This is a wickedly cool guitar that has taken on the beautiful yellowing that is transforming this once Sonic Blue in to almost a surf green. The first Jagmasters appeared in 1996, were marketed under the Vista Series, and made in Japan. The Jagmaster in its original form was made for a period of only two years: 1996 through 1998. The first Japanese Jagmasters had a neck in which the truss rod is adjusted at the bottom of the neck, while the later Japanese models have a 1970s-style 'bullet' truss rod, which is adjusted at the headstock. The original Japanese Jagmasters featured a maple neck, rosewood fretboard, and basswood body. However, when the Japanese market crashed, Fender closed the Japanese production plants in which the Jagmaster was produced.