James51453
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Referring back to my Mustang post, what I would really like would be for Warmoth to stop treating regular Jaguar bodies like poor unwanted stepchildren and offer them with more routing options for trems other than the ancient jag trem, my second least favorite trem. Also provide jag pickguards without the necessary cutouts for slide switches and the std. bridge holes.
What kills me is that the Jazzmaster body does offer all the routing options needed for multiple trems (being old, old school I really want to use the correct vibrato term, but the youngsters here (under 50) would be confused.) Not to mention that you can get a chambered JM as well. I'll take a guess and say Warmoth just doesn't think many people even care about 24" scales, at least as far as building a pricey one at that.
When I was young (when dinosaurs roamed the earth) and I had strong, nimble fingers, I never gave much to shorter scales either. But 45 some years and all kinds of medical maladies later, a shorter scale at least lets me get a little joy out of playing without totally incapacitating pain. Even some of the goofiest "hot rod" Warmoth bodies have more options then the poor, lonely Jag. How many "Z" or "Star" bodies does WM sell?? Not to mention the double neck bodies? Do the new Van Halens tap on both necks at once? Oh, now I'm only being old and bitter so I'll quit (and apologize to all the Z, Star and doubleneck dudes.)
What kills me is that the Jazzmaster body does offer all the routing options needed for multiple trems (being old, old school I really want to use the correct vibrato term, but the youngsters here (under 50) would be confused.) Not to mention that you can get a chambered JM as well. I'll take a guess and say Warmoth just doesn't think many people even care about 24" scales, at least as far as building a pricey one at that.
When I was young (when dinosaurs roamed the earth) and I had strong, nimble fingers, I never gave much to shorter scales either. But 45 some years and all kinds of medical maladies later, a shorter scale at least lets me get a little joy out of playing without totally incapacitating pain. Even some of the goofiest "hot rod" Warmoth bodies have more options then the poor, lonely Jag. How many "Z" or "Star" bodies does WM sell?? Not to mention the double neck bodies? Do the new Van Halens tap on both necks at once? Oh, now I'm only being old and bitter so I'll quit (and apologize to all the Z, Star and doubleneck dudes.)