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Corona times – youtube times. Our organ player introduced me to Cory Henry and in my quarantine and later on I was watching a lot of videos from his band "The Funk Apostels" – we can't really go out and see a band playing these days ... Great band playing funk with an artsy jazz approach (the songs sound a bit different every time). Wonderful keyboard playing and also sounds from Moog and Prophet synthesizers – I wouldn't have thought I dig it that much, but check out this if you are interested:
Anyway I saw that the guitar player Adam Agati – who also plays with Marcus Miller – uses these quirky jazzmaster shaped guitars – not the Fenders with all the switching overkill and peculiar tremolo and bridge, but "boutique" variations on the theme with "reasonable" electronic and hardware. Now I find myself interested in this shape – thinking about making one for myself. I have a new band project coming (looking forward for the first rehearsal in 2020 for me on sunday!) and I found out I can't really use an archtop to fit in, so I'll use a telecaster – it's a funk band. This fostered a renewed interest in solid body guitars as did boredom due to the lockdown.
Is anybody using a guitar with this jazzmaster shape?
Is it really as comfortable to play as the internet says?
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06-20-2020 05:54 AM
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He plays a Fano Alt de Facto JM6, a perfectly good guitar which is damaged in the factory to create the impression that it is old.
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For me – very much so. I have a Johnny Marr Jaguar that is my "jazz guitar" at the moment. The humbucking mode sounds actually pretty jazzy. I wonder what they would say at the local jam if/when I bring it in. An elder trumpet player teased me about my Telecaster and asked where I left the soundhole.. So my Jag might induce a stroke.
Anyway, back to the shape. The Jaguar body shape wraps around nicely and I wear it pretty high. I find it very ergonomic. It also puts my right hand in a very comfortable position for picking and ditto for left hand fingering.
YMMV, though. I have never gelled with Strats and find them awkward.
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Stop. I don’t need excuses to covet a surf green jazz master.
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Originally Posted by Squeezebox
The telecaster thing is funny. Some horn players get really weirded out by anything that isn’t an archtop.
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Nothing more comfy seated.
Standing, my tele is better.
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Is the jazzmaster the guitar equivalent of elasticated trousers?
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I think 24" scale is much more comfortable for me then body shape.
I have a thing for short scale. 25.5" is overkill for me.
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Originally Posted by christianm77
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Originally Posted by Mecena
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Both old onces, Jaguar and Jazzmaster are 24".
I'm sucker for 24.5" of PRS Single Cut 245.
I know newer onces are 25.5".
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Super comfortable, especially when chambered to within an inch of its life and built with a 24.75” scale. With TI 12 flats, this mahogany-bodied, maple-topped bastard thunks like an ES-175 with an overall sound that is part Tele, part ES-335.
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Originally Posted by Mecena
Danny W.
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Originally Posted by wzpgsr
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Remind those horn players that a Jaguar was OK for Joe Pass, so they need to chill.
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Originally Posted by jazzkritter
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Originally Posted by christianm77
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longtime jazzmaster fan and user..my fave fender...the fender jazzmaster pup doesn't need replacing...it's a great pickup..fenders reinvention of the p90...has magnet polepieces and wide bobbin for great interaction between strings and pup...great pup...warm, responsive, clear...
also jm body was designed to be ergonomic (ala 50's)...it's a comfy guitar sitting or standing
the other important factor is, on the originals, it has the 2 separate volume and tone circuits for just the neck pickup..a jazzers dream...can get 2 distinct tones/volumes from the neck pup at the flick of a switch...
if you don't like the 25.5 scale (it always was on jm ^) you can try the same body but with a 24" scale-the jaguar!!
jaguars good too, but has different narrower bobbin brighter focused pups
cheers
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Originally Posted by wzpgsr
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Originally Posted by christianm77
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fmic/squier has just released this for summer 2020
cheers
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Originally Posted by wzpgsr
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Originally Posted by christianm77
Originally Posted by christianm77
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