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Ebay find - possible Vista Jagmaster?
Posted: Sat Sep 10, 2011 10:17 pm
by MikeG
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 £200!
Posted: Sat Sep 10, 2011 11:46 pm
by stewart
i was about to say "it's a vista" until i saw the bullet truss rod thing. i didn't think they had that?
Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2011 1:00 am
by hotrodperlmutter
tis indeed a vista. second run, in fact.
Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2011 1:21 am
by Pacafeliz
well yes it says VISTA on the headstock...
pretty cool, i like how it looks worn/used as a guitar should!
Pat.
Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2011 1:22 am
by hotrodperlmutter
wats up with the stupid nut.
Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2011 2:20 am
by dots
hotrodperlmutter wrote:wats up with the stupid nut.
not cool. pat's a nice guy.
lol
Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2011 2:34 am
by hotrodperlmutter
lel
Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2011 4:46 am
by paul_
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.
Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2011 5:29 am
by hotrodperlmutter
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).
Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2011 6:51 am
by robroe
why is the nut made out of fucking play doh ?
Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2011 2:19 pm
by Pacafeliz
robroe wrote:why is the nut made out of fucking play doh ?
or poop?!
Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2011 3:06 pm
by Gabriel
It looks like a Earvana compensated nut.
Looks really cool, wish I had some money....
Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2011 5:56 pm
by Billy3000
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.
Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2011 7:44 pm
by Thomas
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.
Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2011 7:12 am
by hotrodperlmutter
Thomas wrote:it just doesnt look as nice.
+1
Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2011 2:28 pm
by SGJarrod
Carl and his damn asthetics....
laulz
Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2011 7:27 pm
by Boab
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.
£200 is a brilliant price. Mine was £160 shipped from Germany about five years ago (CANNOT believe I've been playing that long).