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I had a 72 (from memory) refined SB Jag a few years ago that was terrible. Neck pocket was huge, had holes drilled in back, and was quite a few piece body, but sounded good. I sold it on, and I believe its currenlty For sale on denmark st for about £3k, with different scratchplate and no mention of refin. My Marr Jag which replaced it was 10 times the guitar.
I owned a 76 sb tele, that was perfect, light and great tone plus a 79 strat that had a fantastic figured Birdseye maple neck, so yes some good ones around.
There was no internet back then, dissemination of information was via word of mouth based on direct experience - not coloured by mass reviews or fashionable brand bashing. Those that owned pancake Gibson's and plastic Fender's never had the advantage of networking, so came to the conclusion independently that both these marques were in effect 'shite'. Ok, there would have been limited propagation from music shops, but nothing that would cause unfounded rumours.
Another factor was the rise in MIJ guitars, especially importers such as Fletcher coppock and newman whose incredible original MIJ electrics sold under various brand names. These guitars were annihilating the USA models in sound, build quality and started too be used by the musicians of the day.
I don't know if the guitars we are discussing are vintage. The (adjective) definition which says it is a high quality item from a past time, makes some sense to me. The Fenders are clearly from the past, but are struggling with the first bit.
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