It is currently Mon Mar 16, 2020 11:10 am

All times are UTC - 7 hours



Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 19 posts ]  Go to page 1, 2  Next
Go to page 1, 2  Next
Author Message
Post subject: 1962 Jazzmaster Re-finish
Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2014 12:15 am
Offline
Aspiring Musician
Aspiring Musician
User avatar

Joined: Sat Dec 29, 2012 11:48 pm
Posts: 681
Location: Southern, CA
Long story short, bought this guitar in El Paso, Texas in the 60s.

I have very few pictures of this guitar with the original finish, but here is what it looked like in 1969 at a gig at the Officer's Club on George AFB, CA:
(I used the "Hoss" hat for laughs when we played some country songs)

Image

Stationed in Mons, Belgium from 1971-1975. Guitar got stepped on at a band practice session sometime in 1973 and took a chunk of paint out of the top left edge. I couldn't stand the way it looked, so, I had it re-finished by a Belgian carpenter while I was stationed there in the USAF.

Image

Image

Jump forward to 2014. I liked the new finish on the guitar, but I still preferred the original Sunburst. Finally decided to get it re-finished again and I found a luthier near me in Apple Valley, CA. J.C. Harper: http://jcharperluthier.com/index.html. He had done set-up work on a couple of my guitars that I was satisfied with, so I recently took my Jazzmaster in for a re-finish back to the original Sunburst. These are the before photos:

Image

Image

Image

As soon as I took off the original tort pick guard, it shrunk and would no longer fit. Found a custom tortoise shell pickguard dealer. Mark at http://spitfiretortoiseshellpickguards.wordpress.com/ made me a custom guard for my Jazzmaster: (He also does Stratocaster, Telecaster, Jaguar, and Precision Bass pick guards)

My original pick guard:

Image

The custom Spitfire pick guard:

Image

Got the guitar back a couple of days ago. I am very happy with the result. John did a great refinishing job and his price was reasonable. Here are the after photos:


Image Image Image

Image

Image

I know, some people think is it blasphemy to refinish a vintage Fender guitar, but hey, it's my guitar and I like it better this way. :D
I've owned it for 52 years and will probably keep it until I die. :mrgreen:

Jerry

_________________
'62 Jazzmaster/'78 Precision Bass/'88 Fender F250 acoustic/'07 Gibson Less Paul Classic Antique/'12 Squier Strat/'14 Squier VM Jaguar/'15 Classic 60s Telecaster/'68 Showman Reverb/'70 Bandmaster Cabinet JBL D140F speakers/'69 Super Reverb/'12 G-DEC 3-30


Top
Profile
Fender Play Winter Sale 2020
Post subject: Re: 1962 Jazzmaster Re-finish
Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2014 12:27 am
Offline
Rock Icon
Rock Icon
User avatar

Joined: Wed Mar 31, 2010 12:48 am
Posts: 26416
Location: Tombstone Territory
That's just breathtaking, Jerry!

As pretty as the pinup gals in a pre-PC Snap-On Tools calendar.

8) 8) 8) 8) 8)

Arjay

_________________
"Here's why reliability is job one: A great sounding amp that breaks down goes from being a favorite piece of gear to a useless piece of crap in less time than it takes to read this sentence." -- BRUCE ZINKY


Top
Profile
Post subject: Re: 1962 Jazzmaster Re-finish
Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2014 4:54 am
Offline
Hobbyist
Hobbyist
User avatar

Joined: Sun Dec 23, 2012 12:14 pm
Posts: 88
Location: Freeport, Maine
Sweetness personified...

_________________
American Standard Telecaster - Black
Road Worn '60s Jaguar - Candy Apple Red
Road Worn '60s Jazzmaster - Sunburst
Les Paul Melody Maker - Charcoal Satin
Martin D-1
Super Champ X2 Combo
Swart Space Tone 6V6se


Top
Profile
Post subject: Re: 1962 Jazzmaster Re-finish
Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2014 5:17 am
Offline
Rock Star
Rock Star
User avatar

Joined: Tue Mar 01, 2011 3:10 pm
Posts: 5646
Location: Gateway to the West
Jerry....Now that gets a Schaweet to the 2nd power on the T2 Scale! Very nice job the guy did, you wouldn't know it wasn't an original sunburst!

And no stones to throw from here, you had a tasteful refin done to YOUR guitar! I am not usually a fan of tortoise pickguards on sunburst, but that new one looks great!

Congrats on refurbing an old friend!

T2

_________________
-----------------------------------------------------------
What time is it? It's Fender Time.


Top
Profile
Post subject: Re: 1962 Jazzmaster Re-finish
Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2014 6:21 am
Offline
Professional Musician
Professional Musician
User avatar

Joined: Thu Jul 12, 2012 4:53 pm
Posts: 1642
Location: Space Station #5
That's a beautiful refinish, the guitar looks brand new. It must be heartwarming to have such a close piece of your personal history restored to such beautiful condition.

_________________
"Today Atlantis, tomorrow the world!"


Top
Profile
Post subject: Re: 1962 Jazzmaster Re-finish
Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2014 6:21 am
Offline
Aspiring Musician
Aspiring Musician
User avatar

Joined: Sun Apr 14, 2013 4:41 pm
Posts: 764
Location: Sydney. Australia
:shock:

Stunning guitar, great result, congarts!!


:D


Top
Profile
Post subject: Re: 1962 Jazzmaster Re-finish
Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2014 11:37 am
Offline
Professional Musician
Professional Musician
User avatar

Joined: Fri Sep 05, 2008 6:01 pm
Posts: 1479
Location: Los Angeles, USA
I would not consider that a re-fin (since it was already stripped) but a re-storation and it is amazing. Like a new lease on life for it. Your biggest problem might be convincing some it is not a custom shop reissue but an original 62, if that is really a "problem" :mrgreen: The job at least from the pics seems very very well done.

_________________
I'm almost out of stuff to sell.


Top
Profile
Post subject: Re: 1962 Jazzmaster Re-finish
Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2014 11:25 am
Offline
Aspiring Musician
Aspiring Musician
User avatar

Joined: Sat Dec 29, 2012 11:48 pm
Posts: 681
Location: Southern, CA
Thanks very much for all the nice comments guys!! I really appreciate it! Back to practicing :wink:

Jerry

_________________
'62 Jazzmaster/'78 Precision Bass/'88 Fender F250 acoustic/'07 Gibson Less Paul Classic Antique/'12 Squier Strat/'14 Squier VM Jaguar/'15 Classic 60s Telecaster/'68 Showman Reverb/'70 Bandmaster Cabinet JBL D140F speakers/'69 Super Reverb/'12 G-DEC 3-30


Top
Profile
Post subject: Re: 1962 Jazzmaster Re-finish
Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2014 8:42 pm
Offline
Professional Musician
Professional Musician

Joined: Wed Dec 14, 2011 10:18 am
Posts: 1530
Location: The Frozen Tundra of MN
That looks fantastic and original! 8)


Top
Profile
Post subject: Re: 1962 Jazzmaster Re-finish
Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2014 8:47 pm
Offline
Amateur
Amateur

Joined: Tue Jul 12, 2011 6:44 am
Posts: 198
Simply gorgeous and are those the original pickups and if not, what are they? I also like the adapter on the bridge to keep the string angle low.

_________________
musicmatty67 on Youtube


Top
Profile
Post subject: Re: 1962 Jazzmaster Re-finish
Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2014 5:58 pm
Offline
Aspiring Musician
Aspiring Musician
User avatar

Joined: Sat Dec 29, 2012 11:48 pm
Posts: 681
Location: Southern, CA
musicmatty wrote:
Simply gorgeous and are those the original pickups and if not, what are they? I also like the adapter on the bridge to keep the string angle low.


musicmatty,

Yes, those are the original pickups. Everything but the paint and pickguard are original on this guitar, including the case.

Thanks for the nice compliments.

Jerry

_________________
'62 Jazzmaster/'78 Precision Bass/'88 Fender F250 acoustic/'07 Gibson Less Paul Classic Antique/'12 Squier Strat/'14 Squier VM Jaguar/'15 Classic 60s Telecaster/'68 Showman Reverb/'70 Bandmaster Cabinet JBL D140F speakers/'69 Super Reverb/'12 G-DEC 3-30


Top
Profile
Post subject: Re: 1962 Jazzmaster Re-finish
Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2014 6:23 pm
Offline
Amateur
Amateur

Joined: Tue Jul 12, 2011 6:44 am
Posts: 198
jmallard wrote:
musicmatty wrote:
Simply gorgeous and are those the original pickups and if not, what are they? I also like the adapter on the bridge to keep the string angle low.


musicmatty,

Yes, those are the original pickups. Everything but the paint and pickguard are original on this guitar, including the case.

Thanks for the nice compliments.

Jerry


Do you have any YouTube video clips of this guitar in action now ...I would love to hear something.

_________________
musicmatty67 on Youtube


Top
Profile
Post subject: Re: 1962 Jazzmaster Re-finish
Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2014 10:03 am
Offline
Rock Star
Rock Star
User avatar

Joined: Tue Jul 17, 2007 9:44 am
Posts: 7282
Location: Washington
That natural finish looked pretty darn good (much better than most such finish jobs I've seen over the years), but that fresh new sunburst is just spectacular.

The figuring on the back of the guitar is quite unique.

Man, I wish I had that guitar. Where do you live? Huh?

:lol:

_________________
Member #26797
My other guitar is a Strat.

Image


Top
Profile
Post subject: Re: 1962 Jazzmaster Re-finish
Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2014 4:18 pm
Offline
Aspiring Musician
Aspiring Musician
User avatar

Joined: Sat Dec 29, 2012 11:48 pm
Posts: 681
Location: Southern, CA
musicmatty wrote:
Do you have any YouTube video clips of this guitar in action now ...I would love to hear something.


I don't have anything right now. I may put something up a little later on, but I'm not a very good guitar player. :D

Jerry

_________________
'62 Jazzmaster/'78 Precision Bass/'88 Fender F250 acoustic/'07 Gibson Less Paul Classic Antique/'12 Squier Strat/'14 Squier VM Jaguar/'15 Classic 60s Telecaster/'68 Showman Reverb/'70 Bandmaster Cabinet JBL D140F speakers/'69 Super Reverb/'12 G-DEC 3-30


Top
Profile
Post subject: Re: 1962 Jazzmaster Re-finish
Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2014 4:20 pm
Offline
Aspiring Musician
Aspiring Musician
User avatar

Joined: Sat Dec 29, 2012 11:48 pm
Posts: 681
Location: Southern, CA
orvilleowner wrote:
That natural finish looked pretty darn good (much better than most such finish jobs I've seen over the years), but that fresh new sunburst is just spectacular.

The figuring on the back of the guitar is quite unique.

Man, I wish I had that guitar. Where do you live? Huh?

:lol:


:lol: :lol: :lol: The most I can tell you is Southern California.

Jerry

_________________
'62 Jazzmaster/'78 Precision Bass/'88 Fender F250 acoustic/'07 Gibson Less Paul Classic Antique/'12 Squier Strat/'14 Squier VM Jaguar/'15 Classic 60s Telecaster/'68 Showman Reverb/'70 Bandmaster Cabinet JBL D140F speakers/'69 Super Reverb/'12 G-DEC 3-30


Top
Profile
Display posts from previous:  Sort by  
Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 19 posts ]  Go to page 1, 2  Next
Go to page 1, 2  Next

All times are UTC - 7 hours

Fender Play Winter Sale 2020

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 2 guests


You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum

Search for:
Jump to: