long as you knew what you were getting and paid the right price it’s all good. It’s just that with some recent threads about certain vintage dealers, that wasn’t immediately obvious, so some of us may have interpreted it wrongly. Sorry!

mburekenge

It looks amazing.  Congrats. Nice to see it in the hands of someone who can really play too.

fretfinder

OP, do you realise that the scratchplate screw just to the right of the neck pickup is a replacement?! It’s unmistakeably one from B&Qs ‘aged Jag’ range! 

Lovely guitfiddle which I hope will give you years of pleasure.