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Wow, what a cool article! Thanks for posting it.

that's super old. it used to be on the fender website. then they got rid of it because no one cares about those guitars.

bubbles_horwitz wrote:that's super old. it used to be on the fender website. then they got rid of it because no one cares about those guitars.

haha

I think it's that fender, like most major manufacturers of all kinds of products, has to focus on the lowest common denominator. There might be plenty of people who are into those guitars but it's nothing compared to the amount of wankers who want a strat and nothing else. It's the opposite of the how it was in the 80s (strats expensive, offsets discontinued and cheap). now the market is flooded with strats, everyone and anyone can get one (or several) and offsets are available only at prices unobtainable to the average dude.

What I'm always wondering is, what are the cheap undervalued guitars now that are like fender offsets in the 80s?

probably g&l/musicman. they both had some really cool designs early on.

Lol, Smashmouth.

J Mascis / Dinosaur Jr.
Instrument: Jaguar

Close < no cigar.

mage wrote:What I'm always wondering is, what are the cheap undervalued guitars now that are like fender offsets in the 80s?

There are plenty of guitars that are undervalued for their quality, but far less so than in the 80s. Ebay and internet forums have made the buyer much more aware of what's out there.

In some cases it's caused prices to rise out of proportion (JV squiers are a good example) with a litle help of vintage mojo arrows.

I must listen to some 'Fu Manchu'. On reading articles in the past i swear they used an SG but...

Fran wrote:I must listen to some 'Fu Manchu'. On reading articles in the past i swear they used an SG but...

first albu i heard of theirs. lead was sg, singer was jag.

then another album, they both had dan armstrongs.

Doog wrote:Lol, Smashmouth.

J Mascis / Dinosaur Jr.
Instrument: Jaguar

Close < no cigar.

Ah, now y'see, it was a Jag on that track. It's ace.

.. in amongst the hustler and playboy stash...

benecol wrote:

Doog wrote:Lol, Smashmouth.

J Mascis / Dinosaur Jr.
Instrument: Jaguar

Close < no cigar.

Ah, now y'see, it was a Jag on that track. It's ace.

Fair doooze..

He used one on 'Out there' as well i believe.

Someone pointed out somewhere also that the Jazzmaster was introduced at NAMM 1958, not in 1957.