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What Fender Guitar is This?

Post by magritte » Sun Apr 20, 2014 11:23 pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EC2HjKm3HOE

It looks like a Jazzmaster body with strat pickups. But there is no wammy bar, pot rollers, or JM bridge (looks like a strat bridge).

Any ideas?
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Post by vvv » Mon Apr 21, 2014 4:16 am

No, but gotta love the vocal mic's, (MD421 and Soundstar, of course).
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Post by kslight » Mon Apr 21, 2014 4:57 am

Are you sure its a Fender? Looks like an offbrand to me, in the split second shots where you can see the headstock it doesn't look like Fender headstock.

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Post by norton » Mon Apr 21, 2014 6:01 am

Looks like a duo sonic with a strat loaded pickguard. The neck looks short scale to me.

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Post by Nick Sevilla » Mon Apr 21, 2014 6:45 am

Fender.
Jagmaster.
With single coil pickups, and no extra electronics options.

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Post by vvv » Mon Apr 21, 2014 7:01 am

He said, "Jagmaster", heh-heh.

Mebbe, to avoid infantile reactions like mine, they shoulda called it a "Jazzuar".

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Post by Nick Sevilla » Mon Apr 21, 2014 7:07 am

That's what Fender named this thang.
Funny name. Interesting guitar.
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Post by magritte » Mon Apr 21, 2014 9:03 am

Nick Sevilla wrote:Fender.
Jagmaster.
With single coil pickups, and no extra electronics options.

Cheers.
Thanks, I think that might be it. They can be routed for 3 single coils?

Did jag masters come without the whammy bar?
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Post by numberthirty » Mon Apr 21, 2014 9:13 am

magritte wrote:
Nick Sevilla wrote:Fender.
Jagmaster.
With single coil pickups, and no extra electronics options.

Cheers.
Thanks, I think that might be it. They can be routed for 3 single coils?

Did jag masters come without the whammy bar?
From the looks of the headstock, it could be a Fernandes Decade -

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Fernandes-Dec ... 7675.l2557

They came with the "Strat" pickup configuration.

If you are a fan, The three pickup Ibanez "Roadcore" -

http://www.ibanez.co.jp/products/u_eg_p ... color=CL01

Is along the same line.

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Post by magritte » Mon Apr 21, 2014 9:46 am

numberthirty wrote: From the looks of the headstock, it could be a Fernandes Decade -
But the pickup selector is in a different place. Also, the Jagmasters have the toggle pickup selector and the guitar in question doesn't.
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Post by numberthirty » Mon Apr 21, 2014 9:53 am

magritte wrote:
numberthirty wrote: From the looks of the headstock, it could be a Fernandes Decade -
But the pickup selector is in a different place. Also, the Jagmasters have the toggle pickup selector and the guitar in question doesn't.
Pause at 1:08. It looks like there is an imperfection on the pickguard right where the pickup selector would be on the Decade.

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Post by magritte » Mon Apr 21, 2014 10:09 am

numberthirty wrote:
magritte wrote:
numberthirty wrote: From the looks of the headstock, it could be a Fernandes Decade -
But the pickup selector is in a different place. Also, the Jagmasters have the toggle pickup selector and the guitar in question doesn't.
Pause at 1:08. It looks like there is an imperfection on the pickguard right where the pickup selector would be on the Decade.
Interesting!

The Decades I am seeing have what looks like a Rosewood fretboard, yet the guitar in the video has maple.

On a side note, are those Decades any good? I have heard Fernandes mentioned as cheap sleepers on several forums.
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Post by vvv » Mon Apr 21, 2014 11:55 am

I can't speak to the Decade but I have two Strat-stylee Sustainors and they are terrific, great necks, solid construction and finish and decent standard sounds, and then when you kick in the feedbacker ... 8)
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Post by Nick Sevilla » Mon Apr 21, 2014 2:06 pm

magritte wrote:
Nick Sevilla wrote:Fender.
Jagmaster.
With single coil pickups, and no extra electronics options.

Cheers.
Thanks, I think that might be it. They can be routed for 3 single coils?

Did jag masters come without the whammy bar?
Yes, they can have almost any pickup configuration, and have had it.

Two humbuckers is the most common, and they also can have two single coil mini PAFs, two single coils, three single coils, etc.

Jagmasters also can have either a Fender Strat style bridge which is hard mounted (no tremolo action) or they can have the classic round chrome tailstop, with or without tremolo system.

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Post by magritte » Wed Jun 25, 2014 11:14 pm

Jagmaster is close, but I don't think it's that. This article says they were only made with rosewood fretboards, and the guitar in this video is a maple.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squier_Jagmaster
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