Jazzmaster, Strat, or Tele?

[Jack_TriPpEr]

nels also uses a fair amount of pedals to color his tone. i did enjoy the fact he had to fix his tuning mid song

I saw that too. I'm always impressed by someone who can correct an out of tune string on the fly.

[jeremy]

ive had to do that a bunch of times over the years, usually it gets the tuning close enough to finish the song but i always check again once the song finishes. i was more commenting on the jazzmaster not even staying in tune for a full song

[GuitarStv]

To your point: did anyone notice if the switches on that guy's JM in the Wilco video were set in a way where we weren't hearing the pickups in their normal mode ?

His rhythm/lead slider switch is in the down position for the whole video, which would normally mean it's in neck only loaded down pots 'rhythm' mode . . . but he also switches the lower toggle from neck to bridge just before the solo and it definitely sounds like a bridge pickup with the tone rolled off. I think he has just reversed the rhythm/slider switch so that down is normal 'lead' mode.

[jeremy]

or disabled the rhythm circuit

[GuitarStv]

or disabled the rhythm circuit

Yep. Always a popular mod for those who don't feel the need for a 'mud' switch. :P

[esandes]

What's a solid example of a famous song where you can hear the tone of a Jazzmaster guitar clearly? A song that is on Youtube so i can take a listen to it. I ask cuz I am not sure what the "classic Jazzmaster tone" sounds like.

Dinosaur Jr.
sonic youth

two bands that are exclusively jazzmaster

[Jack_TriPpEr]

ive had to do that a bunch of times over the years, usually it gets the tuning close enough to finish the song but i always check again once the song finishes. i was more commenting on the jazzmaster not even staying in tune for a full song

Ahh, JM's don't hold tune well, gotcha. Is that due to that funky vbrato bridge design?

[Chistopher]

Yep. Always a popular mod for those who don't feel the need for a 'mud' switch. :P

Mud mode works a lot better if you add a treble bleed and turn the tone control into a bass cut.

[Chistopher]

Ahh, JM's don't hold tune well, gotcha. Is that due to that funky vbrato bridge design?

It holds tune just as well as any non-locking vibrato. They are just known for hopping out of tune if you whack a string out of its slot, that's why most people replace the saddles with ones from a Mustang

[alex1fly]

It holds tune just as well as any non-locking vibrato. They are just known for hopping out of tune if you whack a string out of its slot, that's why most people replace the saddles with ones from a Mustang

The newer Fender I test drove had a tune-o-matic bridge paired with the classic tremolo

[Mincer]

I just think there are better bridges out there (especially for live playing). I don't want to fiddle with an old design when performing. I see no reason to have parts on the guitar that 'sorta' work well- I don't care much about tradition.

[Chistopher]

The newer Fender I test drove had a tune-o-matic bridge paired with the classic tremolo

Which one was that? Sounds pretty neat

[GuitarStv]

Which one was that? Sounds pretty neat

Fender's Modern Player JM is like that:

[FuseG4]

I'm kinda with Jeremy on the tuning thing I don't know what it is about these things but mine does need little tuning adjustments every song or so. I feel like it might be partly the way the bridge pivots, Or maybe using so much string length compounds the tiny effects of strings stretching and changing temperature, or something. In fact I went and bought my first locking trem guitar after having a JM as my only instrument for a while.

But yeah I love the wiring, the 1 meg pots help it go from no treble to crazy treble and in between is a lot of fendery sounds

That's why I hate when people in reviews play jazzmaster with stock wiring, and everything on ten and never back the controls off, you're missing out on 80%+ of the range of the instrument.

[alex1fly]

Which one was that? Sounds pretty neat

It was the Classic Player. 2017ish model.

Funny that this thread has become a Jazzmaster thread