My First Jag! | 2019 Fender Vintera 60s Modified HH Jaguar Surf Green | Review + Demo
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Episode Guide:
0:00 - Intro - Check Links In Description!
0:13 - Vintera Series
0:46 - Modified Jaguar HH
2:13 - First Impressions
6:18 - Inside Look
14:09 - Tone Talk
20:18 - Killswitch
20:48 - Distortion
22:00 - Final Thoughts
23:20 - Condition
24:44 - Blacklight
25:34 - Gig Bag
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Description:
This is the first Jaguar that I've ever laid my hands on. I can't say that it is really the "best" Jaguar to start with since the pickup layout and controls are COMPLETELY different from a regular Fender Jag.
The Fender VINTERA® '60S JAGUAR® MODIFIED HH was released in 2019. The Vintera line up replaced the old MiM Classic series. This updated Jaguar features Fender's "Atomic" Humbuckers instead of the traditional single coil pickups of a Jag. The two rollers act as a control for coil splits and the top switch is a killswitch. The other 3 control each pickup, and the bottom one is for a tone cut.
These have Alder bodies with maple necks and Pau ferro fretboards.
At a retail price of $1149.99 - they seem rather overpriced new ... however, these are very versatile guitars and I would suggest them!
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My First Jag! | 2019 Fender Vintera 60s Modified HH Jaguar Surf Green | Review + Demo
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It might not be the most traditional Jag to start with... but I can promise you my 2nd "jag" won't be either haha
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Episode Guide:
0:13 - Vintera Series
0:46 - Modified Jaguar HH
2:13 - First Impressions
6:18 - Inside Look
14:09 - Tone Talk
20:18 - Killswitch
20:48 - Distortion
22:00 - Final Thoughts
23:20 - Condition
24:44 - Blacklight
25:34 - Gig Bag
By “2nd one” you mean the one you’ll buy next week
Possible JagStang Hint?
Wonder if the dent is too big to be steamed out. Might be worth a try...
You should review the Kurt Cobain's signature jag, possibly the road worn one!!
Wanna by a 66 Mustang Dakota Red original case? Better condition than the one that's one Reverb, will cut ya deal ;).
Anything over $1K deserves a hardshell. Agreed.
Yeah that's been my bigest problem with fender.
This guitar becomes 1599.99 with a hard case tho.
lol, I refuse to pay for a standard guitar over 1000$, if it goes over 1000, I would rather go with something custom made.
alidan or vintage :)
The old classic series that the Vintera replaces had hard shell case and nitro finish. Getting less for same cost.
Surf green is the best color, then again, sonic blue is the best color.
Yes
Yes
Yes
Uhuhuh
Fuck yeah
"Giant little knobs"
- Trogly, December 2019
Haha i smiled when he said that!
That guitar has some of the best tones of all your demos.
I’ve had this guitar for 2 months now and I’m obsessed with it. Didn’t get the nice Birdseye maple but i did get a pretty flawless example. I love the pickups, they’re super loud. The guitar handles death metal just as well as it handles surf rock.
Do you still enjoy it?
@@redbarchetttaHope he does
I’ve been playing a Jaguar for 20 years. For me, the trem is the most musical trem I’ve ever played. I love my jaguar to bits and despite buying other guitars I always go back to it.
One thing I like about your videos is that you take the guitars apart and look at the components. I wish everyone did that on a guitar review.
this is the best show on the internet for guitar
Love the whole Vintera Series.
Kind of like what a "RestoMod" is to vintage cars. Everyone thinks vintage car are pretty cool. Updating something vintage with modern options is a great idea (IMO).
Does that mean Pantera is a reference to the Era when people still wore pants at home??
The Pants Era!?!?!
The hi pass filter is really useful in live situations for cutting through a band mix. It becomes much more apparent when you're playing at loud volumes because of how amps (at least both of mine) get way bassier the louder they get. Really want to see Trogly do more offsets, in particular a traditional style jag.
Finally someone does something with this model I am a jag player and after seeing they haven’t released a new jag it puts a smile on my face knowing not every one has left the jag
Shorter scale length yields strings that are more loose not more tight.
Rob Mathis not true, the information in the video is correct.
Absolutely, what I was thinking , as I put down my Strat and pick up my Les Paul .
@@jakerjohnson38 Sorry you're wrong. Austin made a mistake. It happens.
Jake Johnson no its very much true, when using the same string in the same tuning a shorter scale guitar will have LESS tension, you can clearly fee this difference when comparing a Gibson vs prs vs fender scale guitar. Never mind the even shorter offset scale
to be exact, longer strings require higher *tension* to tune to the same pitch as shorter strings of the same gauge.
open up a piano and look at the various string lengths and gauges, and this will become blatantly obvious.
Congrats on breaking 70k, Austin! Getting the recognition you much deserve!
That knob on the front of the trem is a lock. It will keep you from pulling up on the arm and in turn will keep your guitar in tune if you break a string while playing.
Thank so much for demoing this guitar. It’s clearly the most interesting model from the Vintera line. Humbuckers on a “60s Jaguar?” I love it.
The guitar changed colours when he turned the green screen on. How neat.
Just clear and concise info. As usual. The Fender's are nice.
Thank you very much, Trogly!! I've been looking for another Jag for a while, and this review, plus your great price, have made this one mine!!!
It's good to see you expand your horizons from all Gibson. Fender has so many tones available across all their lines. From Strats to Tele's, I think you'll enjoy the variety in tone.
Trogly your personality beats all them guiterrez; your framework is like a real coffee chat with a guitbro which we all need sometimes
Expresses the Jag mystery, "...giant, little knobs". I'm sorta obsessed with the Johnny Marr version. Thanks for reviewing a Jag Trogly.
I have one of these Jaguars and I love it. The tonal possibilities are numerous. Dont forget the little button thing on the tremolo is a lock. Slide it back to lock it, forward to unlock. Unlock for dive bombs.
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The new les Paul 125th anniversary les Paul Supreme is on the Gibson website and I think you will love it.
Try an Eastman for a change
Just got a Vintera 50s modified Strat and I absolutely love it. Saw it at my friend's shop, authorized dealer. I fell in love with it. Gave me 200 off. I couldn't pass it up. This Jaguar I would totally buy.
I bought my first Jag for about a month ago and I love it! You made me think about buying one of these as well.
I've been waiting for this for do long!
I've noticed that alot of people compare this guitar to other hh jazz masters. But the wiring is completely different than any jag I've seen. The coil splitting Is amazing and makes this a must have for me personally.
That's the nicest looking pau ferro fretboard I've ever seen. Seems like a cool guitar, I think I could see getting one.
Your Chops are improving Austin.
Played a Vintera original strat at a local shop and man those things are fantastic. Good pickup!
him: now everything makes sense right?
me only seeing a bunch of cables: yeah totally
That fret board is stunning, :)
I love the streaks
I have one of the first versions of the Mexican Jag specials. It has become my favorites. Very versatile with tone and style. My example had absolutely no fret "sprout", it was perfect.
If the H-H Jaguar was good enough for Cobain, it's good enough for anyone.
Thats like saying a White Castle Cheeseburger is good enough for a crackhead.
@@eyedunno8462 What a completely daft comment. So the H-H Jag is just a cheeseburger from a fast food joint and the frontman for one of the biggest bands in the 90s, who is widely considered a generational music icon is just a crackhead to you?
Friendly reminder you don’t have to post all the dumb S in your head. You can just as well keep it to yourself and do us all a favor.
@@henry-luke7541 It's a run of the mill bolted together instrument from one of the wacky ideas from Fender, retrofitted with humbuckers. It's about as basic as It gets. Cobain was no doubt one of the most talented songwriters of our times, but as a musician he was never anything to write home about. His gear was very much of the same vein - a thing needed out of a necessity; a means to an end. There's absolutely nothing special about this guitar other than Cobain's name. So here we are.
@@eyedunno8462 Precisely. Don’t see how anything you just said negates the idea that “if its good enough for Cobain, its good enough for anyone.”
The whole point is that its good ENOUGH, but its not trash seemingly pulled from a fast-food joint’s dumpster: You can take this guitar thats a hodgepodge of things and make incredible generational defining music, while at the same time, its not so utterly crap that you can’t.
The comment still stands: Its not a White Castle Cheeseburger. Its not a Jimmy Page Number Two Les Paul. Its not just good enough for a random strewn out crackhead. Its good enough for Curt Cobain to create music for Nirvana. Its descent. Its nice. Its good enough for anyone.
sure, if youre playing "rock"tones with it....playing eighth note rhythms and power chords choosing gain and harmonic content over the actual voice of the instrument....a REAL jag played clean is a lot more enlightening in my personal experience....opinions vary, of course....
Brother, you are the most honest reviewer on the tube thank you
I have a MIM classic series of this. It’s a favorite for recording (I especially like neck humbucker bridge single combo tone) but when it came to live I couldn’t figure out where I was and what tone I was getting. I realize how great the stratocaster and the two hb gibson layouts are as they are easy to find your way on them while playing live.
so happy to see you review this guitar , great that you are getting into fenders . Jaguar is my favorite guitar , they are wonky till you figure them out but they are the best fenders IMO
A Jaguar in this color has always been my favorite
Yeah
Between the green screen and your lights the guitar looks sonic blue 😂
ALL the Blue/Green variations on guitars show up different on camera. Even different cameras can show those colors differently, especially the Neon Ibanez RG550 colors. Those ones seem to GLOW on every camera
Interesting to see what they did with the upper controls. For the record on the classic jags the switch engages a rhythm circuit for the neck pickup only with the sideways knobs being a volume and very dark tone. Not the biggest fan of replacing the jag single coils but I appreciate what they're trying to do here.
"Killswitch Engaged", smart.
not sure why, but i have always had an affinity for the jaguar/jazzmaster, and this review only fueled it even more. as always, great job.
My first "real" guitar, in 1968, was a '67 Fender Jaguar. Foolishly, I sold it to one of my guitar students, for $100, in 1975. I'd like to have that one back.
JJ Dillon eejiot
A couple years late, but this is probably one of the most intriguing guitars I've seen in awhile. I don't own many guitars, but this is something I might pick up.
The variable single/humbucker controls on the secondary circuit was a brilliant idea. Makes more sense, and is FAR more usable, than the original circuit. Very tempting. Wish this version came in the turquoise with matching headstock though.
The turquoise with matching headstock is so beautiful, I want to get that one and modify it with the humbuckers
To avoid breaking strings, change to a Mustang bridge or one with rollers. the other thi9ng is the sharp angle at the bridge where strings pass through.
Trogly mah man! Best entertainment on the tube! You should post a video on your favorite riffs and how to....great video brudda!
Shorter scale length = lower tension, not higher.
I also agree. It should be less tension on 24" scale length. All the better for that locking tremolo system jkjk
Right... but he had it tuned a step and a half high on accident... from what he says in the vid.
@@electricurinal Ok got ya. Since he was tuned up so high it seemed more tense. I see.
@@electricurinal , he should have started the video without all the talk about the accidental tuning because all that did was confuse people.
Has some very nice and unique tonal possibilities - cool guitar!!
This thing is masterpiece. I installed 11s using Thomastic flat-wounds and down a half step. Incredibly versatile!
I've been doing the same thing. 11-50's and been playing in Eb or more commonly D standard :) The flatwound larger strings were a game changer, but I actually had to file the nut a little bit to fit them.
@@max_mittler I had returned the mmm original designed with replica single coils. Very happy I did! Glad you are enjoying yours too!
Next to the good ole' Tele, the Jaguar is my favorite Fender.
I can’t believe how bright this is for Humbuckers. That’s pretty cool and crazy. It’s also odd that the rhythm circuit is used to split the coils. I like that. Definitely not a traditional Jag control set-up.
My 50s modified Strat has a very nice birdseye in the headstock and top. Love it.
just found one of these, demo model, plays beautifully
Nice! Great color choice!
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I have a huge guitar collection including a lot of vintage Fenders.. but my number one guitar is a Mexican Classic Player Jazzmaster. It's a GREAT guitar.
I had a '66 sunburst Jaguar. Loved that thing.
Chicago: Jagwire
The rest of the US: Jagwar
Trogly: Jaguhwar
Its how that word is pronounced in most other countries
@@jamieclumpas8545 What, Jagwire? No it's not. Jaguar is Jaguar everywhere, except in some places in the US where it becomes Jagwire for some strange reason.
Jamie Clumpas no it’s not - here in the uk, we say jag-you-are
@E Fox dude you need to relax - this was just a comment about pronunciation, not xenophobia or nationalism, I don't see the need for the little soliloquy about American media, especially with the total lack of provocation?
But if the English language originated in England and was spoken in England for centuries before even the existence of the US, then surely the pronunciations of words within it that were made and spoken by English people are the correct pronunciations?
May I also just add that 90% of English people pronounce 'brother' like 'brother', the stereotype of us all being cockney is hilariously wrong
Jag-you-ah! Get it? There is no dubyah!
You can add a bass-type mute behind the bridge to eliminate the sympathetic ringing. Sounds like a couple of high frets. I'd be tempted to do the Johnny Marr mod of putting a Tele 4-way in the three slider switch bank.
I like the birds eye neck & the streaky Pau Ferro board , but I prefer the old style Vintera model ,with the added bonus of a matching headstock. Great review Austin 👍
im glad you put a new e string on
This is the first review of a Jaguar I've seen EVER!! A friend of mine had a '68 or so (30-ish years ago) that I was not impressed with, compared to a Jazzmaster. Maybe it's the mods here that make this one a whole lot better. Thanks.
Ref. the whamny, that button is an in / out in-the-case, bar down lock. Some people just leave it locked and retune, opinions for intended use vary Push down on the bar and sliding the button "down" lock the tremolo mechanism. Sometimes it's hard to slide the lock, especially if new. There is a drag adjustment but the whole thing has to be removed to access it, then it doesn't seem to stay very well for the effort.
The collar at the bottom of the spring tension adjustment. The spring tension adjustment is the screw next to the lock threaded into the collar. CW to compress the spring.
The upper pots USED TO BE a "second" volume and tone for the neck PU and the upper switch put the neck PU and those pots in / out. The idea being, "that's your jazz setting". "Out" puts the top pots out of service and the neck PU reverts back to the lower controls and the guitar works "as expected" ha. "In" and the bridge and lower control are switched out and are non functional.
New, the pots are now some form of the generic "dial-a-split" circuit" players and techs came up with shortly after coil splitable humbuckers came around. The (old PUs were single coil). The new function for the switch is a (un-necessary) kill, keeping the switch there to maintain looks continuity with the originals. Both PUs off is another kill setting.
The long span of strings between the bridge and whammy rings, yes, yes it does. I LOOSELY weave a couple of pipe cleaners through them, twist the ends together and cut them off. Slide them to the middle of the span.
I've had friends mention the NEW ringing and it's because they restrung and tossed the pipe cleaners... er... okay dumbass.
Original bridge was a wobble bridge, (look it up yourself). New is a stationary TOM knockoff. Best is a roller, but most are 12 inch radius vs. 9.5 or less. If you can get an all BRASS roller, the frame can be bowed a little more in a hand press to get near 9.5. Steel can be bent too... with much more effort /pressure. Pot metal frames will just crack.
I don't own a Jazzmaster or Jaguar but a few of my friends do. I have worked extensively on two or three. One, make the tremolo unidrectional and install a (re-radiused) harmonica bridge.
The other, defeat the tremolo and install "the ultimate" Jazz/Jag bridge and a new neck.
I love/hate them, depending on the day. Both sound awesome though.
I'd like to own one.... Great job on the breakdown of this guitar
Looks beautiful!
It looks like it suits you. Sounds great too.
I like the thin neck and the oversized headstock....very cool
that's really cool! my first jag was the kurt cobain jag, was around the same price and came with a hard case, spent my first paycheck i got from the army for it, i love that thing
The jim root jazzmaster is the classiest metal guitar in existence, although i love his tele and strat. He just has the classiest guitars for metal
25.5”
I need to get more into Jaguars. They are cool.
I'm totally with you on the case thing. $1k+ a hardshell case should be a given!
For your trem, you want it set up so you can engage the lock (the slider on the tailpiece) without pushing the arm down whatsoever. That will let you hold your tuning after losing a hi E, which is normally a disaster on something like a Strat tailpiece that is not grounded out.
I got a Squier Classic Vibe 70s Jaguar in October. I could have never chosen a better guitar! 😊
We still want our Tom Delonge review trogly. We're waiting!!
T.DeL is a tool for the establishment. Hes bad news. Leave him alone.
@@jonhmonroney12 how is he bad news?
It'll be a short video, but I'm waiting!
What a freakn sweet fret board.
That's a badass guitar right there!
Super cool looking guitar!
Man, I've said before and will say it again. You're a Gibson dude like me. For fender Friday, try to find and early 80s Fender Master Series Flame, Esprit and D'aquisto. I have all three and these fenders are my Gibson's. You'll love them!!!
I've always wanted one
The slide knob on the vibrato isn't necessarily a lock. It's to help keep and protect from pulling upward which puts less abuse on the strings.
That tone switch is a high pass (low cut) filter. Engaging it runs the signal through a .003uF cap that sucks out the lows.
Thanks for the review! I am a new Troglidite, I was impressed with the insides! When did MIM start using its pots? I had to close my shop a couple years ago due to medical reasons, but I have upgraded hundreds of MIM Fender products. Non had cts or quality electrical parts.....
I had the hh jag in 2015 I loved it but had to sell it. I am looking to get the Squier version to modify to hs. Love the video
I really like that foam green!
Great review. You should try out one of those powercaster
The Jaguar should feel good to you, with a scale length that matches Gibson. I really love my Jag, its a mid '90s Fender Japan HH with Les Paul style tune-o-matic bridge and hard tail, full sunburst finish.. It plays wonderful. I have my own selection of pickups in it, with special notice to the ThornBucker in the bridge position.. wow its a great pup!
The tone switch has a higher value capacitor which rolls some the highs off
If you look under the vibrato, you will see it only goes one way when playing with it. The lever lifts up only. When you press down, it is just metal to metal against the stop.
The third button is a simple mid cutoff. It cuts the mids in down position. Up position is normal, for what I’ve seen.
Gotta say, the pau ferro fretboard looks less desirable than rosewood.
Not my favorite review, but I'm glad you tried to get all the tones.
Here's a list of the moments for easier reference:
14:36 Only Neck Pickup in Full Humbucking Mode / Left Switch UP only
14:48 A little bit of single coil
14:54 More treble from rhythm circuit
15:03 More Bass from rhythm circuit
15:10 Who knows cause he didn't say anything, apparently just neck pickup
15:57 Tone cut with Left + Right Switches in UP position
16:30 Bridge Pickup / Middle Switch UP Only
18:05 Both Pickups in Single Coil Mode / Middle and Left Switches UP
18:24 Neck in Humbucker mode / Middle and left switches still UP
18:40 Both Pickups in Humbucker mode / Middle and left switches still UP
19:03 Neck in single coil, bridge in humbucker / Middle and left switches still UP
I'm thinking the single coil pots are used as a variable resistor in parallel with one of the humbucker coils. When the resistance is high it's in humbucker mode and as the resistance goes down it shorts out one of the coils to make it more like a single coil pickup. All the way down, one coil is shorted out and it's in full single coil mode.
Exactly
killer guitar...I love mine..
A lovely guitar!
So the butten on the trem is a lock. You lock the trem and then tune. After the lock is released you play as normal. If you break a string and go out of tune you can again lock it and it will return to tuned - one string.
I'm gonna need one of everything
I currently have a 66 w the bound/dot fretboard. Very small fretwire & binding nibs. They're trems are quirky but can yield some cool stuff.
You are having to much fun with this guitar.