Tell Me about the Fender Jazzmaster (MOD: Also Jaguar, etc.)

http://www.fender.com/products/prod_images/basses/0259505515_md.jpg

Actually, we have one of those coming as well. They're fantastic. The Geddyleeidness I referred to is the Mod Shop style of that bass (badass bridge, etc.). My only actual critique of the bass is the black neck binding, which is legit, but still bugs me for some reason.

The switch on top…at least on the MIJ I am playing in the down position is normal operation with volume and tone knobs and in the up position is only the neck pickup and the “wheels” are volume and tone for the neck pickup and the other controls are disabled. But the neck pickup rules and the bridge is too quiet but I think I can wedge something under it to raise it a little to match volume of neck pickup.

But I need a trem arm for the MIJ can anyone help? If you don’t use yours can I buy it from you. To me that’s the hero of the guitar is the trem system. I play in a surf band so it is necessary for me.
Thanks Scot

The switch on top…at least on the MIJ I am playing in the down position is normal operation with volume and tone knobs and in the up position is only the neck pickup and the “wheels” are volume and tone for the neck pickup and the other controls are disabled. But the neck pickup rules and the bridge is too quiet but I think I can wedge something under it to raise it a little to match volume of neck pickup.

But I need a trem arm for the MIJ can anyone help? If you don’t use yours can I buy it from you. To me that’s the hero of the guitar is the trem system. I play in a surf band so it is necessary for me.
Thanks Scot

'65 Mustang MIJ reissue arriving for Fender summer production. Will be announced officially at Summer Namm.

now for more pretty pictures

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$702 to my door

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$827 to my door

Kate - have you modded your JM in any way, or is it absolutely stock. Any mods to the bridge? I ask because you're the only person I know who has a JM, and I've heard how good it sounded in action.

'tremoro' system!

Also the buzzstop kills the tone and feel. There is a reason for the extended string length and height after the bridge.
If I have to listen to anyone else ruin a Jazzmaster with these stupid mods I will puke!!!!!!!

No mods to mine, Dr. C, however it is broken, and I can't get it into the jazz circuit - maybe an unintentional mod!

It keeps good tune, however, I did have to customise (OK, wrap in tape and jam in so it doesn't lock) the tremolo arm to get the proper floaty wooziness.

detail: i didn't put in a mustang bridge, just a buzz-stop.

i know these are rattly guitars, but is this normal? should i try to have my guitar guy set it up again in some different way?

The trem is...interesting.
set the trem-lock to locked. Tighten the adjustment screw until it suddenly stops doing anything(but still moves without more effort) re tune. Now turn the screw the OTHER way until the guitar goes a tiny bit flat. Then simply tighten slowly until it goes back in-tune.

you're done!
If you still have problems, it's either THAT guitar or....you.

GZ out.

some questions:

1. what is AV?
2. if i was bad at shop class, won't i fuck this up?

Shop class...
Hmmm.
I could send the wood for like a buck, but I can't guaratee It'll be fitted.

it'll have hole that line up, but John will need to have the neck off a strat with the neck off so I could get the shape approximated.

Anything else is just... difficult.
John, tell him how to take a neck off.

Taking a neck off is easy if you can just get past the inherent scaryness of it.

1. Prop the instrument face down on some sort of inclined surface, so that it's supported only at the base of the body and at about the 3rd fret. Think towel on a table, with a stack of books under the neck.

2. Capo the neck at the 1st fret, if the strings are still on it (yes, it is ok to leave the neck under tension. Don't worry so much.)

3. Grip the instrument with your thumb on the neckplate and your fingers on the front of the neck. What you want to be able to do is counteract the tension of the strings as you remove the neck bolts. THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT, because if you don't, the string tension will pull the last screw out of the hole and strip/crack it. Which is bad.

4. Now, while maintaining your death grip, remove the screws in a cross-pattern (upper right, lower left, lower right, upper left). When you have removed all screws, slowly release your hold on the neckplate, and let the strings pull the neck from the body in sort of a clmshell motion. Ta-dah! Now you are a skilled luthier. Tell all your friends.

To reattach neck, operate in reverse.

First thoughts :

1) Amazing build quality
2) Really nice neck - great finish, really fast. Action nice and low.
3) ALL the pick-up positions sound good and the rhythm circuit wasn't as dark as I was expecting. Will definitely be able to get masses of good sounds out of this.
4) Why the feck do they ship these with 09 gauges on? I reckon I'll have to go up to 11s right away. Mind you, even with 09's I didn't get the strings to pop out of the saddles on bends, apart from the low E which jumped when I yanked it hard.

Incidentally, Peter Cook's is a pretty strange place - it's in a residential street off the Uxbridge Road, and is sort of in a couple of houses knocked together. Really shabby from the outside, but nice inside and v.friendly and helpful staff. Good prices too.

I have a Rowland S Howard signature pedal - MXR D+ + Blue Box but I've never been able to tell if it's not functioning correctly or if the Blue Box is just that unusable for me. D+ side sounds great though.

I'm bringing my Acid Fuzz Sonic Boom 3-in-1 to this signature pedal festival.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjY2QJ1QnsU

(the catch is that you have to figure out Shields' tuning in order to do all that)

trying to figure out why this is $2-300 more than a stock Blender and it's basically the sag/clipping voltage feature (not really present on any mbv material afaik?)...

seems like i would rather take my regular blender and bring it to my soldering/mod guy and pay him $50 to mod it?

Ultra deep dive on the Squire Jazzmaster XII

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYvll3Jwn2M

People need to stop making me want that.