Members turnip Posted January 3, 2010 Members Share Posted January 3, 2010 What's the difference (playing-wise, tuning stability, pitch-shifting ability) between the standard Strat-style trem system adn teh floating Jazzmaster-style trem system? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members eurotrashed Posted January 3, 2010 Members Share Posted January 3, 2010 Jazzmaster is a lot easy to move. Can't really dive bomb with a JM trem, but it does the best vibrato. Super stable, super easy to set up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SPONGEBOB Posted January 3, 2010 Members Share Posted January 3, 2010 Jazzmaster is a lot easy to move. Can't really dive bomb with a JM trem, but it does the best vibrato. Super stable, super easy to set up. Add to this the fact that its a well known sustain killer... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members eurotrashed Posted January 3, 2010 Members Share Posted January 3, 2010 My Jag has as much sustain as my Strat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MattLivingInVan Posted January 3, 2010 Members Share Posted January 3, 2010 i believe the jm trem stays in tune better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SPONGEBOB Posted January 3, 2010 Members Share Posted January 3, 2010 My Jag has as much sustain as my Strat. Thats weird considering the Jag has a 24' scale and much looser string tension. In the vintage guitar world Jags are overlooked, and underpriced, and one of the main reasons is the plinkiness and lack of sustain. Most players don't favor them as "tone machines".. If you got one that sustains well, you got a real good one. Hang on to it .. bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jimmy Chitown Posted January 3, 2010 Members Share Posted January 3, 2010 I think they're all solid, decent, if not great units. They were, after all, Fender's 2 top-of-the-line models for quite awhile. It's just that the whole bridge-saddle-trem area is, well, touchy. It does need a good set-up and maybe even some slight mods and perhaps even requires a particular playing style. Too much trouble for most, apparently. However, when all the stars align. They have their own special sound full of chime, sparkle and resonance. Especially with a good "mostly" clean Fender amp. None of that endless Santana sustain or capable of shreddy wheedling, but something else entirely. I attribute this all to the trem. Operationally/musically, it's more subtle than the strat. I had Jag with all the problems the Buzzstop and Mastery bridge purport to solve, that once I dialed in the bridge/trem area, never had a problem with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members eurotrashed Posted January 3, 2010 Members Share Posted January 3, 2010 Thats weird considering the Jag has a 24' scale and much looser string tension. In the vintage guitar world Jags are overlooked, and underpriced, and one of the main reasons is the plinkiness and lack of sustain. Most players don't favor them as "tone machines".. If you got one that sustains well, you got a real good one. Hang on to it .. bob The lack of sustain is a product of the bridge. Mastery Bridge solved that. My Jag was never plinky though. People just need to learn that the tone knob is actually useful on a Jag. The Jag is probably the most versatile guitar ever. I bought my Jag to have as my "bright" guitar. Now my Strat and Washburn sit in a case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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