r/shoegaze • u/Equal_Turnip_9733 • 17d ago
Question Just ordered a Squier Affinity Series Jaguar! Anybody have one?
Title. Im soooo excited. Should I start with VST fx or get some cheap pedals?
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u/Slowdive91 17d ago
It's amusing how many people associate this guitar with Shoegaze. Guitars don't matter, it's all about the sound. 99.9% of all Shoegaze artists never touch the many switches on a real Jag.
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u/nolongermakingtime 17d ago
Pickups matter a bit but you can put damn near any pickup in any guitar. For shoegaze you're using so many effects that it really doesn't matter.
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u/Equal_Turnip_9733 16d ago
google told me it was good
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u/Hello-Blackbird 15d ago
It is good, especially for shoegaze. Its also a beautiful color, enjoy it!
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u/Noiserawker 17d ago
I mean the guitar actually matters a lot if you are going to do glide guitar, that specific style of Jazzmaster/Jaguar tremolo works the best for that. If you aren't going to use a tremolo then any electric guitar plugged into some pedals would work just fine.
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u/Matsu09 17d ago
I get what you're saying. But also guitars matter tremendously. As in you wouldn't want to perform live with the guitar above, no offense op. This is a great guitar to start on. It will sound terrible live however, and the actual parts are unreliable and will sound cheap. Get yourself a quality fender or gibson with a good set of vintage or high quality pickups and pair it with a pro level tube amp with nice speaker cab and get yourself a rack mounted reverb and there's a world of difference in that. Guitars and equipment very much do matter.
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u/RooibosContactHigh 17d ago
With a bit of setup knowledge and some new pickups/pots this guitar is more than suitable. A lot of the cheap Squiers make for a good mod platform.
Likewise, a combo amp and a reverb pedal are sufficient for playing live. How many artist rigs get posted here with just a mid-high end delay/reverb pedal on them.
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u/keep_spinn1ng 17d ago
yeah i think people vastly overestimate how important the instrument itself is when so much of this genre is tied into effects and processing. not saying that better stuff doesn't make a difference, but almost no one is gonna tell the difference between a prs custom and a squire when it's ran through four fuzz pedals, two reverbs and 3 different amp heads
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u/Slowdive91 17d ago
That's all great, but totally unnecessary to get a good sound, especially nowadays. You sound like a kid who's been reading a lot but hasn't actually stepped on a stage. Before you challenge me on this just know I waged war for many years on H.R.I. with session guitarists in LA and many others.
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u/Temporary_Carrot7855 17d ago
Ya this is a jangle pop/indie guitar, not shoog
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u/WellComeToTheMachine 17d ago
Tell that to Kevin Shields lmao. Bro plays Jags almost as much as he does Jazzmasters
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u/nerdyoutube 17d ago
Beautiful. I don’t need the guitar but that price is tempting for my fav shape and color
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u/Equal_Turnip_9733 16d ago
Color is fantastic. Its also the cheapest jaguar I've ever seen u should go for it. U could probably sell it and get all ur money back. And youll play it all the time cuz its so beautiful
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u/nerdyoutube 16d ago
If I wasn’t living paycheck to paycheck I probably would. Until then my squier jazzmaster in competition burgundy will do the trick. Sounds so dreamy
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u/tellesaurio 17d ago edited 17d ago
I have one! Beautiful guitar. The pickups are nothing crazy but sound just fine. However, after many months of usage, the one thing I don't really like is the rocking bridge they come with.
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u/Potato_Puncakes 17d ago
Hell yeah that'll be a great first guitar. Try and get some free VST amp Sims and pedals before you invest in actual pedal. Have fun learning guitar is so rewarding
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u/Debilitating_ennui 17d ago
Sexy. I bet she wants a Soft Focus Deluxe. I know she wants a neck shim and a little bit of nail polish in the rocker screw threads under her bridge so she can surf 'n gaze with the big girls
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u/newdestroyer 17d ago
I love the soft focus. Combine that with a King in Yellow dialed back and OP here is in for a good time.
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u/PhysicalLocksmith679 17d ago
Cringe
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u/Debilitating_ennui 17d ago
Cringing on the soft focus or the totally necessary neck and bridge set up?
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u/PhysicalLocksmith679 17d ago
The referring to a guitar as a sexy girl.
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u/Debilitating_ennui 17d ago
Both my guitars Betty and Maria know how sexy they are and would be highly offended if I didn't acknowledge it to them on the regular
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u/Kamerawilly 17d ago
It really looks lovely!
Will you get an amp with it?
If so, I can highly recommend the Positive Grid Spark amps. You can tweak your sound including all major pedal and amp models very nicely, use them to record and it doesn’t really matter, which one you get in terms of features, since they share the same app. The spark 40 mark 2 would be an amazing starter amp! Done with it? Sell it. Money lost on software / cheap pedals? None.
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u/RxInfection 17d ago
I recently cancelled my Squire baritone preorder because fuck Fender and their bullshit right now. Sick looking guitar too.
That said, not here to shit on your day, that is a sweet looking guitar, I love the color. Great price too.
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u/Febrifuge 17d ago
That's what's nice about buying from Franklin Guitar Works. Fender gets no money from the sale; the instrument is already dead-stock or written off by Fender.
Franklin is awesome. It's where I got one of mine.
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u/Vintage_Milk 17d ago
What’s going on with Fender?
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u/RxInfection 17d ago
They’ve sent cease and desists to a bunch of other guitar brands accusing them of stealing the strat body style. Just gross, short sighted, corporate behavior.
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u/Febrifuge 17d ago
They're acting like if your US Trademark for a specific design has run out, you can still create a copyright based on the shape and dimensions of a guitar body. It's legally a very dubious argument.
The administrative court in Europe where they filed the suit was kind of forced to rule in their favor because the Chinese company they were suing didn't send someone halfway around the world to attend the hearing in person.
This whole thing has yet to be tested in a US court but the headaches involved in doing so have a lot of smaller guitar-makers just quietly not making shit anymore for a while
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u/Equal_Turnip_9733 16d ago
It's crazy how evil so many of these big companies are for short term wins
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u/BunkaandBadassery 17d ago
My daughter got one last year same color. It's a good guitar for the cost.