I had no intention of buying a new guitar anytime soon, but I was in a local music store today and stumbles across a Jazzmaster. Damn is this a cool sounding guitar, and it plays great. It was cool because the store has a Route 66 in stock so I ws able to play it thru the same type of amp as I own. I've been interested in these guitars for a while but was never able to spend much time with one until now. Any of you own a Jazzmaster ever? Just curious. Thanks
I have lusted after these for years - always been a big Television fan - but was never thrilled when I tried one in person. That being said it has been a few years since I have tried any of the re issues. Is this a 2005 model you tried? How was the neck and action on it, and the tones? Did you try clean or overdriven tones? -- Barr
I'm not sure what year it is. The neck anction and tone were great. The bridge pickup seemed a little thin but still not bad. I played clean and wwith some OD. Sounded great either way.
My Chapin JBird (a Jazzmaster-style) is being delivered this week. Unfortunately, I'm 500 miles away until Friday night!!! DOHHH!!! But I just can't wait!
I have an AV Jazzmaster that I dig a whole bunch. It's worlds away from my usual guitars in both tone and the way i play it but it has a great sound all its own. Very full Fender type tone. Really bell like. Rings great and gets me thinking out of the box a lot. I've come up with quiote a few cool tunes just noodling around on it. It loves my Tone King Continental and an analog delay pedal in between. Kick in the slightest reverb and a little tremolo on the TK and sweet jesus, it sounds awesome. Had a Jag and couldn't hang with the scale or PUs in it. For the the Jazzmaster ended up feeling extremely comfortable and natural to play. I dig em a lot. I'd love to wrap my mitts around an old one but the prices keep on climbling. -e.
Pretty much the same way I feel about them. They have a sound and vibe all to themselves. I have a '58. The neck and both pickups together are my favorite settings into a BF Fender amp. Bridge only is kind of like a mellow P90, not strat or tele tone, but cool.
I've always wanted to try a Jazzmaster. But the prices are high and going up. So, it's hard to justify the cash on an experiment. Are there any lower-priced options out there for a trial run? It seems like there are a million cheap strat and tele clones. Why no JMs?
Haven't check the new ones, I have a '59 slab board, etc, that sounds fantastic, the frets are very worn but still plays great, tone is really something else...
