NGD -- Paranormal Jazzmaster XII

[Lawdawg]

I didn't even know these existed until I saw some recent threads about them. Fender was selling the Sherwood Green at a discount and I couldn't pass it up!

Sorry for the lousy photo, it doesn't do justice to the finish which looks fantastic. I haven't had time to plug it in, but tuned it up and played a little bit. I'm beyond rusty when it comes to 12 strings but it played great out of the box.

It's been 30+ years since I've owned a Squier and I'm pretty blown away by the quality of this guitar compared to the Squiers I was familiar with from the 80s and 90s. Can't wait to plug it in at some point over the weekend.

 

[sammy1974]

Congrats, looks great.

Request @Lawdawg - could you post a closeup of that string bar?

 

[badinfinities]

Killer finish!

 

[Nogoodnamesleft]

I didn't even know these existed until I saw some recent threads about them. Fender was selling the Sherwood Green at a discount and I couldn't pass it up!

Sorry for the lousy photo, it doesn't do justice to the finish which looks fantastic. I haven't had time to plug it in, but tuned it up and played a little bit. I'm beyond rusty when it comes to 12 strings but it played great out of the box.

It's been 30+ years since I've owned a Squier and I'm pretty blown away by the quality of this guitar compared to the Squiers I was familiar with from the 80s and 90s. Can't wait to plug it in at some point over the weekend.

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Woah, what a gorgeous colour. Trying to tell myself I’m guitared out worked until I saw this thread. Congratulations!

 

[burtonfan]

Congrats! I bought the white one about a year ago... yours is way cooler!

They play great. I upgraded the pups in mine with a set of Tone Hatch Jazzmaster pups. Not that the originals sounded bad... they sounded fine, but the bridge pup died about 6 months in. I swapped both and never looked back.

I'm really happy with mine!

 

[Lawdawg]

Congrats, looks great.

Request @Lawdawg - could you post a closeup of that string bar?

The 6 innermost strings go through the string bar and the outer 6 go straight to the tuning pegs. I think it's the same as the original 60s Fender XII, but I'm not sure. I'm not planning to restring this anytime soon!

 

[W.L.Weller]

I got the Lake Placid Blue one from Sweetwater last year, but mine doesn't have a matching headstock.

I'm not planning to restring this anytime soon!

I broke one of the high Es and navigating the tight space to get the new string on and wrapped correctly took me at least 3 times as long as I'd usually spend on a 6 string guitar. Part of me wants to mess around with the pickups, the rest of me has 0 interest in spending a few hours re-stringing.

 

[guitarsophist]

I eventually put a Fender Jazzmaster '65 set in mine. Restringing it is a pain, for sure. It's like a confusion vortex sets in and even though you know how to string a guitar, you make stupid mistakes.

 

[Lawdawg]

I got the Lake Placid Blue one from Sweetwater last year, but mine doesn't have a matching headstock.

I don't normally like matching headstocks but I love it with the Sherwood Green.

 

[43mmNut]

I like it! Congrats

 

[ScottTunes]

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I highly recommend trying the flatwound set it was first sold with (in the '60s). The flat wound strings have a stronger primary note, and fewer overtones/harmonics... IMO, sounds very clean and tight. It also helps to bring out the higher octave strings, too.

Great looking guitar!! Congratulations on this score!

 

[mimmo]

lnsanely cool guitar, congratulations!

 

[Fiesta Red]

Very, very

 

[runstendt]

That looks great. I have a blue one that I have used as my only guitar at gigs because it's such a versatile instrument. Also, @Lawdawg don't worry about restringing it, it really isn't that bad to do.

 

[Jumbotronic]

That green one is the best color. I've got a white one--kind of jealous!