Great piccy, Starbuck! Thanks for sharing.... Yes, nice axe.


Steve, don't know much--strike that---ANYTHING about the Jagmaster II! Can you tell us a bit about it?

Starbuck, That's a great looking guitar you have there(please show us your other's). How do I do it having so many guitars ? with great difficulty

Sioux,

The Squier Jagmaster is an electric guitar marketed by the Fender Musical Instruments Corporation under their Squier budget brand. It is based on the design of the classic Fender Jazzmaster and Fender Jaguar.It has Duncan-Designed humbucking pickups, a standard Stratocaster-style tremolo bridge, and on Vista Series versions a short-scale, 24" neck (22 Frets). The first Jagmasters appeared in 1996 labeled the Vista Series and were made in Japan. the Jagmaster in its original form was only made for a period of two years; 1996 through 1998. The first Japanese Jagmasters had a neck in which the truss rod is adjusted at the bottom of the neck, and the later Japanese ones have a 70's style 'bullet' truss rod, which is adjusted at the headstock. The original Japanese Jagmasters featured a maple neck with a 'skunk-stripe' back, rosewood fretboard and basswood body. The list price was $699.99.

However, a year later, the Japanese market crashed and Fender closed their production plants.

The Jagmaster was brought back into production in 2002, this time made in China and with a 25.5" neck (21 frets). In 2005, the 2002 Jagmaster was discontinued, and replaced with the (also Chinese) Squier Jagmaster II, which feature different visual aesthetics, and also the old 24" neck (22 frets). The 2005 Jagmaster II have only two (readily available) colour options: black and sunburst. The third finish option "Silver Sparkle" of the 2002 reissues is no longer available.

Stewed n Keefed wrote on Dec 20^th, 2008 at 5:17am:



Thanks Steve, that's really interesting... Especially concerning each reissue having different length necks and number of frets. It's a nice looking axe---yes, I see the resemblane to the Fender Jazzmaster. So, which year and manufacurer made your model? Is it the Japanese or Chinese model? And why did you want to add this particular guitar to your collection? Sorry for all the questions! I just think this is all very interesting, although I don't play. {Husband is a guitarist--professional musician, but he plays acoustic}.

Did you get a new guitar for Christmas, Steve? Hmmm?

Whoa! Looks fancier than what you usually go for..........are you sure that's not Scotty Moore's guitar? It looks kinda familiar..

riffkeither wrote on Dec 30^th, 2008 at 1:17pm:


That's Fantastic looking guitar (just like keef's)where did you get it from?

beautyfull guitars !
I personally love the honky tonk man firebird
these guitars are of my guitarist of the band, meanwhile we had a test before the concert.

• one telecaster with 5 chords, I dunno age but I presume very modern
• one white strato very powerfull, I think with one gibson pick up on the bridge and one humbucking down.
•• Me and the drummer ...  

The next guitar from Honky Tonk Mans collection will be appearing shortly.

Cool....looking forward to it...

Sioux wrote on Jan 3^rd, 2009 at 10:13am:


Hmmm... is that sarcasm, Sioux?

No, its an old guitar which has had plenty of use over the years. It served me well and kept me happy for many years. It gets little opportunity to shine these days - not that it did really in the first place anyway! 

Honky Tonk Man wrote on Jan 3^rd, 2009 at 10:12am:


Look's well used like a guitar should look.

Alex, you are not alone.

http://groups.ultimate-guitar.com/sunn_mustang/