Johnny Marr Jags, do they rock?

chrisj1602

Wazmeister said:

Anyone prefer these over a Jazzmaster, and if so, why ?

I love my Marr sig. One of the best guitars I've ever had. It's really versatile and I just found the Johnny Marr mods make sense.

Even with the wide string spacing the bridge is better (though I will get a Staytrem bridge soon).

I like how the trem arm stays put like a Bigsby, and the pickups and switching are great.  The neck is really nice too.

jeztone2

A mate has one, he loves it 

Kylef

This ones my number 1 when playing in my cover band. Extremely versatile, covers so much ground.

not_the_dj

Holy thread bump batman!

It was Jan '16 when I was pondering this. 

Lebarque

I tried both the Marr and an American Professional today and to be honest, I preferred the Pro. Sure, the Marr felt a more premium with the nitro and the BKP's, but the frets were tiny, the pickups were darker than a normal Jag and the switching didn't do it for me. The Pro felt a bit more mass-produced, but I liked the simple phase switch and the narrow tall frets. The pickups were good for mass-produced ones too. Both had great medium C necks and the 4-way switch, which I love. Really impressed the whole Pro range TBH. The tweaks they've made suit me down to the ground.

Wazmeister

Kylef said:

This ones my number 1 when playing in my cover band. Extremely versatile, covers so much ground.

Kyle, we often have similar tastes in gear, it appears....

That is gorgeous, and would be my colour of choice.

Off to Coda today, so Ill have a play

Musicman20

I owned a Sherwood Green Marr for about 2 days. The styling, sound and overall feel was fantastic; I really wanted to keep it. But the nitro was incredibly poorly applied and according to a few sources, on mine it looked as though it hadn't cured. The lining of the case had left imprints in the nitro on the back, the nitro had already shrunk away a lot at the neck pocket, the pickguard was fitted badly so you couldn't get to the truss rod very well....etc.

It was a huge shame. Andertons were, surprisingly, not very helpful despite the obvious imperfections, and only offered to refund, not to replace despite having others in. For £1700 or whatever it was, I was pretty shocked.

chrisj1602

Musicman20 said:

I owned a Sherwood Green Marr for about 2 days. The styling, sound and overall feel was fantastic; I really wanted to keep it. But the nitro was incredibly poorly applied and according to a few sources, on mine it looked as though it hadn't cured. The lining of the case had left imprints in the nitro on the back, the nitro had already shrunk away a lot at the neck pocket, the pickguard was fitted badly so you couldn't get to the truss rod very well....etc.

It was a huge shame. Andertons were, surprisingly, not very helpful despite the obvious imperfections, and only offered to refund, not to replace despite having others in. For £1700 or whatever it was, I was pretty shocked.

Shame about the finish on that as they look great in Sherwood Green, but the truss rod is adjusted by taking the neck off.

Musicman20

That's weird; there was a cutout on mine like the modern Fenders.

JD50

Musicman20 said:

That's weird; there was a cutout on mine like the modern Fenders.

And the old Fenders....

Musicman20

What I'm explaining is that the pickguard was fitted off centre, hopefully that makes sense. With Fender basses, (I've been a bass player much longer than a guitarist) I could just get in that cutout to adjust....but then again it's a totally different instrument. 

chrisj1602

Musicman20 said:

What I'm explaining is that the pickguard was fitted off centre, hopefully that makes sense. With Fender basses, (I've been a bass player much longer than a guitarist) I could just get in that cutout to adjust....but then again it's a totally different instrument. 

Apologies, I know what you mean about the cut out, my reply wasn't the best. I've just seen a lot of truss rod adjustments on vintage style Fenders where the neck has been loosened or removed to allow access. I guess that's why they moved it to the headstock!

Moltisanti

my mate bought one and wasn't bonding with the bridge pickup with gain so he asked me to put a humbucker in it for him (gasp!). One JB jr later and it sounds a lot thicker and fuller which is what he wanted. The point being it's an easy mod to fit a SC sized HB to them if you like the look/feel but need more beef