The Japanese Limited Edition Blonde Jazzmaster & Jaguar Thre

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Re: The Japanese Limited Edition Blonde Jazzmaster & Jaguar

Post by frelonvert » Wed Oct 07, 2015 12:42 pm

From a Japanese auction... would love to make it back to life!
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Re: The Japanese Limited Edition Blonde Jazzmaster & Jaguar

Post by emsanti » Thu Oct 22, 2015 4:23 pm

Wow looks like one heck of a project.

How does it play / sound? Still have stock pickups or did they replace them with something else?

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Re: The Japanese Limited Edition Blonde Jazzmaster & Jaguar

Post by spearleaf » Mon Oct 26, 2015 7:38 am

frelonvert wrote:From a Japanese auction... would love to make it back to life!
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That poor, poor jaguar. :fp:

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Post by frelonvert » Mon Oct 26, 2015 8:59 am

emsanti wrote:Wow looks like one heck of a project.

How does it play / sound? Still have stock pickups or did they replace them with something else?
I didn't bought it... too much gear right now^^
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Re: The Japanese Limited Edition Blonde Jazzmaster & Jaguar

Post by spjtwo » Sun Mar 13, 2016 11:21 am

Here is a photo of my complete three-piece set. I'm a collector, not much of a player. I purchased these several years ago to display and bought the best examples I could find at the time. The Jag and Deluxe Reverb amp are pristine. The Jazzmaster has some slight tarnishing of the gold and a small scratch in the finish near the bridge. I also have the Fender case for the Jazzmaster and a repro case for the Jag as well as a padded cover for the amp. If anyone is interested, I'm thinking of selling the set on eBay soon.

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Re: The Japanese Limited Edition Blonde Jazzmaster & Jaguar Thre

Post by YellowBeetleVenice » Sat Jul 28, 2018 6:48 am

Here's my LE Blonde Jaguar. I LOVE it. #278 out of 330 made
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Re: The Japanese Limited Edition Blonde Jazzmaster & Jaguar Thre

Post by HNB » Sat Jul 28, 2018 8:04 am

Here is mine. I didn't take the neck off so I don't know the number. I swapped for a gold Mustang bridge and put gold dual design straplocks on it. :) (I kept the original stuff just 'cause.)

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Re: The Japanese Limited Edition Blonde Jazzmaster & Jaguar Thre

Post by Jack_Burton » Mon Jul 30, 2018 6:06 am

I've had mine for 20 years, seldom played. Recently upgraded all of the wiring, pickups are AV65, and a Fender Japan gold guard. It's a lot more fun now.

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Re: The Japanese Limited Edition Blonde Jazzmaster & Jaguar Thre

Post by daemon » Mon Jul 30, 2018 6:49 am

Jack_Burton wrote:
Mon Jul 30, 2018 6:06 am
I've had mine for 20 years, seldom played. Recently upgraded all of the wiring, pickups are AV65, and a Fender Japan gold guard. It's a lot more fun now.

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Wow, I'd always wondered what that would look like with a gold guard. Answer: awesome. Thanks for the pics!
P.S. I fixed your links for you. An img has to actually be an image file (.jpg, .png, etc.), not a link to the page the image is being displayed on.

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Re: The Japanese Limited Edition Blonde Jazzmaster & Jaguar Thre

Post by Marc » Tue Jul 31, 2018 6:51 am

daemon wrote:
Mon Jul 30, 2018 6:49 am
Jack_Burton wrote:
Mon Jul 30, 2018 6:06 am
I've had mine for 20 years, seldom played. Recently upgraded all of the wiring, pickups are AV65, and a Fender Japan gold guard. It's a lot more fun now.

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Wow, I'd always wondered what that would look like with a gold guard. Answer: awesome. Thanks for the pics!
P.S. I fixed your links for you. An img has to actually be an image file (.jpg, .png, etc.), not a link to the page the image is being displayed on.
That looks excellent with the gold guard. I wish they had been available back in the day when I owned mine.

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Re: The Japanese Limited Edition Blonde Jazzmaster & Jaguar Thre

Post by MattK » Thu Aug 09, 2018 4:35 am

Sounds to me like you should be looking for the Fender Japan "Ventures" models ...
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Re: The Japanese Limited Edition Blonde Jazzmaster & Jaguar Thre

Post by HNB » Thu Aug 09, 2018 7:12 pm

Ah the Guitar Center exclusive version. :)
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Re: The Japanese Limited Edition Blonde Jazzmaster & Jaguar Thre

Post by Caasi_Tnarg » Tue Jan 22, 2019 9:14 am

I got my Jazzmaster last April for just over 500 quid which I thought was an absolute steal. Image Image. I replaced the original bridge and trem arm/collet for staytrem alternatives which has resulted in mixed hardware colour. I think it works but I know a lot of people are a bit iffy about that kind of thing. I don't know if anyone else has noticed but the guitar can look quite yellow in certain lights. Next thing I want to get for it is a gold pickguard, anyone out there came across them for japanese jazzmasters?

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Re: The Japanese Limited Edition Blonde Jazzmaster & Jaguar Thre

Post by Caasi_Tnarg » Wed Jan 30, 2019 3:18 pm

Image Image that should do it!

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Re: The Japanese Limited Edition Blonde Jazzmaster & Jaguar Thre

Post by Tidepoolbay » Wed Oct 30, 2019 9:03 am

I currently own four. I think they are great and two of them have great Rosewood fret boards.
Woof!

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