NGD: 1966 Jag Refin

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Re: NGD: 1966 Jag Refin

Post by rbrcbr » Mon Sep 20, 2021 7:20 pm

Missing this thing lately, unfortunately sold it to pay rent after losing my job right before COVID hit. Happy to see it being put to use by someone who's truly loving it. Take a listen here and catch a glimpse of it :D https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqV5_vb5NYs

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Re: NGD: 1966 Jag Refin

Post by snarf » Sat Oct 09, 2021 5:42 pm

rbrcbr wrote:
Mon Sep 20, 2021 7:20 pm
Missing this thing lately, unfortunately sold it to pay rent after losing my job right before COVID hit. Happy to see it being put to use by someone who's truly loving it. Take a listen here and catch a glimpse of it :D https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqV5_vb5NYs
sheesh that was so good! perfect for the tune

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Re: NGD: 1966 Jag Refin

Post by garyfanclub » Thu Nov 04, 2021 6:48 am

rbrcbr wrote:
Thu May 02, 2019 7:04 am
Well, I think that's it for now.

Rewired it and set it up last night, I guess I lost one of the shims previously so I had to add another but it's still fretting out on the low E at like the 17th fret. Fine everywhere else except the high e the same area, with a medium/low action. Maybe it needs another shim? Raising the bridge more at the moment makes the low E action way too high, so I'm wondering it it's even a shim issue. Fine with me, I'm not really playing that high up anyway.

It had a bit of buzz when I tested it last night, gonna actually plug it in today and see if it's alright. I do think it's due for a refret though, playable currently but those frets are tiiiiiny. Maybe that'll fix the fretting out at higher frets? I did also notice that the vibrato doesn't feel like it bends upward smoothly. Whenever I first got it, they had it set up where the spring was tightened all the way and you couldn't bend it upward at all. I messed with it a bit and it's better now but still not a smooth transition. Any suggestions on that? Otherwise, I'm very stoked on this thing.

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OMG where have I been??? This looks unbelievable!

Bummed you had to sell that thing, definitely a looker!

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Re: NGD: 1966 Jag Refin

Post by BTL » Thu Nov 04, 2021 7:35 am

That's a really cool guitar, and even more cool to see it on TV!
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