Latest Guitar Magazine - The Offset issue

guitars4you

Just got the latest issue of Guitar Magazine - May 2019

One for the offset fans - mods, tone tip, must hear players, reviews etc etc

Might be worth a read for many

chris78

Dreadful for GAS. I know I don't like offsets, but they are sooooo pretty

Funkfingers

I dislike the ergonomics of my AVRI ‘62 Jaguar but I always forgive it because nothing else exactly gets its sounds. 

guitars4you said:

One for the offset fans - mods, tone tip, must hear players, reviews etc

Set up tips might be handy for perplexed  owners of Squier VM Jags, JMs and Mustangs.

gringopig

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Funkfingers

I agree with your general complaint. The hardware on the Squier VM offset guitars is horrendously cheap ‘n’ nasty. 

The reasoning behind the use of Mustang saddles is that, lacking height adjustment grub screws, they cannot wriggle out position over time.

NOTE: On the Squier, check that the radii of the fingerboard and the Mustang saddles match.

DeeTee

Dammit! This would be super handy for me as I'm considering a Jag. Am inconveniently on the wrong continent.

guitars4you

I found a tip the other day on a vintage style Jag/Jazzmaster arm - Wrap Gaffa tape round it once only - squeeze it - now put it back in the trem arm slot - Nice 'n' tight - Might not last forever but can re-do as required - cheap 'n' easy option

rexter

guitars4you said:

I found a tip the other day on a vintage style Jag/Jazzmaster arm - Wrap Gaffa tape round it once only - squeeze it - now put it back in the trem arm slot - Nice 'n' tight - Might not last forever but can re-do as required - cheap 'n' easy option

@guitars4you another trem arm hack is to get a small cable tie and tighten it around the bottom of the collet which holds the arm in - tighten it with pliers. This works pretty well TBH - only just swapped to a staytrem on my main JM after 9 years!

JerkMoans

DeeTee said:

Dammit! This would be super handy for me as I'm considering a Jag. Am inconveniently on the wrong continent.

Pm me your address and I’m sure I can bag a copy and post to you.

DeeTee

JerkMoans said:

DeeTee said:

Dammit! This would be super handy for me as I'm considering a Jag. Am inconveniently on the wrong continent.

Pm me your address and I’m sure I can bag a copy and post to you.

That's really kind! In fact, I'm visiting in a couple of months. If someone could just take a picture of it for me, I can get a family member to pick it up and hang on to it for me. The pic would help me show it to them and say "get this one" so they don't grab something with a similar name.

(Postage to Canada can be steep)

Blaendulais

DeeTee said:

JerkMoans said:

DeeTee said:

Dammit! This would be super handy for me as I'm considering a Jag. Am inconveniently on the wrong continent.

Pm me your address and I’m sure I can bag a copy and post to you.

That's really kind! In fact, I'm visiting in a couple of months. If someone could just take a picture of it for me, I can get a family member to pick it up and hang on to it for me. The pic would help me show it to them and say "get this one" so they don't grab something with a similar name.

(Postage to Canada can be steep)

Get the electronic copy

guitars4you

rexter said:

guitars4you said:

I found a tip the other day on a vintage style Jag/Jazzmaster arm - Wrap Gaffa tape round it once only - squeeze it - now put it back in the trem arm slot - Nice 'n' tight - Might not last forever but can re-do as required - cheap 'n' easy option

@guitars4you another trem arm hack is to get a small cable tie and tighten it around the bottom of the collet which holds the arm in - tighten it with pliers. This works pretty well TBH - only just swapped to a staytrem on my main JM after 9 years!

ta - will look at that

meltedbuzzbox

rexter said:

guitars4you said:

I found a tip the other day on a vintage style Jag/Jazzmaster arm - Wrap Gaffa tape round it once only - squeeze it - now put it back in the trem arm slot - Nice 'n' tight - Might not last forever but can re-do as required - cheap 'n' easy option

@guitars4you another trem arm hack is to get a small cable tie and tighten it around the bottom of the collet which holds the arm in - tighten it with pliers. This works pretty well TBH - only just swapped to a staytrem on my main JM after 9 years!

The guys on osg put a slight bend in the arm where it enters the collet.