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Re: New Fender American Special Mustang and Jazzmaster
Posted: Mon Sep 02, 2013 3:50 pm
by THEBEERHAMMER
I know this is off topic but i played one of the new 65 jazzmaster reissues the other day and it was awful.
Re: New Fender American Special Mustang and Jazzmaster
Posted: Mon Sep 02, 2013 5:57 pm
by cheesecats
THEBEERHAMMER wrote:I know this is off topic but i played one of the new 65 jazzmaster reissues the other day and it was awful.
How so? I played a 50th anniversary model and didn't like the 9.5 radius skinny neck.
Re: New Fender American Special Mustang and Jazzmaster
Posted: Mon Sep 02, 2013 6:49 pm
by THEBEERHAMMER
The neck was finished awfully and the frets were dull as could be. I mean the finish on the back of the neck had satin patches and uneaven spray it was just a train wreck. Those new white witch hats are BANGIN though.
Re: New Fender American Special Mustang and Jazzmaster
Posted: Mon Sep 02, 2013 7:57 pm
by cheesecats
that's a lot of scratch for that kind of qc. i wonder if fender will issue an american special jag.
Re: New Fender American Special Mustang and Jazzmaster
Posted: Tue Sep 03, 2013 1:58 pm
by theavondon
Man...these look like some Rondo Music knockoffs of Fenders.
Re: New Fender American Special Mustang and Jazzmaster
Posted: Wed Sep 04, 2013 1:57 am
by rfurtkamp
I just don't see the point, as much as I might consider a MIA Mustang if done right.
But no trem is just....I don't even know what to say.
Re: New Fender American Special Mustang and Jazzmaster
Posted: Thu Sep 05, 2013 9:47 am
by cheesecats
changed my mind. $800-900 street--i'm getting one. no brainer for a hardtail man.
Re: New Fender American Special Mustang and Jazzmaster
Posted: Thu Sep 05, 2013 2:25 pm
by WayToHip
theavondon wrote:Man...these look like some Rondo Music knockoffs of Fenders.
Re: New Fender American Special Mustang and Jazzmaster
Posted: Fri Sep 06, 2013 5:44 am
by DarkAxel
Hey... that's not a bad price for an american made Jazzmaster
or should i say jazzmaster-style guitar
Re: New Fender American Special Mustang and Jazzmaster
Posted: Fri Sep 06, 2013 6:38 am
by backwardsvoyager
DarkAxel wrote:Hey... that's not a bad price for an american made Jazzmaster
or should i say jazzmaster-style guitar
I'm still shocked at that switch placement more than anything.
Hey guys I heard lots of people put tape over their rhythm circuits because the switch gets knocked too easily, so lets get rid of that altogether... AND PUT AN EVEN MORE OBTRUSIVE SWITCH IN THE SAME PLACE
Re: New Fender American Special Mustang and Jazzmaster
Posted: Fri Sep 06, 2013 7:39 am
by cheesecats
backwardsvoyager wrote:I'm still shocked at that switch placement more than anything.
Hey guys I heard lots of people put tape over their rhythm circuits because the switch gets knocked too easily, so lets get rid of that altogether... AND PUT AN EVEN MORE OBTRUSIVE SWITCH IN THE SAME PLACE
i've always thought the bigger problem was with the pickup selector toggle switch. moving the switch out of the way on the top bout seems like a good move to me. you'd have to be strumming pretty far up the neck to bang into it there.
Re: New Fender American Special Mustang and Jazzmaster
Posted: Fri Sep 06, 2013 7:58 am
by backwardsvoyager
cheesecats wrote:backwardsvoyager wrote:I'm still shocked at that switch placement more than anything.
Hey guys I heard lots of people put tape over their rhythm circuits because the switch gets knocked too easily, so lets get rid of that altogether... AND PUT AN EVEN MORE OBTRUSIVE SWITCH IN THE SAME PLACE
i've always thought the bigger problem was with the pickup selector toggle switch. moving the switch out of the way on the top bout seems like a good move to me. you'd have to be strumming pretty far up the neck to bang into it there.
I get that too sometimes, I always attributed it more to the tendency of those toggles to snap back to the middle position too easily.
Seeing as the switch is mounted sideways accidentally changing pickups probably won't be a problem but I could see myself ripping it off by accident pretty easily seeing as they stick out so much.
Re: New Fender American Special Mustang and Jazzmaster
Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2013 6:29 am
by DarkAxel
backwardsvoyager wrote:DarkAxel wrote:Hey... that's not a bad price for an american made Jazzmaster
or should i say jazzmaster-style guitar
I'm still shocked at that switch placement more than anything.
Hey guys I heard lots of people put tape over their rhythm circuits because the switch gets knocked too easily, so lets get rid of that altogether... AND PUT AN EVEN MORE OBTRUSIVE SWITCH IN THE SAME PLACE
now i use both curcuits, but the the worst thing is that SOMETIMES the switch sometimes gets hit and stuck halfway and it cut's the signal COMPLETELY
i used to freak out and try to debug my pedalboard... now i know what's the deal
when i had an LP-style guitar, i used to hit it all the time, it's right in the way of my wide funk-rhythm swing
Re: New Fender American Special Mustang and Jazzmaster
Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2013 6:43 am
by backwardsvoyager
ahh yeah I've done that at gigs before, that's why I decided to tape the rhythm circuit and stop using it. The switch would always be the last thing I checked, too
Eventually I think I'll remove the rhythm circuit and have just a push/pull volume/tone and put a 3-way switch where the tone knob normally goes. Problem solved.