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About buying a Jagmaster

Posted: Tue Dec 24, 2019 6:00 pm
by izodiak
I came to work in Netherlands and searching for a guitar ran over this
Jagmaster with filtertron pickups, and its an Squier. This guys english is bad, so wanted to
ask was there really such line of Jagmasters or is it some chinese version with an changed sticker?
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and I cant find no videos on Youtube with such model.

hes asking 250 euros

Posted: Tue Dec 24, 2019 6:42 pm
by Bacchus
Looks like a Squier Jagmaster. They are not at all uncommon. There have been a few different versions, to my not very well trained eye, this one looks like a Chinese one from 2000-2005? I have one, it was my main guitar as a teenager. I loved it.

I think mine was £175 new, so that seems a bit steep, but hey, they might be vintage now.

Posted: Tue Dec 24, 2019 8:48 pm
by izodiak
Need to make a decision..

Maybe just buy the HarleyBenton Carbonita, eh.

Have single coil and have P90s guitar really would fancy an nice Filtertron one.
Its just the consumer talking inside of me.

Thanks for the info, atleast its an real nice 'vintage' Squier !
Merry Christmas :--)

Posted: Tue Dec 24, 2019 9:43 pm
by Noirie.
Buy it for 200 euros.

Posted: Wed Dec 25, 2019 4:03 pm
by robroe
All jagmastrs are squier

There is no fender jagmaster.

Posted: Wed Dec 25, 2019 5:12 pm
by Bacchus
robroe wrote:All jagmastrs are squier

There is no fender jagmaster.
Is there any easy way of telling which version it is though? Did the Vistas have glossy necks or smaller headstocks or anything?

Posted: Wed Dec 25, 2019 6:42 pm
by BearBoy
There's an sticky about the various Jagmaster versions here: http://www.shortscale.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=36735

Posted: Wed Dec 25, 2019 9:18 pm
by Fakir Mustache
Bacchus wrote:
robroe wrote:All jagmastrs are squier

There is no fender jagmaster.
Is there any easy way of telling which version it is though? Did the Vistas have glossy necks or smaller headstocks or anything?
I think that's a Chinese version, the Japanese ones had 22 frets from what I remember.

Posted: Thu Dec 26, 2019 2:02 am
by robroe
The vista series says Vista Series right on the headstock

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Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2020 8:38 am
by paul_
Vistas had the Jaguar headstock shape and vintage style tuners too, as well as the knobs positioned Jazzmaster style on the pickguard. The cheaper Squiers had a CBS Strat headstock with chunky modern tuners, and the knobs positioned where they are on a Jag's control plate.

Pardon me anix

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Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2020 11:21 pm
by Gomer
They must have voted down Jazzuar for a name during R&D. Sad moment.

Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2020 12:42 am
by Acidhouse
The middle version - early to mid 2000s - had the full scale necks. I have a 2000 Silver Sparkle model. It’s a decent guitar. Probably worth about $200 to $250 US.

Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2020 7:34 am
by Doog
Gomer wrote:They must have voted down Jazzuar for a name during R&D. Sad moment.
"Jazz-waar" sounds goooood, but it'd end up being called "jazz-u-wer" over here, which sounds like some kind of alternative to the word "wanker"

Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2020 12:03 am
by Acidhouse
I think Jazzocaster would have been a better name.

Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2020 12:07 am
by robroe
the thread that will not die


1 post in January, July, August and now September

Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2020 7:09 am
by Doog
paul_ wrote:Vistas had the Jaguar headstock shape and vintage style tuners too, as well as the knobs positioned Jazzmaster style on the pickguard. The cheaper Squiers had a CBS Strat headstock with chunky modern tuners, and the knobs positioned where they are on a Jag's control plate.
Woah, I didn't know this, it looks SO much better; I wonder why they changed it? Maybe Vistas were using existing JM pickguard stocks?

Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2020 2:47 pm
by STABxYOU
Acidhouse wrote:I think Jazzocaster would have been a better name.
Wouldn't that name work best for the 25.5" Jagmasters?

Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2020 4:40 pm
by singlepup
I wonder if HNB still has my Vista Jagmaster. It was a nice CAR model. Found it at Sam Ash on Sunset Blvd for $199 back in 2015. They clearly had it confused with one of the newer Chinese models. I think that would be definitely on my "regret I sold it" list :(