About buying a Jagmaster

izodiak · Post by **izodiak** » Tue Dec 24, 2019 6:00 pm

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?

and I cant find no videos on Youtube with such model.

hes asking 250 euros

Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Tue Dec 24, 2019 6:42 pm

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 Ã‚Â£175 new, so that seems a bit steep, but hey, they might be vintage now.

izodiak · Post by **izodiak** » Tue Dec 24, 2019 8:48 pm

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 :--)

Noirie. · Post by **Noirie.** » Tue Dec 24, 2019 9:43 pm

Buy it for 200 euros.

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Wed Dec 25, 2019 4:03 pm

All jagmastrs are squier

There is no fender jagmaster.

Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Wed Dec 25, 2019 5:12 pm

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?

BearBoy · Post by **BearBoy** » Wed Dec 25, 2019 6:42 pm

There's an sticky about the various Jagmaster versions here: http://www.shortscale.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=36735

Fakir Mustache · Post by **Fakir Mustache** » Wed Dec 25, 2019 9:18 pm

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.

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Thu Dec 26, 2019 2:02 am

The vista series says Vista Series right on the headstock

paul_ · Post by **paul_** » Tue Jan 14, 2020 8:38 am

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

Gomer · Post by **Gomer** » Fri Jul 24, 2020 11:21 pm

They must have voted down Jazzuar for a name during R&D. Sad moment.

Acidhouse · Post by **Acidhouse** » Thu Aug 06, 2020 12:42 am

The middle version - early to mid 2000s - had the full scale necks. I have a 2000 Silver Sparkle model. ItÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s a decent guitar. Probably worth about $200 to $250 US.

Post by **Doog** » Thu Aug 06, 2020 7:34 am

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"

Acidhouse · Post by **Acidhouse** » Tue Sep 29, 2020 12:03 am

I think Jazzocaster would have been a better name.

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Tue Sep 29, 2020 12:07 am

the thread that will not die

1 post in January, July, August and now September

Post by **Doog** » Tue Sep 29, 2020 7:09 am

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?

STABxYOU · Post by **STABxYOU** » Fri Oct 30, 2020 2:47 pm

Acidhouse wrote:I think Jazzocaster would have been a better name.

Wouldn't that name work best for the 25.5" Jagmasters?

singlepup · Post by **singlepup** » Tue Nov 03, 2020 4:40 pm

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