At the age of 50, I've decided to get my very first electric guitar. After many weeks of research and seeing the great reviews, I've decided. This is the ONE! The Squier Classic Vibe '70s Jaguar in black. I am ordering it now. I am so excited! Thanks for the awesome video. It helped me to decide :)

Dude your videos are so insanely underrated-the cinematography and production is soooo good. Keep up the good work dude damn!

The squire sounds deeper but still amazing. Man I love the lighting and cinematography in your videos. Excellent

This is just great! Awesome content! This is really important to share, specially in this moment with sky rocketing prices and the "Cobain Tax" in every piece of gear related to him. I would love to see a comparison between the "original vs reissue" Polychorus and Sansamp. There's a lot of people paying extra for the vintage stuff. Thanks for doing it!

You honestly deserve WAY more subs and viewers you are an awesome guy and so fun to watch. Your series is awesome keep it up dude

Great video as always!

I have the squire classic vibe put a hot rail in the bridge sounds amazingg i love the classic vibe series.But i really want a jaguar and was tempted to get the kc signature but i think im better of getting the classic vibe jag putting humbuckers in it tbh!.I love your channel you deserve more subs and your tone vids are spot on keep it up:).

The Squier Classic Vibe has a more defined and noticeable tone and ironically sounded more like Cobain than his signature guitar. Hats off to your playing! Take care.

I got a Kurt Jag and I love it, it was a floor model with some damage though so I got it for a lot cheaper. You’re right about the heavy finish on it though, but I love the neck, might be the size of my hands. But I’m for sure going to get a Squire Mustang and mod the hell out of it, new paint job and everything. Great videos, really enjoy them!

I thought the kurt jag sounded better , but each to there own. Cool vid man

The CV bridge pickup sounded a bit harsh compared to the KC one. I think I preferred the KC Jag.

I love my squiers but despite this review, I’m still gonna purchase a Kurt jag in the future haha I think both sound incredible and considering I still have single coils in my cv it’ll be nice to have a different sounding guitar! Great video though!

I just bought a CV Jag. Upgraded with Fender ‘65 vintage pups, hip shot lockers and Fender Vibrato plus setup and that guitar is awesome. Fantastic tone, playability. Great video.

Great video man! I actually think the classic vibe looks really nice in that daphne blue finish and with humbuckers I think with the CV jag sounding louder is that it has the stock bridge and kc one has the TOM, and the pickup spacing is different too the CV has accurate spacing not the kc jag though I don’t know if that makes a difference though? I think pickup height could matter too? And heart shaped box sounds so good with that squier it’s amazing

Another great Video man! I have the classic vibes mustang as well. It’s such an awesome sounding guitar and the build quality is amazing. Only thing I dislike is that the Sonic Blue finish looks almost white.. especially in photos or videos. But none the less squier is making quality guitars these days.

I prefer the Squier. It’s brighter.

That footage is amazing. Really captured the beauty of these guitars

Absolutely love your videos!!! Your playing style is insane love it

The comparison video we all needed your truley doing gods work keep up the amazing content

Please give me the name of songs you play in 2:57 and 3:36 , they are amazing , i need to learn that !

The Cobain jag seems to be a lot more spiky. I’ve been looking at buying a squier jag to mod out and you’ve sold me, cheers

funny I actually thought the KC sounded a lot better, and the Squier sounded like the pickup was too high up.

Vergusima Me encanto, estaba ahorrando para comprar una jaguar kurtcobain edition justo por Las pastillas y demás modificaciones, y este video me convenció totalmente en dejar de prestarle tanta atención a lo que el cabezal de la guitarra diga “Fender” y concentrarme más en el sonido y es excelente saber que squier está haciendo cosas de gran calidad y aun precio verdaderamente accesible. Estoy seguro de que kurt no estaría tan de acuerdo con que una guitarra con su nombre fuera tan inaccesible, cuando precisamente el compraba sus guitarras de segunda mano porque eran más baratas.

That's my experience as well! I bought a 2012 second-hand Squier Jazzmaster (you have to try one, for me are so much better than Jaguars) for around 200€ and it sounds so much better than any Fender I played at a store that costed more than 1200€. I put a DiMarzio super distortion in the bridge and it sound like home. Someday I will upgrade some parts like the tuners or the tremolo, but still... Nice videos! I just discovered your chanel and I love it. Keep rocking!

I was honestly really surprised that you preferred the CV one at the end after hearing the comparisons since I felt it sounded miles better on the KC Jag.

I had 1 of those squier jags in surf green. Once I'd set it up i was impressed with it standard,dunno why I sold it actually? I have one of their mustangs,the same colour as the one you show at the end,I love it,it's a little beast. Great vid dude🤟

Idk the low tones sound better on the KC jag. Some of your problems with the dead sounds on mids and highs might be related to bridge and trem placement/break angle--newer model jags moved the trem up to increase break angle which may be what's happening on the Squire (idk for sure though), where as the KC jag has the trem in the original location (further back--decreasing break angle). I fixed all these issues on my KC jag by putting .75° of shims in the neck (all jags and jmasters need shims), putting a mastery bridge on it, and replacing the nut. I know that's a lot, but it's a whole different animal now and I love it

Thanks. This video helped me decide to buy the Cobain jag. It sounds better to me. I’m not a Cobain or Nirvana fan. Just like how the guitar looks and it sounds like a beast.

Great review, thank you! I have two classic vibe 50s, a blonde pine telecaster and a tan alder strat. I love them both but the tele is outstanding! Just awesome with a great tone. I have a cv 70s jaguar on order waiting for it to be delivered and can't wait. The Squier Classic Vibe series are way under valued, under priced and unknown. Most everyone automatically think because it's a Squier it won't be as good as a regular fender but I'd put mine up against any fender USA, MIM or even custom shop. Squier has really hit these out of the ballpark so to speak!

Came for the guitars , stayed for the riffs! Great tunes! Big love for the tshirt as well!!

You should see if you can find the roadworn version of the Kurt Jag, I have that version and it doesn't have the heavy gloss finish on the body, it was made to be a "perfect" replica of the actual thing with all the dings and scratches. It's rare though as it was only in production for the first year or 2 of its release in 2011. Would be interesting to see if it sounds different to the NOS version. It certainly looks 100% better

Your videos are extremely fun to watch. Even if I wasn't a Nirvana obsessed freak or guitar nerd, I would still like you channel. Great quality great videos, cheers.

I also had Squire classic Vibe but Jazzmaster type and it sound amazing, Squire did great job.

thank you awesome video, made me feel better about my jaguar Classic Vibe.

02:41 Dude, did you write that? that sounds amazing, I even ear a cello part and drums in my head 😁

Kurt Cobain for the win

Couldn't disagree more. I love my kurt cobain jag, the chunky neck, the thick jumbo frets, the finish... And obviously the sound. Very versatile

You've been playing for less than a year?! I have been playing my whole childhood and only got serious around August last year and I still can't play as good as you XD

damn. the KC jag sounds crisp asf. i wanted to like the squier but my ears dont lie. i have to get the KC one

Hope your channel grows. All the best. Edit: The kurt sounds clearer, more articulate perhaps.. The squire sounds fatter.. very nice actually...

I thought the Cobain sounded better with more nuance and clarity. That being said I bought a squire contemporary Jaguar and I love it.

What song are you playing at 3:00 I recognise the riff but I can’t place my finger on what it’s from

Nice, the Squier sounds awesome but the KC one really sounds like Nirvana! If you're familiar with thousands of Nirvana live recordings (like me) you'll notice it right away.

I really wanted the KC Jaguar since I both really like Cobain and the look of the Jaguar. I kept thinking about for weeks while looking at other Jaguars till I finally came to the conclusion that Cobain would rather see a fan buy a guitar and make it their own than to buy one of his signature guitars. I went for a black Squire CV Jaguar, call it Little Bean. Filed the nut to take 11s flat wounds and it just feels so strong, firm, yet forgiving on the fingers thanks to the feel of the flat wounds. My only issue I have with it is the pickups being microphonic, causing feedback if I use too much distortion. I'm still thinking about what pickups I should replace them with.

And I have a CV Mustang on back order from GC right now -- I'm glad you have nice things to say about it!

so so true.i love my jazzmaster and jaguar so much. i actually traded a real fender player jaguar for the squire.the guy thought i was nuts.i thought he was nuts.

The first time I watched this I was very impressed and was convinced to buy a CV since they sound the essentially the same (I do hear the difference and generally prefer the KC) but not for the price difference. It’s a great video and a joy to watch. Great! But on second watching I feel really mislead. It’s really nagging at me. This isn’t a comparison between the fender signature and the Squier CV it’s a comparison between the fender and a guitar heavily modified to sound as much like the fender as possible, and those modifications are neither cheap nor easy. Making this guitar essentially the same price as the fender and much more expensive then the fender player series that already has a similar pickup configuration. A better comparison would be the CV with the pickups pictured in the intro and thumbnail to the KV or the cheaper fenders. As it seems like most of your complaints about the KC are a lack of a proper setup, whilst writing a love letter to the tone by copying it.

I have a Fender Kurt cobain jagar and totally agree. Doesn't sound very good! However, I will continue to use this. My dream is to one day hear the sound of a complete KC jagar that has been refinished to lacquer and turned into a mastery bridge! I'm rooting for you from Japan!

Hey man super big fan, love all your videos. Im thinking about recreating the jag out of a classic vibe too (ofc different colors). I don’t want to pay for someone else to do the electronics though. I also can’t find any tutorials online, this would be my first time time modding anything especially my dream guitar. Your the only person I know that could give me a full tutorial. I want to mod it to the exact specs of yours, with the SH-1 in the neck, super distortion in the bridge, and with the 500k pots. Could you make a video showing how to do the wiring for the jag? It would be very appreciated!!! If possible, in the video could you also recommend some good cheap amps (500$ and below) for some good general nirvana tones. Love the videos man!!! Keep it up!

I love your videos man, Just got a second classic vibe (A mustang this time, I already have a jaguar that I modded to be like kurts)

It's shocking to hear the difference in Tone between the 2 ! Like you, I've had a lot of fenders these last years and came up with the same idea : Some (and I am tempted to say, a LOT) are completely lifeless and unusable. Price and tags are a thing, but sound doesn't care :) Thanks for the video ! Have a good one with the nice Squiers ;)

the road worn jag seems to be color accurate, has a nitro finish and sounds absolutely fantastic

Frankly not surprised you liked the Squier more. I just picked up a vintera Jag to "upgrade" from my CV and you'd never tell the difference blindfolded. The Squier absolutely holds its own against the current top level production standard fender Jag, it's ridiculous. Kinda disappointed I spent as much as I did on the vintera, even though I got a stupidly killer deal on it. Still, the ocean turquoise with matching headstock and 7.25" fretboard is worth the price of admission for me.

The thing that always gets me is that Kurt told the story of buying a Jaguar, which he got for $20 because nobody cared about Jaguars and Mustangs. Which would a young Cobain be more likely to use? A £1650 signature model, or a £400 Squier with £200 of pickups on it?

When I saw the thumbnail, in my head I instinctively read it in a Kiwi accent…something like “bittle of the Jigs” Edit: also, love how you said “pope-lahr”

this dudes says he's been playing for 9 months fair play

I have to say I agree with you Aaron. Squier stuff is incredible. Fender have lost the plot!

I agree, the Squier sounds better and closer to Kurts. I would change the neck pickup, the bridge pickup is nice.

Playing it first is the key. I have a 2017 Duo-Sonic HS. Dropped a JB at bridge and Dimarzio SDS-1 at neck. They combine super well. This model has coil split for the humbucker and string-through hard tail. Go check it out. Neck and finish are perfect. Good video by the way ! Thanks

So happy this is out ive been wating

I say it again, the Squier guitar is the low-end version of Fender. However, both guitars have a distinct sound of its own. Personally, like the fender cobain jag because it sounds alot cleaner, but there are some nirvana songs that really fit well with the Squier jag.

Another awesome episode, thanks! I agree, I have both, I play my Squier CV jag more. ....the tremolo alone is a huge difference, the KC screws in, is all loose and weird (no mom jokes), the Squier is nice and tight, responsive action...nice HB mod too there 🤟🤟🤟🤘🤘🤘🤙🤙🤙

Fair.. Make a lot of points worth mentioning & the diff in tone was night and day. I feel the same way with the squire classic vibes over the player series ive played.

As you're playing BOC's Don't Fear the Reaper, I'm preferring the Fender. In fact, I listened to all of them with my open-back Sennheiser 598 headphones, and this time around I do actually prefer the tone of the Fender. It's less muddy on my laptop. I really need to hear this through a good receiver. You have to factor in ROI: cost vs tone quality. If you're chasing tone, you can't order online... Since you're wearing a Pumpkins shirt, you must know how Corgan was forever looking for another Gish for decades and couldn't find the tone until the Gish guitar was finally returned to him.

What a tone! Making good sound is expensive

Hell yeah! My two favourite Nirvana related KZfaq channels working together, nice!

Finished the video and wanted to add that I have a squier toronado and the thing is perfect. I planned on switching out the pickups but they're great, great frets too. I personally love jumbo frets but I can get used to any size fret really. I also have a MIM jazzmaster and that thing is my most expensive guitar and has the SHARPEST frets. I have a MIM tele, a Chinese fender and an American made custom guitar and the MIM jazzmaster has the worst frets, super super sharp. The Chinese made fender was actually my cheapest guitar and is my number one, has the best frets and neck I've ever played, second up would be that squier toronado. I've played the squier you have too but, they are set up so badly in store that I haven't been able to pull the trigger, guess I gotta now though. ( Also just a preference but I hate the sonic blue squier mustang it looks white, it's not sonic blue.)

Fender is much better , the hidden Jaguar flavor came out when you pick strings smooth. Although Squier sound deeper and strong , the voice can't stand out when playalong with bass and heavy hitting drum

What’s the song played at 2:42?

As crazy as it sounds I think I might like the sound of the squier better. Idk if it’s the pots (idk if they’re different or not) or if the wood is making it sound that different but it seems like the Kurt jag has a really low bassy sound underneath the higher frequencies almost like the tone knob is turned back for the bass strings but not for the treble strings. I know it sounds dumb but it’s just my opinion on this recording

Kurt cobain is who got me into playing guitar and for that reason the fender kurt cobain jaguar is my dream guitar that I’ll get some day

Goes to shows guitars are just a matter of taste. I massively prefer the tone of the KC, but that's just me

They sound different to each other, but I like both. Maybe more science is needed on bridge pickup height for a proper comparison? I'm after the HH option because I live between two big air conditioners so the hum is really annoying. My buddy loaned me his Cobain for 3 months and I just couldn't put it down.

I'm hopping on a plane to Indonesia to get a custom shop Squier.

Great video, I have a squier classic vibe mustang and I have to agree that they are really great guitars. I just wish that squier would of contoured the body.

What riff did you play at 2:46 ?

Are there better guitars than the KC Jaguar? Definitely! If you want a Fender and don't care for the color, just get a Vintera 60s modified HH. It is much more versatile and is more value for the money. I am a complete fool and I ordered the KC Jaguar, but I don't care 😂 I just want one. Squiers however are amazing instruments. My first electric was a 2002 Affinity Strat and I still have it. The only thing that really bothers me is the plastic nut, but I consider myself too much of an Oger to replace it myself and somehow I never found the time/will to bring it to a luthier.

Hey man I’ve been loving your content so much started following you a couple weeks back after I saw your sappy vid, Nirvana has been my favorite band for the past 6 years I simply can’t believe how close you get to kurts tone… And I’m curious if you are gonna do Aneurysm at some point, I’ve been trying to get that intro tone with what I’m guessing is an overdriven quad with the small clone but it just doesn’t sound right

I just clicked on video: my dream guitar VS my actual favorite guitar (the one I only play because I freaking love it) So cool that jq modded it, this guy is so cool! I think that the Classic Vibe just sounds so much better imo, so much cool video! And it’s the same for me, I have a Classic Vibe Jaguar and also the Mustang, both are my favorite guitars, they so much sounds so good, I love them, I modded my Jag for having a Hot Rails in bridge and my Stang for having a humbucker in the bridge (like Kurt’s one, but a Stock Fender Humbucker). I freaking love these guitars, the best ones! So now I don’t know if I’ll buy the KC Jag, yes it’s my dream guitar but it doesn’t sounds so much good imo, maybe get a CV and mod it into KC Jag, I don’t know now…

wow, i agree - i have a squier vintage modern jag -red - 2012 with fender pure vintage '65 and it rips - it replaced a 65 reissue i had that was much heavier and lacking in tone - i never want another jag. however, i also have a 68 mustang and i haven't compared it to a squier yet. but well done on the comparison as it reinforces my bias. squier rules.

What song is at 3:07

Such a sick video amazing quality as always!! Surely do a bullet mustang modded for us broke ppl hahah

tone difference probably comes from not soldered pick ups on the new kc signature model😉

I have the exact same squier. I fitted a dimarzio super disortion S into it so didn't need any routing. Doesn't sound quite as beefy as a full size humbucker does the trick. Only thing I dislike is that the low E string seems to have an annoying rattle when it vibrates against the frets

This video has inspired to start my own project THANKS AARON!! I have a Squire jag VM and wanted to put a Super distortion in the bridge but came across a problem bc there’s Fspace and reg not sure which one to get any help would be cool. For the bridge I have a staytrem 9.5 if that helps! 🤘

Good vídeo, but have a question. Squier jaguar have a single coil but yours squier have a humbuckers??🤔

Just started watching this channel yesterday lol i got a kc model and im a lefty woohoo only lefty jag i can find at a good price at first i had hard timr to enjoy the sounds so first thing i did was change the pots the guitar and i love it so much then whole nut thing i will definitely be changing out the nut soon but ive had the guitar for almost 2 years i absolutely adore it espcially here as a music major. Just messing with pickup heights and i put a 250k in the neck and 500k in bridge and tone and i really enjoy it. I have a huge love for nirvana as a songwriter but doesnt really reflect on my process. But yeah fender just doesnt really seem to excited about properly giving kurt some justice

what is the name of the first song you played?

HEY I DID THE SAME THING TO MINE!!!! I almost ruined it, but I have recently fixed it up. Needs to be routed better and I'm going to redo the wiring soon, but I love the classic vibe!

You know, I've noticed that Fender keeps forcing the black and dark brown kinda sunburst on every model. It really bothers me since I've been looking for a Precision Bass with the black-red-yellow kinda burst. It never feels right. If you look up the vintage ones like from the early 60s, the burst has way more contrast than the ones they're making today. Not only that, but they finish is always way too thick on new Fenders.

I have the KC Jag with mastery hardware and to my ears, it adds a bit of presence to it and I still like my guitar as it's easy to play and it likes lots of distortion I find. However, I am looking at getting a cleaner guitar tone and one guitarist that has always inspired me is Ben Burnley. He is known for using PRS guitars for the most part of his music until maybe about 6 years ago when he got endorsed by LTD/ESP. Anyway, he is known for using PRS Hollowbody piezo guitars and baritone versions, even some PRS Core McCarty guitars. PRS released the SE version of the Hollowbody 2 / Hollowbody 2 piezo. I am looking at both of them and I'm deciding if I want the piezo feature or not. So far it certainly checks all my boxes in terms of looks and sound just have to save up.

I'm not an audiophile or anything, but I do have a low-mid tier Atmos home theater system I'm listening to this on. The range of the Squier is incredible and fills my whole house with sound, but the highs aren't that classic piercing Fender chime. The Fender has that chime, but it's not a great sound IMO without a band to support it. I'm honestly not a fan of the Fender sound and I think the Squier is a much better sounding guitar for playing solo.

I am actually frustrated that the cobain jag sounds worse than the modded squier. For some reason the squier has a much sharper tone that i prefer rather than the dull sound the jag has. But at least i know i dont have to spend as much now. Thx Aaron

I've heard good things about the classic vibe squire guitars. I hoping to get a 60s classic vibe jazzmaster after I sell some of my other guitars.

Look at the pickup alignment, it's way more closer to the neck and the bridge. As Kurt's Jag (not the signature one).

So based on other videos of a similar subject matter, if you didn't change the bridge of the Classic Vibe to a TOM, it's not gonna have the same "plink" as the KC Jag. I forget exactly which video I watched, but someone doing a similar shootout described the TOM as giving it a more metallic tone. Regardless, loving your videos and channel overall!

Hey Aaron! I loved the video and you’re right, the fender model sounds dead. Is there any difference in the wood that your squier is made of or does the fender sounds so bad because of the thin laquer?

Imo the squier sounds a little bit better, I like the brighter sound

The KC jag is still a bit darker and less quaky, not a BIG difference though. But I'd still go with the squier just for the color, I HATE sunburst

i have a classic vibe jaguar and a KC jaguar, i totally disagree, the fender destroys the squier in all ways possible, idk if it’s my setup or if it’s just my guitar but it sounds huge