Fender American Original Jazzmaster Sherwood Green
Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2018 9:29 pm
£1,613.57. Bargain. I might get a back up as well at that price.
Who exactly are these meant to appeal to?
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Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2018 10:44 pm
Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2018 10:51 pm
That’s pretty much how much a US made offset will cost you now. Guitar prices have shot up (in UK prices at least) over the last few years.
The JM Jaguars are now about £500 more than I paid for mine four years ago.
The JM Jaguars are now about £500 more than I paid for mine four years ago.
Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2018 5:46 am
Dare I say that the £ & $ exchange has swung in such a way over the last few years that you could blame brexit for most of that £500 rise.BearBoy wrote:That’s pretty much how much a US made offset will cost you now. Guitar prices have shot up (in UK prices at least) over the last few years.
The JM Jaguars are now about £500 more than I paid for mine four years ago.
Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2018 6:35 am
I was looking for a J Mascis just the other day, I cannot believe they are priced at £430 new! I've a '87 MIJ Jazzmaster that cost me £400 only a few years back, it's insane!BearBoy wrote:That’s pretty much how much a US made offset will cost you now. Guitar prices have shot up (in UK prices at least) over the last few years.
The JM Jaguars are now about £500 more than I paid for mine four years ago.
Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2018 7:14 am
Ha, Yeah, well, I was avoiding using the B word as I know I have a tendency to blame pretty much anything and everything on itlorez wrote:Dare I say that the £ & $ exchange has swung in such a way over the last few years that you could blame brexit for most of that £500 rise.BearBoy wrote:That’s pretty much how much a US made offset will cost you now. Guitar prices have shot up (in UK prices at least) over the last few years.
The JM Jaguars are now about £500 more than I paid for mine four years ago.
But, yeah, you're probably right.
Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2018 7:51 am
BearBoy wrote:That’s pretty much how much a US made offset will cost you now. Guitar prices have shot up (in UK prices at least) over the last few years.
The JM Jaguars are now about £500 more than I paid for mine four years ago.
It's hilarious, they aren't worth half of that amount and we all know it.
They will just lose customers in a market that is already naturally in decline.
Fender - the new Gibson.
Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2018 8:16 am
Fran wrote:£1,613.57. Bargain. I might get a back up as well at that price.
Who exactly are these meant to appeal to?
Shoegaze lawyers.
Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2018 8:33 am
About right.dezb1 wrote:Fran wrote:£1,613.57. Bargain. I might get a back up as well at that price.
Who exactly are these meant to appeal to?
Shoegaze lawyers.
A design that was almost dead and buried was made popular again by poor musicians but now they can't afford one because Fender are cunts.
Just like Gibson and they got everything they deserved.
Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2018 8:40 am
Prices have risen everywhere: you have to pay around €400-450 for a Squier VM Jazzmaster/Jaguar and 500-550 for a J Mascis here in Italy. I remember the street-price for a Squier VM was around €250-300 back in 2009-2010 when I started playing.GreenKnee wrote:I was looking for a J Mascis just the other day, I cannot believe they are priced at £430 new! I've a '87 MIJ Jazzmaster that cost me £400 only a few years back, it's insane!BearBoy wrote:That’s pretty much how much a US made offset will cost you now. Guitar prices have shot up (in UK prices at least) over the last few years.
The JM Jaguars are now about £500 more than I paid for mine four years ago.
Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2018 8:53 am
Used to be swings and roundabouts... I remember the 80s when Jazzmasters and Gretsches were were cheap and what the cool 'fringe' bands could afford when all the popular bands had Jackson and Ibanez shredders. Then in the 90s the shredders were cheap because teh Kurtz. But now there is no real counter culture in guitar music (or life in general) and every thing is marketed like a big homogenized in-demand commodity.
Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2018 10:12 am
^^^True
Also Fender was(still is) in a bad place a couple years ago and it raised prices on everything. Almost all Squiers grew in price, VM models started to cost as much as Classic Vibes had cost, and Classic Vibes now cost as much as Mexican models used to cost.
By the way, I think it's high time to buy used Classic Vibe strats as you can still find them rather cheap. In a couple of years they'll be going for ridiculous money too. One day when even your neighbour is a shoegazer playing a jag, everyone will be re-discovering strat.
While prices are going up, you need to admit that general quality of cheap guitars got better in last 15 years. They are as good as expensive ones minus setup, pickups, tuners, etc.
Also Fender was(still is) in a bad place a couple years ago and it raised prices on everything. Almost all Squiers grew in price, VM models started to cost as much as Classic Vibes had cost, and Classic Vibes now cost as much as Mexican models used to cost.
By the way, I think it's high time to buy used Classic Vibe strats as you can still find them rather cheap. In a couple of years they'll be going for ridiculous money too. One day when even your neighbour is a shoegazer playing a jag, everyone will be re-discovering strat.
While prices are going up, you need to admit that general quality of cheap guitars got better in last 15 years. They are as good as expensive ones minus setup, pickups, tuners, etc.
Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2018 10:35 am
Yeah but we are British and like to blame everything on BrexiteersGolden_Sonic wrote:Prices have risen everywhere: you have to pay around €400-450 for a Squier VM Jazzmaster/Jaguar and 500-550 for a J Mascis here in Italy. I remember the street-price for a Squier VM was around €250-300 back in 2009-2010 when I started playing.GreenKnee wrote:I was looking for a J Mascis just the other day, I cannot believe they are priced at £430 new! I've a '87 MIJ Jazzmaster that cost me £400 only a few years back, it's insane!BearBoy wrote:That’s pretty much how much a US made offset will cost you now. Guitar prices have shot up (in UK prices at least) over the last few years.
The JM Jaguars are now about £500 more than I paid for mine four years ago.
Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2018 11:11 am
If the guitar case fits....Fran wrote:Yeah but we are British and like to blame everything on BrexiteersGolden_Sonic wrote:Prices have risen everywhere: you have to pay around €400-450 for a Squier VM Jazzmaster/Jaguar and 500-550 for a J Mascis here in Italy. I remember the street-price for a Squier VM was around €250-300 back in 2009-2010 when I started playing.GreenKnee wrote: I was looking for a J Mascis just the other day, I cannot believe they are priced at £430 new! I've a '87 MIJ Jazzmaster that cost me £400 only a few years back, it's insane!
Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2018 12:20 pm
pretty sure i'll be using my guitars for firewood in a year's time once this particular dose of disaster capitalism gets into full swingdezb1 wrote:If the guitar case fits....Fran wrote:Yeah but we are British and like to blame everything on BrexiteersGolden_Sonic wrote: Prices have risen everywhere: you have to pay around €400-450 for a Squier VM Jazzmaster/Jaguar and 500-550 for a J Mascis here in Italy. I remember the street-price for a Squier VM was around €250-300 back in 2009-2010 when I started playing.
Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2018 5:24 pm
i had my jazzmaster valued recently and was shocked to see that its worth about £1K less than a replica "master built" or customer shop version that is new and made now.