i dont get it, whats so special about these guitars?
im not knocking them at all ok, i just want to know what the attraction is so i can
decide if i want to check them out more close myself.

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63supro
"The good thing is in a club situation, most of the patrons are trashed and really can't tell the difference."

no jazzmaster folk on here?

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63supro
"The good thing is in a club situation, most of the patrons are trashed and really can't tell the difference."

well, I fell in love the first time I seen a jazzmaster...the VENTURES!!!! I have a 62 $@! reissue. I just love the overall feel of the guitar: love the way the neck feels in my hands, the control layout (volume position), the swing of the trem arm and trem lock is a nifty feature. I play in the neck pup position, with a slight tone variation (another cool feature of the dual circuits). The body is very comfortable in my opinion. I say check em out dude, I'm thinking about getting the new blacktop sunburst jazz!

they pretty much have a tone all their own?
what style of music is best suited for these, surf?

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63supro
"The good thing is in a club situation, most of the patrons are trashed and really can't tell the difference."

For me, the attraction was the offset body, it hangs more to the rear. That and it has a very distinctive tremolo sound.
The tone circuit is unique, you can set two completely different volume and tone levels to switch from rhythm to lead quickly.
But the downside in the bridge. it floats and make intonation near impossible and because of how far back the string mount on the tremolo, the strings are easy to get to jump off the saddles if you strum too hard.

There is an aftermarket product called a Whosit, it's a bar that mounts to the front tremolo screws and you thread the strings under it to give it better down force to keep the strings in the saddle, I fine it helped with the tone as well.
Using an aftermarket Gibson roller type bridge in place of that floating fender nightmare will correct the intonation issue.

I sold mine and after I fixed it all right to get a Les Paul, wish I had kept it, but hind sight is always 20/20.

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At first all you want are Hearts and Diamonds.

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yeah, I had the same problem with strings popping off the bridge, I just filed a larger groove in the saddle. And I have absolutely no trouble with the intonation, just take some time adjusting the spring screw on the bridge plate. I play alot of rock and roll, blues, and yes surf. Hell, I even played a few metallica covers for giggles, and this guitar pretty much plays itself, I just hold it up and look cool behind her.

pics fellas?

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63supro
"The good thing is in a club situation, most of the patrons are trashed and really can't tell the difference."

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Marriage is like playing cards...

At first all you want are Hearts and Diamonds.

But in the end, all you really want is a Club and a Spade.

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63supro
"The good thing is in a club situation, most of the patrons are trashed and really can't tell the difference."

I have a 2008 Classic Player Jazzmaster Special. I love it.



It does indeed have a great tone for surf, but it's much more versatile than that. It's very respectable as a blues guitar, and it's great with some gain on it for a nice punk tone. In fact, I've named it "Sheena" after the Ramones song.

I find the Jazzmaster's body contours more comfortable than those on the Strat. All in all, it's a very cool guitar. Check it out!

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I really like all them "Aster" guitars. You know, like the Stratoc, Telec and Jazzm.

looks very sweet. i want one or at least want to try one out. i might run to the GC vintage room and see what they have, not that i'll buy vintage but that way i'll know what the were intended to sound like.
wait till you see what i bought tonight. i'll post it up in a bit after i run it through my rebel20 for a bit.

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63supro
"The good thing is in a club situation, most of the patrons are trashed and really can't tell the difference."

they seem quite popular for punk musicians (i still prefer my mustang and my dean over anything for punk)

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Melvins
The Jesus Lizard
Cows
Big Business
R***man
Minutemen
Flight
Minor Threat
Big Black
Shellac
Karp
Scratch Acid
Wipers
Pixies

these are the 3 I rock with, I don't have the BLUES DELUXE anymore
By bobrox24 at 2011-01-14

Hi WayCool, why don't you just go to a music store and try one out? You'll most likely hear any possible opinion on here...

Anyway. I would say the Jazzmaster can't possibly be put into any particular category, and is a very fine instrument in itself. The fact that it was used by a lot of punk/grunge outfits is... well, probably the price! Cheaper than a Strat, and makes a statement visually and sonically. Just my 2 p.

If you wanna know what kind of sounds you can tickle out of a Jazzmaster, you should check out this guy, Wilco lead guitarist Nels Cline. There's lots of his work on youtube, but I guess this video shows, that even within the Jazzmaster field there's great diversity. Check it out and happy hunting should you get the Jazzmaster bug!

Cheers

Nutter

nutter

im gonna go do just that this weekend.

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"The good thing is in a club situation, most of the patrons are trashed and really can't tell the difference."