Members thunder100 Posted June 20, 2011 Members Share Posted June 20, 2011 Hi among several guitars I own a Fender Jaguar HH (CIJ).The guitar is very good,the loudest unplugged and a strong sustainer,but the original Dragster-J pickups were kind of MEH so I replaced them with BG cleartops-->GREAT result Now I needed the cleartop's in annother guitar and slung the Dragsters back in-->still basically MEH but on Mark V Channnel 3 MkIV Petrucci setting suddenly started to work and got a really nice tone with kind of shimmer I will now to try them out a bit further Roland (still substandard on most other settings yet) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members honeyiscool Posted June 20, 2011 Members Share Posted June 20, 2011 I love that guitar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MyEmergency Posted June 20, 2011 Members Share Posted June 20, 2011 I had that guitar for a long time, and HATED HATED HATED those dragster humbuckers, sounded horrible with gain, squeeled like a pig at even moderate volumes, and the short scale meant I had to put huge strings on it just to get it to C standard, but on another note, the guitar was built very well, looked cool, and the neck felt nice. I just found the controls unnecessary, and it just didn't work well for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members thunder100 Posted June 20, 2011 Author Members Share Posted June 20, 2011 I have also several other amps and the Dragsters work with non of them-->except for the Mark V(IV) at medium gain.Really nice.Just the only single spot(the BG's work everywhere) Roland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MyEmergency Posted June 20, 2011 Members Share Posted June 20, 2011 I have also several other amps and the Dragsters work with non of them-->except for the Mark V(IV) at medium gain.Really nice.Just the only single spot(the BG's work everywhere)Roland Yeah I was using them through a Mesa Boogie Dual Rec solo head, and they just were not working for me, I had to put a decimator in the loop just to keep it from squeeling the whole time, it is just wierd, you would think with the whole design they would have put a humbucker in there that could take gain, hell a standard jag single takes gain better than the dragsters do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members thunder100 Posted June 20, 2011 Author Members Share Posted June 20, 2011 Funny you say the sqeal-->its here a bit especially if hard hit arround 12th fret. Anyway is nice experience and as soon as I have time-->go back to the cleartop's Roland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members reverberlayed Posted June 20, 2011 Members Share Posted June 20, 2011 I had that guitar for a long time, and HATED HATED HATED those dragster humbuckers, sounded horrible with gain, squeeled like a pig at even moderate volumes, and the short scale meant I had to put huge strings on it just to get it to C standard, but on another note, the guitar was built very well, looked cool, and the neck felt nice. I just found the controls unnecessary, and it just didn't work well for me. Thi was my experience too. I loved how comfy the guitar was too. Were the controls more useful (especially the rhythm circuit) with replacement pickups? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MyEmergency Posted June 20, 2011 Members Share Posted June 20, 2011 Thi was my experience too. I loved how comfy the guitar was too. Were the controls more useful (especially the rhythm circuit) with replacement pickups? I put EMG's in mine, and honestly the controls didn't do much for them, although EMG's don't seem to take well to splitting and the like, I ended up just selling the guitar off with the original pickups and bought a Gibson SG Faded lol On another note the EMG's sounded wicked in it compared to the originals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members thunder100 Posted June 21, 2011 Author Members Share Posted June 21, 2011 With the BG cleartops the controls work better.Just they are where they are and shifting during a song is out of question Roland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members FoonkySteve Posted June 21, 2011 Members Share Posted June 21, 2011 I want a Mark V soooooo bad! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members A-20 Posted June 21, 2011 Members Share Posted June 21, 2011 I've kept this guitar especially because of those pickups. They are unique. The high-end sparkle is amazing for humbuckers. I did put a treble bleed in the volume pot to maintain clarity and shield it well. Anyway, I can understand them not doing "everything" very well, but I love what they do! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Lonnie99 Posted June 21, 2011 Members Share Posted June 21, 2011 Had one and loved it. Sold it to a guy that wanted it specifically for the Dragsters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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