Maple Neck Fender Jazzmaster?

Discussion of vintage Jazzmasters, Jaguars, Bass VIs, Electric XIIs and any other offset-waist instruments.
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Re: Maple Neck Fender Jazzmaster?

Post by Glimmer » Sun Nov 13, 2016 8:14 am

Here's a beauty I stumbled across a couple of years ago when researching a JM build. Warmoth body + Fender neck:

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Re: Maple Neck Fender Jazzmaster?

Post by woland » Sun Jan 26, 2020 5:36 am

Hello!
Here's a video of the guitar in action:
https://youtu.be/FnvRxP4bm1A

To those who had pm me: sorry! I just saw your messages! But I'm not selling it for now.
It has been refretted and now it's a great guitar and a joy to play :)

Hope you like the little video I've made. It was strung with black nylon strings.
Regards

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Re: Maple Neck Fender Jazzmaster?

Post by mcatano » Fri Jan 31, 2020 12:50 pm

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This is a parts guitar I built up years ago and still have. It's an original finish 1965 body; pickguard, pickups, and tailpiece are from a pat pend era guitar (black bobbins); and the neck is a vintage 3-bolt microtilt that I had plugged and redrilled for a 4-bolt body.

I go back and forth on whether or not I actually like the maple neck with the burst; I think in the end something about it just looks off. I'm always looking for a vintage neck to pair with the body, if anyone's holding.

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Re: Maple Neck Fender Jazzmaster?

Post by marqueemoon » Fri Jan 31, 2020 1:32 pm

I’ve had a real change of heart when it comes to maple boards in recent years. I even have JM with one now (with lipstick pickups).

When I think of the classic JM look and sound though it’s still rosewood board/alder body.

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Re: Maple Neck Fender Jazzmaster?

Post by woland » Tue Nov 22, 2022 11:23 am

For those interested,
here's how it sounds:

https://youtu.be/2W9sw9AiIPE

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