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@tman1133 21 күн бұрын
This was super handy, picked up one of these and had no idea what any of the switches actually done haha
@helencooper3534 Ай бұрын
Amazing!
@geoffreyalder7275 Ай бұрын
The original bridge has height adjustable saddles (and intonation adjustment)....why couldn't you just adjust the original bridge saddles to suit the 9.5 radius ??
@Lazurini1 Ай бұрын
@@geoffreyalder7275 hi Geoffrey, good question and you could of course do just that. I did initially think of doing that but soon discovered that the bridge I had didn’t hold the strings too well anyway. The metal was average quality and with shallow string grooves. When the Staytrem saddle arrived I never looked back as it was so much better in terms of quality.
@user-nz5em5wg2h Ай бұрын
I have same including colour! Thanks brother from Warren 😎
@NJPurling Ай бұрын
The machine-heads may be modern replacements. They are producing the six in a strip type again because of the interest in the sixties & 70's Japanese guitars.
@edrosenquist6541 4 ай бұрын
You should try some Fishman actives?
@markhammer643 4 ай бұрын
I have one that is quite similar, with a few cosmetic differences in the body shape, pickup covers, angle of the slide switches, etc. The pickups aren't bad, but I had to add a few hundred extra turns on to the bridge pickup to get a suitable bridge/neck balance. The bridges on many such instruments were terrible, and ate sustain for breakfast. I can't see whether this one fits that picture, but on mine, and many others, the bridges were simply sheet aluminum, bent over to form an upside down V. I machined a replacement for mine out of a solid piece of half-round aluminum bar, greatly improving tone, sustain, and vibrato performance (gentler break angle). I also enlarged one of the switch slots and installed a 3-position slide switch for putting the neck pickup in or out of phase with the bridge. I have bought/acquired a number of bodies of guitars like this over the years. I would have turned them into playable instruments, but they require some fairly specific kinds of necks; shorter scale of 24.5" or even a little shorter. They also tend not to have 22 frets. I think the one you're holding has but 21 frets. That makes finding a neck that will simply attached to the body, without modification, and be properly intonated, unlikely. Those bodies are all quite thin, as was often the case for that era.
@acidbran 5 ай бұрын
I have the same guitar, a 2013 I believe. Same bridge mod and adding the Fender trem soon. Thanks for a fun video.
@Im1boomer 5 ай бұрын
Have you done any of those upgrades yet? I’m looking to do that on mine and would love to know what pickups you ended up using.
@Lazurini1 5 ай бұрын
Hey, I haven't had a chance to make any further mods yet, too much going on! So it's still the original pickups, although I have been experimenting with the pickup heights with various results including successfully softening the some of the high frequencies from the treble pickup. I will make a follow up video when I make significant changes.
@clintbowers5524 5 ай бұрын
If you shim the neck about .25 degrees, you can raise the bridge so it can rock back and forth either the vibrato, as it was designed to do. Really goes a long way for better tuning stability.
@clintbowers5524 5 ай бұрын
*….with the vibrato,…
@clintbowers5524 5 ай бұрын
I meant, with the vibrato.
@Lazurini1 5 ай бұрын
Hey Clint, great tip! Thanks. Gavin
@DanA-zx8jc 5 ай бұрын
Fabulous
@Lazurini1 5 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@valley_robot 7 ай бұрын
I've spent weeks getting mine just right, pain in the arse guitar, floating bridge on thimbles, WTF, neck needs shimming, seriously?, bridge has no saddle height adjustment, Ffs, needs heavy gauge strings to stay in tune, come on?, proper pain in the arse guitar to get right after playing strats and les Paul's, that said, now it's all set up, I love it
@Lazurini1 7 ай бұрын
Yep, I feel your pain. It’s not an ‘unpack and play’ guitar for sure, but once you’ve got it going it’s got such a special sound and vibe! Enjoy!
@jchiappardi891 7 ай бұрын
Thank you. My favorite and under appreciated song❤️. Listen to Sammy Davis rendition someday. ❤️❤️
@Lazurini1 7 ай бұрын
Thank you, much appreciated. Yes Sammy’s version is excellent, great arrangement, he was always keen to record Newley/Bricusse material and as he was such a close friend with Newley he got first pickings! He always did a fine job with them too!
@charliebuttocks2400 7 ай бұрын
I have one of these hogs put some classic vibe pickups in it
@ianhowell6829 8 ай бұрын
I thought you were dead, Gavin?!
@Lazurini1 8 ай бұрын
Hold on a second… No I still appear to be alive.
@stevehornshaw4478 8 ай бұрын
Wooa Just what I was looking for. Great presentation. Enjoyable and informative. Huge thnx ❤❤
@aedenserano3439 8 ай бұрын
Just ordered one from reverb for $500 shipped, can't wait to get that Johnny Marr jingle
@Lazurini1 8 ай бұрын
Sweet! Endless fun awaits!
@aedenserano3439 8 ай бұрын
@@Lazurini1 would you recommend getting a buzz stop as well as the bridge upgrade you mentioned? Or would the buzz stop mess up the configuration of the raised string height
@Lazurini1 8 ай бұрын
@@aedenserano3439 I would definitely not get a buzz stop. With a good setup you shouldn’t need it, and I think they can alter too many of the guitars unique strengths such as the tremolo functionality and tuning, the length of the string behind the bridge and more. I also think that they provide another friction point and I’d avoid that.
@aedenserano3439 8 ай бұрын
@@Lazurini1 thank you:)
@WR-ju3xr 8 ай бұрын
Great comparison, helpful and enjoyable. Thanks guys!
@saxophool 8 ай бұрын
Also, I just got a 2023 Squier Jaguar, Daphne blue. The bridge saddles now have the little groove in the middle and the bridge and nut are both at 9.5 radius. I'm looking for something to change out but strings is all I've come up with.
@Lazurini1 8 ай бұрын
If it plays well, sounds good and feels right then there’s nothing to change! Daphne Blue is great.
@saxophool 8 ай бұрын
Love the way English people say Jag you are.
@Stewbert_72 8 ай бұрын
You mean how to speak English ? 😂
@BlindingSun_ 7 ай бұрын
That’s literally how you pronounce it. 😊
@valley_robot 7 ай бұрын
Because that's the correct way to say that word in modern English, American English uses a lot of old English
@saxophool 7 ай бұрын
The word "jaguar" is possibly derived from the Tupi-Guarani word yaguara meaning 'wild beast that overcomes its prey at a bound'.[3][4][better source needed] In North America, the word is pronounced disyllabic /ˈdʒæɡwɑːr/, while in British English, it is pronounced with three syllables /ˈdʒæɡjuːər/.[5]
@BlindingSun_ 7 ай бұрын
@@saxophool but England was around for thousands of years before America was colonised so that is the pronouncement we’ll go with 😀
@inthestudy 9 ай бұрын
Something that always surprises me is when people buy the Staytrem bridge, but not the arm. At least on my Classic Vibe (both the Jaguar and the Bass VI), the tremolo had a lot of clackety and rattling, that was instantly fixed by swapping the arm and collet to the Staytrem model. I also have the 10-48 flats on mine, light flats are so good on the Jaguar! :) I skipped the Staytrem bridge on the Jaguar because I was completely happy with the stock one (the CV is Mustang-type) but I wouldn't rule one out later - I love Stainless Steel bridges and I've ordered one for the Bass VI. So yeah, I'd have modded this very similarly to you! I'd add the Staytrem arm, I'd probably add the Mute - pickups I'm not sure. Having used them for over a year now, I'd happily put the Squier CV coils in a VM if I saw a set going cheap - otherwise, Nisebelle makes amazing noises with the Lollars in her Jaguar, so that's certainly something I'd consider too. I'd love to see an update video on this - how you feel about the mods one year on, if you changed anything else etc.
@Lazurini1 8 ай бұрын
Thanks for your insights on this, particularly on the Staytrem arm. I did have a bit of difficulty with looseness on the trem arm, but it seems to have stabilised. I am definitely still assessing the pickups and considering options. A follow up is a good idea, once I’ve done any further mods.
@nicholasg923 9 ай бұрын
Hi Gavin, very helpful video, thanks. I have the same guitar in Olympic White. I have a few questions and a suggestion. Firstly, did you use the D'addario superlight chromes (10-48)? Did you shim the neck? What amount of relief & string height did you go for? My suggestions would include new foam under the pickups ‐ it's like neoprene draft excluder with suitable size springs on the pickup adjuster screws. I got the Fender AVRI65 vintage pickups at a good price. When I intonate the Staytrem I always rock the bridge back - much more accurate. I've had a treble bleed fitted to the volume pot which gives a much smoother use. Thanks again for the video, I love my Jag but the G string is plinking from the 15th fret upwards I think flats & a new setup might be the way forward.
@Lazurini1 9 ай бұрын
Hi Nicholas, thanks for your question and kind words. I love some of your suggestions there! I also rock the Staytrem bridge back during setup. I've not tried new foam under the pickups, but I think `i may give it a go. I also haven't used a treble bleed on it, but I can see the wisdom in using one, to get more range from the volume pot, they do start to loose mojo fairly quickly at lower levels. Now then, I'm not sure I can give an exact answer to all your questions as I've just moved across the world and the guitar is currently in transit, however : I did use D'addario flat wound chromes 10-48, i think they were called extra light. I didn't shim the neck, it looked pretty good after I'd tightened it a little, two or three turns. I'm not sure what the exact relief and string height was, as i can't find any notes from then. I tend to have a medium/high-ish action but I've had no problems with buzz, playability or intonation recently on the Jag. I will of course have to set it up all over again when it arrives to me, so perhaps I'll post something further then with more information. I might also give some thought at that time to your other suggestions! Many Thanks again! Gavin
@nicholasg923 9 ай бұрын
@Lazurini1 Thanks for replying. As is the way of the world I have cracked on with improving my Jag. My guitar tech, Gordon White, (works with Richard Hawley & Bill Nelson) had set up my Jag without a shim. He tried Stew Mac shims at my insistence, but it led to "ski sloping" on the last 7 frets . I put a shim in myself, a little bit of a cereal packet, and played on for a bit. But the plinking & dead frets remained there. I was just in denial. So recently, I took the shim out & set the guitar with Fender factory standards - 0.012" relief at 7th fret, 4/64" string height at 17th fret with capo on 1st fret. The pickup heights I've set at 6/64" treble side, 7/64" bass side with 22nd fret fretted. The strings, well, interestingly enough, I saw original Fender case candy and Fender supplied/recommended two types of string for Jazzmasters and Jaguars in the 1960s - flatwounds & pure nickels. No mention of gauges. Currently, I have Ernie Ball Pure Nickel 11-48s, obviously more jangle than flatwounds with a plain G. I will persist with these as my guitar currently sounds absolutely epic but might go to those flatwounds if I want smooth. All the best with your Jag playing, looking forward to hearing more.
@ianevans7110 10 ай бұрын
Very Interesting indeed! I owned a Red Watkins Rapier 22 and played in a group in Liverpool back in 1962. In those days there wasn't a truss rod fitted, and as a result it had a very high action which could not be adjusted. One did appear on later models along with a coloured headstock (on my model the headstock was the same colour as shown in your video). Because these guitars were launched in an era when The Shadows were very popular most (but not all) the stock available had red bodies with white scratch plates to mimic the Fiesta Red Fender Stratocasters. This later model would suggest that Watkins followed the 'Shadows' trend and launched a white bodied model to coincide the The Shadows replacing their red Fender Stratocasters with white Burns guitars in 1964/5. This guitar in many ways is, on first appearance, a very good likeness to those Burns models.
@Lazurini1 10 ай бұрын
Great stuff! Do you remember where you bought your Watkins? I agree on the visual similarity to the Burns guitars, although I’d say this one looks almost more like a Burns Bison. I do have one of the later 90s Marquee series from Burns in the Shadows style. It has a very much more versatile set of controls than the Watkins.
@ianevans7110 10 ай бұрын
I lived in Liverpool and would most likely have bought it from Frank Hessy in Stanley Street on the corner of Whitechapel. At the time I also visited Cranes and Rushworth and Draper, but Hessy's was always the favoured 'haunt' of most of the Liverpool groups of the time. I also bought a Watkins Copycat Echo from there along with a Watkins amplifier (which one I cannot remember). I later sold the Echo back to Hessy's in part exchange for a twelve string acoustic, but what subsequently happened to everything when I left Liverpool I cannot remember.
@Lazurini1 10 ай бұрын
@@ianevans7110 Yes, I’ve heard of Hessy’s due to their connections with the Liverpool groups in the 60s, most famously The Beatles of course! Watkins made some funky looking amps back then, I like the Westminster back then and the dominator with its wedge shape.
@davidallen346 10 ай бұрын
Very Rare guitar 🎸
@sanathdevamurutenge497 11 ай бұрын
Had to add few more features of my Guitar- it has two tuning controls and a volume control with treble and bass switches.
@sanathdevamurutenge497 11 ай бұрын
I have a solid body red burst Guitar with original Hofner 513 Blade Franz Pix two pickups, Hofner Galaxie Tremulo tail piece, Hofner Silver plated covered tuning pegs, Ebony fret board of 22 frets, bolt type mahogany arm. I bought this (now vintage) guitar in 1973 when I was 19 years old. All the parts are in original condition. Recently I put new strings D’Addario 09/42 electric USA made NYXL0942 string set.
@gerardosalazar161 11 ай бұрын
Beautiful version. Thank you!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻💐
@Lazurini1 11 ай бұрын
Many thanks! We love playing it.
@zandervera4396 11 ай бұрын
I've got one :)
@bluesman5049 11 ай бұрын
I don't see a strong reason for changing the bridge, on the factory bridge there is the possibility of adjusting the height of the saddles, each separately, independently of the lifter of the entire bridge, so that it is possible to achieve the same radius with the neck-raising of each saddle as needed. I notice that the new bridge does not have saddles that can be fixed in height - impractical, even though it already has the same radius as the neck. It is always good when you can adjust the height of the saddle independently of the others.
@Lazurini1 11 ай бұрын
You’re right, it doesn’t have individual saddles and as you’ve pointed out, there is flexibility and fine tuning that you can do with that, which I think would be especially useful if you play with a very low action. I’ve never really had to adjust this bridge for height yet, it’s always played really well but I think you raise a great point. The initial reason for changing the stock bridge here though was the nature of the saddles themselves. They do not have a good groove, and consequently didn’t hold the strings very well. That said, you could replace them with another bridge with individual saddles that just has a better groove.
@bluesman5049 11 ай бұрын
@@Lazurini1 Anyway, the channel on the saddle can always be deepened with a thin file, but height adjustment is always an advantage for me. I even like the saddles that look like screw threads, they have good channels, and the distance between the wires can be adjusted left-right if the width of the bobbin on the hub is different. greeting.
@frank1672 11 ай бұрын
Either it's out off tune or and the intonations out!
@Lazurini1 11 ай бұрын
I would say you’re right on both counts.
@danlandrigan4173 Жыл бұрын
Guitars like so many things are a matter of taste. Hope the trem is better than a Strat which has always been an awful piece of work!
@lowellmatias8504 Жыл бұрын
what about the effects loop?
@Lazurini1 Жыл бұрын
Hello there. Sadly there is no effects loop! Obviously a good one could have been quite useful.
@lowellmatias8504 Жыл бұрын
@@Lazurini1 thanks for the response, what are my options, I have been running pedals through the input and my guitar for a while now
@pricetag30 Жыл бұрын
Camera guy is HORRIBLE
@adrianm6697 Жыл бұрын
Install a 1 degree shim mate X
@GrinningFeline Жыл бұрын
Seconding the shim. The stock bridge would be serviceable with decent break angle!
@adrianm6697 Жыл бұрын
@@GrinningFeline Absolutely! I got a lot of them for no money 🤣 I like the adjustables saddles and the fact that I'm not restricted by the 56mm spacing of a mustang bridge.
@Bobbewhart Жыл бұрын
Good job mate!
@Lazurini1 Жыл бұрын
Thanks mate, appreciated!
@Kevin-mx1vi Жыл бұрын
I'd love to pick up a Rapier 33 to compliment my '64 Rapier bass. (Totally original and in excellent condition) A good one's becoming rare and comparitively expensive these days, though.
@Lazurini1 Жыл бұрын
Yes, I’ve noticed prices increasing on all Watkins gear over the last few years.
@Kevin-mx1vi Жыл бұрын
@@Lazurini1 It's funny, really. I remember in the late 60's and early 70's when second hand Fenders and Gibsons were filtering their way down to semi-pro and amateur guitarists, you could pick up Watkins and Burns guitars for very little because no-one wanted them any more. A friend got a lovely Burns 6-string guitar (don't know the model, but it had the Trisonic pickups and a Strat-like headstock) as a swap for an old piano, while I think I paid £20 for my first Rapier bass. Had to pay £800 for the one I have now, but I don't mind that because you won't see a better one. Sounds great through a good sound system ! 😄
@Lazurini1 Жыл бұрын
@@Kevin-mx1vi The Burns you describe sounds like it might be a Bison perhaps? I bought one of the Burns Marquee series remakes a few years ago, in the Red (more like Salmon pink) and I only paid around £200 for it. The vintage Watkins in the video was a good deal less than that, but I don’t see any in that sort of price range now. The Burns guitars are really interesting. Hefty slabs of wood too!
@Kevin-mx1vi Жыл бұрын
@@Lazurini1 My mate's guitar was definitely not a Bison, but was otherwise very Stratocaster like. If memory serves, it was in greenburst, if that helps ? My Rapier bass is one of the less common Ice Blue ones. Only has two very tiny cracks in the finish and a couple of very minor dings, but it was well stored for many years so really it's hardly been used. I'm very proud of it.
@somersetsquirrel Жыл бұрын
Love this, so vibey and retro. Perfect for chilling on summer evenings
@sarahramage3807 Жыл бұрын
Just awesome xxx
@sarahramage3807 Жыл бұрын
So awesome! When is the album out, Gavin?
@Lazurini1 Жыл бұрын
Coming out in May. Thanks Sarah!
@christophergrant3766 Жыл бұрын
Nice one Gavin!
@Lazurini1 Жыл бұрын
Thanks Chris!
@startedllama Жыл бұрын
this is really good, man! thank you!
@Lazurini1 Жыл бұрын
Thanks man! Really appreciated.
@mayank6917 Жыл бұрын
🤩🤩
@chrisprescottguitar Жыл бұрын
Enjoyed this. I got a classic vibe 60s jag just under a year ago and put fender pure vintage 65 pickups in it (video on my channel 😉) and I love it. Kept the Squier bridge but had a tech put a shim in the neck and I’ve never had trouble with it besides needing a bit of locktite on the screws. I have got the 9.5 staytrem on a Mexican jazzmaster though and it’s been faultless ever since 👍🏻
@stephenrobinson2401 Жыл бұрын
I have the canadian market version they sold under the name Silvertone at Sears. 20 years ago when I was given it, I couldn’t find info on it. It’s so cool learning more about these weird vintage guitars.
@josephmcguiness6452 Жыл бұрын
Bitchin!
@reynardvanwyk5110 Жыл бұрын
That's the worst sounding guitar ever. The German cars are excellent though
@gp85hkg Жыл бұрын
Just saw one on FB marketplace for $50... that's why I'm here (".)
@Lazurini1 Жыл бұрын
That’s a good price. Recently they have been going for ridiculously inflated prices on eBay.
@GinaHarbottle-ff1wn Жыл бұрын
youre so bad i am shutting this video off so my wife in the house doesnt think its me playing that bad. goodnight
@BlackRose369. Жыл бұрын
Hi there, How would the output of the teisco pickup be described against the more known humbuckers, stratocaster single coils etc ? Disregarding the effect of the pickup position and width ofcourse.
@Lazurini1 Жыл бұрын
Hello, great question. Obviously there are so many different types of pickups used on Strats, and the world of humbuckers is very broad as well, but to speak very generally, the pickups on this are very microphonic compared to your average Fender single coil. They are bright, with a metallic quality, so I’d say that it’s hard to get dark, woody tones with them, even in the neck position. They do have a decent kick and output though. I would say that they are nothing like humbuckers, they don’t have the ‘throat’ or the darkness of any humbuckers that I’ve used. On some of the other Teisco guitars I’ve played they have the gold foil toaster pickups which are a step up from these ones and are really not bad at all with a character not unlike decent Harmony guitars.
@BlackRose369. Жыл бұрын
@@Lazurini1 Maybe a P90 with the same pickup width and same position ? Maybe some eq and more sound of the string acoustically and noise details ?
@philpants44 Жыл бұрын
how uch these worth in £? tempted to buy one purely fr my wall
@Lazurini1 Жыл бұрын
If you’re not in a hurry you should be able to get a ‘wall hanger” for well under a £100.
@philpants44 Жыл бұрын
@@Lazurini1 how about a decent playable condition one?
@Lazurini1 Жыл бұрын
@@philpants44 Well, there is a ceiling on what you should ever pay for one of these and I’d say that you should be aiming as close to £100 as possible, even for a good one, £150 tops, if it’s fully intact, with working tremolo arm, original controls and fully working electrics. The good news is that these guitars bare pretty easy to get replacement parts for and bring up to playability unless there is something seriously wrong with them, so you might also be able to buy a cheap one and use it as a project guitar.
@philpants44 Жыл бұрын
@@Lazurini1 cheers for the reply. There's a couple im looking at. Both with the tremo bars and badges etc. Ones pretty beat up and got lots of pitting on the metal. The other is pretty good condition minus a couple minor bits as expected from a old guitar. Unfortunately both are a bit over priced for something I think just looks cool and probably won't play much.
@Lazurini1 Жыл бұрын
@@philpants44 Where are you looking? eBay? Reverb? What sort of prices are they?