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I never really thought that this would ever happen...Fender is doing something that is actually cool.

andertons saying discontinued on their site?

(new user, long time lurker- hello all)

Hello veebeeslashtim, and welcome.

vb/tim wrote:andertons saying discontinued on their site?

(new user, long time lurker- hello all)

Probably added and removed in succession (shown as discontinued) as they're not supposed to advertise until July 2nd.

Hi !!!

superfuzz wrote:I never really thought that this would ever happen.

me neither until recent years, seems like a long long time ago we were all on JS.com saying wouldn't it be great if Squier made a Mustang, a Jaguar, Jazzmaster...

I definitely said less than a year ago looking at those Squier JMs/Jags they came out with that had Strat jacks and everything, "Squier Mustang with the proper trem and everything? NEVER fucking happen. Be a loooong time before Fender fork out the proper hardware for a Squier run of Mustangs" etc...

To see them come out at the same time as a Jaguar and Jazzmaster and fucking Tele Deluxe/Custom models with WRHBs is so crazy. They were working on that shit all along and going "lol, paul_ is such a chode".

Called my local guitar center today. They told me they got one of each model 2 days ago, but they're gone now.

paul_ wrote:They were working on that shit all along and going "lol, paul_ is such a chode".

Hahahaha..

It is quite incredible looking at the Squier range at the moment. There is at least six models i'd gladly buy tomorrow if i could afford or justify it.

othomas2 wrote:

vb/tim wrote:andertons saying discontinued on their site?

(new user, long time lurker- hello all)

Probably added and removed in succession (shown as discontinued) as they're not supposed to advertise until July 2nd.

Hi !!!

Really hope that's the case and we're not going to get some 11th hour "not available in Europe" bombshell.

Pretty sure you're right though. See to remember Andertons going early with something else fairly recently (Johnny Marr Jag? Marauder?) and then showing it as being "discontinued".

Fran wrote:

paul_ wrote:They were working on that shit all along and going "lol, paul_ is such a chode".

Hahahaha..

It is quite incredible looking at the Squier range at the moment. There is at least six models i'd gladly buy tomorrow if i could afford or justify it.

Absolutely! With all these offsets and those new Teles, amongst stacks of other stuff, Squier are fucking flying. The Mrs would go nuts if a van turned up with six new guitars though

BearBoy wrote:

othomas2 wrote:

vb/tim wrote:andertons saying discontinued on their site?

(new user, long time lurker- hello all)

Probably added and removed in succession (shown as discontinued) as they're not supposed to advertise until July 2nd.

Hi !!!

Really hope that's the case and we're not going to get some 11th hour "not available in Europe" bombshell.

Pretty sure you're right though. See to remember Andertons going early with something else fairly recently (Johnny Marr Jag? Marauder?) and then showing it as being "discontinued".

UK shops are pre-ordering them as we speak... and just waiting till the 2nd July for the start of the online advertising to be allowed & then it can all go forward. I suspect we'll see them in the shop in about 3 weeks from now. I guess the US either have an earlier deadline or they're just being a little sneaky by getting them out earlier than they should. Fender, compared to other companies seem pretty chilled when it comes to all this... the guitars were starting to be shipped a few weeks ago.

One of the guys at the Emeryville/Oakland Guitar Center told me that the San Francisco GC has these out on the floor already. I haven't been able to make the trek yet and won't for another couple of weeks or so, but if anyone is inclined to check, they might have them ready to take out the door.

Lookie( posted by Doctor Morbius on HCEGF)

Looks really well put together.

Two small concerns:

1) Not as yellow a tint as I would like on the neck - this could be lighting though

2) I doubt the Duncan designed pickups will match up to the quality of Classic Vibes (Tonepros as many would believe), but let's be honest, most people will want to mod these guitars anyway.

EDIT: 3) The trem being so far away from the bridge will start a new slew and generation of Jaguar/Jazzy players complaining their bottom E strings pop out of the saddles with their 9 and 10 guages, and deem it a shit guitar.

SFG Jaguar GAS reaching critical mass

George wrote:
1) Not as yellow a tint as I would like on the neck - this could be lighting though

No two vintage-tint glossed Fenders I have owned have had the exact same hue to the neck maple. Even my Jaguar and Jag-Stang, both CIJ Fenders made in the same factory the same month, are different.
My '70s RI MIM Strat neck has the most natural maple look to it, but then it's quartersawn and flamey as fuck too, so it looks darker and brownish-golden-edged, etc...

RE: picture
oh my god.

Odd that they have the skunk stripe... presumably these are just the necks from those other Squier Jaguars?

paul_ wrote:

George wrote:
1) Not as yellow a tint as I would like on the neck - this could be lighting though

No two vintage-tint glossed Fenders I have owned have had the exact same hue to the neck maple. Even my Jaguar and Jag-Stang, both CIJ Fenders made in the same factory the same month, are different.
My '70s RI MIM Strat neck has the most natural maple look to it, but then it's quartersawn and flamey as fuck too, so it looks darker and brownish-golden-edged, etc...

The two classic vibes I have are almost identical. Very nice rich shade of yellow. That Jaguar, I would say, is pretty natural looking in that light. The pics on the Squier website look much darker though.

Uhh, I should shut up about CVs I just want these guitars to be as good so am looking for comparisons.

My only concern is where the two E strings sit in the saddles. Is it normal for a non-US Fender or Squier to have E strings so close to the edges of the neck that it needs altering like that? It puts them away from being directly above the polepieces too...feel free to enlighten me on whether that affects sound quality/volume though.

Otherwise, that looks great. Might actually be enough to push me into buying a Jag if the price is right...

These guitar are not available online(yet) but "are showing up in the stores here in So Cal" cali shorties get on that!

Fran wrote:It is quite incredible looking at the Squier range at the moment. There is at least six models i'd gladly buy tomorrow if i could afford or justify it.

Kind of wish they'd release them one at a time, a new model every nine months or so so's I could afford them.