OMG! NGD: Squier Contemporary Jaguar

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OMG! NGD: Squier Contemporary Jaguar

Post by Pacafeliz » Wed Oct 20, 2021 9:38 am

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Well shit, Squier has done it to me once again. :fp:
This is about the 7th Squier I'm buying in the last couple years.
I saw it listed locally for under €300 and dammit folks I have guitars that cost 5x that and don't have the quality and feel and looks of this.

The roasted maple neck with the smooth satin finish feels like HOME, I tell you. The frets are jumbo, which initially scared me but they're quite low and not like the other (narrow tall) i kinda tolerate but hate (or vice versa). Frets (and everything, really) are FLAWLESS, perfect.

The splittable Humbuckers is a nice extra as it really does nice classic Jag sounds.

As you can see, I've instantly added an ancient German (Schaller?) vibrato tailpiece but geez it's heavy so I guess I'll go for a Duesenberg Les Trem again.

Of course there's the temptation to someday put WRHBs in there or something, but for now I'm pretty blown away by this killer deal.
LOVE the color. Flawless all over.

Lemme know if you have questions.

But I'd recommend this thing to anyone.
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Re: OMG! NGD: Squier Contemporary Jaguar

Post by smjenkins » Wed Oct 20, 2021 9:46 am

Congrats on the NGD! It looks beautiful. I love skyburst and it's even better with that Schaller trem.

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Re: OMG! NGD: Squier Contemporary Jaguar

Post by Surfysonic » Wed Oct 20, 2021 11:10 am

Congrats and enjoy! Love my shoreline gold one. 8)
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Re: OMG! NGD: Squier Contemporary Jaguar

Post by SignoftheDragon » Wed Oct 20, 2021 2:16 pm

That Schaller trem is great looking! Very... German.

It'd look great on some blacked-out industrial metal machine.

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Re: OMG! NGD: Squier Contemporary Jaguar

Post by Futuron » Thu Oct 21, 2021 2:08 am

Welcome to the club! ;)

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Re: OMG! NGD: Squier Contemporary Jaguar

Post by Pacafeliz » Thu Oct 21, 2021 2:44 am

Surfysonic wrote:
Wed Oct 20, 2021 11:10 am
Congrats and enjoy! Love my shoreline gold one. 8)
Futuron wrote:
Thu Oct 21, 2021 2:08 am
Welcome to the club! ;)
Cool! These haven't really been talked about here, or did I miss something?
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Re: OMG! NGD: Squier Contemporary Jaguar

Post by Futuron » Thu Oct 21, 2021 5:29 am

Not enough, probably 90% of the posts are from around 3 of us :D

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Re: OMG! NGD: Squier Contemporary Jaguar

Post by Embenny » Thu Oct 21, 2021 6:53 am

Congrats. They really do look great for the money. I like what Squier is doing more so than Fender these days.
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Re: OMG! NGD: Squier Contemporary Jaguar

Post by smjenkins » Thu Oct 21, 2021 9:03 am

mbene085 wrote:
Thu Oct 21, 2021 6:53 am
I like what Squier is doing more so than Fender these days.
Amen to this. I was in a GC yesterday for the first time in over two years and the only instruments that interested me had Squier on the headstock. For reference, it was this sonic blue JM, but in real life, it was quite blue not not super washed out like this pic:

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Re: OMG! NGD: Squier Contemporary Jaguar

Post by ludobag1 » Sat Oct 23, 2021 2:06 pm

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Re: OMG! NGD: Squier Contemporary Jaguar

Post by Pacafeliz » Sun Oct 24, 2021 9:47 am

Had to remove the vibrato tailpiece as it was just too damn heavy, dammit... :blush:

It's impressive how this guitar reacts to different amps and/or vice versa; on some you can't hear the switching differences, on others it's massive! :o
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Re: OMG! NGD: Squier Contemporary Jaguar

Post by phdr_hroch » Tue Apr 05, 2022 3:01 am

I just got one and it is amazing for that price.

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Re: OMG! NGD: Squier Contemporary Jaguar

Post by Stephen_42 » Tue Apr 05, 2022 4:22 am

They look awesome, the roasted neck especially is super tempting.

I don't need another Squier Jaguar (or another guitar at all for that matter) but they're exactly the kind of thing I'd go for if I was looking. Squier have done loads of awesome stuff recently. They've gone from good for the price to excellent full stop to the extent that I'm generally more interested in what Squier are doing than Fender these days.

Only negative for me is that I'm not enamored with either of the colours, but that's entirely subjective personal preference. The gold is a bit too flashy for me, and the blue sky burst leaves me disappointed after I fell in love with the more teal version that the original promo pictures suggested. On the flip side, I'm glad they're being adventurous with colour choices. There will be some I love that others don't, but that's more fun for everyone than playing it safe so we're all indifferent.

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Re: OMG! NGD: Squier Contemporary Jaguar

Post by Pacafeliz » Tue Apr 05, 2022 1:01 pm

Wow well now it's been almost half a year. Time flies.

I still have it but it'll be on the chopping block soon. Really don't need it, even though it's a great guitar.

I had big probs with the fat frets - if you grip your chords a bit harder when playing more aggressively, the note goes sharp. That's a no go for me.

A pity cuz it's a smoking hot guitar
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Re: OMG! NGD: Squier Contemporary Jaguar

Post by Deed_Poll » Tue Apr 05, 2022 5:53 pm

Love that tailpiece! Looks like a BTB Floyd!
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