Johnny Marr Sig Jaguar

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Re: Johnny Marr Sig Jaguar

Post by JazzmasterJonny » Fri Apr 03, 2015 2:16 pm

I saw johnny a week or so ago in holmfirth, uk, a tiny gig. He was on fire, his green jag was the one he used on 90% of the songs. Sounded amazing too.

So want one in Sherwood green now.

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Re: Johnny Marr Sig Jaguar

Post by badlydrawnbanjo » Sat Apr 04, 2015 2:18 am

JazzmasterJonny wrote:I saw johnny a week or so ago in holmfirth, uk, a tiny gig. He was on fire, his green jag was the one he used on 90% of the songs. Sounded amazing too.

So want one in Sherwood green now.
I missed out on tickets, great venue and I'm only 20 minutes over the hill. I saw Johnny's guest spot with Noel Gallagher a few weeks back though. I notice that Noel's guitar player in now using a Sherwood JM jag too.

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Re: Johnny Marr Sig Jaguar

Post by JazzmasterJonny » Sat Apr 04, 2015 9:45 am

badlydrawnbanjo wrote:I missed out on tickets, great venue and I'm only 20 minutes over the hill. I saw Johnny's guest spot with Noel Gallagher a few weeks back though. I notice that Noel's guitar player in now using a Sherwood JM jag too.
It was an awesome gig, love the picturedrome! I noticed Noel's guitar player had a Sherwood jag too, and a nice looking jazzmaster too. Fenders are everywhere at the moment it seems

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Re: Johnny Marr Sig Jaguar

Post by series-parallel » Sat Apr 04, 2015 6:46 pm

Maggieo wrote:
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JazzmasterJonny wrote:The Sherwood green and the spitfire look soooo good!
Concur! Great looking Jag.
I could not be more happy with a guitar!!!
I'm with you on that. I pick it up and just go. It's really inspiring to play.

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Re: Johnny Marr Sig Jaguar

Post by egosheep » Sat Apr 04, 2015 7:31 pm

I would consider getting a real StayTrem to fix the string spacing and a polished steel switch tip from staytrem. It's the finishing touch in my mind, I can't stand the plastic one. Steel one is cold to the touch and :? :? :?

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Re: Johnny Marr Sig Jaguar

Post by JazzmasterJonny » Mon Apr 06, 2015 8:09 am

badlydrawnbanjo wrote: I saw Johnny's guest spot with Noel Gallagher a few weeks back though. I notice that Noel's guitar player in now using a Sherwood JM jag too.
Yep here he is, Tim Smith. Nice player
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Re: Johnny Marr Sig Jaguar

Post by biro » Tue Apr 07, 2015 4:12 pm

egosheep wrote:I would consider getting a real StayTrem to fix the string spacing
isn't the marr already equipped with a real staytrem bridge stock?!

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Re: Johnny Marr Sig Jaguar

Post by mackerelmint » Tue Apr 07, 2015 4:21 pm

biro wrote:
egosheep wrote:I would consider getting a real StayTrem to fix the string spacing
isn't the marr already equipped with a real staytrem bridge stock?!
Nope. It's got the bushings so the height stays put, and it was designed by the same guy, but not a full on staytrem bridge.
This is an excellent rectangle

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Re: Johnny Marr Sig Jaguar

Post by egosheep » Tue Apr 07, 2015 5:16 pm

mackerelmint wrote:
biro wrote:
egosheep wrote:I would consider getting a real StayTrem to fix the string spacing
isn't the marr already equipped with a real staytrem bridge stock?!
Nope. It's got the bushings so the height stays put, and it was designed by the same guy, but not a full on staytrem bridge.
On my Marr the saddles were kind of roughed in with a crude V shape. On the Staytrem the saddles are cast into a nice smooth U shape for each string. And the string spacing being wrong is perhaps the only "mar" on an otherwise perfect guitar.

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Re: Johnny Marr Sig Jaguar

Post by PBASSTONE » Wed Apr 22, 2015 1:22 pm

My Jagumarr

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Re: Johnny Marr Sig Jaguar

Post by amv » Wed Apr 22, 2015 3:16 pm

PBASSTONE wrote:My Jagumarr

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Re: Johnny Marr Sig Jaguar

Post by egosheep » Wed Apr 22, 2015 5:10 pm

Where did you get that andonized Jag guard? :?

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Re: Johnny Marr Sig Jaguar

Post by Maggieo » Wed Apr 22, 2015 6:14 pm

That is one sweet Jag!
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Re: Johnny Marr Sig Jaguar

Post by PBASSTONE » Fri Apr 24, 2015 2:31 am

egosheep wrote:Where did you get that andonized Jag guard?
from a company called http://www.edenguitars.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; they also have an eBay store.

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Re: Johnny Marr Sig Jaguar

Post by Rob J » Thu Jun 18, 2015 1:09 am

I have to say, that gold pick guard looks really good on a white Jag. I ended up putting a tort guard on mine to give it that traditional old Jag look. I think a mint green on white would also look great though.

I've had my Johnny Marr Jag for a few months now, and of the 9 electric guitars that I own, it has become the ONLY guitar that I play. I developed my first tiny chip in the paint though. Don't know if that is a sign of things to come or not. From reports from others, paint chipping is common on this model. I'd rather it didn't happen but I'm not going to worry about it if it does.

A couple of weekends ago I played a two day gig with this Jag and had volume issues. The volume would cut out or fade and then come back only to cut out again. The guitar had been giving me volume problems on and off for awhile but this became a serious issue playing live. I had to go to a back up guitar to finish out the day.

After later opening it up to check for any obvious problems I discovered that the input jack which has two connection nibs was only wired to one of them. A check of a schematic diagram of the Marr Jag showed that there SHOULD be a ground attached to the 2nd nib. It had obviously had a wire connected at one time because there was solder and a fragment of wire still attached and there was a blob of solder on the body where it once must have been connected. I bought this Jag used and it evidently came to me like this because I certainly did not un-wire anything. At any rate, I re-wired the jack post to ground it and my volume problems appear to be cured. I have not had any issues since. It has been restored to being my number one!

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