Thomann bargains: Gibson lefty firebird and Fender modern player jaguar

littlethoughts

http://www.thomann.de/gb/gibson_firebird_stud_rev_70s_se_lh.htm

At £475 I'd be all over it if I was a southpaw.

http://www.thomann.de/gb/fender_modern_player_jaguar_rw_blk.htm

and for £175 I'm sorely tempted...

paulnb57

That Jaguar is a chuffing bargain, its Squier money,  ooo I wish I had the crisp and folding……….

CeeBee

What about this? Seems a good price for an American build;

http://www.thomann.de/gb/fender_am_special_strat_vib_fsr.htm

Any opinions?

Iamnobody

paulnb57;354532" said:

That Jaguar is a chuffing bargain, its Squier money,  ooo I wish I had the crisp and folding……….

It's probably built in the same chinese factory as a Squier as well...

Still looks a lot of guitar for the cash.

littlethoughts

Iamnobody said:

paulnb57;354532" said:

That Jaguar is a chuffing bargain, its Squier money,  ooo I wish I had the crisp and folding……….

It's probably built in the same chinese factory as a Squier as well...

Still looks a lot of guitar for the cash.

I'm pretty sure it is. Not all squiers are made in china and those that are are not all made in the same place, but I remember reading that the classic vibe models are made in the same place as the modern player series.

John_P

They have the jag in Red as well -  not good when I'm already buying another prs this week and looking for a bass amp.    I'm struggling not to buy one of these at that price - thanks for the heads up!

blueskunk

Lusted over these a fair few time :-/

littlethoughts

John_P said:

They have the jag in Red as well -  not good when I'm already buying another prs this week and looking for a bass amp.    I'm struggling not to buy one of these at that price - thanks for the heads up!

At current second hand rates you could probably sell it at a profit

IanSavage

Those Jags are purdy, damn my 'no-buying-new-from-China' moral code

Shark_Eyes

Just to stoke the GAS fires a little more, I've got a basically new one in red that I've been thinking of shifting. It's a thing of beauty but not getting played.

jonnyburgo

I can see @Drewfx diggin that 'bird.

xSkarloey

I'm a lefty but I really want that Jag. (

dindude

Damn. I'm a very bad man, I was congratulating myself only recently on not having bought a guitar for over a year, now I have two on there way, one being the Jag!

longjaw

I would love a lefty Jag too but it ain't gonna happen as we never get decent cheap Fenders!

That Gibson Firebird though ... rubs chin.

xSkarloey

@longjaw I'm always singing the praises of my Squier CV Tele. It took Them a little while to bring them out. Maybe they'll have pity and do us a Squier or Mex Jag.

littlethoughts

dindude;354870" said:

Damn. I'm a very bad man, I was congratulating myself only recently on not having bought a guitar for over a year, now I have two on there way, one being the Jag!

Nice! Can't really go wrong at that price, it's cheaper than they are used on eBay...

dindude

littlethoughts said:

dindude;354870" said:

Damn. I'm a very bad man, I was congratulating myself only recently on not having bought a guitar for over a year, now I have two on there way, one being the Jag!

Nice! Can't really go wrong at that price, it's cheaper than they are used on eBay...

That's exactly my thought process, nought (or very little) to loose. My other Potential NGD is much more of an expensive gamble - but that's for another thread if it eventually happens.

Dave_Mc

You know you have incurable GAS when you find yourself thinking, even just for a second, "How hard would it be to relearn left-handed, really?"

Bucket

Iamnobody said:

paulnb57;354532" said:

That Jaguar is a chuffing bargain, its Squier money,  ooo I wish I had the crisp and folding……….

It's probably built in the same chinese factory as a Squier as well...

Still looks a lot of guitar for the cash.

It is.

I was told by a former employee of a prominent UK-based Fender dealer (can I be any more vague? ) that all the Modern Player guitars were developed as Squiers, but Fender decided to put their own name on them. So they are basically Squiers, but because they say Fender on them, they were £100-150 more expensive at launch. Bit of a rip-off if you ask me.

Don't get me wrong, Squiers are great but I don't want to pay more than I should just because of a different transfer on the headstock.

These prices are much better, but I still have a problem with them because it seems like a slide downmarket for Fender. Bad idea to do really cheap stuff with their own name on it, because it'll devalue the brand. They're Squiers really, and should be sold as such.

Bucket

jonnyburgo said:

I can see @Drew_fx diggin that 'bird.

Fixed that so he's alerted to it

markj

Would import duty have to be payed on these?