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Ok, Ok, I admit it, I have and have had MIJ
Jazzmasters and Jags.....I currently still have my
beloved MIJ '95 model. However great, it still has
its faults...I thought the MIJ pickups sounded too
straty and the pots and switches are second rate at
best. I have a set of seymour's pickups but are not
as impressed with them as I am with the AVRI
units...The MIJ guitar was much better set up out of
the box but it too benefitted from old Eddie's TLC.
For the most part, I did the same mods to it as I did
to the AVRI's but not as intense....I did buy a GREAT
used MIJ (white of course) Jag at an Atlanta Guitar
Show several years back it too was about a '95 model
and it......was perfect......It was a better guitar
than the AVRI Jag that I traded off to our old 2nd
guitarist...I got the hots for a 3rd AVRI JM and sold
that really good MIJ Jag.....damn......oh well......If
I only had all the guitars I sold in a moment of
stupidity........ed
--- bruce duncan <> wrote:
> I've been flamed-at in the past for my advocacy of
> the Japanese alder-body Jazzmaster and Jaguar R/I's
> that were imported here in 2003/2004. At the price,
> they struck me as a great bargain, and I bought
> several. NOT ONE had anything even remotely
> approaching the defects and problems you highlight
> below, indicating that the Japanese quality
> standards STILL blow the AV assembly and set-up
> quality away, by a country mile.
>
> Despite the "stick-in-the-mud" AV-fans' criticisms,
> the only changes/mods I've found desirable to make
> on the Japanese models is to swap out the pickups
> for Seymour Duncan Vintage R/I's (which are an
> improvement over the Fender AV pickups also!), and
> to install the "buzz-stop" on the tailpiece to
> increase string down-force on the bridge, (a mod
> that the AV badly needs also, BTW).
>
> I've recently seen Near Mint Japanese Jags and
> Jazzmasters sell at $350-$500 on ebay, and when you
> add the $150 total cost of the Seymour Pickups and
> "Buzz-Stop" you're still in the guitar hundreds less
> than the inconsistent-quality (by your own
> description) AV versions.
>
> One of the best iterations of the Jazzmaster EVER
> put on the market, was the Japanese-made Ventures
> commemorative built for just one year (1996-97) and
> per Fender's own records, only about 500 Jazzmasters
> were produced, of which only about 157 made it into
> the U.S. These were made, according to Fender, with
> US hardware, and Seymour Duncan Vintage R/I
> Jazzmaster pickups. Better yet, the bodies are
> solid light swamp-ash, making this one of the
> lightest weight Jazzmasters ever made, and with a
> resonance and quality of sound and tone that makes
> playing it a totally blissful experience. When I
> got my Ventures commemorative last year, the first
> time I brought it out at one of our band rehearsals,
> the rest of the guys all commented that it was one
> of the sweetest sounding Jazzmasters they'd ever
> heard PERIOD.
>
> Right now, Music Ground, a UK vintage guitar dealer,
> has one of these listed on ebay. They've just
> relisted it for the 5th or 6th time because there
> have been ZERO bids at their "Buy It Now" price of
> 759 British Pounds, ($1,372.00 U.S.). The item #
> is 7346525156, and the latest listing expires in 6
> days.
>
> This would seem the almost ideal situation in which
> to make them a substantially lower offer than their
> asking price, because even they can't deny the total
> lack of bidding activity at their asking price. You
> could email them an offer of $1,000.00 US and see
> what their response is.
>
> At $1,000 - $1,200 (IMHO) the Ventures commemorative
> Jazzmaster is the pinnacle of all Jazzmasters made
> (except perhaps the $3,500 + Custom Shop models)
> since the 1980's. The guitar's relative rarity
> would seem to promise considerable price
> appreciation in the future as well, but most
> important, it is a unique, gorgeous-looking,
> sweet-sounding, and smooth-playing axe. Check it
> out, if you're more impressed by quality than by
> where the guitar was actually made.
>
> Bruce D
>
>
>
> John McCorvey <> wrote:
>
> a White Jazzmaster and also a
> White Jaguar....
> They can be had for about 1200
> give or take a little....I might also still be able
> to
> pick one up for cost plus from my sponsor....That
> usually runs about 1150 but they are "sight unseen".
>
>
> I actually got one new that was unacceptable and I
> had
> to end up selling it as I couldn't live with the
> neck....and had to order a replacement....Keep this
> in
> mind....Most of the new AVRI JM's and Jags I have
> picked up off the shelf were pretty much
> unplayable....I had to re-slot the nuts, straighten
> and shim the necks as well as adjust and secure the
> bridge and modify the trem arm so it would stay put
> and not flop around on all three of my AVRI
> Jazzmasters and Jaguar.....for what they cost I
> can't
> believe they get out Fender's door in such
> shape.....half as much).....ed
>
> --- Brian Neal <> wrote:
>
> > --- In ,
> "mom_surfing"
> > <intheeye@b...> wrote:
> > > i'm still leaning towards the AV but am just
> > trying to get
> > > opinions before plunking down my hard earned
> $$$$$
> > thanks, carol
> >
> > Carol...the salesmen guy is messed up. If you buy
> an
> > AV Jag and put
> > some 12's on it, you won't get a thin sound at
> all.
> > If you have the
> > cash, I say go for the AV RI. I LOVE mine.
> >
> > BN
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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