I have no idea why fender is doing the bare minimum with the Jaguar, makes no sense. I would like to see a SHerwood green , rosewood fretboard Jaguar widely available for sure

Finally. Someone called this out.

I live in Japan. The FSRs are often limited to as low as 10. I think many of the people who buy them are living overseas.

Fender should hire you to design these year over year changes...

The boy's pissed. And who could blame him.

Even after 60 years it’s not getting enough love

If Fender isn't going to do anything cool for the Jags here, then they might as well make the MIJ ones available here for the US domestic market. But we both know that's not going to happen, justice for the Jag, Fender, come on!!

*The Johnny Marr signature* is the only Jaguar that really matters.

I think the reason why the Jaguar is not manufactured in the USA is because it does not sell well, this is what some distributors have told me in the country where I live, which is why most of them only bring Stratocasters or Telecasters to the country. The Jaguar is usually a person's third or fourth guitar, I think you buy a Stratocaster, Telecaster and Les Paul first. Also the lack of famous/popular guitarists who use the Jaguar as their main guitar on stage would be another reason. Cheers Jim!

The fact that "get a mod shop" guitar is floated as a way to get a Jaguar in its classic form is very sad. Fender loves to flaunt its legacy, and them not offering the most attractive form of a pre-CBS jaguar in either Vintera or American Vintage II boggles the mind, especially in the latter case. Let's say that okay, they don't want to offer options for MIM guitars because they want to push buyers towards MIA, then at least make the Vintage II line truly representative of the best of classic Fender.

Hit the nail on the head. Fender has their head where the sun don't shine on this one.

Great video man. I’m so glad you started this conversation. I, and evidently so many others, have been thinking the exact same thing. Hoping a Jaguar joins the American Vintage II series soon 🤞🤞

Custom colour Jag has to be black with matching head stock, dots and binding would be so sick too!.

What a beautiful Jaguar that is, I must say I'm jealous of that matching headstock and the color is superb. As you know Jags got discontinued and used to be on the resale market for cheap. A lot of players like Cobain would modify them significantly which brought back the popularity but also confused Fender it seems. They're on a mission to fix something that wasn't broken by "modernizing" whatever they can. Although I did like the original Player Series I just don't understand anything about this new offering other than the rosewood. The pickups aren't even Jaguar pickups. Your observations about the used market now on these things speaks volumes.

Fantastic video as ever, and a great tangent. Here’s hoping fender do put these in the next vintage line at the very least (probably won’t be long until vintage 3 line I imagine so fingers crossed they are finally added) And I feel your pain- Gibson often post ‘which is your fav from the original collection lineup’ with no Firebird even pictured (guessing as they stopped making them but it was still part of the collection and original release) - is funny how some guitars get very little love (and annoying they’re often my favourites 😂)

You cant expect Fender to come to the party just to make you happy! Simply save more to purchase a pre CBS Jaguar. Living in Sydney, Australia i paid $10,000 for my 1964 jaguar with case. Its the only way you'll ever own the real deal!

I think a 3-tone burst Jag is THE Jag, but I know some people like the custom colors and the matching headstock so Lake Placid Blue is cool too. There are some recent artists using Jags, Kurt Vile (tuned up to F standard), and Courtney Barnett (though she plays a lefty Cobain model). One of the guitar playing twins in The National had an LPB Jag with matching headstock as well.

That light blue jag could be the nicest guitar I’ve ever seen

I was watching this waiting for the Fender Japan moment. I love my 90’s CIJ jag.

I agree with you so much on this. It's so infuriating that Fender has decided to treat the Jaguar this way. I own a '66 Jag and have been looking to get a comparable re-issue as my second guitar, and while there are countless reissues of Teles, Strats, and even Jazzmasters, with true vintage specs, there's nothing I've seen for the Jag.

I was waiting to hear your take on the PSII Jaguar. I'm super disappointed that they didn't include the rhythm circuit and at this point I'm probably going to have to buy a Squier CV Jag and put the new PSII rosewood neck on it once they're available. Edit: I'd want either a Sherwood Green, Shell Pink, or Lake Placid Blue Jaguar. I adore the KZfaqr Nisebelle's blue Jaguar. You should check her out if you never have!

I share your concerns. I ended up scoring an FSR in Sherwood Green (rosewood, bound neck, 7.25 neck radius, etc.) in late 2023 from Kinko Music and absolutely love it; in total it cost me $1207 USD. Your videos introduced me to this series and led me down the path to figuring out how to order one of these successfully. Thank you.

I've never understood this. All I want is a regular Jaguar in player or player II form Edit to say with vintage correct custom colors and control layouts

You *certainly* aren't the only one feeling this way about Jags bro! That blue japanese model you have is absolutely beautiful 😍😍 I, on the other hand, am one of the people who absolutely adores the maple board on the vintera II... that's on my wish list. You're right about the colour choices though, i don't mind white... real white... that vintage egg shell almost off white sickly cream colour is not at all my colour. One of the first guitars i ever bought was a Squier Vintage Modified Jag, White, (real white) with a tortoise shell guard. Soooooooo nice. But I sold her to a friend... I wish i had kept it. 😒

I'm with you. I'm currently in the process of building my dream jag, which I need to do through parts. It's going to be a 70s-ish spec build, with some fun outside the box and/or blasphemous things. I love the look of the rosewood, but I've always felt a better connection with maple fretboards and I love the feel of raw wood, so I'm doing my first roasted maple neck guitar. I have a cheap one now I'm working with, but planning to eventually get a Warmoth roasted maple neck with black blocks and binding, vintage small frets, and probably a 9.5 radius to better jive with the rest of my parts. I think the darker color of the roasted maple will help it sit a bit more close to rosewood visually compared to normal maple. I plan to paint the headstock, so sanding and painting it won't be painful like doing the same to an old neck or USA neck. I have an AVRI trem and an american pro bridge (seems to be the staytrem copy), a vintera 60s body in factory sunburst, and it'll have vintage spec wiring. I'll be painting a thin nitro sherwood green with a tinted amber clear over the current sunburst, which will hopefully wear really nicely over time. Tort pickguard, which I had never been too sold on before, but I think looks ultra good with the sherwood green. I'm also considering checking the finish, since realistically I don't think that will actually happen naturally. Jaguars have always been one of my favorite guitars and I'm SUPER excited for this project. I just got enough parts to have something playable and it's been so fun. I feel like jags are becoming more and more popular these days and that Fender would start selling a ton more if they'd just start painting those damn headstocks!

Dude even the Kurt Jaguar is entirely wrong. The fingerboard radius is 9.5 when the actual one was 7.25. Even though it likely was a custom/heavily modified neck, there’s no evidence that points to it being a 9.5 radius. Fender also did the same thing to J. Mascis signature guitars even though his was 7.25. The pickup placement is wrong. The original has the pickups very close up to the neck and the bridge, and it’s missing the extra strap button on the other horn. The tune-o-matic is wrong. It’s supposed to be black chrome with brass saddles. The bridge pickup should also be a JB. Yeah it had a super distortion when he originally got it, but he obviously changed it out for a JB for a reason. Even the fucking sunburst color and pick guard color are wrong! They couldn’t be bothered to put any work into the thing because they were too busy jerking each other off over how much money this shitty approximation of Kurt’s Jaguar would make them. There’s the same kind of problems with attention to detail on Fender’s Jag-Stang and Signature Mustangs as well. The mustangs never had the “Mustang” on the headstock, just Fender logos. The switches weren’t shortened, but filed all the way down. The pick guard colors and patterns on the sonic blue models are wrong, and the holes for the phase switches on the pick guard of his fiesta red mustang were rounded as it was a custom made piece. There was obviously no lake placid blue mustang with that set up (single coil-JB) and even as an “inspired-by” guitar the color is wrong and the headstock should match. Shit, the Jag-Stang’s don’t even come with the Texas Special and Seymour Duncan JB, just shitty fender pickups. The body shape is off, the pick guards are wrong, and so is the bridge. This is the kind of shit we should come to expect from Fender because this is what we’ve collectively allowed Fender to get away with. But hey who cares, we just want that sweet sweet Nirvana money! Fuck the fans. Fuck putting in the work to make accurate representations of iconic Fender guitars for a signature model. And most of all, fuck making these guitars for a reasonable price, we need to bleed our customers dry and then make it limited run so the resale market is even more outrageously expensive.

The Japanese line of traditional ii is kind of what you want but you have to arrange to import one. They look like amazing guitars

I have an MIJ Jaguar (97-99) Love it. It’s my main guitar. Bought on reverb for 1200 two years ago. Got delivered to me in like four days. No big deal. There’s usually 20 good ones to choose from on any given day for 1200-1500. I agree it would be awesome to Fender Japan stuff in our shops here in the US - or even better - for Fender US to make better stuff (as you stress here) but Reverb has made getting stuff from far away super easy.

Maybe the Jag just doesnt sell as much as other offsets, so there less need for fender to do it 'right'? I can understand why the player 2 series isn't vintage correct though. It's entry level stuff. However the vintera 2 Jag offerings are indeed very limited. Good shout!

it doesnt even have to be about being vintage correct. the rhythm circuit is a core part of what the JM and Jag offer

I got one of the Fender Classic 60s Lacquer Jaguars with the rosewood fingerboard on fb marketplace. It was a really good reissue with the only difference to my eyes being the non-locking tremolo system, which is easily replaced. Fender needs to bring that line back. No other affordable Jaguar is nearly as "correct" as that one to my knowledge.

At its core, the player series was never about things being vintage correct. The Vintera line should have a Jag with a rosewood board, but the Player tele has the six saddle ridge, the strat has the modern three screw humbucker, these aren't trying to be vintage correct Also that's not what Down Bad means

American Original 60s and AVRI 62s are tough to find in more desirable colors. You're going to pay $2K+ for those models because they are vintage spec and have nitro finish, but realistically Fender is not going to charge any less than that for a vintage spec production model so I don't think there's any reason to wait on it. Best thing I did on mine is add a Halon bridge with brass saddles. Magic. Highly recommended.

I think the player II makes sense, they talked about how neither the jazzmaster or the Jaguar have one so it’s simpler for players, hence the name of the guitar. Also not even to forget how much fender messed up the Kurt cobain signature, it’s incredibly inaccurate to his actual guitar.

You nailed it with the Blue Jaguar at the end of the video.

Chrome plates are quite expensive, but my best guess is that they go for the bare minimum, and also they want to milk out as much as they can, I mean profit wise.

I have the Fender Japan Late 60s Traditional II like you used to have and there is no way I am selling it for the very reasons you mention about why won't Fender make a proper Jaguar. The Trad II has a 9.5 inch radius neck I believe and a real one would be 7.25 but that is okay, I accept it because the rest of the guitar is pretty accurate.

The Vintera 2 is based on a maple cap and those pups are by far my favorite of any jaguar

I have a 64 all original Jaguar, recently got a CME Blue sparkle Squire jaguar, it’s awesome, has a mustang bridge but it actually works great.

I really like the neck on the vintera II Jaguar

Great video! FMIC took over Fender Japan LTD in 2015. It's now officially called Fender Music Corporation (Japan), but some Japanese Fenders are still exclusive to Japan, so maybe not much change in availability

Most of my guitars are vintage Fender style guitars and the reality is most people do not want a vintage spec jaguar. Most people do not want the 3 switches. The 3 switches system doesn't work for 90% of players and is not ideal live. Prices on japanese ones on reverb are bizarre scalper prices. Go import one through an online dealer.

The Vintera color criticism is kinda nitpicky. It has everything else and, frankly, I've been waiting *years* for a Jag with vintage load out and block inlays

I think the issue is Fender isnt looking to win over the offset fans with these guitars. They are looking to get people who play strats, telecasters, and les pauls with something different but not too different. Fender seems to hate their original offset designs and the ayers who love them. The guitars didnt sell well in the 50s and 60s and thus are viewed as failures and Fender doesnt want to take a risk on them. Similar to Gibson refusing to reissue Norlin era guitars and specs.

Totally agree! It is so frustrating to be a Jaguar fan these days. First of all... don't put Jaguar on the headstock unless it has all the chrome plates! It is the one of the main things that sets it apart from other Fender offerings. I have been waiting for over a decade for Fender to put out a Sherwood green Jag (hopefully with matching headstock). I would even be happy if it was a Squier Classic Vibe Jag, which I am shocked they haven't refreshed the colors on in years.

Great video, agree with everything you said. I recently got a Classic Vibe 70’s Jaguar and I love it, though I don’t know what to compare it to cause I’ve never even held a Fender. I wish the Player 2 Jaguar had the chrome and vintage controls. I would buy one of those in that Hialeah Yellow for sure. I love your passion for these guitars it’s contagious, keep up the great work.

My thoughts exactly. That is the reason I went with a 1999 CIJ in lake placid blue with Matching Headstock as my first jag. Fantastic instrument and very beautiful. That being said, I ended up getting a great deal on a new Johnny Marr, and it's also amazing. They are both Jags, yet are quite different in the way they feel and sound. Love them both!

The collector/music fan/music maker in me wants the vintage specs but the professional musician in me brings less finicky things to work. The short scale, rocking bridge, lack of 3 way switch, etc etc are huge deal breakers for my job. The matching headstocks are not a deal breaker though. They please the entirety of my being.

We're doing alot better than when I started playing. They didn't even make jaguars or mustangs in a standard format at all in the US. Fender Mexico is diversifying the jag just like it does every year. The vintera 1s are still readily available with more classic aesethic if you like and even a dual humbucker you can split. Theyre just going for a slimmed down simplified but practical approach this year. The modified versions are filling in a good mid price niche, and the more classic looking style ones are very available in squier at low price and the fender at mid to high price.

I have a made in Japan E series 84-87’ jaguar that is absolutely the best jaguar I’ve ever owned, and I’ve owned quite a few

I think this every day.

Minor FYI, but pulling the sticker of the signature off of the Marr Jaguar takes three seconds and is super easy. No sanding required.

I feel your frustration brother!. Fender are all over the shop with regards to historic accuracy, even the custom shop get features completely wrong?. Fender Japan have always done it right!.

Mustang players waiting for a Player Series with a trem: 🐎

My assumption is because the Jag-Stang exists and is a major upgrade

the Vintera II and Johnny Marr Jaguar are so sweet. I own and absolutely love them both.

It’s like the AM Fender Performer Mustang. There are no in/out phase slide switches; a defining feature. Why?

Threw up in my mouth when I saw the first ad for the new Jag. WHAT DID THEY DO TO MY BOI.

the reason they all dont look like a true jaguar is because they want you to pay the premium to have the Fender logo+ classic look, you come to a certain age and you want your guitar to look and feel the part and they just arent gonna give you that for 800 euros. Kids are just gonna get a Squier or perhaps some used mex. I'd say buy a used vintera online for the price of a new player II. Mod later if you feel like it or sell for the same price.

I actually dig it, however, the new Squier Affinity Jaguar coming out is essentially the same thing as this new player series. I do wish they would bring back the contemporary jaguar with a TOM style bridge. That bridge with Jaguar pickups would be my cup of tea. I wish fender would bring back the toronado too.

I remember there was a “lacquer” series with MIM guitars with nitro finishes. It was such a beast for the money. I’ve seen a very good deal on this one around 8 years ago and still regret not picking this one up. And they even had a road worn jags back in the day. MIM in late 00s and early 10s were really nice instruments. Baja tele is legendary at some point

This is especially baffling when you consider how many indie heads are picking up guitar. Crazy that they don’t offer the seminal indie offset edit: adding that Japanese websites are a way to get a cool jag, just keep in mind that taxes and duties can be high, but still manageable from what I’ve heard

They treat the Jag’s like the lefty’s. Which being left handed myself, means I’m equally screwed since the only option they have for lefty’s in Jags are the Mod Shop or Custom Shop. The MIJ FSR’s are like finding a needle in a haystack.

saw the thumbnail and thought it was an ad just based off design and skipped over it, wasn’t til i read title and wanted to watch!! make ur thumbnails more personable and ditch the watermark on the thumbnail looks very very commercial and easy to skip over.. great video tho! very educational!!

You skipped the vintera1 jag. It came with a pau ferro fingerboard, but aside from that and a poly finish, its supposed to be similar to a 62'.

Great video calling out the lack of Jaguars...I did a similar video a year ago or so. I think I have a more optimistic opinion on the current models though. Yes, the Player II Jaguar has no rhythm circuit (or routing) and is lacking 2/3 chrome plates, BUT at least Fender actually designed new pickups AND they're actual Jaguar pickups! It's also not aimed at the vintage Jag fans. The Vintera II isn't that bad IMO, maple is kinda sick, and the vintage white is pretty cool looking. Black is boring. The lack of American Jaguars IS a problem...but I think it's a symptom of poor sales. Consistently, the Jaguar undersells the Stratocaster, Telecaster, and Jazzmaster. So, Fender just doesn't want to spend R&D money on them if no one is buying. It's too bad that the Japanese Fenders aren't available to us.

The Squier Classic Vibe Jags and JMs remain the best way to get vintage spec offsets.

I really don’t understand why they don’t give Jaguars the time of day

Great GREAT video. Only time they remotely even thought about it was the Johnny Marr Jaguar, and that guitar is a little off of the beaten path for Jaguars. Honestly, I would say it's Fender's R&D team probably attempting to avoid a repeat of the model's inception run by reissuing Jaguars without the original obscure design features - features which ironically give the Jaguar it's character. And while Fender can dodge that very same bullet with the Jazzmaster (i.e. the Squier J Mascis, which was put out with P-90 pickups was a remarkably versatile yet popular guitar) it's just wildly reluctant to with regard to the Jaguar, success of the Player Series model aside

Why is Fender treating their $800 guitars like they're Baby's First Guitar? Why would I want a heavily simplified control scheme? You'd think this is the kind of thing they'd do with Squier, not the guitar they're trying to charge almost $1,000 for. Fender's domestic product/brand managers have to be in their 70s. Squier does cool stuff (love the Paranormal series), but Fender's domestic brand and product managers are just so terrified of change and the idea of not banking solely on the Stratocaster and the Telecaster that they just stagnate and rot while Fender Japan continues to do interesting stuff that are completely excluded from North American markets for no particularly good reason other than they would no doubt heavily affect sales of MiM and MiA Fenders. (ETA: Fender's merchandise is a really good place to look to see exactly who Fender considers their target audience to be -- pasty, old dudes).

what about the Nash JG63, is that a viable alternative?

Completely agree. Yes, the Jag requires more parts and more assembly time than a Tele. But you’re carrying the name Fender, and this was Leo’s final design for them, and he had a thought or two in his head when he made them. It’s kind of disrespectful to only offer alternate or simplified versions.

everything in fact! Finding a new canonical Jaguar is very difficult now; there are many guitars on the used market with different bridges, pickups, tuners, guitars that are 20-30 years old. I recently picked up a Fender 2021 Traditional II 60s Jaguar Matching Head Black Japan, almost new, very happy about it, the Japanese really care about Jags p.s. In my country the import is closed, it is very difficult to order guitars, so things are even worse(

You are right about Fender Japan. I just got two. I got the FSR Inca Silver Jaguar. I also just got a limited run Cyclone. Both guitars are awesome. Build quality is fantastic. I spent a little too much on the Jaguar through a reseller. However, I ordered the Cyclone over a broker on ebay and it was only $1,150 (including tax) with free shipping. This is all to say that they are doing it right in Japan and anyone thinking about buying directly from there really should not hessitate.

Yeahhh agree on everything. I’m no where near a traditionalist when it comes to guitars I prefer a 9.5 radius with narrow frets. The 7.25 kinda screws me up a bit. But to be honest fender jags that we can buy are super boring. I go with a Sherwood green with black pickguard jag or Jazzmaster any day of the week. I’ve been on the market for a jaguar for awhile the squiers sound great but every single one I’ve played can’t hold tuning or is never set up in the shop it really turns me away from buying any of them. Personally I’m a Jazzmaster guy but having a jag would be sick for layering tracks and using it for leads.

I bought Marr Jaguar used for 1000 euro and deMarred it using my 50th anniv US Jaguar, now it looks like 60s one and I really like it, even tho it doesn’t come out on stage very often…

Fender needs to make a American Vintage II jaguar and mustang!

I absolutely will grab a '70s Vintera 2 to go with my '60s Vintera. Those things are badass with the maple board and blocks. Cool to see Fender mixing it up. (PS: They know what sells and what doesn't better than anyone, including you. Stop pretending you have some special insight into the market.)

I had a Vintera Jaguar in Ocean Turquoise with tort guard for like 8 days... That is my only experience with a Jag. The vibrato was garbage. The Pau Ferro was dry and ugly. The neck had a thick gloss and thin shape. I did like how it looked A LOT, and the sound was pretty usable. I luckily got almost all my money back as I found someone locally who was interested. One of the quickest times where I bought and resold a guitar right away. I just knew it wasn't for me... I think...that sonic blue Jaguar is one of the most BEAUTIFUL guitars I have ever seen. Tell me it's staying. If not, I will give you my parent's address in the US so you can ship it to them for me. 🤣

How tf did this dude just summarize all my anger about the new jaguars

I like that Teal color the Jag comes in but it looks funky with that huge plastic guard.

I strongly disagree. Finally the player series 2 created a very good jaguar and I actually prefer a more modern version of the Jag. Additionally, you have option to change pickups to humbuckers. The only improvements could be nitro finish and stainless steel frets. The standard jag switches just look very ugly and if you really like the sound, you can still mod it. You're missing the point about Player series, the vintera is more of their traditional guitars , but I agree that they could include a more traditional Jag version in Vintera lineup.

Kurt Cobain is the whole reason id want a jaguar

You got me curious about recent Fender Jaguar versions. Isn't there the original Vintera that was more the original 60s /custom colour style? I've seen one in Ocean Turquoise with the matching headstock and tort pickguard and it looks great for under 1k. And it's Pau Ferro board, not the 70s maple, which I'm personally fine with. There's a Surf Green version too, without the coloured headstock. They don't look as dark, but they play really nicely. I have original Vintera I Telecaster and Stratocaster in Seafoam, and they're two of my better guitars, especially once the Strat was professionally setup (Telecaster was perfect).

Very nice hearing your opinion on the Jag Jim, the only "fender" I have is the Vintera II White with the black inlays just like my squire jazzmaster, I do have a squier Jaguar '60 s with the white headstock that I got from Sweetwater. I tend to use that more than the '70 V😁🎸 Nice video on the Jag in your opinion. Jim, keep rocking man 😎👍

I also spend too much time thinking about this... maybe next year.

I have the Squier CV 70 model and I find it better than all current Fender models. Great vintage guitar with good sound and one of the usual Jaguars for only €400. Fender He's putting out pointless stuff just to keep selling guitars at higher prices.

You all will probably skewer me, but I’m actually excited about the player ii jag. I currently have an olympic white mustang 90 (with the rosewood FB). These were $500 new when I bought it. I absolutely love it and fell in love with short scales. I’ve been wanting another short scale but with a trem. The AM Pro Jag or Mod shop jag has been on my radar for some time. I like the simplicity of the controls. But for me, the price is too much. I would totally buy a player ii jag and I dig some of the colors. I know I’m in the minority, but I’m also probably the exact type of person they are marketing to. 🤷🏻‍♂️

You can get the MIJ 60s jaguar (only one option) here in Australia for less than the Vintera II. Jags look best with all the chrome and a dark fingerboard.

I don't like Fender Japan Traditional 60s Jaguar because of its maple color even though I am Japanese. I hope Fender USA decides to restart making Jaguar.

You can route anything you want, or get a good used one, in Gibson samething happens with the firebirds and flying Vs

Yo Fender, no mute, no deal!

Fender is trying to appeal to the same people that think the jaguar circuit is too complicated, and they cannot grasp how to use it. Those people will not buy a jaguar. I would kill for a classic spec lake placid blue jaguar from mexico. Sadly the player 2 is not that and in my eyes it's overpriced.

Good honest call Jimlad. Fender USA are seriously missing the beat...

It’s bc it’s so expensive with all the switches and chrome. Back in the day the Jaguar was actually the top of the line for Fender

So bummed I didn’t grab the olive when they had American standard run in like 2019 or something. I have no Jag in my collection! I’ll either buy a used olive or build a jag-caster

At least as a right handed player you have a jag to choose from. I'm a left player. No Mexican mustang. No Mexican Jaguar. (Not counting the Cobain model, it's all wrong.) Hell they don't even make lefty basses now in Mexico.

Watching your video and others, and seeing the Fender website splash page featuring their classic models but not the Jaguar, I'm forced to conclude that they're slowly phasing it out.

My best guess as to why jaguars dont get as many models as jazzmasters is relative popularity and percieved quality. While obviously jaguars have their fans, to the general guitar player they are a novelty at best. The short scale is a turn off but the chrome plates and funky switches add manufacturing cost - which is why you get the player i and ii. On the other hand, jazzmasters kind of look and function like a "normal guitar" if you never touch the rhythm circuit. Mustangs and duo sonics can be made on the cheap and marketed as student guitars. It comes down to there is enough demand to make used prices surge but not enough for fender to do more than theyre doing right now. Also look at squier - they get a ton of FSR jags, my guess is to boost sales on low run guitars. The wild colors like silver and gold sparkle make me think novelty - we dont see as many limited runs of jazzmasters because people are already buying the handful of colors offered.

I’ve been saying for years, the Jaguar is no fun to shop for. At least we’ve got Fender Japan. I get mine Tuesday.