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Both. I love how J and Bob Mould can get that lead and rhythm thing going. I started playing rhythm so I could sing, but too many "widdly-widdly" guitar players were showing up for band auditions. About that time I figured "F-it, I’ll do it myself". It’s kinda weird to play with another guitar player now.

Riffs/songs are the key. Solos can really suck if not given a good/great context. They should be like the exclaimation point.

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two amps two, duh.

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I have a bunch of distorto flavors at my disposal. Like Sonic D I use a Boss Pedal (od-1)as an overdrive into my EH fuzz for solos. Awesome exploding fuzz sound. A bit too much for chords, but awesome. I turn on the More drive in my fender amp too sometimes. You get that round, hairy ultra fuzz that cuts right through the mix.
I like using two amps two. That way you can throw a wild phaser or flanger through one while the good crunchy riffs are still pumping. If you throw a delay in through one amp you can play over the echoes, but not in the traditional looping sense.

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It’s a separate tone circuit. The switch makes it ally dark, jazzy and sophisticated….It has two sets of volume and tone controls.

I don’t need the buzz stop with the mustang bridge. Maybe I’m just playing way too loud to hear any buzzing, but the bridge did the trick for me.

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I have had both. I love the look of the Jaguar(the switches etc.), which I bought first. But prefer the jazzmaster. Each has a unique sound but are in the same family tree. The playability is where I think the Jazzmaster is better. The jaguar has a shorter neck. That changes the feel, string tension etc. I don’t think it’s cramped, just different.

Which ever one you buy, I recommend having in hand to replace the day you buy one, a mustang bridge. The stock biridge didn’t work for me at all.

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I bought a MIJ ’66 Jazzmaster RI /block and binding. The PU’s aren’t great, but the playability and quality are first rate as good or better than the newer USA ones. Just my experience when I tried both.

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I don’t know that a JCM 2000 was engineered to have distortion pedal rammed into the input. Try a JCM 800, play with the controls of the Muff, plug into the LOW sensitivity jack for Pumpkins and high input for a more J tone. Then you’ll be in the ball park. PS: Love RI Jazzmasters but think their PU’s are terrible.

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I’m using this live:
Flying V or Les Paul. Occaisonal Jazzmaster or Tele

Boss Overdrive/EH Hot Tubes(new style w/tubes)/Dano Backtalk/Digitech Whammy2/ 70’sMemory Man SPLIT:
A) Boss PH-3, Dunlop Tremolo into Roland JC-50 or 120
b) Vox Wah into Fender Hot Rod Deluxe or 66 Fender Showman into Marshall 4×10.

I like to blast the bigger set up, but the little set-up is more controlable and easier on the back.

Noise, lead, rythym, it does the trick.

I gotta couple of old fuzzies: Three old Muffs, Shaftebury Duo Fuzz(Univox Super Fuzz UK import), Roland Bee Baa. Don’t use any of them live but quite a bit for overdubs. I have almost every boss distortion for the last 20 years.

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