J Mascis Signiture Series Jazzmaster

[oldskool1221]

"Virvel " wrote:

here’s a bucnh of shots:

http://elderly.com/fmic/items/FJMJM.htm”>http://elderly.com/fmic/items/FJMJM.htm

those pics make it look more red

[tonas]

I bought one today. Can’t wait to go home and crank it. Woo Hoo!

[Randy Jane]

So is everyone paying around $750 for this guitar? I’m thinking about ordering one….but thats a lot of money to pay for something Im going to treat like my Mustang……sitting in three feet of dust in the back of the guitar pile…never getting played.

RJ

[tonas]

I paid $849 for mine with tax it was a little over $900. I was going to order one online but when I saw it in the shop and played it I had to have it.

I played it some last night. It really is a nice guitar for being Japanese. The pickups sound great and aren’t at all like the other Japanese Jazzmaster pickups. I really like the jumbo frets too. Its the first guitar I have with them and for me it seems easier to play. The nitro finish on the neck rules too.

It’s gonna be my main axe now.

[SonicD]

awesome!!! pics/shots!!! now!!!!!

[tonas]

"Virvel " wrote:

awesome!!! pics/shots!!! now!!!!!

I’m at work now, maybe I’ll take some this weekend. Maybe this would be a good new thread, pics of freaksceneres with their J Mascis Jazzmasters.

[SonicD]

that would be epic.

gahh i really want one with a red tort pickguard though

[tonas]

Huh, I didn’t realize that the switch control was different than the traditinal Jazzmaster switch, I’m going to have to play with it now. From the Fender site:

"The Dinosaur roar comes from dual vintage reissue pickups and the barrage of controls the Jazzmaster has always been known for—a three-position toggle switch with volume and tone knobs and, for this model, [glow=red,2,300]a two-position slide switch with volume and tone controls configured as a “lead tone circuitâ€

[SonicD]

ahh awesome! so the rythm/lead is upside down, so rad!!!!

[tonas]

You know last night I was playing with the lead tone circuit and it realy works that way. With the toggle switch I can set my rhythm playing tone (usually with the bridge pick up) and when I want to solo I can flip the switch up to get a really creamy boosted tone. It totally works. In a lot of cases it really seemed like it would take the place of my linear power booster to give the lead a more saturated tone. Its really pretty cool, and now I’m even way more stoked on it than before.

[Elbit]

[img]http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a129/ledzep273/scan.jpg[/img]
that was just in the latest thing that sam ash sent to me. i thought it was pretty cool.

[Stormy320]

So how do the oversized Frets play?

[little_fury_thing]

"Elbit " wrote:

[img]http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a129/ledzep273/scan.jpg[/img]
that was just in the latest thing that sam ash sent to me. i thought it was pretty cool.

That looks fantastic!

[tonas]

"Stormy320 " wrote:

So how do the oversized Frets play?

I really like them. I didn’t know how they would play but I really do like them. For me it seems easier to play than with the regular sized frets. Its seems like the neck is faster because of them.

[SonicD]

Hmm, so, the rythm circuit switch is reversed? strange, J has the switch blocked, why would he want it like this on this signature….

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