The Jagmaster has been a longtime staple of the Squier brand , featuring a fun and functional blend of Jaguar-inspired vintage Fender offset sexiness with a less-complicated , Stratstyle vibrato system , simplified electronic controls , and a pair of hot , burly sounding Duncan humbuckers . More recent iterations of the instrument have been built in China with a standard 25.5-inch scale length , but the Jagmaster was originally born in 1996 as part of the “ Crafted in Japan ” Vista Series , and featured a Jaguar-style 24-inch scale length , 22 frets , and a truss rod that was accessed at the bottom of the neck . These Squier Vista Jagmasters were only manufactured from 1996 through 1998 , and were exceptionally well-made instruments , with some individual examples easily equaling US-made Fender quality . They originally listed at 699 dollars American , and if you manage to find one of these rare birds in excellent condition today , don ’ t be surprised if the price is about the same .
SQUIER VISTA JAGMASTER
The Jagmaster has been a longtime staple of the Squier brand , featuring a fun and functional blend of Jaguar-inspired vintage Fender offset sexiness with a less-complicated , Stratstyle vibrato system , simplified electronic controls , and a pair of hot , burly sounding Duncan humbuckers . More recent iterations of the instrument have been built in China with a standard 25.5-inch scale length , but the Jagmaster was originally born in 1996 as part of the “ Crafted in Japan ” Vista Series , and featured a Jaguar-style 24-inch scale length , 22 frets , and a truss rod that was accessed at the bottom of the neck . These Squier Vista Jagmasters were only manufactured from 1996 through 1998 , and were exceptionally well-made instruments , with some individual examples easily equaling US-made Fender quality . They originally listed at 699 dollars American , and if you manage to find one of these rare birds in excellent condition today , don ’ t be surprised if the price is about the same .
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