Any Fender fans here?

[V-Type]

I was just looking at the pic's I took last year of my mid 70's pawnshop $200 special.
She's a documented 1965 Fender Jaguar with a couple of 66 electronics. Quite relic'd but Completely original and unbroken/damaged. The case is apparently year correct as well All according too Elderly Instruments.
She remains in the "bomb shelter"/ Closet but plays/feels fantastic every time I touch her.
She not as desireable too some as dot neck versions but I find the neck binding and Block inlays an absolute joy too look at.
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[indytruckboy]

that thing is flippin sweet! :w:


Yea, I love my Fenders. They don't do the metal thing for me, but I certainly use them a lot at home.

[V-Type]

that thing is flippin sweet! :w:


Yea, I love my Fenders. They don't do the metal thing for me, but I certainly use them a lot at home.

Thanks. She is a rare bird indeed.
Oddly enough all the Relicing was done prior to me owning her in the mid 70's. I put one scratch and some mild buckle rash over the existing "work".
The cracking of the neck finish and tint is pleasing to the Eye. :love: :love: :love:
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[Monster]

i like fender guitars they sound nice and play nice.. but have never wanted to own one... but they own jackson guitars now and i love jackson's... so i guess in away you could say i have...

[floydmoline]

i like fenders, that guitar has to be one of my favorites, and i prefer the block inlays on the 70s jag and jazz' the only thing i never cared for on the jaguars were the bridges..... i like the gibson stlye rythem / lead circuits, this has always been my dilema when playing guitar, i like the fender sound (early rock and roll, surf, 80's alternative rock) but i couldn't fing my self commiting to it, and the noise that a single coil produces throws me away from them, but i really wish there was a guitar could do both, i think a mahogany jaguar, with a bucker in the bridge would be my ultimate guitar, but that isn't likely going to happen lol. the shorter scale of a jag is also a plus, and if the mute ever actually worked right heh

[senor_penguin]

$200 :bowz: :bowz: :bowz:

[yacokodiak9@yahoo.com]

wow that is awesome, i want!

[torgeot]

i like fenders, that guitar has to be one of my favorites, and i prefer the block inlays on the 70s jag and jazz' the only thing i never cared for on the jaguars were the bridges..... i like the gibson stlye rythem / lead circuits, this has always been my dilema when playing guitar, i like the fender sound (early rock and roll, surf, 80's alternative rock) but i couldn't fing my self commiting to it, and the noise that a single coil produces throws me away from them, but i really wish there was a guitar could do both, i think a mahogany jaguar, with a bucker in the bridge would be my ultimate guitar, but that isn't likely going to happen lol. the shorter scale of a jag is also a plus, and if the mute ever actually worked right heh


Try a Gibson Nighthawk. I just got one, Fender scale 3 Pups closest I've seen to mix of Fender and Gibson.

[V-Type]

i like fenders, that guitar has to be one of my favorites, and i prefer the block inlays on the 70s jag and jazz' the only thing i never cared for on the jaguars were the bridges..... i like the gibson stlye rythem / lead circuits, this has always been my dilema when playing guitar, i like the fender sound (early rock and roll, surf, 80's alternative rock) but i couldn't fing my self commiting to it, and the noise that a single coil produces throws me away from them, but i really wish there was a guitar could do both, i think a mahogany jaguar, with a bucker in the bridge would be my ultimate guitar, but that isn't likely going to happen lol. the shorter scale of a jag is also a plus, and if the mute ever actually worked right heh


Try a Gibson Nighthawk. I just got one, Fender scale 3 Pups closest I've seen to mix of Fender and Gibson.

Those are killer guitars and quite rare. Funny I was looking through a 1982 Guitar Player Magazine last night and they have a full page add for one. When I can get to a scanner Ill post it up.
I had Two Marauders back int he day. They felt like a Tele neck and had some crazy see thru Special design pickups.

[floydmoline]

yeah those nighthawks are crazy rare, they were common for quite a while in the 90s lol but all of a sudden poof they are all gone, so i imagine they have a crazy price tag too

[Brian Krashpad]

I have several Fenders, a MIJ Squier, and a couple Fender copies.

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[floydmoline]

oooohhh i like the jazz bass and the copy above it, not sure what it is a copy of though lol looks like a duo-sonic/jagstang/mustang/strat....... i dig the craziness though

[Brian Krashpad]

oooohhh i like the jazz bass and the copy above it, not sure what it is a copy of though lol looks like a duo-sonic/jagstang/mustang/strat....... i dig the craziness though


Thanks! You called it-- it's a 1960 Fender Duo-Sonic.

No decal due to prior refinishes. Current refinish is bare wood with lemon oil, done by my dad about 30 years ago. I bought it in 1977 for $65+tax.

[senor_penguin]

I want a tele....

[floydmoline]

i want to find a nice fender jazzmaster or jag, or duo-sonic or mustang for cheap /cry

[Brian Krashpad]

I want a tele....


Teles rock!

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If budget is a prob, you could check out a Squier Tele, or an SX knockoff from rondomusic.com, or a used 90's Peavey USA Reactor (another Tele knockoff, can be found for around $100 USD or sometimes less on ebay and similar places).

[floydmoline]

telecasters....... mmmmm, funny i think the only fenders i don't particulalrly care for are strats LOL

[Brian Krashpad]

telecasters....... mmmmm, funny i think the only fenders i don't particulalrly care for are strats LOL


I had a brief Strat period in the early 90's but ever since I really haven't been a Strat guy. I much prefer Teles, Les Pauls, or more obscure single coils (P-90's. Ric High-Gains, DeArmond 2K's, etc.). I always try to keep one Strat-type guitar in the batch for variety's sake (for awhile it was a MIM Fender, currently a Peavey USA Predator) but it's rare I gig with them.

[Monster]

its nice to have at least one start guitar as they are good all around guitars.. but great for blues.....

[floydmoline]

i like les pauls first and foremost, then followed by SGs, then telecasters, i prefer buckers, but i do like the variety a telecaster lends, and i like the sound of gibson single coils.... not sure what makes them different than fenders, but they seem warmer to me, not too many strat sounds i care for, i guess buddy holly had a decent strat tone, but hendrix's tone never got me off, i love his music, but his tone could have been alot better had he stuck with the gibby flying V :-D

[Monster]

nice guitars there Brian Krashpad :2thumbups:

[Brian Krashpad]

nice guitars there Brian Krashpad :2thumbups:


Thanks, they kind of added up over the years. Old age has some advantages. ;)



i like les pauls first and foremost, then followed by SGs, then telecasters, i prefer buckers, but i do like the variety a telecaster lends, and i like the sound of gibson single coils.... not sure what makes them different than fenders, but they seem warmer to me...



For the most part, with some rare exceptins (like most Melody Makers), Gibson single coils are P-90's, which are a totally different design than Fender singles. The P-90 has a way bigger magnet and bigger magnetic field, which produces a signal with more midrange, and which distorts easier than a Fender single. P-90's are sorta midway between a Fender single and a humbucker. I love 'em!

[floydmoline]

me too :-D just wish i could afford a LP with p-90s, or a LP Jr, or an SG heh

[Brian Krashpad]

me too :-D just wish i could afford a LP with p-90s, or a LP Jr, or an SG heh


Well, even though you may not be able to afford a Gibby w/P-90's, there are lots of budget alternatives.

I have 2 such guitars, an Agile Valkyrie and a Schecter Tempest Special:

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As you can see the Agile is in SG territory, and the Schecter is a modification of an LP Special Doublecut, but applied to the Tempest body shape. The Agile was $99 on closeout (they're still only around $250 new though), the Schecter was $250 used w/ohsc. There are lots of other options as well, Epi has made both bolt-on and setneck Juniors over the past few years, and the bolt-neck one was generally available new for a Benjamin. For a bit over 2 bills you can get a Squier Telecaster Custom II, which would kill both Tele GAS and P-90 GAS! I haven't played one myself but a buddy of mine liked them so much he got one in each color (black and butterscotch).

[floydmoline]

well i think that epiphones are a decent deal for the most part, the SX/agile guitars i don't fully trust, people tell me they sound as good or better than epiphones, my problem is epiphones sound EXACTLY how i want them...... i'm not sure a guitar that sounds "better" actually would sound better if that makes sense heh, for the cost of a schecter you might as well save another 50 bucks and get an epiphone, i have played schecters and they are most deffinatly not my thing, the tele's i may actually have interest in, i have had squires, and theya re decent guitars, may not be a peice of art but they play well and sound good.

[Brian Krashpad]

well i think that epiphones are a decent deal for the most part,

Agreed, especially on the used market.

the SX/agile guitars i don't fully trust, people tell me they sound as good or better than epiphones, my problem is epiphones sound EXACTLY how i want them...... i'm not sure a guitar that sounds "better" actually would sound better if that makes sense

While your concern is understandable, it's not really necessary, unless you were buying used with no opportunity to play first. The Rondo Music return policy is excellent and the Rondo head guy, Kurt, is fair and honest. So if you were to get a dog they would take it back. Agiles in particular will get you the same quality as Epi, but for less money. The Agile SG I have is certainly as good as the Epi SG I used to have, and I prefer it tonally as the Epi's humbuckers were somewhat muddy.

On buying the Agile SG, I sold the Epi SG.


heh, for the cost of a schecter you might as well save another 50 bucks and get an epiphone, i have played schecters and they are most deffinatly not my thing

Not sure about that first sentence, seems to me that Schecters and Epi's are pretty close in both price and quality level. As to not being your thing, that's of course subjective opinion which you're welcome to. But Schecter's import line is definitely composed of 2 rather different groups of guitars. I don't have much use for their "modern" type guitars which appear oriented towards the nu metal/downtuned/hardcore guys that many Ibanez solidbodies are geared for. But Schecter also makes a smaller number of "retro"-inspired models which I find interesting. They have a new model that's clearly inspired by Rickenbacker, for example.

[floydmoline]

yeah the schecter modern guitars i don't care for the shapes, it's a personal thing, haven't seen the "retro" ones, but i don't much keep my eye on them, i played with charlie's tempest, i was not impressed with it, it didn't play exceptionally well, it didn't look all that snazzy, and it didn't sound like i would have liked tone wise, quality wise i suppose it was ok, but that's just my opinion :-D, to me it sounded like a fender with buckers lol....... mid light and very bright, i prefer the epi's tones, "muddy" lol mid heavy and a little bit dull. the "woman" tone is my favorite it is what i measure all else too lol ya know, the half-cocked wha / bridge pick-up with the tone on "0" sound..... that's my test tone, if a guitar can't do that i typically don't care for it (think dire straights - money for nothing, or virtually any ZZ-Top tune)