New Jazzmasters?

Musicman20

dindude said:

Jackobean said:

The rumour mill over on strat-talk is suggesting a flatter radius and bigger fret wire for the american original range. Not a completely cynical re-brand if that's the case.

If that is the only changes over a AVRI '65, then that's a pretty good shout I think.

I'm still basking in my own smugness for picking up a new '65 Jag in Sonic Blue (see profile pic) for £850 two years ago (and then getting the wife to pay for it as a birthday present)!

SAME! Same guitar. Love it.

Lebarque

What's the consensus on 250k vs. 500k pots in a Jazzmaster? I don't fancy 1 meg.

Philtre

Talking of Jazzmasters...where do folk line up the numbers on the volume and tone knobs? Mine came with them lined up so you see "6" when they're on full. The black knob screw is in line with the "10" so it looks kinda ugly that way.

GavRichList

Philtre said:

Talking of Jazzmasters...where do folk line up the numbers on the volume and tone knobs? Mine came with them lined up so you see "6" when they're on full. The black knob screw is in line with the "10" so it looks kinda ugly that way.

As above pictured 

Philtre

GavRichList said:

Philtre said:

Talking of Jazzmasters...where do folk line up the numbers on the volume and tone knobs? Mine came with them lined up so you see "6" when they're on full. The black knob screw is in line with the "10" so it looks kinda ugly that way.

As above pictured 

That works because the black screws align on the "1" and they're not so in your face as if they were on the "10". If you know what I mean... ;-)

impmann

DrBob said:

impmann said:

Corned beef guard = no from me.

Every time I look at a blue JM nowadays all I can think is “Nope, not as nice as the one I had off of Tim”.
And then I look at Zoey’s Mini which is still leaking oil over the driveway despite having sold said, lovely Jazzmaster to pay for repairs.
And then I get a little bit sad....

Yup... me too, chap.

Hopefully the new owner is enjoying it.

DrBob

impmann said:

DrBob said:

impmann said:

Corned beef guard = no from me.

Every time I look at a blue JM nowadays all I can think is “Nope, not as nice as the one I had off of Tim”.
And then I look at Zoey’s Mini which is still leaking oil over the driveway despite having sold said, lovely Jazzmaster to pay for repairs.
And then I get a little bit sad....

Yup... me too, chap.

Hopefully the new owner is enjoying it.

I’ve spoken to him since and he does say that it’s his new favourite Jazzmaster ( he already had three) so that’s something at least ..

jellybelly

Lebarque said:

What's the consensus on 250k vs. 500k pots in a Jazzmaster? I don't fancy 1 meg.

I have 300k volume and 500k tone on mine (and 500k vol/250k tone in my Jag), roll the tone down to 8 usually to give some adjustment room. 250s and 500s, in any combination, would be an improvement, though 1meg volumes do work well with a 250k tone as it has the bite, volume and brightness in tact to a point. YMMV etc, experiment!



dindude said:

Jackobean said:

The rumour mill over on strat-talk is suggesting a flatter radius and bigger fret wire for the american original range. Not a completely cynical re-brand if that's the case.

If that is the only changes over a AVRI '65, then that's a pretty good shout I think.

I'm still basking in my own smugness for picking up a new '65 Jag in Sonic Blue (see profile pic) for £850 two years ago (and then getting the wife to pay for it as a birthday present)!

Ditto! Now sorely tempted to get a AV65 JM if there are stock clearance offers to be had...

meltedbuzzbox

Lebarque said:

What's the consensus on 250k vs. 500k pots in a Jazzmaster? I don't fancy 1 meg.

All depends on your amp.

1k pots sparkle through my hiwatt. However through a fender twin they will take the enamel of your teeth.
Apparently the thought behind the 1k pots was to play normally at around 8 on the volume pot and dial up to 10 for a treble boost/solo sort of thing.

GavRichList

meltedbuzzbox said:

Lebarque said:

What's the consensus on 250k vs. 500k pots in a Jazzmaster? I don't fancy 1 meg.

All depends on your amp.

1k pots sparkle through my hiwatt. However through a fender twin they will take the enamel of your teeth.
Apparently the thought behind the 1k pots was to play normally at around 8 on the volume pot and dial up to 10 for a treble boost/solo sort of thing.

Have not found this to be true at all! Fender Twin at 5s across the board sounds superb with my JM opened out fully on the dials. As did the previous. Marc’s pickups mind you. 

meltedbuzzbox

GavRichList said:

meltedbuzzbox said:

Lebarque said:

What's the consensus on 250k vs. 500k pots in a Jazzmaster? I don't fancy 1 meg.

All depends on your amp.

1k pots sparkle through my hiwatt. However through a fender twin they will take the enamel of your teeth.
Apparently the thought behind the 1k pots was to play normally at around 8 on the volume pot and dial up to 10 for a treble boost/solo sort of thing.

Have not found this to be true at all! Fender Twin at 5s across the board sounds superb with my JM opened out fully on the dials. As did the previous. Marc’s pickups mind you. 

Firstly your twin isn't a proper twin (that's a good thing)
Secondly you have alnico 3 magnets which have a softer attack than clackity alnico 5s.

meltedbuzzbox

Not to mention 600 pedals in your signal chain probably takes off a fair bit of top end

GavRichList

meltedbuzzbox said:

GavRichList said:

meltedbuzzbox said:

Lebarque said:

What's the consensus on 250k vs. 500k pots in a Jazzmaster? I don't fancy 1 meg.

All depends on your amp.

1k pots sparkle through my hiwatt. However through a fender twin they will take the enamel of your teeth.
Apparently the thought behind the 1k pots was to play normally at around 8 on the volume pot and dial up to 10 for a treble boost/solo sort of thing.

Have not found this to be true at all! Fender Twin at 5s across the board sounds superb with my JM opened out fully on the dials. As did the previous. Marc’s pickups mind you. 

Firstly your twin isn't a proper twin (that's a good thing)
Secondly you have alnico 3 magnets which have a softer attack than clackity alnico 5s.

5s in the gold 

meltedbuzzbox

GavRichList said:

meltedbuzzbox said:

GavRichList said:

meltedbuzzbox said:

Lebarque said:

What's the consensus on 250k vs. 500k pots in a Jazzmaster? I don't fancy 1 meg.

All depends on your amp.

1k pots sparkle through my hiwatt. However through a fender twin they will take the enamel of your teeth.
Apparently the thought behind the 1k pots was to play normally at around 8 on the volume pot and dial up to 10 for a treble boost/solo sort of thing.

Have not found this to be true at all! Fender Twin at 5s across the board sounds superb with my JM opened out fully on the dials. As did the previous. Marc’s pickups mind you. 

Firstly your twin isn't a proper twin (that's a good thing)
Secondly you have alnico 3 magnets which have a softer attack than clackity alnico 5s.

5s in the gold 

Poor show :-p

GavRichList

meltedbuzzbox said:

GavRichList said:

meltedbuzzbox said:

GavRichList said:

meltedbuzzbox said:

Lebarque said:

What's the consensus on 250k vs. 500k pots in a Jazzmaster? I don't fancy 1 meg.

All depends on your amp.

1k pots sparkle through my hiwatt. However through a fender twin they will take the enamel of your teeth.
Apparently the thought behind the 1k pots was to play normally at around 8 on the volume pot and dial up to 10 for a treble boost/solo sort of thing.

Have not found this to be true at all! Fender Twin at 5s across the board sounds superb with my JM opened out fully on the dials. As did the previous. Marc’s pickups mind you. 

Firstly your twin isn't a proper twin (that's a good thing)
Secondly you have alnico 3 magnets which have a softer attack than clackity alnico 5s.

5s in the gold 

Poor show :-p

Well I still had the avri at the time, so wanted a bit of variation. They still sound great. Probably preferred the 3s by a nose, but the AV65 strips it everywhere else so I’m breezy 

Moss

Well it's official - Wunjo just put the new range on their website

https://www.wunjoguitars.com/shop/fender-3/

GavRichList

Moss said:

Well it's official - Wunjo just put the new range on their website

https://www.wunjoguitars.com/shop/fender-3/

That Meteora is GREAT

Moss

GavRichList said:

Moss said:

Well it's official - Wunjo just put the new range on their website

https://www.wunjoguitars.com/shop/fender-3/

That Meteora is GREAT

I love it

Would be better with an offset vibrato though

GavRichList

Moss said:

GavRichList said:

Moss said:

Well it's official - Wunjo just put the new range on their website

https://www.wunjoguitars.com/shop/fender-3/

That Meteora is GREAT

I love it

Would be better with an offset vibrato though

And it’s very expensive for MIJ

EDIT: I think it must be US and mislabelled. All the parts seem to be USA. 

stickyfiddle

Big fan of bound necks with dots, so this is good. Not enough to make me want to buy one to match my MJT though. 

These strat/tele hybrids are interesting...