Post pics of the guitar that started it for you

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Post by Joeleo » Sat Sep 22, 2012 6:04 am

Mine is embarassing. When I was 12 I was a huge fan of the band Live. :fp: In their video for the song Lakini's Juice the guitar player had this big fuzz tone and was playing a '62 surf green jazzmaster. I fell in love after that.

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Post by natthu » Sat Sep 22, 2012 6:13 am

John Frusciante in the Red Hot Chili Peppers' video for "Under The Bridge":

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I would love a Jag like that. Maybe one day I'll splurge and have an MJT one made.
Anyone know what colour it is? It looks a bit like Sherwood Green to me, but it's hard to tell... maybe it's more blue?

My first Offset purchase was on a whim while I was on holiday in Quebec. I bought a CP Jag in CAR, then spent the night playing RHCP songs in the corner like a weirdo in the hostel I was staying in.
I ended up sleeping with the Jag next to me on my bunk as there were a few shifty lookin' chaps in my room.
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Post by valley_parade » Sat Sep 22, 2012 8:30 am

It wasn't so much a certain player as it was stumbling across this on Elderly one day:

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I guess for influential players though, Andrew Kenny from AmAnSet. I knew I needed something that would sound like his guitar tone on "Magnificent Seventies", and it turns out he plays a JM.

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Post by empyrean » Sat Sep 22, 2012 8:36 am

I can't remember which one it was exactly that started it, I always thought they were cool. Frusciante's Jaguar always caught my eye.

I remember seeing this image though and going out and buying my Fender Mustang, which I wish I never got rid of. It was my favourite guitar. I bought an olympic white one with tort, because the quality and size of the picture I had wasn't very good and the Sonic blue just looked whitey/cream. :P

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Post by Jazztastic » Sat Sep 22, 2012 8:46 am

This was the first guitar I ever wanted.

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My tastes changed, not really into Les Pauls now. I found out about offsets...

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Then I saw Kurt playing Mustangs, they've been my favourite guitar ever since.

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Post by jasonpetzold » Sat Sep 22, 2012 8:54 am

araT wrote:
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+1 a thousand times over
This was it for me too!

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Re: Post pics of the guitar that started it for you

Post by Carbohydrates » Sat Sep 22, 2012 9:04 am

Wasn't a band or guitarist for me. I was at a guitar show in Seattle in 2008 and saw a beautiful vintage Jazzmaster, I believe in Fiesta Red. Hadn't really paid those guitars any attention before, but seeing that one in person planted the seed for me. When I happened across this Jazzmaster at a Guitar Center a couple months later, I bought it on the spot. Been an offset fan since, though I play Mustangs now and no longer have this Jazzy.

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Post by -Anti- » Sat Sep 22, 2012 9:11 am

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James Shaw of Metric and Broken Social Scene. He mainly plays modded Jaguars, including this yellowed one with Jazzmaster pickups. Seeing Metric play live was the first time I really took notice of an offset, and shortly after I bought my first.

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Post by valley_parade » Sat Sep 22, 2012 9:34 am

Carbohydrates wrote:Been an offset fan since, though I play Mustangs now and no longer have this Jazzy.

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Oh shit, that was yours? That was a huge style influence on my partsmaster. Made me decide to go with a black guard over gold.

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Post by rhythmjones » Sat Sep 22, 2012 11:17 am

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Post by dren68 » Sat Sep 22, 2012 11:42 am

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Re: Post pics of the guitar that started it for you

Post by Mikechickenhead » Sat Sep 22, 2012 12:02 pm

it was this poster specifically that did it for me.. i still own this poster and always will :)

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maybe it was how destroyed it looked and how i thought "wow, a junky guitar can sound like that"
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Post by s_mcsleazy » Sat Sep 22, 2012 12:09 pm

oh god, this going to sound so sad. i always remeber seeing the band "feeder" playing jags and jazzys. when i was 14 i was also a HUGE offspring fan and nearly brought a ndm-1. didnt because i hated the pups in it. i also used to go to alot of local gigs and there was a band from ek called "the wisconsin moose chain" or somthing like that and they were using jagstangs and mustangs. i kinda associated offsets with.... diffrent kinds of music. i also think i may have seen one on a live clip of the band yourcodenameis:milo but dont hold me to that.
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Re: Post pics of the guitar that started it for you

Post by pp1d00d00 » Sat Sep 22, 2012 12:25 pm

was prince's insane white thing with the wobbly horn an offset? ah yes, it was!

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Re: Post pics of the guitar that started it for you

Post by Oddell » Sat Sep 22, 2012 12:34 pm

As far as offsets go, I remember being in to the Radioheads when I first started playing and knowing that Thom played a Jazzmaster. My friend had also had just gotten a mij Jazzmaster and sold me his Tele Deluxe (also a Radiohead guitar), and I've been in to teles ever since.

Before that when I was just messing around on an acoustic I had, I was really in to getting a Danelectro, probably something to do with Beck and their price point.
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But when I first saw live videos of the Pixies, the telecaster and goldtop les paul (like somebody else already mentioned) being played really got in to my head. I didn't really understand all of the variables in the guitar tone equation, but I thought a lot about that combination making the sounds I heard on the records and it's kind of been the standard in my head. Timeless band playing timeless guitars with perfect rhythm/lead interaction...
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