Ebay find - possible Vista Jagmaster?

MikeG · Post by **MikeG** » Sat Sep 10, 2011 10:17 pm

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FENDER-SQUIRE ... 500wt_1156

Back of the neck says 'crafted in Japan'. Seems a bit too good to be true for Â£200!

stewart · Post by **stewart** » Sat Sep 10, 2011 11:46 pm

i was about to say "it's a vista" until i saw the bullet truss rod thing. i didn't think they had that?

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Sun Sep 11, 2011 1:00 am

tis indeed a vista. second run, in fact.

Pacafeliz · Post by **Pacafeliz** » Sun Sep 11, 2011 1:21 am

well yes it says VISTA on the headstock...
pretty cool, i like how it looks worn/used as a guitar should!

Pat.

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Sun Sep 11, 2011 1:22 am

wats up with the stupid nut.

Post by **dots** » Sun Sep 11, 2011 2:20 am

hotrodperlmutter wrote:wats up with the stupid nut.

not cool. pat's a nice guy.

lol

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Sun Sep 11, 2011 2:34 am

paul_ · Post by **paul_** » Sun Sep 11, 2011 4:46 am

stewart wrote:i was about to say "it's a vista" until i saw the bullet truss rod thing. i didn't think they had that?

The second run of vista Jagmasters had a bullet truss nut AND skunk stripe, neither of which would have been on the original's recycled Jaguar necks.

Are those necks even as Jag-like as the first runs, anyone with experience? I just wonder because they're constructed differently, makes you wonder what else is different/if they were recycled Jag necks or purpose-built.

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Sun Sep 11, 2011 5:29 am

the necks are not as comfortable for some reason. before i bought mine, i'd played a blue one at guitar center (used), and remember thinking the neck was not comfortable at all, and it almost turned me off of them completely. i wish i could remember precisely what it felt like so i could accurately compare it to something, but i was somewhat of a guitar n00b (still am, i guess).

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Sun Sep 11, 2011 6:51 am

why is the nut made out of fucking play doh ?

Pacafeliz · Post by **Pacafeliz** » Sun Sep 11, 2011 2:19 pm

robroe wrote:why is the nut made out of fucking play doh ?

or poop?!

Gabriel · Post by **Gabriel** » Sun Sep 11, 2011 3:06 pm

It looks like a Earvana compensated nut.

Looks really cool, wish I had some money....

Billy3000 · Post by **Billy3000** » Sun Sep 11, 2011 5:56 pm

Pacafeliz wrote:well yes it says VISTA on the headstock...

This is exactly what I thought when I opened the link!

Also, I agree that that nut looks really dumb.

Thomas · Post by **Thomas** » Sun Sep 11, 2011 7:44 pm

I have one of the bullet truss rod ones. It feels exactly the same as my fave MIJ Jaguar. I posted comparison shots for Hotrod before. it's profile is exacrly the same as the jaguar neck doind an A/B comparison. it just doesnt look as nice.

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Mon Sep 12, 2011 7:12 am

Thomas wrote:it just doesnt look as nice.

+1

SGJarrod · Post by **SGJarrod** » Mon Sep 12, 2011 2:28 pm

Carl and his damn asthetics....

laulz

Boab · Post by **Boab** » Mon Sep 12, 2011 7:27 pm

My Jag is just the same as this; white Vista with bullet truss rod. I've never been able to compare the neck to a 1st run/90's MIJ Jag, but I've always thought it felt and played brilliantly. I will never sell mine.

Â£200 is a brilliant price. Mine was Â£160 shipped from Germany about five years ago (CANNOT believe I've been playing that long).