Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Guitarz looks at Robert's Jazzmaster

There's an article at Guitarz that talks a bit about Robert's Fender Jazzmaster. (Thanks Hal)
Posted by Craig at 5:08 PM

9 comments:

  1. jeffSeptember 8, 2010 at 7:16 AM

    Thanks for the post. The Jazzmaster's such a gorgeous guitar..

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  2. RH factorSeptember 8, 2010 at 4:32 PM

    my White Japanese jazz looks similar to his early one except mine has a pepperoni pickguard and no add pickup. I recently bought the green thurston jazz through my company and it kicks serious ass. Jazzmasters can go with any style

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  3. salvadorSeptember 8, 2010 at 5:49 PM

    The jazzmaster and the jaguar are my favorite guitars, but i have always thought that they have a limited sound, thats just perfect for me, i have one, and for that reason it keeps me very creative. What do you guys think? I dont know if im making sense, my english its not very good...

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  4. EA WaySeptember 9, 2010 at 1:48 AM

    I have a blonde Japanese Jazzmaster that I got in '94. I have done a bunch of mods on it but I have settled on a pair of Seymour Duncan Antiquity II Jazzmaster pickups. I would say that anyone that has one of the Japanese reissues would benefit from those pickups.

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  5. KateSeptember 9, 2010 at 12:13 PM

    I love it when you all geek out about your instruments. It is inspiring. I am being serious! :)

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  6. JoeLomSeptember 9, 2010 at 12:32 PM

    He also has a brass buzzstop installed...looks simply like a brass tube that presses the strings down increasing the string tension and decreasing the BUZZ. There are commercial ones available, this his looks home made.

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  7. guitarmuttSeptember 9, 2010 at 5:27 PM

    I love theJazzmaster, Jaguar and Fender VI as well. I am curious about buying a Jag HH with the two humbuckers. Does anyone here have one? What do you think?

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  8. HERÓI DO MALSeptember 10, 2010 at 4:25 PM

    I think The Cure sounded better before the Shecter era. Plug a Shecter to a Peavey and have a plastic sound...Robert´s plastic passion really sucks. Where are the fenders, semi-hollow gibsons, etc? Do they still use them in studio?

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  9. EA WaySeptember 10, 2010 at 11:53 PM

    @guitarmutt - I have not played the Jaguar HH but to me the single coils are what makes the sounds of the Jaguar, Jazzmaster, and Fender VI. I am sort of biased towards the single coils though. I have the Jazzmaster that I mentioned before but my favorite pickups are P-90s. For that fix I have a '68 Gibson ES-330 and a 70's Epiphone Casino. I also own two Fender VI basses. One from the Japanese Custom Shop that is black and an original white one from 1962. I have one guitar with Humbuckers and the only reason I still keep it is because it was my first guitar.

    Humbuckers sound more compressed and less dynamic to my ear.

    I guess my point is try the Jaguar HH and if you like it buy it but I wouldn't expect it to be much like a real Jaguar. Maybe someone else that has one can chime in though

    Also, I have to say I agree with HERÓI DO MAL. I much prefer the Fenders and I even miss the Gibsons.

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