Squier Limited Edition Contemporary Jaguar HH ST Lake Placid Blue IL guitare électrique

Rapport qualité/Prix excellent ! (surtout en prix "Black Friday"...)
Manche et touche super-confortables "à la Fender", avec un accès à la 22ème frette bluffant (grâce au talon de manche sculpté).
Les micros sont de bonne qualité, eu égard au prix, et le switch de mise en parallèle donne un son similaire au "split" tout en bénéficiant de la réduction de bruit (très appréciable dans mon cas).
Les mécaniques, bien que semblant imprécises, permettent de conserver l'accordage.
Je pense les remplacer par des mécaniques bloquantes.
Au global, une guitare à placer entre toutes les mains, même celles de guitaristes confirmés.

Goofy Axe

This Squier is well made. Just as good as the Fender Player series (at twice the price). But it's an odd ball design.

My first impression of this Jaguar was that it felt weird and awkward with its disproportionate (big headstock, short fat neck, and big heavy body).
It has the bulk of an oversized Tele and the curves of a comfy Strat.

I was tempted to return it immediately for refund or exchange, but decided to give it a few days to bed in.

Headstock looks posh. Nut cut well. Tuners functional, but prefer Fender locking staggered tuners and no string tree. Roasted maple neck feels like a Fender Player. Neck profile is chunky and not ideal for players with smaller hands or shorter fingers. Chocolate coloured laurel fretboard looks cheap and streaky like pau ferro, but can be dyed to ebony with Liberon spirit wood dye. Metallic lake placid blue body is brighter (and less attractive) than Fender website mid blue colour indicates. Metallic fleck finish is well done, but looks a tad 70s glam rock, could repaint it black to match the headstock. Bridge pickup produces some very usable Tele-like tones in humbucker and split coil. Neck pickup is muddy and less useful, could replace it with a humbucker-sized P90 to brighten it up.

In conclusion, the Jaguar doesn't offer anything that a Tele or Strat can't do, and is needlessly radical. Leo Fender lost the plot or ran out of ideas. They are supposed to be easier to play seated, but I don't get it.