Cyclone I vs. Vista Jagmaster

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MIM Cyclone or Vista Jagmaster?

2002 Fender MIM Cyclone
16
39%
1996 MIJ Squier Vista Jagmaster
25
61%
 
Total votes: 41

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Cyclone I vs. Vista Jagmaster

Post by Pacafeliz » Thu Sep 06, 2018 6:16 am

...what would you rather be choosing? :-/

I mean, they're both cool discontinued offset models... and shortscales, too.
i love delay SO much ...that i procrastinate all the time.

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Re: Cyclone I vs. Vista Jagmaster

Post by HNB » Thu Sep 06, 2018 6:25 am

I love them both, but I do love Japanese necks. For whatever reason, I always like the shape of those. Cyclones are great too, but Japanese necks just have that "feel" I instantly enjoy.
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Re: Cyclone I vs. Vista Jagmaster

Post by MKR » Thu Sep 06, 2018 6:26 am

i would call that a pretty even tie honestly.

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Re: Cyclone I vs. Vista Jagmaster

Post by supersonicjazzmaster » Thu Sep 06, 2018 6:40 am

Definitely a Squier Jagmaster from the Vista Series!
I had both.
For my the Cyclone was a horrible boring sounding guitar... Yes, looked fantastic! But the neck felt really poor... And it sounds boring for my ears..

The Vista Series had high quality, GREAT necks and a good overall feeling! I swapped the humbuckers to Jazzmaster single coils. Great.
...but at last I never liked the Strat trem system...
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Re: Cyclone I vs. Vista Jagmaster

Post by vistavision » Thu Sep 06, 2018 5:39 pm

Having stumbled across a mint '96 Jagmaster this year had something to do with my vote. Although I did have a Cyclone HH in the mid-00's and sold it after 6 months. It just felt clunky and stiff.
I'm sure some Fender dealer in '64 looked at the new Duo-Sonic II and thought, "That's not a Duo-Sonic. That's a Mustang".

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Re: Cyclone I vs. Vista Jagmaster

Post by Embenny » Thu Sep 06, 2018 7:25 pm

A vista offset is hard to resist. Doesn't get much better bang for the buck than that, then or now.
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Re: Cyclone I vs. Vista Jagmaster

Post by s_mcsleazy » Sat Sep 08, 2018 3:24 am

i'm going to say vista jagmaster but both are good. i think i told this story before but at one point i traded a heavily modded sg special for a cij jaguar, a vista jagmaster and a vista supersonic.
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Re: Cyclone I vs. Vista Jagmaster

Post by UlricvonCatalyst » Sat Sep 08, 2018 4:31 am

Three Vista Jagmasters under my belt and presently wishing I still had one.

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Re: Cyclone I vs. Vista Jagmaster

Post by zenarcade » Sat Sep 08, 2018 5:03 am

Keep the vista series. Had a blue jagmaster that looked awesome and sold it because at that time i was so bothered about the fretboard radius and short scale.. ::)

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Re: Cyclone I vs. Vista Jagmaster

Post by leokula » Mon Sep 10, 2018 5:37 am

I don't like the pickguard shape on the jagmasters, that would keep me away from ever having one. Also I just love cyclones, I'd go with cyclone any day.
Jaguar > Jazzmaster :)

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Re: Cyclone I vs. Vista Jagmaster

Post by jagstang » Tue Sep 11, 2018 6:54 am

I would love to have a Jagmaster. But would i swap my Cyclone for one? NO :D

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Re: Cyclone I vs. Vista Jagmaster

Post by Pacafeliz » Wed Sep 12, 2018 5:35 am

Sadly, the day I posted this thread/poll, that wonderful CAR Jagmaster that had been fs for months sold, a few minutes before I wrote to him that I'd take it.

Oh well.

Did somebody here get it...? ???
i love delay SO much ...that i procrastinate all the time.

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