Phil O'Keefe Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 Of all The Kurt Cobain guitars, the basic Mustangs that Fender just released are probably my favorites. I don't like the extra goodies on the Cobain Jaguar, and I think my opinion on the Jagstang is clear now. Still, I think I'd rather have my little seafoam green guitar more than any other. I just love that Duo Sonic. I like my compstang a lot too though, and I definitely want a Jaguar... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ShortScaleMike Posted June 21, 2012 Members Share Posted June 21, 2012 I've played one of those and it felt very close to my 70s Comp Stang, it's a good option. I also owned a 65 RI at one point which was a superb guitar. They cost a lot though, these days. I think a 65RI Mustang or Cobain Mustang are around Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 The basic Cobain Mustang is $949.99 in the US http://www.musiciansfriend.com/guitars/fender-kurt-cobain-signature-mustang-electric-guitar I was about to say that the '65 Mustang is $939 (which they recently were), but it appears they've dropped a bit on price - they're now $889.99 http://www.musiciansfriend.com/guitars/fender-65-mustang-reissue-electric-guitar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members woolyh Posted June 21, 2012 Members Share Posted June 21, 2012 Got bored and photoshopped my own Jaguar Mustang mash up. Surprising how similar the bodies look if you put the hardware of one on the other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 9520575 Posted June 21, 2012 Members Share Posted June 21, 2012 I owned a jagstang (the orginal issue '95 or whatever). I hated, more so then any guitar I've owned. Sold it for a martin best trade up ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members hangwire Posted June 21, 2012 Members Share Posted June 21, 2012 thanks for verifying phil, I can't see how anyone would want that atrocity of a design. sour grapes I would rock one, but the neck and pickup selector circuit would need to be changed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 100 dollar cars Posted June 21, 2012 Members Share Posted June 21, 2012 http://altoona.craigslist.org/msg/3058075617.htmlIs this for real? wtf yenz just go back to the big sheetz, order some wangz and shut the {censored} up. heh..yeah, i've been watching that same guitar on craigslist. maybe i can talk him down to 150. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members homestar_kevin Posted June 21, 2012 Members Share Posted June 21, 2012 more like ewwwwwwstang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members hotmess Posted June 21, 2012 Members Share Posted June 21, 2012 Why not just buy a Cyclone? Hey, Phil. You might know this. Was the 90's Epiphone Coronet an answer to the Jagstang? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members goodhonk Posted June 21, 2012 Members Share Posted June 21, 2012 OK, maybe vaguely: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members hangwire Posted June 21, 2012 Members Share Posted June 21, 2012 Vaguely Jackson Outcaster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JRBain Posted June 21, 2012 Members Share Posted June 21, 2012 One of the ugliest guitars ever made, from the man who thought it was a good idea to marry Courtney Love, before taking lots of drugs and deciding that the world doesn't love him anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 Got bored and photoshopped my own Jaguar Mustang mash up. Surprising how similar the bodies look if you put the hardware of one on the other. Nice! :phil: Edit: No seriously... VERY nice! :phil: :phil: Fender should consider making that EXACT guitar as part of the Pawn Shop series. I'd rock the snot out of that - especially if it came in the various pastel custom colors... but even that 'burst looks fantastic! Stick a push / pull tone control on it so you can still invert the phase / polarity on one of the pickups, and that could be a real winner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members HP Hovercraft Posted June 21, 2012 Members Share Posted June 21, 2012 Got bored and photoshopped my own Jaguar Mustang mash up. Surprising how similar the bodies look if you put the hardware of one on the other. There's a few people on OSG that have actually built Jag-Stangs as they were originally conceptualized. Good stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ItchyFingers Posted June 21, 2012 Members Share Posted June 21, 2012 I think they look cool but I probably wouldn't like how they feel. Aren't they short scale? I don't think Cobain was even that happy with how they turned out. I'd venture to say Kurt wasn't "happy" about much of anything... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 Why not just buy a Cyclone? I like the Cyclones too. Especially the Fender Cyclone II with the three Jaguar pickups and the competition stripes. Fender should reissue those. Hey, Phil. You might know this. Was the 90's Epiphone Coronet an answer to the Jagstang? I seriously doubt it. Epiphone Coronets were first introduced way back in 1959, so they are a far older design than the Jagstang. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members hotmess Posted June 21, 2012 Members Share Posted June 21, 2012 No, no, no. I mean these ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Urinate Forever Posted June 21, 2012 Members Share Posted June 21, 2012 i think the worst part about the jagstangs is they dont have body contours. It's sort of iffy to look at though compared to the paper mockups. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 No, no, no. I mean these ones. The mid-90's reissue Coronet was like other Coronets (and Wilshires, Crestwoods and Olympics) in terms of basic body shape. That part of the design has been relatively unchanged (except for some Strat-shaped models in the 80s) since the late 1950s. IIRC, the mid-90s reissue was the first with that pickup configuration (humbucker in the bridge, single coil in the neck), and that part of the design might have been inspired by Cobain's guitars, but I've never heard anything that suggests that was the case. It seems plausible to me, but I have no knowledge or evidence that supports it. That whole range of models has had quite a variety of different pickups used in them over the years, including "Fender (or Melody Maker) sized" single coils, P90s, humbuckers and mini-humbuckers, so nothing they did with it pickup-wise would really surprise me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TravvyBear Posted June 21, 2012 Members Share Posted June 21, 2012 I like the Cyclones too. Especially the Fender Cyclone II with the three Jaguar pickups and the competition stripes. Fender should reissue those. Yes times a million Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members penelope twee Posted June 22, 2012 Members Share Posted June 22, 2012 On the topic of mangled Fender offsets, has anyone ever played a Squier Super Sonic? I've always thought they looked quite cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted June 22, 2012 Share Posted June 22, 2012 On the topic of mangled Fender offsets, has anyone ever played a Squier Super Sonic? I've always thought they looked quite cool. They've always reminded me of a left-handed Jazzmaster with right-handed JM / Strat hardware and setup, and humbuckers. Not bad, but not my favorite Fenders / Squiers of all time either. They only made them for a couple of years, so I don't think there is all that many of them out there. The folks who have them seem to like them... I don't see them come up for sale all that often. I've never played one, so I can't really comment in terms of their sound, build quality and playability - sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members penelope twee Posted June 22, 2012 Members Share Posted June 22, 2012 They've always reminded me of a left-handed Jazzmaster with right-handed JM / Strat hardware and setup, and humbuckers. Not bad, but not my favorite Fenders / Squiers of all time either. They only made them for a couple of years, so I don't think there is all that many of them out there. The folks who have them seem to like them... I don't see them come up for sale all that often. I've never played one, so I can't really comment in terms of their sound, build quality and playability - sorry. I think they're ugly in a more pleasing way than the Jagstang, seems like one of the more interesting oddities to be found in Squier's vaults. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted June 22, 2012 Share Posted June 22, 2012 I much prefer the shape of the Super Sonic over the Jag-Stang too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Danhedonia Posted June 22, 2012 Members Share Posted June 22, 2012 Kurt liked Mustangs; he was heavily influenced as a guitarist by Steve Turner of Mudhoney. "I'd venture to say Kurt wasn't "happy" about much of anything..." You'd be wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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