60th Anniversary Jaguar (thread locked, went off the rails)

[Embenny]

The Ultra Luxe isn't short scale!?!?!?!



COME ON?!?!?

And £2500 again

And a TOM and humbuckers and black on black.

It's just a longer scale, £2500 version of my MIJ Jaguar HH Special that I bought like...15 years ago.

[Futuron]

I also just realised it's a string-through AOM hardtail


PASS

[JSett]

And a TOM and humbuckers and black on black.

It's just a longer scale, £2500 version of my MIJ Jaguar HH Special that I bought like...15 years ago.

I was just thinking the same thing.

If they did it with the standard Jaguar setup I'd be all over it.

[tequila_in_teacups]

Explain to me how a Jaguar without a trem is a) ‘ultra’ and b) ‘luxe.’

[Futuron]

Got some screenshots, looks like the meteora is coming back too

I wanna see what all the colour options are, please someone? (I'll see 'em eventually I suppose)

[simonhpieman]

Hmmm... So the 50th anniversary Jaguar was £1250. The 60th is £2500. Guitar prices have doubled in 10 years.

Actually, given the current state of the market that's probably right.

[JSett]

Actually, given the current state of the market that's probably right.

Yep. When a container cost has gone from $3000 to $11'000 in two years, and timber prices have tripled, prices are going to skyrocket

[Wucan]

The Ultra Luxe isn't short scale!?!?!?!



COME ON?!?!?

yeah wtf. If I wanted a 25.5" guitar I'd buy literally everything else Fender has to offer?

[GreenKnee]

I've been looking forward to these for ages now. I don't know what I was expecting or hoping for, but it wasn't these unfortunately.
Looks like they're American Originals with block inlays and new paint. For £2500!? I paid £2750 for a refin '62 (everything else original) in March 2020. That's less than 2 years ago!
I guess my '62 is my own celebration of the Jaguar anniversary then. The better half will be pleased!



But that Meteora looks incredible!

[Downsman]

That Candy Apple Red (or Mystic Dakota Red) Jag is everything I've been wanting. Vintage spec, 7.25 radius, matching headstock, nitro. The only problem is it's double the most I've ever paid for a guitar. Though pretty much the same price as the Marrguar, so there's precedent for that price for an American Jag.

I'm not in a rush, so tempting to wait for used ones to turn up, but I see it's listed as very limited numbers, so that might not happen. Used AV65s are selling for more than new ones cost, and I'm even seeing AO ones with the asking price higher than new, so that old method of waiting 6 months after release to save 20-30% may be history.

It may be time for me to get those rationalisation wheels turning

[GreenKnee]

That Candy Apple Red (or Mystic Dakota Red) Jag is everything I've been wanting. Vintage spec, 7.25 radius, matching headstock, nitro. The only problem is it's double the most I've ever paid for a guitar. Though pretty much the same price as the Marrguar, so there's precedent for that price for an American Jag.

I'm not in a rush, so tempting to wait for used ones to turn up, but I see it's listed as very limited numbers, so that might not happen. Used AV65s are selling for more than new ones cost, and I'm even seeing AO ones with the asking price higher than new, so that old method of waiting 6 months after release to save 20-30% may be history.

It may be time for me to get those rationalisation wheels turning

250 of each colour worldwide apparently

[JSett]

250 of each colour worldwide apparently

Ergh, it's very tempting to get one just to flip in a year or two. But I don't wanna be 'that guy'

[fever606]

Explain to me how a Jaguar without a trem is a) ‘ultra’ and b) ‘luxe.’

The same way a 25.5” scale neck is a “Jaguar”…

[smjenkins]

I love the red and blue Jags but come on, there were no B+B necks in '62 and the blocks aren't even the right size (of course they aren't ) and that price is... something.

[gishuk]

That silver sparkle Squire looks sick though.