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ok so by new years i can get around 350 eur and buy a fender mex strat. but i can also save up to 750 euros and buy japanese jag or a jazzmaster. im wondering if the japanese jags and jazzs are any good? or should i just go for the mexican strat?
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i have a mexican strat. and i love it.
i havent played jags or jazzmasters very much, but the prices you have up there are good compared to what i've seeen |
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yeah man theire made in japan so thats why theire so cheap, i dont think they make them anymore
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I have an old japanese jazmaster. It's fucking great.
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save up for a japanese jazzy, you won't regret it, and if you really don't like the pickups (lack of power...mainly) you can always replace them with some lace sensors or whatever later on.
i bought a japanese mustang ('69 reissue, lefthanded) a few months ago and absolutely love it..put some daddario 12s flatwounds on it, it sounds very nasal but i love it..hehe, it's a very 'easy-playin'' guitar but like most jap. owners i'm thinking about replacing the pickups because they can't handle distortion/fuzz too wel. my two cents ;-) |
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And about not selling them anymore, there's this website called ishibashi that sells new jazzmasters for what converts to i think $560 new and then it's about $100 for shipping to the US, probably around the same to the netherlands. It's a bit complicated to order from a foreign country but if you just email them they explain it pretty well. They have really good customer service.
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i dont really like the jazzs pickguard and the main wing (the part that sticks out the most, where the switches are) the japanese jag has a very ugly headstock (at least the one they have at the store.) i still dont know but i need more mex strat owners to tell me how the thing is. i think ill go for a white or a sunburst strat.
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Stratocasters are boring. Get a Japanese Jazzmaster, used. See mine: ![]() |
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i love the jazz. I hope to get one some day, lefty makes it harder to find cheap ones. What I really want is a gibson hummingbird though.
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Yup. I ebayed it for £350. I had to go to the other end of the country to get it, but no bother. And Sheriff- I am left handed. It's easier to learn right handed guitar than try to find a decent left-hander. If you insist on playing left handed though, just get a right-hander, turn it over, and string it backwards. DIY style. |
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I get that a lot, people saying the left hand is better for fretting, but I find I do quite well playing left handed, plus it's to late for me to switch now. |
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Whoops, I edited before I saw the reply. Each to their own, I guess. Sonic Life.
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respondig to your edit.
Thats what I did with my first guitar, fliped it over. But the knobs and switches would get in the way and make it uncomfortable. But for a guitar like a jazzmaster, I'd deal with it. |
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check out a site called guitarjapan.com or something..nice lefty stuff on there...
i live in belgium and it sure as hell wasn't easy to find a shop that would go through the hassle of importing a 'crafted in japan' fender..but hey..if fender usa would've been kind enough to make lefty RI jm, jags &stangs i would've saved up for one, finding a used one would take you forever since there's not a lot of lefty offset owners who are willing to sell ...cheapo..heh |
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lookin good danny.
i've got an R2-D2 sticker on the pick gaurd and a sonic youth sticker on the back.. i will have pictures one day.. |
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HEY. That mystery Cosmos Area wasn't the one somewhere in South Dakota was it?! If it is I've been there too, and it wasn't all that strange. |
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Yes. It's kinda sucky.
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Thats crazy you've been there too though. The ball rolling up hill was weird, but other than that I don't remember a thing about it. Maybe it was hard to walk a straight line or something.
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I did that thing where you can change height. That was mad. And I stood on a wall. |
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