Squier Vista Jagmaster Video Demo

Post by **Mike** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 2:18 pm

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Was fixing this up for Gareth so did a demo and took some photos:

Reece · Post by **Reece** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 2:31 pm

it looks alot better in photos than it does in the demo to be honest.

sondz good though, nice demo mike.

aen · Post by **aen** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 2:56 pm

too bad its scumbag CAR.

JamesSmann · Post by **JamesSmann** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 4:16 pm

can't watch the video at work because they filter youtube here because they are bandwidth nazis. so if you answered this in the vid, sorry. did he switch out the bridge in it? that was a big reason i decided against buying one when hurbo was out here.

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 4:38 pm

Hahaha. "the money shot..", good and funny vid mike. I had this exact same colour model back in the day. I totally agree how nice these guitars are.

Post by **dots** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 5:06 pm

love the way those things sound, but the white pickups on a tort guard have never really sat well with me.

the isaac eaton · Post by **the isaac eaton** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 5:41 pm

cool stuff, not my favourite colors but sounds good.

Yay more mike demos!

Post by **Doog** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 5:41 pm

Miek looks so young and trim nowadays.. you're a shave away from being ID'd, my friend- and at 28, that's no mean feat..

Geet sounds purdy good, needs to be black though..

Post by **Mike** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 5:55 pm

Doog wrote:Miek looks so young and trim nowadays.. you're a shave away from being ID'd, my friend- and at 28, that's no mean feat..

Geet sounds purdy good, needs to be black though..

hahah I think Gareth might be pissed if I refinished it for him aswell. I think it would look great in Black, or with a White scratcher.

Very cool sounding guitar once it's been set up correctly.

JamesSmann · Post by **JamesSmann** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 6:19 pm

Mike wrote:
Doog wrote:Miek looks so young and trim nowadays.. you're a shave away from being ID'd, my friend- and at 28, that's no mean feat..

Geet sounds purdy good, needs to be black though..
hahah I think Gareth might be pissed if I refinished it for him aswell. I think it would look great in Black, or with a White scratcher.

Very cool sounding guitar once it's been set up correctly.

what are the new ones? are they not "Vista" series...for some reason the one i demo'd at guitar center just didn't cut the moose-tard..part of it was intonation on that fucked up bridge and the other was the pups...but that could've been the amp...i'm so bonerfied for the body style i'm tempted to give it a roll...could i put a standard scale neck on that body without issue?

Post by **Mike** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 6:24 pm

I think you could on the newest ones. There were three versions I believe:

Vista - early nineties - 24" scale. regular 22 fret 24" neck
Reissue - late nineties/early 00's - 25.5" scale. regular Strat scale neck
Modern (Vintage Modified) - late 00's - 24" scale. 21 Fret Conversion neck.

I know for sure that I am correct about the Vista and Modern versions, and for some reason I think there was a 25.5" Jagmaster aswell. The new ones have a 24" scale but a Conversion neck, this means the body is setup for 25.5" but the neck compensates for this in it's fretting. This means you could put a Strat neck on it.

As regards the pickups, they need to be set to the right height and then I think they're not bad. Gareth's guitar intonated a dream with 11's on it.

Post by **Mike** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 6:30 pm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squier_Jagmaster

This confirmed what I said. Vista is 1996-1998.

So you have:

CIJ Jagmaster 96-98 - 24" scale with 22 fret 24" neck
MIC Jagmaster 02-05 - 25.5" scale with 21 fret Strat neck
CIC Jagmaster II 07-present - 24" scale with 21 fret conversion neck (same body as previous Chinese Jagmaster I presume)

More Cowbell · Post by **More Cowbell** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 6:35 pm

Sounds amazing!!!

I wonder what Jagmaster would sound like with Jazzy pups? Oh wait.

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 6:40 pm

You can use a standard neck on the chinese models only. The tremolo was moved further back on the first chinese model to accomodate the 25.5 scale neck, they did'nt bother changing it back on the conversion neck (current) model afterwards so it will still work.
The Vista model is apparently a CIJ Jaguar body and neck, or same production line at least and the trem is in the wrong place for a 25.5 neck.

Post by **Mike** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 6:47 pm

Fran wrote:The Vista model is apparently a CIJ Jaguar body and neck, or same production line at least and the trem is in the wrong place for a 25.5 neck.

This would not surprise me. It's definitely smaller than I remember my Jazzmaster being and feels very similar to my Jaguar. I've always been able to notice the difference in the size of Jazzmasters and Jaguars. It's smaller body and sleeker lines is actually the reason I'm much more of a Jaguar fan.

westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 6:59 pm

They have one of those at Guitar Center for $225.How much do they usually sell for?

JamesSmann · Post by **JamesSmann** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 6:59 pm

cheers fran and mike both! so if i'm reading what you guys are saying right i could potentially grab one of the newer ones, rip the neck off and put any strat/tele neck on the fucker i wanted without too much issue?

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. this makes me go hmmmmmmmmmmm.

i'd be willing to see what the pups sounded like set to the right height...and maybe the one i demo'd in fagtard center was just a lemon or the bridge was just all cocked up from idiots playing with it all day...hmmmm....

JamesSmann · Post by **JamesSmann** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 7:01 pm

westtexasred wrote:They have one of those at Guitar Center for $225.How much do they usually sell for?

i think that sounds aboot right if i recall correctly. i'm going to scour the bay to see if i can find one used for 150 or so. if so, i may just see what happens if i toss a strat scale neck on it.

Haze · Post by **Haze** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 7:14 pm

pretty good stuff. glad you made a demo of it while you had it. always nice to see a guitar demo once in a good while. But yeah, the thing excells at crunchy tones. and there is no wrong way to play little wing, just fucking play it!

endsjustifymeans · Post by **endsjustifymeans** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 7:23 pm

westtexasred wrote:They have one of those at Guitar Center for $225.How much do they usually sell for?

if its a vista series they go for about 400 or so on ebay! I'd snatch up a vista jagmaster for 225 in a hot second!