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Post subject: Re: Jazzmaster dilemma
Posted: Sat Apr 06, 2013 4:24 pm
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Saw this on another forum and immediately thought of this thread ... the guy from Feline Guitars in London doing an expert restoration/rebuild of a 62 Jazzmaster

https://bareknucklepickups.co.uk/forum/ ... .msg385089

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Post subject: Re: Jazzmaster dilemma
Posted: Sun Apr 07, 2013 11:31 am
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hi everybody

Thanks for your interest and guidance. Does anybody actually know the string gauges on a '62? All I can remember from that age was you bought "medium" strings, usually Fender or Gibson.
I am still inclined towards the 11's as I doubt 10's were a bit too light for the early Fenders, but no doubt somebody here will be more enlightened (no pun intended).
As requested I have tried to post pictures for you - try "fender_al" on Flickr. If you have any luck let me know. That is one peach of a neck - believe me!! Out of interest, the date stamp on the end of the neck reads 4 May 1962B but I wasn't going to take it off again just to show you!
Before I get it fixed I am going to photograph the electrics if anyone is interested.

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Post subject: Re: Jazzmaster dilemma
Posted: Sun Apr 07, 2013 11:51 am
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photobucket is a good website and easily transferable to to here :D

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Post subject: Re: Jazzmaster dilemma
Posted: Sun Apr 07, 2013 12:08 pm
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On Flickr you need to click the "Share" button above each pic and copy the BBCode, should look like this:

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[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/94724309@N05/8628772382/]IMG_0232[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/94724309@N05/]fender_al[/url], on Flickr


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Post subject: Re: Jazzmaster dilemma
Posted: Mon Sep 23, 2013 11:54 am
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Hello again everybody

Just to update you - my JM is presently with my luthier.
If I am lucky, I may get away with no serious attention necessary.
After appraising the JM and wanting to keep it as authentic as possible, he said that a re-fret would be overkill as only frets one, two and three were worn. He said that with care he could lift these and underfill them so they could be reprofiled, and he could do the same with the nut; so no new parts at all. He tells me he shares tips and ideas with Dan Erlewine, and having seen some of his work I am impressed.
It will be a few weeks yet before I hear from him so fingers crossed.


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Post subject: Re: Jazzmaster dilemma
Posted: Mon Sep 23, 2013 4:23 pm
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Refrets on vintage guitars really don't diminish the value as it is a routine bit of upkeep that has to eventually be done to any well-played guitar.As long as you use the original spec fretwire that was used on your particular model.Nut replacement basically fite into the same category,but again sticking to the original materials and specs.With hardware such as tuners,bridges and parts from them,it is better to buy vintage replacements if at all possible but that can be quite costly.If a replacement part costs an astronomical amount you would be better off buying one of the near identical aftermarket parts that are plentiful these days but you may have to do a bit of artificial aging so that it won't stick out like a sore thumb.It is of the utmost importance to keep any parts that you take off and put them in a plastic bag in the case.Under no circumstances do you do anything that alters the guitar in any way-especially refinishing.Even Rory Gallagher's guitar,in the terribly rough shape that is in would loose at least half of its value if altered in appearance in any way..I learned the hard way back in 1975 when I got my '64 Strat refinished,I had cut the value by at least 50%.

I would never sell a vintage guitar-especially an "L" series Fender as they were- IMHO and that of many others-the best series of all Fenders.The years 1962-1965 were said to have produced the best sounding Fenders for some reason.I know that my old '65 despite the refinish sounds incredible when put up against a CBS era Strat especially. The only way I would part with an old guitar would be if someone came along with a vintage guitar that I was absolutely gaga over,no amount of money would take away the remorse and heartache that I'm sure that I would have if I sold an old guitar. Hang on to that old Jazz and don't let any kind of invasive maintenance done on it ,all improvements have to be as unnoticeable as possible and NO irreversible repairs or alterations should go into it.You have a very sweet and desirable guitar hang on to it and treat it like a lovely relic should be treated-with gentle reverence.

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Post subject: Re: Jazzmaster dilemma
Posted: Fri Sep 27, 2013 10:46 pm
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Telstars wrote:
After appraising the JM and wanting to keep it as authentic as possible, he said that a re-fret would be overkill as only frets one, two and three were worn. He said that with care he could lift these and underfill them so they could be reprofiled, and he could do the same with the nut; so no new parts at all.


Are you getting some new plastic?

Usually you can get some fret redressing before it needs a refretting.

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Post subject: Re: Jazzmaster dilemma
Posted: Sat Sep 28, 2013 1:31 am
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Hi rockstar and thanks for your interest.
As regards the frets, numbers one - three were too far gone for normal fret dressing but as he says, he has a special way of slightly raising the originals by a thou or so to give him enough height to dress. There will be a tiny gap between the fingerboard and the fret but not so you would notice or feel.
As things stand I'm not planning to change anything, except my repairer is going to try and source a replacement switch tip for the one that actually disintegrated.
Although the pickguard has shrunk it's not too bad and as I shall only be using the guitar at home it's not a problem (unless my repair man tells me otherwise).

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