Remember a Purple Custom Shop Jaguar?

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Re: Remember a Purple Custom Shop Jaguar?

Post by DomH » Tue Jun 08, 2021 3:23 pm

Wow, stumbled on this and it's a blast from the past for sure. Maybe a dead thread but I'll chime in. I was features editor on Guitarist mag at the time and got this super-blag assignment when Fender opened a Custom Shop office in London. I loved the guitar but I cringe now at that yard sale of pickups! Neville Marten was correct in his earlier comment that they wanted something eye-catching rather than a super trad Tele or something. Fender suggested the Blanda Floyd/LSR nut system, which did work well. I still like the Strat/Jaguar hybrid pick guard and maybe I was the first to order a Strat selector in a Jag hexagonal switch plate? It was a great guitar but I won't argue it looked pretty awkward in a 70s Elvis kind of way.

Unfortunately, I ended up needing to sell it and it went to Lark Street Music, in Teaneck, New Jersey for a fair price. No idea where it went after that. It does live on for me as I build guitars and pedals between doing video work. I took measurements from that actual body when I worked up the designs for my own models.

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Re: Remember a Purple Custom Shop Jaguar?

Post by Loobster » Sat Jun 12, 2021 8:37 am

Wow, amazing that you found this thread, Dom! Nice one!

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Re: Remember a Purple Custom Shop Jaguar?

Post by s_mcsleazy » Sat Jun 12, 2021 1:10 pm

MatchlessMan wrote:
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i'm more looking at the price of the supersonic. nearly £1000 in modern money...... or about the same as choosy beggers on reverb try to get

honestly, i find it funny how fast the supersonic dropped in value. i got one in 2006 for £60.
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Re: Remember a Purple Custom Shop Jaguar?

Post by marqueemoon » Sat Jun 12, 2021 2:38 pm

andy_tchp wrote:
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Wow, that's hideous in so many different ways. Quite the achievement.
This. The sparkle/Floyd thing is at least flashy and eye catching.

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Re: Remember a Purple Custom Shop Jaguar?

Post by Wucan » Sat Jun 12, 2021 3:32 pm

s_mcsleazy wrote:
Sat Jun 12, 2021 1:10 pm
MatchlessMan wrote:
Thu Dec 03, 2020 7:28 am

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i'm more looking at the price of the supersonic. nearly £1000 in modern money...... or about the same as choosy beggers on reverb try to get

honestly, i find it funny how fast the supersonic dropped in value. i got one in 2006 for £60.
I saw one Vista Super Sonic at a local pawn shop... for 1500 CAD, or 1200 USD :/

Meanwhile the Paranormal one is 459 CAD brand new and it's still a pretty good guitar lol. Would've bought one if I didn't already have a bunch of short scales in my stable.

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Re: Remember a Purple Custom Shop Jaguar?

Post by s_mcsleazy » Sun Jun 13, 2021 1:52 am

Wucan wrote:
Sat Jun 12, 2021 3:32 pm
s_mcsleazy wrote:
Sat Jun 12, 2021 1:10 pm
MatchlessMan wrote:
Thu Dec 03, 2020 7:28 am

Image
i'm more looking at the price of the supersonic. nearly £1000 in modern money...... or about the same as choosy beggers on reverb try to get

honestly, i find it funny how fast the supersonic dropped in value. i got one in 2006 for £60.
I saw one Vista Super Sonic at a local pawn shop... for 1500 CAD, or 1200 USD :/

Meanwhile the Paranormal one is 459 CAD brand new and it's still a pretty good guitar lol. Would've bought one if I didn't already have a bunch of short scales in my stable.
as much as i love the vista series, i don't think they're worth half as much as people want for them
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Re: Remember a Purple Custom Shop Jaguar?

Post by Wucan » Sun Jun 13, 2021 9:36 pm

s_mcsleazy wrote:
Sun Jun 13, 2021 1:52 am

as much as i love the vista series, i don't think they're worth half as much as people want for them
There's been a huge run up on most MIJs with any imaginable sort of collectible value during the pandemic, kinda ridiculous at this point.

I had a 1996 MG-69 which was admittedly fine, but these were built with notoriously soft basswood that meant a lot of dents in the finish. And the pickups are very wimpy, not very good without running it through a pedalboard. The one I had in particular, I had it shimmed to be playable and the electronics were held together by shoestrings, plus a ton of cosmetic damage from the haphazard finishing. it just wasn't a great guitar - some character sure, but clearly not built to Japan's best standards at the time and a higher end Squier off the shelf probably plays better.

Still, in my mid-sized town I put it up for sale for $700 and it was gone within 24 hours...

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Re: Remember a Purple Custom Shop Jaguar?

Post by Wucan » Sun Jun 13, 2021 9:37 pm

s_mcsleazy wrote:
Sun Jun 13, 2021 1:52 am

as much as i love the vista series, i don't think they're worth half as much as people want for them
There's been a huge run up on most MIJs with any imaginable sort of collectible value during the pandemic, kinda ridiculous at this point.

I had a 1996 MG-69 which was admittedly fine, but these were built with notoriously soft basswood that meant a lot of dents in the finish. And the pickups are very wimpy, not very good without running it through a pedalboard. The one I had in particular, I had it shimmed to be playable and the electronics were held together by shoestrings, plus a ton of cosmetic damage from the haphazard finishing. it just wasn't a great guitar - some character sure, but clearly not built to Japan's best standards at the time and a higher end Squier off the shelf probably plays better.

Still, in my mid-sized town I put it up for sale for $700 and it was gone within 24 hours... I didn't even include a gig bag or trem bar.

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