2024 MIJ FSRs (Kinko, Ishibashi etc)

[crazyzeke]

Real photos from ishibashi:

Okay to be fair the Aqua one looks a lot more pleasing a shade of blue in this photo than the stock one.

[Observingthings22]

Looks like one is up in Kinkos

https://kinkomusic.com/products/detail/7047

Not for me but hope it goes to someone who will enjoy!

[lastlol]

This is limited run though; don't see it becoming a main JM/Jag line thing any time soon, whereas a majority of PRS guitars can have fancy figured maple caps, standard thing.

If I may, you should play the instrument that fits the best, not worry about it being alternative or not. I'd play a Strat or a Tele all day long if they fit me better than a Jag - they don't, I can't get a good tone out of a Strat to save my life but I like Teles - best tool for the job and all that. Very few of my favourite players other than Johnny Marr play a Jag and the few I've seen out in the wild in my area play very different from him or me.

But je suis snob !

[crazyzeke]

Genuinely laughing aloud for that one... best possible response ever to that, I think

[tammyw]

Aw geez, I can't tell you how many times I've gone on Warmoth for years and spec'ed out a quilt top Jazzmaster like that, but never bought it. It's just what I've always wanted.

[BoringPostcards]

Aw geez, I can't tell you how many times I've gone on Warmoth for years and spec'ed out a quilt top Jazzmaster like that, but never bought it. It's just what I've always wanted.

Get one! The Aqua one actually looks really cool.

[Futuron]

Looking forward to seeing a teddy bear with a quilt-top in the magical holding bin...

[Ceylon]

This is a guitar I'd have robbed and stolen to get at 16, sans Super Distortions. I wouldn't mind having one now either, now that my classic JM base is covered.

[unreal77]

To each its own, but those tops ...

[crazyzeke]

To each its own, but those tops ...

Yeah that seems to be a sticking point with a few folks, a "to each their own". Thing is in a hypothetical world where I'm super successful and can have a signature Fender, it wouldn't have a quilted maple cap, cool as they are on offsets. It would definitely be LPB though.

[superficial]

Anyone know which trem the MIJ FSRs use? I’m after a Staytrem collet / arm but don’t know which size (metric or imperial) to order. I’m sure I read somewhere that these used the USA trem system but I may have imagined this.

[Zeus]

Anyone know which trem the MIJ FSRs use? I’m after a Staytrem collet / arm but don’t know which size (metric or imperial) to order. I’m sure I read somewhere that these used the USA trem system but I may have imagined this.

I haven't changed the collet, so can't 100% confirm which fits, but I'm reasonably certain all of them have the standard Japanese metric trem unit, not USA/AVRI.

[superficial]

Great, thank you!

[JamesSGBrown]

Anyone know which trem the MIJ FSRs use? I’m after a Staytrem collet / arm but don’t know which size (metric or imperial) to order. I’m sure I read somewhere that these used the USA trem system but I may have imagined this.

I haven't changed the collet, so can't 100% confirm which fits, but I'm reasonably certain all of them have the standard Japanese metric trem unit, not USA/AVRI.

This is right- you can tell because the string spacing at the tailpiece is slightly off- hence the strings fanning out towards the bridge just a bit. I don't understand why they've never corrected this. Maybe in practice it matters little, but it's still a bit odd...

[Ret Samzzaj]

Noticed the Fender Japan FSR Traditional 60s Jazzmaster HH RW Black at Bax Music, eta yet unkown. At a price of 1.849 euro it is only 300 euro "cheaper" than the USA Fender American Vintage II 1966 Jazzmaster Dakota Red RW (2.150 euro), which comes with a Fender hard case instead of the JP gigbag.