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[justharry]

jag-wire and not knowing johnny marr is crazy bro

[tylersweet]

Fans of 'The Smiths' will be weeping when you said you'd never heard of Johnny Marr. Great video and so glad you've discovered the beauty of a Jaguar. I have the JM Fever Dream Yellow and it's sublime.

[itchyvinyl]

Johnny Marr is a king. The antithesis of a blues bender.

[jeffreyradick]

Johnny Marr was the guitarist for The Smiths. If you've heard nothing else by them, you have almost certainly heard at least the guitar intro to "How Soon Is Now" which has been used in an edited form for I think some US TV show, and perhaps other things. He has played a lot of guitars, so I don't know if he used a Jaguar on that track. There's a really good interview with him by Dan & Mick of That Pedal Show, if you have almost 2 hours to kill.

[Telorchid]

Sad when people don't know Johnny Marr. Good news is it's not too late. They way he fuses arpeggios and single notes, his chord voicings, will never grab attention the way Hendrix, SRV, Satriani, Vai, EVH (et al) did, but how they add color and personality to a song, are kind of unmatched. It can be easy miss just how extraordinary he is as a musician.

[wesleykoch]

Offsets are probably by far some of the most comfortable guitars I’ve ever played ngl. IMO the Johnny Marr signature Jag isn’t a “true Jaguar, ” since there’s no Rhythm circuit, but it does come with some different features like the option to run the pickups in parallel.

[Lucas-dmxo]

Wait till he discovers an 8 string with fishmans. That would atomize him

[lavachemist]

Probably obvious at this point, but Johnny Marr's signature isn't a very traditional example of a Jaguar. Also, Marr didnt play Jaguars until his Modest Mouse era in the 2000s. No Smiths song had a Jag on it.

[EVILJAMARR]

"The name Johnny Marr didn't mean anything to me" and my finger immediately started drifting toward 'unsubscribe' 😅😅😅😅

[drewciferf]

“Weirdo Indy guitar category” Whhuuuhhhh! (clutches pearls).

[anthonygordon]

I'm glad it got you turned on to Johnny Marr. He's the Jeff Beck of indie bands.

[HenryJordan-nb]

Best you tube guitar intro ever "Hey what's up you guys" or "So over the past few years..." with hand wagging philosophically towards the camera

[tookesie]

Let the "Jag-wire" vs "Jag-warr" debates begin...

[mikelewis_]

Love it! I bought a Vintera Jaguar last year, fell in love, and it's now my full-time main guitar. You should definitely do a video with a Vintera or something similar with the original switching since the Johnny Marr has such a different layout.

[warmcrunch]

I think we’re all begging Mike to listen to more music

[jamesgretsch]

Johnny Marr was a Strat and Tele player when it came to Fender guitars. He first tried a Jaguar or Jazzmaster about 1995. I love Johnny Marr's work in the 80s with The Smiths, Electronic, Talking Heads and The The. He played with The Pretenders after The Smiths and before The The. Also was Bryan Ferry's guitarist for a quick minute. As much as I love Jaguars I much prefer him on a Strat and Tele over him on a Jaguar.

[jasonhatrick]

I have a newfound appreciation for the “Jaguire” now.

[Johnny_Doe]

This dude discovers a lot of things that have been in existence forever.

[FernandoGonzalez-cnuu]

"Pretty Girls Makes Graves" and the super wah-wah intro to "How Soon Is Now" is what comes to mind when I think of Johnny Marr.

[mykhedelic]

Johnny Marr is a guitar school unto himself.