Johnny Marr Sig Jaguar

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Re: Johnny Marr Sig Jaguar

Post by arkivel » Wed Sep 30, 2015 7:34 pm

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arkivel wrote:Does anyone with a JM jaguar own a pair of digital calipers?

How thick is the neck and what type of profile is it?
No digital calipers (so fail there) but its comparable to the av65 neck for thickness, but possibly rounder in profile. Thicker than an avri 62. I would 'WAG' them somewhere around .82-.84.
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I suspect it's thicker than .840. Thin skin jags were listed at .840. The Marr neck looks and feels a lot thicker than the thin skins Ive owned.

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Re: Johnny Marr Sig Jaguar

Post by egosheep » Tue Oct 06, 2015 7:13 pm

Just heard there will be a black limited edition coming out next year.

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Re: Johnny Marr Sig Jaguar

Post by jwlee » Tue Oct 06, 2015 11:10 pm

egosheep wrote:Just heard there will be a black limited edition coming out next year.
fuck. I regret buying regular Oly White one...
Limited Sherwood Green, Limited black...

Anyway it might be this.
Black one with Tortoise pickguard.

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Re: Johnny Marr Sig Jaguar

Post by arkivel » Wed Oct 07, 2015 2:28 pm

black is pretty underwhelming for a special edition Jaguar. Lake Placid blue with a matching headstock would be a killer limited edition.

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Re: Johnny Marr Sig Jaguar

Post by mekhem » Wed Oct 07, 2015 6:36 pm

arkivel wrote:black is pretty underwhelming for a special edition Jaguar. Lake Placid blue with a matching headstock would be a killer limited edition.
I would get that in a heartbeat....

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Re: Johnny Marr Sig Jaguar

Post by Mechanical Birds » Wed Oct 07, 2015 8:44 pm

Seriously! If you're gonna do black why not go for Charcoal Frost and make people give a shit?

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Re: Johnny Marr Sig Jaguar

Post by mekhem » Thu Oct 08, 2015 7:27 am

I suspect that manufacturing to a price point is in play here. Black is easy and cheap. CFM is pretty much only a custom shop color at this point.

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Re: Johnny Marr Sig Jaguar

Post by mywhitenoise » Thu Oct 08, 2015 12:31 pm

arkivel wrote:black is pretty underwhelming for a special edition Jaguar. Lake Placid blue with a matching headstock would be a killer limited edition.
Agree, I would not be able to restrain myself from getting one...but I don't think he plays with a LPB model anymore, and he's not a fan of the matching headstock (which is a shame because it would look so good with the Metallic KO finish).

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Re: Johnny Marr Sig Jaguar

Post by arkivel » Thu Oct 08, 2015 1:02 pm

Johnny has a vintage lake placid blue Jaguar with matching headstock that apparently influenced quite a bit of his signature jag. It makes too much sense to do one in LPB. As we've seen with the "limited edition" Sherwood green model and resale value of blue thin skins etc, LPB would very likely be a big hit for Fender. There should be a online petition or campaign.

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Re: Johnny Marr Sig Jaguar

Post by sunburster » Thu Oct 08, 2015 1:53 pm

The black with tort looks great! I'm not a fan of matching headstocks, but having one in this model might help sales since, AFAIK, they haven't done an American black Jag with matching headstock since the 60s.

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Re: Johnny Marr Sig Jaguar

Post by Kylef » Fri Oct 09, 2015 12:53 pm

I can understand Fender doing a limited edition black, as that's what Johnny has been playing recently. He had his own made with one of his old Olympic White jags re sprayed black with black guard, Fender sent him a black with tort signature Jag a few months ago which the limited edition will be based on I'd imagine.

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Re: Johnny Marr Sig Jaguar

Post by Musjagjazz » Fri Oct 09, 2015 5:36 pm

Kylef wrote:I can understand Fender doing a limited edition black, as that's what Johnny has been playing recently. He had his own made with one of his old Olympic White jags re sprayed black with black guard, Fender sent him a black with tort signature Jag a few months ago which the limited edition will be based on I'd imagine.
I kind of like the black with the black guard
Looks like the pickup selector switch is black too..




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I guess he is trying to match his 63 Jag in the limited colour

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Re: Johnny Marr Sig Jaguar

Post by DesmondWafers » Sun Oct 11, 2015 6:18 am

Musjagjazz wrote: Image
That guitar is the reason I own a black jag, stickers or no stickers.

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Re: Johnny Marr Sig Jaguar

Post by amv » Sun Oct 11, 2015 1:22 pm

Reminds me of Robert Smith's famous Bass VI. Very cool.

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Re: Johnny Marr Sig Jaguar

Post by Kylef » Wed Oct 14, 2015 4:10 am

Is anyone aware of a Sherwood for sale in the US or UK? New or used.

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