maple neck jag w/ blocks. 1 hour. someone archive photos

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Thu May 01, 2008 3:13 pm

http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-1970-FENDER ... dZViewItem

holy shit. holy holy shit. good photos

Justin J · Post by **Justin J** » Thu May 01, 2008 3:29 pm

ouch at that price. as rare as people claim these things to be, i've certainly been seeing a lot of them on ebay lately.
i once found a book at the downtown library that had about four or five maple necked jaguars all in different colors like red and blue and natural even.
i think if i ever get a jazzmaster, i'd like it to look like this:

i wonder if fender ever made any with pearl blocks on maple like the old jazz basses.

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Thu May 01, 2008 3:35 pm

for all the work that went into that guitar to make it look like it has huge un-natural balls....the pickguard color looks like dogshit

aen · Post by **aen** » Thu May 01, 2008 4:09 pm

HOLY LIVING SHIT

jcyphe · Post by **jcyphe** » Thu May 01, 2008 7:33 pm

The best one I ever seen of those was a lefty with a custom color finish. It was cool looking. It also had that decal that only said Fender and nothing else, which is so much cooler than the righty decal.

aphasiac · Post by **aphasiac** » Thu May 01, 2008 8:46 pm

that looks really cool.

but cant help thinking jaguar + maple neck = tone so bright it burns your ears off. dunno if it would actually work.

also are 70s jags actually decent?

Post by **Mike** » Thu May 01, 2008 8:52 pm

I find Maple provides snap and twang more than treble.

Justin J · Post by **Justin J** » Thu May 01, 2008 9:22 pm

aphasiac wrote:also are 70s jags actually decent?

they're fun playing guitars, but the pickups leave a little to be desired.

aphasiac · Post by **aphasiac** » Thu May 01, 2008 9:26 pm

bubbles_horwitz wrote: they're fun playing guitars, but the pickups leave a little to be desired.

So just like current jags then.

Mages · Post by **Mages** » Thu May 01, 2008 9:55 pm

bubbles_horwitz wrote:i think if i ever get a jazzmaster, i'd like it to look like this:

wow, I never would have thought of this color combo, much less thought I would ever have liked it. looks really cool in a 70s kind of way.

analogsystem · Post by **analogsystem** » Thu May 01, 2008 10:17 pm

B & B maple necks are the coolest looking fender has ever made.....I've never played one unfortunately. Still that's a steep price....I'd pay $2000 if I had $2000....but that's about it I think.

Justin J · Post by **Justin J** » Thu May 01, 2008 10:21 pm

$2000 is about what i've seen them go for.
there isn't a whole lot of desire for jaguars in the vintage market and even less for '70s ones.

More Cowbell · Post by **More Cowbell** » Thu May 01, 2008 10:54 pm

boner juice.

ultratwin · Post by **ultratwin** » Thu May 01, 2008 11:22 pm

Great photos indeed. And they be Corgan-free!

jcyphe · Post by **jcyphe** » Thu May 01, 2008 11:26 pm

bubbles_horwitz wrote:$2000 is about what i've seen them go for.
there isn't a whole lot of desire for jaguars in the vintage market and even less for '70s ones.

It depends on the Jag and the year. 60's jags, especially with matching headtsocks go for big money. Not as much as Jazzmasters, but that's because the scale isn't considered as desirable to mainstream collectors.

Fenders are out of hand. I just saw a comp blue Mustang go for 3g's and change. I could have bought one for $700 in 2002, but I thought that was way too much money for a Mustang.

rodvonbon · Post by **rodvonbon** » Thu May 01, 2008 11:43 pm

It's back up.

jcyphe wrote: Fenders are out of hand. I just saw a comp blue Mustang go for 3g's and change. I could have bought one for $700 in 2002, but I thought that was way too much money for a Mustang.

Are you thinking of THIS ONE? A week later and HERE it is again for a thousand bucks more. Let's see how fast they "flip" it

robert(original) · Post by **robert(original)** » Thu May 01, 2008 11:50 pm

that is a very sexy guitar,
i once saw one ina sorta forest green color(og custom finish)
with gold hardware, maple neck and black blocks, pure sex!
now about the maple vs brighter tone theory,
i think 90 percent of it is all bull shit.
you hold the string down, it touches metal, which goes to a contact point of metal(the brigde)
and then the sound(vibration) of the string is recieved through a piece of metal.
there is a 10 percent margin where the wood vibrates but that is varied thru glue line(slab vs. solid) space under frets(empty unfilled space)
truss rodd size/style. bolt on/neck pocket.
there is so much to consider if you think rosewood v.s. maple is a good argument.
/end rant/

Justin J · Post by **Justin J** » Thu May 01, 2008 11:59 pm

jcyphe wrote:It depends on the Jag and the year. 60's jags, especially with matching headtsocks go for big money. Not as much as Jazzmasters, but that's because the scale isn't considered as desirable to mainstream collectors.

they can be expensive, yes. but they're still dirt cheap compared to strats and teles. and even more so compared to certain gibsons.
the vintage jag market is very much a niche market. that was the intent of my original post.

jcyphe · Post by **jcyphe** » Fri May 02, 2008 4:03 pm

rodvonbon wrote:
Are you thinking of THIS ONE? A week later and HERE it is again for a thousand bucks more. Let's see how fast they "flip" it

I wasn't talking about an ebay auction but wow, that's crazy.

Justin J · Post by **Justin J** » Fri May 02, 2008 4:15 pm

the purple-ish ones seem to go for crazy money. as do the yellow ones.