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Musician's Friend Rewards Members: Fender Squier Classic Vibe '60s Jazzmaster Limited-Edition Electric Guitar (Daphne Blue) on sale for
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About this Item:
- Body
- Body shape: Double cutaway
- Body type: Solidbody
- Body wood: Other
- Body finish: Gloss
- Neck
- Neck shape: C
- Neck wood: Maple
- Joint: Bolt-on
- Scale length: 25.5"
- Truss rod: Standard
- Neck finish: Gloss
- Fingerboard
- Material: Indian Laurel
- Radius: 9.5"
- Fret size: Vintage-style
- Number of frets: 21
- Inlays: Dot
- Nut width/material: 1.65" (42 mm)
- Electronics
- Configuration: SS
- Neck: Proprietary Alnico Single Coi
- Bridge: Proprietary Alnico Single Coil
- Control layout: Master tone, Master volume
- Pickup switch: 3-Way
- Special electronics: Lead/rhythm switch
- Hardware
- Bridge type: Tremolo/Vibrato
- Bridge design: Individual saddle
- Tailpiece: Floating Vibrato
- Tuning machines: Vintage-style
- Color: Nickel
- Number of strings: 6
- Orientation: Right handed
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Some things that helped mine that I'd recommend to other people and you've got a truly great guitar:
1) "Hammer trick" to tighten up vibrato bar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r228wRp
2) Stewmac 1 degree neck shim (You may want less, I like the action as low as I can get away with)
3) Check the bridge's string slots and the tree for any metal burrs and file them down (I broke 4 high-E strings due to burs on my bridge AND string tree). I ended up putting on a Graph-Tec string tree for peace of mind
4) Clean the fretboard with Dunlop Lemon-oil. Its got some kind of gray wax on to protect it.
5) Raise the pickups close to the strings as Leo intended. Flat-wounds sound great.
I also "upgraded" with some witch-hat knobs and a gold anodized pickguard from Musiclily, but inexpensive and mostly cosmetic. I put on some Graphtec saddles I got on clearance but I don't think it buys you a lot.
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I received one awhile back and it had some minor issues, they ended up refunding me some money and i got the guitar for nearly $200 out the door.
Just know the rhythm and lead switch turn the volume and tone knobs off and on. If you've never played a Jazzmaster it's easy to worry you got a broken unit, lol.
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I am debating between buying this or just buying $315 in Bitcoin, but I think I will do the latter
Well...thanks anyways!
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The Contemporary Jazzmaster that you're referring to doesn't have Jazzmaster pickups, a rhythm circuit, or the floating trem, so it's a Jazzmaster in shape only. The true JM pickups on this CV offer some unique tones that you just can't achieve with a Strat or Tele.
Also, many people (myself included) consider the Jazzmaster shape to be one of the most comfortable guitar designs. For people with small hands/short arms, I can see how it might be a little awkward.
Regarding the weight, some JM models are heavier than others, and even within a single model there's a lot of variance between guitars, so maybe you got unlucky or the contemporary version in general is just hefty. The CV generally ranges from 7-8 lbs (my 2022 sunburst CV is only 7 lbs 5 oz).
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