Johnny Marr Sig Jaguar

[wooderson]

The Guitar Center near me has a yellow one in the fancy guitar room and man... that is one of the ugliest guitars I've ever seen in person.

Are you in Salt Lake perchance?

Arlington, TX (I have zero idea why my GC has such a well-stocked fancy room... a couple dozen Gibson Custom Shops on the wall that I haven't seen move once and another 12-15 Fender CSes...)

[AtomicPumpkin]

The Guitar Center near me has a yellow one in the fancy guitar room and man... that is one of the ugliest guitars I've ever seen in person.

Are you in Salt Lake perchance?

Arlington, TX (I have zero idea why my GC has such a well-stocked fancy room... a couple dozen Gibson Custom Shops on the wall that I haven't seen move once and another 12-15 Fender CSes...)

Our Guitar Centers sound nearly identical. There was a used silver-faced Fender Champ in mine that I touched the back of and got a bit of a jolt! Obviously needs som TLC.

Agree with you about the yellow color being gross—big deal-breaker for me.

[smalahove]

Johnny Marr also plays a blue Jaguar on stage with a different pickup set compared to his standard signature model.

The bridge pickup is a SD humbucker in single coil format I believe. Any ideas about the neck pickup??

I seem to recall reading somewhere on OSG that the bridge pickup is a little '59, but the EOB Strat has a JB jr in the bridge. Does anyone know what Marr has put in his? :-)

[cmatthes]

Johnny's Blue Sig Jag has rear-mounted controls for the Fernandes Sustainer pickup in the neck position (the Fernandes Sustainer - one mini switch is "On/Off", the other is for the 3 sustain/octave/feedback levels). It's JB Jr in the bridge position.

[smalahove]

Johnny's Blue Sig Jag has rear-mounted controls for the Fernandes Sustainer pickup in the neck position (the Fernandes Sustainer - one mini switch is "On/Off", the other is for the 3 sustain/octave/feedback levels). It's JB Jr in the bridge position.

Thanks! :-)

[J.P]

I was changing out the pick guard on my Marr Jag and noticed it was pre drilled for a mute. Are they all like that?

[TheCappy]

I was changing out the pick guard on my Marr Jag and noticed it was pre drilled for a mute. Are they all like that?

My 2020 version is, and I put a mute on it.

[J.P]

Thanks for the quick response!

[TheCappy]

Thanks for the quick response!

Welcome.

[J.P]

Just for fun I thought I might share!

[Meriphew]

If anyone was looking for a new white Marr Jag, Wildwood Guitars got three of them in last week, and they're all right in the 8-8.5lb range.

[atomicwash]

It's amazing how a pickguard can change the whole look of a guitar!

[sunburster]

I got one of these in LPB a few months back. Mint condition, with the case and all the candy, for a great price. Lovely guitar with a great neck. Here is a pic with my AV65 soon after it arrived:



I really enjoyed the contrast to my AV65, and the different features, especially the series position sound. However, no matter what I did (pickup height, strings, etc), it sounded noticeably duller and less interesting than my AV65. Also, there was an annoying metallic ringing sound on the high e, b and g that I suspected was coming from the bridge.

This week I swapped the stock bridge out for a brand new traditional American bridge (the stock one that came on the AV and AO guitars). And from the first chord I strummed I could hear that all the dullness and annoying metallic ringing was gone for good, and the guitar finally started to shine. The clarity and sparkle I hear now from these pickups is incredible. It still sounds quite different from my AV65, but no longer inferior.

So, moral of the story is this: if you find one of these sounding dull, try swapping out the bridge instead of the pickups. If you don't like the traditional Jag/JM bridge, try a Staytrem, Mastery, etc.

[GilmourD]

I got one of these in LPB a few months back. Mint condition, with the case and all the candy, for a great price. Lovely guitar with a great neck. Here is a pic with my AV65 soon after it arrived:



I really enjoyed the contrast to my AV65, and the different features, especially the series position sound. However, no matter what I did (pickup height, strings, etc), it sounded noticeably duller and less interesting than my AV65. Also, there was an annoying metallic ringing sound on the high e, b and g that I suspected was coming from the bridge.

This week I swapped the stock bridge out for a brand new traditional American bridge (the stock one that came on the AV and AO guitars). And from the first chord I strummed I could hear that all the dullness and annoying metallic ringing was gone for good, and the guitar finally started to shine. The clarity and sparkle I hear now from these pickups is incredible. It still sounds quite different from my AV65, but no longer inferior.

So, moral of the story is this: if you find these sounding dull, try swapping out the bridge instead of the pickups. If you don't like the traditional Jag/JM bridge, try a Staytrem, Mastery, etc.

Iiiiiiiiiiinteresting... Cuz the Marr bridge is sold as the AmPro 7.25" bridge as an upgrade part.

Is yours the older 55mm wide version or the revised 52mm version?

[sunburster]

It is the new 52mm one. Those became standard starting with the LPB run in 2018.