Jazzmaster decals
- señormisterioso
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Jazzmaster decals
Hey, (new here) is there a place for me to reference historical jazzmaster Decals.
Also, is a 66’ decal in black wrong? Or those years are supposed to be all over the place?
Finally, is this a realizable source for reference:
http://www.guitarhq.com/fender.html
Thank you!
Also, is a 66’ decal in black wrong? Or those years are supposed to be all over the place?
Finally, is this a realizable source for reference:
http://www.guitarhq.com/fender.html
Thank you!
- fendercollection
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Re: Jazzmaster decals
1966 Jazzmaster decals can be all over the place. I know James Shine used to have a great website with a page on Jazzmaster decals but I can't find it.
The black decal is correct and the earliest I've seen is on a November 1965 neck. Given that necks were stamped at the beginning of the process, I'm sure the decals were not applied until late 1965 or early 1966. Below is a photo of a Mustang factory neck blank with a date stamp to show how early these were applied.
You also see the same big lettering decal in gold on guitars with darker finishes. Still 100% correct. The important thing is to make sure the rest of the guitar is correct
A few examples:
1966 Olympic White
1966 Black (photo from Gary's Classic Guitars)
1966 Blue Ice Metallic (Just sold by Well Strung Guitars)
1966 Candy Apple Red (from a listing on reverb.com)
Hope this helps!
The black decal is correct and the earliest I've seen is on a November 1965 neck. Given that necks were stamped at the beginning of the process, I'm sure the decals were not applied until late 1965 or early 1966. Below is a photo of a Mustang factory neck blank with a date stamp to show how early these were applied.
You also see the same big lettering decal in gold on guitars with darker finishes. Still 100% correct. The important thing is to make sure the rest of the guitar is correct
A few examples:
1966 Olympic White
1966 Black (photo from Gary's Classic Guitars)
1966 Blue Ice Metallic (Just sold by Well Strung Guitars)
1966 Candy Apple Red (from a listing on reverb.com)
Hope this helps!
- bterry
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Re: Jazzmaster decals
Jim’s page has been unhosted for some time now, unfortunately - it was a great resource!
- señormisterioso
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Re: Jazzmaster decals
Wow! Thank you for all the good info!
- fendercollection
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Re: Jazzmaster decals
No problem! And guitarhq is a pretty good resource. There's a lot of info on there
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Re: Jazzmaster decals
Jim's page can be still viewed through wayback machine - https://web.archive.org/web/20130327023 ... jazzma.htm
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Re: Jazzmaster decals
For anyone interested, I saved his page as a PDF back when it was still online.
You can download the PDF here from my Dropbox:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/msin9gcol2mnw ... r.pdf?dl=0
You can download the PDF here from my Dropbox:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/msin9gcol2mnw ... r.pdf?dl=0
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- bterry
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Re: Jazzmaster decals
nice, thanks!
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Re: Jazzmaster decals
One of my sept’ 66 JM’s has a 64 style decal and single line klusons..on a block and bound neck..completely stock from the factory.
- señormisterioso
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Re: Jazzmaster decals
Super useful thank you!
- whitewatersky
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Re: Jazzmaster decals
Crikey that black headstock looks tops.
- rank
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Re: Jazzmaster decals
I know it is an old thread but I need a few of these. Any idea where I can get them?
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Re: Jazzmaster decals
I am looking for the same decal. Did you ever find a source for them?
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Re: Jazzmaster decals
I got on from Rothko and Frost. Gold outline black center. They did everything right except the, With synchronized floating tremolo and patten numbers. It was slightly to big. But the logo and offset body part look perfect. I’ll try to get a photo tonight.
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Re: Jazzmaster decals
Cheers for that. Nearly.... I am looking for either the gold with black outline or plain gold. It's for a Candy Apple Red headstock.