NGD: 1962 Jazzmaster sunburst

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NGD: 1962 Jazzmaster sunburst

Post by kidtwist » Sun Aug 18, 2019 8:55 am

I picked this up yesterday. It used to belong to Joe Bonamassa, but I guess everything vintage has belonged to him at some point. He traded it in on a vintage Les Paul Custom. I noticed in the store that the middle position sounded quite thin, and, since I don't trust myself with a soldering iron, so, after taking some pictures, I immediately took it to my tech who confirmed that the pickups are out of phase. He's going to go over it and fix that and do a setup so I won't have i back for a couple of weeks. Curious to find out whether the pickups weres out of phase from the factory or someone did that on purpose.

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Post by kidtwist » Sun Aug 18, 2019 8:58 am

One more pic.

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Re: NGD: 1962 Jazzmaster sunburst

Post by marqueemoon » Sun Aug 18, 2019 9:35 am

:? So nice. Enjoy it.

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Post by Maggieo » Sun Aug 18, 2019 10:16 am

Wow! That is a unicorn, straight up. :-*
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Post by countertext » Sun Aug 18, 2019 10:30 am

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Post by PorkyPrimeCut » Sun Aug 18, 2019 12:28 pm

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Re: NGD: 1962 Jazzmaster sunburst

Post by StevenO » Sun Aug 18, 2019 12:42 pm

Beautiful guitar! :)

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Post by PJazzmaster » Sun Aug 18, 2019 2:41 pm

nice one, and a slabboard too :-*

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Post by i love sharin foo » Sun Aug 18, 2019 7:05 pm

That one is very clean and unfaded for the particular year. Nice find!
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Re: NGD: 1962 Jazzmaster sunburst

Post by gringopig » Mon Aug 19, 2019 12:14 am

Lovely thing! Congratulations and I hope you have a lot of fun with it.

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Re: NGD: 1962 Jazzmaster sunburst

Post by kapepper » Mon Aug 19, 2019 3:32 am

Congrats!!!! Looks fantastic
Does the bonamassa story comes with premium price wise ?

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Post by kidtwist » Mon Aug 19, 2019 5:10 am

Thank you everyone.

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No, I don't think so. The price was on the high-end but I think it's within reason considering the condition.

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Re: NGD: 1962 Jazzmaster sunburst

Post by gishuk » Mon Aug 19, 2019 7:24 am

Thats a holy grail right there!

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Re: NGD: 1962 Jazzmaster sunburst

Post by toinouBE » Fri Aug 23, 2019 12:46 pm

great looking guitar !
You're right about fixing that middle position, cause it's amazing !

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Re: NGD: 1962 Jazzmaster sunburst

Post by Ice Tre » Sat Sep 14, 2019 1:35 am

I'm beyond jealous. Wow. I hope you play some beautiful music with that beauty.

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