Have they announced a specific date yet, other than Summer? I heard references to June but have yet to see any official news on the Squier website. I'm going to at least get a Jag. If I can swing it, I'll get a Stang too.

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I will definitely get the surf green jag. Can't wait to preorder it!

I have a J Mascis Jazzmaster which I love! Also have a 96 Jag-Stang which is essentially a Mustang with a humbucker in the bridge. So... probably only buying a Jaguar, going for Surf Green or Seafoam, whatever it is?

I wonder if they'll be able to keep them in stock.

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well i've lurked here for a while, but haven't had a solid solid reason to pots until now. I've been playing for 35+ years which somewhat put me at an odd time for instruments. the late 1970s, chicago and north suburbs.. I was exposed to all kinds of music by my older sibs. My older brother rode that first wave of instrumental and then (like millions of others) brit and garage, etc.

by the time i was old enough, surf was relatively dormant and most music i was hearing on the radio was, well.. FM AOR. Late 70s into early 80s new wave. Not that it was bad, but...

As a few of you can understand with a bit of generalization, in addition to the Fenders that were in the 60s, the classics by Gretesh and Gibsonand the Teisco, Kay, Kingston, Harmonys.. Early 80s? Dean, Hondo and Strat copies. Solid state amps. In my area, as a kid and as far as your world would extend, you just never saw Jags, Jazz... none of those classics. And if you did, even though it didn't command the vintage price, well i couldn't afford it.

of course by the 2000's the world opened up with the internet, prices had long gone up... And sure i could find a vintage guitar, but i couldn't afford that either.

I had long been saying that the Squier line should offer the fully loaded jag/jazz/stang/bronco/duo line.. Just as Gibson had with Epiphone (i have the SG-G400 that i love), why couldn't fender come down with a price point and have all the bells and whistles of the originals? But if they are selling all the reissues they want at $1200, why sell 3x as must at a 3rd of the price?

Then the 1st run of pawn shops.. closer..then the JM JM.. closer. And i was very tempted..

whelp. that brings us to today. I decided on the white/tort b/c i have always loved that look on fenders. i know i'd kick myself if i didn't get that scheme. I have a Bass VI reissue in SB, so maybe if i were to get a JM, i'd do the burst.. But i'm getting ahead of myself.

it appears I'd have to add a mute and we'll see if they've routed for the Trem-Lok. but even so.. i'll be very close to my dream guitar.

interesting on the release date. Last april, around april 1, there was a "leak" about the pawn shops i believe. now this year these guitars. It's like free market surveys. They see if people are liking or not liking it. well yeah.. I hope they can keep them in stock!!

(forgive me if this has been disucssed in another thread...)

well i can see their cost savings.. saving time/tool wear on the Trem-Lok routing, the bore for the mute. the misc additional parts for both items. that's a huge savings for things that are relatively inconsequential that most people don't use. It may be a mild deterent to counterfeit guitars as well.

I was always disappointed with the black tops, et al. Other than their looks and personality, they're just like the originals!

The Trem-Lok on my bass, that makes even less sense (but back in the 60s, all parts and cuts the same.. saved money! that's mass production!). I haven't broken any of those strings, so that really is a novelty. It wasn't made with a mute, but i'm not about to hack into a reissue that's held some value.

I understand the necessity of the player specials moving the tailpiece up, but visually it's all squished. so original placement won't bother me. I can tweak and adapt to original placement.... Umm. Mute? Well i had played a reissue jag a couple months ago. While i've always anchored the edge of my palm like everyone else, the idea of raking or swiping across the strings may provide something new.

As for things like the truss adjustment location, those little things i can accept that, some make sense...now if only the headstocks matched...

Anybody have any pics? Or a link? I can't find these anywhere.

You can put humbuckers in it, but why?

I got pretty excited about getting one of these Jazzys, but:

1. They're basswood... I don't dislike basswood as a tonewood, but it's not really the tone I associate with jazzys. And it marks easily.

2. 9,5" radius... I've really grown to love the 7,25" radius of my CIJ Jag. It also means a stock Mustang bridge won't fit, you'd have to use Warmoth or Graphtech saddles to fit the radius.

3. None of the colors does it for me. It might just be the picture, but that sunburst doesn't look right. Why oh why didn't they make the Jazzy Surf green instead of the Jag?

I'm not saying they're low quality guitars... Just not THE Jazzy I'm looking for, so I hope when these come out they will drag down the prices of used CIJs and -- who knows -- AVRIs...

(Full specs here -- from Fender)

Old punks never die... They just become surf rockers.

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I looked carefully at the Mustangs. It seems they have bridges with saddles that can be adjusted height-wise, like the Warmoth and Graphtech ones mentioned above, so that could be an option for replacing the Jazz & Jag bridges... If Squier decides to sell them as spare parts, that is.

Old punks never die... They just become surf rockers.

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Son of a gun! If I can't find a CIJ/MIJ Jag for cheap I'll definitely pick one these up. Probably a Jazzie as well. Maybe these will bring the prices of the other models down. It would be great if these were MIM Fenders but I'll take it.

You can put humbuckers in it, but why?