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Great guitar for the price but you'll need to set it up
This is a nice guitar at this price point but you are going to need to set it up properly. Mine arrived with quite a few issues that rendered it unplayable.
Firstly Thomann does not check third party guitars. I've bought a Harley Benton from them earlier in the year and it was playable out of the box. I was surprised that this Squier arrived in such a poor state.
Here's what needed fixing.
The Nut
This guitar arrived with a very poorly cut nut. The string height on the Low E at the nut was .6 when it should have been closer to .2. This was like this across all the strings which put them out of tune on the lower frets. The solution was to file the nut to the correct height.
Strings and intonation
The guitar came with 9 strings Jaguars are designed to be used with heavier strings 10 or 11. Heavier strings keep the floating bridge in place better the 9s didn't create enough tension to reliably do that.
Neck
The neck had to be shimmed to increase the break angle of the strings over the bridge.
I'm not a professional guitar set up guy and all of these problems at once confounded me because they all affect each other in some way. I ended up taking it to the best luthier and tech in my city. He charged me a very reasonable £52.50 (€ 58.75).
The point I would like to make is that this guitar required a fair bit of attention to make it playable. You will want to factor in the extra cost or time when considering your purchase.
Pros
◘ Good build quality
◘ Price
Cons
◘ Needs setting up
Firstly Thomann does not check third party guitars. I've bought a Harley Benton from them earlier in the year and it was playable out of the box. I was surprised that this Squier arrived in such a poor state.
Here's what needed fixing.
The Nut
This guitar arrived with a very poorly cut nut. The string height on the Low E at the nut was .6 when it should have been closer to .2. This was like this across all the strings which put them out of tune on the lower frets. The solution was to file the nut to the correct height.
Strings and intonation
The guitar came with 9 strings Jaguars are designed to be used with heavier strings 10 or 11. Heavier strings keep the floating bridge in place better the 9s didn't create enough tension to reliably do that.
Neck
The neck had to be shimmed to increase the break angle of the strings over the bridge.
I'm not a professional guitar set up guy and all of these problems at once confounded me because they all affect each other in some way. I ended up taking it to the best luthier and tech in my city. He charged me a very reasonable £52.50 (€ 58.75).
The point I would like to make is that this guitar required a fair bit of attention to make it playable. You will want to factor in the extra cost or time when considering your purchase.
Pros
◘ Good build quality
◘ Price
Cons
◘ Needs setting up
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