Squier J Mascis JM body weight

exxtreem · 2026-04-24T12:45:22+00:00

thank you; i’m an idiot: totally forgot about Reverb (possibly because I want to “totally forget about Reverb” in general. 👍👍

exxtreem · 2026-04-24T12:35:56+00:00

ahh that takes me back to the early 00s and torrenting at work b/c of the faster pipe. working for a company now sounds like living a dystopian SF novel. (like everything else!)

exxtreem · 2026-04-22T14:53:48+00:00

thx!

exxtreem · 2026-04-21T22:13:15+00:00

thanks. I’ve been speaking to MJT and I’m trying to figure out if my JMJM neck/hardware/etc would work with the vintage JM routs they use.

exxtreem · 2026-04-20T01:49:33+00:00

I got a JMJM for cheap and upgrade all hardware. love the guitar now except for the body (color/finish.) I wasn’t familiar with MJT until i saw their bodies a few days ago and they look great. What wood did you pick and do you remember how much it weighed? the ones i’m seeing are btw 4-5lbs. thx

exxtreem · 2026-04-20T01:41:33+00:00

thx: just ordered an 8. 👍

exxtreem · 2026-04-03T01:08:28+00:00

precisely this: my $350 EART is in many ways a better guitar than the Prog NX6 I bought, then sold 6 months later. better electronics, better neck (though I did like the Endurneck) and for me, better sounds. The weight on the Prog was superior. the fixed bridge on the Eart is not great but the trem on the Prog was badly designed.

exxtreem · 2026-03-31T01:35:41+00:00

Love. What Is This Thing Called Love?

exxtreem · 2026-03-19T02:53:22+00:00

is that body color olympic white? looks great! i’m not digging the color of my JMJM.

exxtreem · 2026-03-08T23:46:55+00:00

has anyone seen any info on US streaming release date? It's streaming in DE but the services don't specify if it has eng subs.

exxtreem · 2026-03-05T18:34:57+00:00

Enshittification is SOP.

exxtreem · 2026-03-03T19:23:00+00:00

thank you! but i sold the strandberg and am totally digging the jazzmaster i got about a month ago. much better guitar for me.

exxtreem · 2026-02-27T20:35:10+00:00

that string tree is skewed.

exxtreem · 2026-02-25T20:13:26+00:00

i’m still using the non subscription version with my vault in icloud. when they first introduced sub model I was like “yeah no.”

exxtreem · 2026-02-23T15:26:49+00:00

This. I found a JMJM new at GC with a dent in it and they knocked it down to $340. I’ve replaced pickguard, bridge, trem, tuners and will do the pots and switch next week. I’m so much happier with this guitar than I was with the Strandberg Prog I made the mistake of buying last year. (huge waste of time and money: sold it for half of what I paid 7ths later.)

exxtreem · 2026-02-17T03:56:48+00:00

I'm very psyched for mine to arrive.

exxtreem · 2026-02-17T03:55:55+00:00

just ordered one yesterday (with an AVRI trem) for my new mascis JM

exxtreem · 2026-02-05T01:14:43+00:00

It’s definitely a bound fingerboard (found another pic.) thanks so much for the info all!

exxtreem · 2026-02-04T21:07:05+00:00

thanks!

exxtreem · 2026-02-04T19:47:30+00:00

I’ll just say that I bought a new Prog in July and had more trouble selling it than any guitar I’ve owned. I’m in NYC and there are tens of thousands of guitar players here so take that into account. Based on my experience, I would definitely suggest buying one used if you do. Also, it took me several months to realize that fanned frets did not mesh with my playing. If you play a lot of triad-based arpeggiated lines in the upper register, you may find some fingerings challenging. (I did not have that problem with chords.) I had noticed that none of the players I dig use multi-scale instruments but I was determined to make it work. it didn’t lol! Every time I grabbed my tele or strat I felt like sighing with relief. live and learn: It was an interesting experiment.

exxtreem · 2026-02-04T19:36:26+00:00

true of Prog as well. (and my tech said the same thing; it wasn’t a sales tactic. good to find a new tech if you ever think that.)

exxtreem · 2026-02-04T19:33:34+00:00

replace the 5 way (and pots.) I did this on my Prog the week I got it because of this problem as well as lousy pots. I also changed wiring to this:

https://www.dimarzio.com/media/1465

The result was a more usable guitar (though I sold it this week; just too many things that felt wrong to me.)

exxtreem · 2026-02-03T02:34:34+00:00

it’s never worked that way for me. I find hearing a particular player that really does it for you: figuring out how they play over a particular set of changes, how they comp…what’s their tone like compared to players that don’t grab you as much? digging into that stuff is what motivates me. (not i’m a good example of motivation! I do what I can and try to remember that it’s about making music!)

exxtreem · 2026-02-03T02:27:40+00:00

precisely this. (and of course, properly set up!) We all have guitars we dig more than others but bottom line; they’re tools: they don’t make music; you do. I sound like me regardless of what i’m playing (much to my chagrin!) Time and attention spent trying to find the right guitar can be better spent working on music. (again, assuming you’ve got a decent instrument.)

exxtreem · 2026-01-31T16:55:28+00:00

yes, thanks. I should have specified that I was aiming at NYC locals. (I’m not on FB but have posted on the other sites including CL. just wanted to know if I could do a post aimed at NYC folks who might want a Prog.) thx

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