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Used by Thurston:
1985
1985 -- GGDDD#D# (Brother James, Kill Yr Idols, World Looks Red, Green Light, Flower - THURSTON)
Used by Lee:
1987-1999
1987 -- DDDDAA (Schizophrenia, Catholic Block, Tuff Gnarl)
1990 -- F#F#F#F#EB (Kool Thing) & DDDDAA (Catholic Block)
1991 -- DDDDAA (Schizophrenia)
1992 -- AF#EF#EB (Shoot)
1993 -- GGDDEbEb (Cotton Crown, Stereo Sanctity, Flower)
1995? -- GGDDGG (Teenage Riot) & GGDDFF (Mote) ???
1998 -- GGDGGA (Female Mechanic Now On Duty) & GGDAGA# (Karen Koltrane) & GGDAGA (spare/reserve)
1999 -- GGDGGA (Female Mechanic Now On Duty) & GGDAGA# (Karen Koltrane)
NOTES:
Okay. I think I've finally decided that Thurston's wood Jaguar from '85 IS the same guitar that Lee later used for all sorts of tunings from '87 through 1999, when it was stolen. Which means the previously separate page 'FENDER JAGUAR (OLD)' has been merged into this one. It just seems plausible that Thurston's fairly pristine looking Jaguar wouldn't be disposable at that stage of the band's career, so it makes sense that the slightly broken in looking wood Jaguar that Lee began using in 1987 is this same one with some 'work' done to it...Towards the end of its time with the band, it was fixed up rather nicely with a pickguard (for the first time in over a decade!) and a pair of Tele Deluxe humbuckers. One of the truly classic sonic guitars.
This is the first Fender Jaguar used in the band, originally by Thurston for the GDD# songs mid-way through 1985. At this point it had a tortoise shell pickguard, the single coil pickups had their covers removed, the knobs were gone, but for the most part it seemed intact. In 1987 Lee began using it, only it now had no pickguard, the switches had been covered in tape, there was a humbucker in the bridge and a single coil in the neck (by the end of the year there was a humbucker in the neck too). In the 'Titanium Expose' video shoot you can see it has a single humbucker in the neck and the switch cavities have been hollowed out. It stayed that way until at least 1994 (the 'Bull in the Heather' video). It primarily stayed as Lee's DDA guitar until 1992 when he began using it for 'Shoot', then moved on to various G tunings. When it appeared on the 1998 tour, it had received a makeover: a tortoise shell pickguard, and two Tele Deluxe pickups (making this a Jagblaster?!). It even had a toggle switch! Lee's sunburst Jazzblaster was his main guitar on that tour but this one still made an appearance every night, until its theft in July 1999.
Wood finish
Serial # -- 125720
2 single coils (1985)
Humbucker in bridge, single coil in neck (1987)
2 humbuckers (late 1987)
Humbucker in neck (1990 onwards)
2 Tele Deluxe pickups (1998 onwards)
Tortoise shell pickguard (1985) -> no pickguard (1987-1995) -> tortoise shell pickguard (1998)
Rosewood fretboard
Rhythm/lead circuit switches intact in 1985, removed in 1987 -> toggle switch added around 1998
2 knobs removed
Trem bar
Lots of white tape (holding in pickups originally?!)
Circular red sticker added late 80s
"EU" sticker added late 80s ?
Used by Lee in "Bull in the Heather" video
Used by the impostor in "Titanium Expose" video
Listed as "OLD" on '95/'98/'99 set lists.
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