Fender Vintera II Leaked?

[Bradley-Jazz]

I find black guitars boring
I'm agnostic to big headstocks
I don't like blocks and binding on maple

I am currently revisiting all these prejudices looking at that Jag.

The tort is rubbish though!

[Pacafeliz]

With aged pickup covers and a good tort that would be one of the best looking guitars available today.

I agree with everything yes

[Pacafeliz]

Ok got 5mins before i leave to rehearsal.

Overall, fantastic build quality, everything absolutely flawless. Apparently the frets (and binding) have all been overstrpayed with the tint/gloss... like a Rickenbacker. Oh well. No sharp or scratchy feeling though.
Neck is full, but not thick. Comfortable even for my small hands.
Tuners feel wonderful, smooth and Pro.

Sound is BEAU TI FUL, nice and sharp, with a great clank, if you know what i mean. Pickups look "bulged" on top, so something big/new must be under the covers. No squealy microphonics!
Hardware, especially the vibrato looks and feels solid like on AVRIs! Push in bar. Bridge is vintage accurate and needs to go (Staytrem or Mustang at least).

All in all great but bad bad set up with very high string height. Bummer to play it like that.
And the tort is ultra shit ugly.
Nice lava or creme, yes, and aged covers. Or even all black.

I seriously give it 8/10 as is.
But not for almost €1300

Make it 1000-1100, max.

Will wait for prices to drop or used one.

[Mondaysoutar]

One thing that annoys me is the fake black binding...its painted on.

Really!? Hard to tell from photos but I'd be very surprised if it was just painted on.

The specs state bound so unlikely for it to be painted on.
"7.25" Radius Bound Maple Fingerboard with Black Blocks and Vintage Tall Frets"

My pal has one of those Squier Precision basses with the maple board, black binding and blocks. The binding isn’t painted on, so I’d think these new Jags would be the same man.

[Surfysonic]

I hadn't been checking out the full line, thinking, I'll likely get a Jazzmaster body and Mustang body only from Stratosphere down the road...then I see this...

https://www.fender.com/en-US/electric-g ... 62306.html

Love everything about the black '60s Tele Thinline with aged white pearloid pickguard.

I'll wait for one to pop up used or on sale down the road. Finally, a guitar to make use of my Fender CS Nocaster pickups...unless the stock pickup sound great.

[GilmourD]

Why the hell would they paint it on?
The maple neck'd TVL JM wasn't painted on and it's the same process...

I haven't a clue, Im not a guitar builderr?

But ok.. you know it was Andertons that told me it was painted on, when i was trying a TVL JM.. I tried a lot of guitars that day. I said the binding looks odd on the TVL, and complained that the frets hung over the binding to the edge of the neck to the point the edges caught my hand...which isn't vintage correct...he said oh its just painted on, on these........ or was it the limited Squier VI with black binding I tried? I will have to check again when I go in there.

That's a super weird thing for them to say. Even the cheap MIC eBay neck I got for $50 has real binding.

Fret nibs are a Gibson thing. Fender binds the neck then installs the frets over the binding.

[offkeyericdee]

Regarding the '70s Jaguar and mods, do you think it'd be possible to add the Jaguar mute system? That would be super cool.

[ldp54002]

Regarding the '70s Jaguar and mods, do you think it'd be possible to add the Jaguar mute system? That would be super cool.

You can add a Fender Mute to pretty much any vintage-style Jag. You just need to drill the two screw holes and spring/plunger hole (and either modify the existing pickguard or source a new one with the appropriate cutouts).

[GreenKnee]

Thanks for the quick run down. Fortunately I'm not in a position to rush out and buy one currently as I'm making a trip to see Johnny on Sunday
Will definitely pick one up at some point, probably used.

[eggwheat]

Why the hell would they paint it on?
The maple neck'd TVL JM wasn't painted on and it's the same process...

I haven't a clue, Im not a guitar builderr?

But ok.. you know it was Andertons that told me it was painted on, when i was trying a TVL JM.. I tried a lot of guitars that day. I said the binding looks odd on the TVL, and complained that the frets hung over the binding to the edge of the neck to the point the edges caught my hand...which isn't vintage correct...he said oh its just painted on, on these........ or was it the limited Squier VI with black binding I tried? I will have to check again when I go in there.

That's a super weird thing for them to say. Even the cheap MIC eBay neck I got for $50 has real binding.

Fret nibs are a Gibson thing. Fender binds the neck then installs the frets over the binding.

Yeh, its very possible I misheard...I was just reading they spray lacquer over the frets? Maybe that what he said to me. My vintage late 60's Fenders dont have the frets over the binding? The frets end before the binding and look like they go under it cos there a little lump in the binding. I definitely dont like the way the frets look on this Vintera II jaguar...looks like the TVL.

[Pacafeliz]

Yeah that's why the frets look almost like brass, since they (and the binding) were oversprayed with amber tint lacquer. Oh well.

I was dying for a tux look Jag but somehow it doesn't do anything to me in person, so I'd now rather get a creme one instead.
But again, used or discounted, not at full price.

The sound and feel were tops, again, i have to mention.

But i suspect that Jag i tried needed a truss rod adjustment from the beginning... otherwise flawless.

[X-Ray Spex]

Pat's next project...

I forgot about this absolute beast, one of the first offsets I fell in love with on here in like 2014 or so

Do you still have it?

...sadly, this one isn't and/or hasn't ever been mine.
Only found the pic online.

But i can see myself doing those mods
All except MAYBE sans the Buzzstop

Could have sworn it was one of yours, but yeah it definitely screams Pat

[Ret Samzzaj]

Yeah that's why the frets look almost like brass, since they (and the binding) were oversprayed with amber tint lacquer. Oh well.

I was dying for a tux look Jag but somehow it doesn't do anything to me in person, so I'd now rather get a creme one instead.
But again, used or discounted, not at full price.

The sound and feel were tops, again, i have to mention.

But i suspect that Jag i tried needed a truss rod adjustment from the beginning... otherwise flawless.

Thank you for the little test report + pics, much appreciated. I am also going to pass this series.... for now that is.

[marginwalker]

https://youtu.be/xLfSS6sRbcA?si=2A185XzDd3lnfYV7

Nice demo of the Jag. The pickups sound amazing in these! Definitely gonna get one but I can’t decide between the black or vintage white

[GreenKnee]

https://youtu.be/xLfSS6sRbcA?si=2A185XzDd3lnfYV7

Nice demo of the Jag. The pickups sound amazing in these! Definitely gonna get one but I can’t decide between the black or vintage white

Yeah it sounds really good. He's getting quite a lot of spank with a very light touch, those strings must be quite a light gauge.