New Fender Pro Jazzmaster/Jaguar/Stratocaster/Telecaster

Moss

Nice colours, but the Jazzmaster seems to be a bit 'in-between' - it's like they're trying to win over both the modern and vintage crowds but failing at both

Bridgehouse

I wonder how many people they have in their design committee whose views they needed to compromise for.....

meltedbuzzbox

GavRichList said:

Mystic seafoam is a nice colour. Maple board though? Looks weeeeird. 

I really like maple fretboards on Jazzmasters 

Sporky

GavRichList said:

Mystic seafoam is a nice colour. Maple board though? Looks weeeeird. 

I think it'd work if it had a BWB board.

The pickup switch should either be in the normal place or closer to the point of the scratchplate though.

GavRichList

I don't abjectly dislike it, it just looks really irregular. Bet they're bloody bright, too. 

Whitecat

Can't believe how uninteresting these are... and I loves me some offset Fenders...

Loobs

These are less appealing than the Mexican/MIJ offsets. I'd take the 60s lacquer JM or Jag over this. 

MattBanshee

As someone with a blacktop Jazzmaster with the toggle switch on the lower half; I actually reckon that new placement is much more sensible and I'd be far less likely to keep smacking into it there.

Teetonetal

meltedbuzzbox said:

GavRichList said:

Mystic seafoam is a nice colour. Maple board though? Looks weeeeird. 

I really like maple fretboards on Jazzmasters 

Me too. Just wish they'd offer these colours on the AVRI

Loobs

I do like the 3-way toggle switch on the Jaguars. With a rosewood fingerboard it'd look quite nice.

english_bob

Loobs said:

I do like the 3-way toggle switch on the Jaguars. With a rosewood fingerboard it'd look quite nice.

All the other models are available with RW fretboards according to what's been posted, so I'd be very surprised if the Jag didn't too.

It's actually a 4-way switch on this model- neck, neck & bridge parallel, bridge, neck & bridge series. The upper horn switch is a pickup phase switch. So slightly more versatile than the original switching, and quite likely simpler to use too.

Don't like the switch placement on the Jazzmaster though- I'd have preferred it where it's meant to be, but if they really had to move it up there it should at least be equidistant from the edges of the scratchplate.

Babones

english_bob said:

Don't like the switch placement on the Jazzmaster though- I'd have preferred it where it's meant to be, but if they really had to move it up there it should at least be equidistant from the edges of the scratchplate.

My thoughts exactly. Really odd placement.It's not even well placed up there. I wonder how many will rewire it below. I'd imagine some people might even play/strum round that area.

impmann

Teetonetal said:

meltedbuzzbox said:

GavRichList said:

Mystic seafoam is a nice colour. Maple board though? Looks weeeeird. 

I really like maple fretboards on Jazzmasters 

Me too. Just wish they'd offer these colours on the AVRI

Hasn't the AVRI been discontinued, or did I dream that?

Teetonetal

impmann said:

Teetonetal said:

meltedbuzzbox said:

GavRichList said:

Mystic seafoam is a nice colour. Maple board though? Looks weeeeird. 

I really like maple fretboards on Jazzmasters 

Me too. Just wish they'd offer these colours on the AVRI

Hasn't the AVRI been discontinued, or did I dream that?

Still on Fender.com 
Edit: though out of stock...

stickyfiddle

Isn't it the AV65 these days, rather than the '62 AVRI of old? Certainly on the JM. Not sure if the Jags with bound boards were also called the AV65 series or something else.

Whitecat

stickyfiddle said:

Isn't it the AV65 these days, rather than the '62 AVRI of old? Certainly on the JM. Not sure if the Jags with bound boards were also called the AV65 series or something else.

They were indeed. 

Fender seems to vary which "years" they "do" with the AVRIs now. It was '65 recently but also '59 and I think '61 as well.

Nice guitars but almost too period-accurate in some cases... I'd still prefer a flatter radius on top of all the other vintage-spec stuff. That's where the Custom Shop starts to look good... but that's probably the idea.

Loobs

english_bob said:

Loobs said:

I do like the 3-way toggle switch on the Jaguars. With a rosewood fingerboard it'd look quite nice.

All the other models are available with RW fretboards according to what's been posted, so I'd be very surprised if the Jag didn't too.

It's actually a 4-way switch on this model- neck, neck & bridge parallel, bridge, neck & bridge series. The upper horn switch is a pickup phase switch. So slightly more versatile than the original switching, and quite likely simpler to use too.

Don't like the switch placement on the Jazzmaster though- I'd have preferred it where it's meant to be, but if they really had to move it up there it should at least be equidistant from the edges of the scratchplate.

antique green Jag w/ rw board would be nice.

Loobs

BOOM

Loobs

OK, GAS activated.

stonevibe

You lot are infamous now...

https://www.gearnews.com/fender-pro-usa-series-leak-new-offsets-strats-teles-launch-namm/