Re: "This is my guitar .. there are many others like it ..

Sauerkraut · Post by **Sauerkraut** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 6:40 am

the pickguard on your '61 looks amazing Zhivago!

I'm jealous..

Post by **zhivago** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 3:33 pm

Sauerkraut wrote: the pickguard on your '61 looks amazing Zhivago!

I'm jealous..

thank you, sir

RumorsOFsurF · Post by **RumorsOFsurF** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 10:13 pm

mezcalhead wrote:

I looooove your Jazzmaster, Mezcalhead!!!! I actually had this pic as my wallpaper for months! :?

I never knew whose guitar it was. I think it is perfect...

Post by **mezcalhead** » Sat Jun 02, 2007 12:33 am

Thanks man!

Post by **Orang Goreng** » Sat Jun 02, 2007 1:44 am

This one has beenm my #1 since I've had it (when exactly that happened I should be able to read from the receipt, though unfortunately I can't read that date....'95? I don't think that's right, I used it in a band I had before that, I think. Anyway.). Neck date 4jun64B, original except the finish, the trem arm, a screw and a pot. I cannot imagine another guitar replacing it as my #1 (especially since it's one of the last guitars I bought).

And according to the receipt I even paid less for it than I remember... HFL 1600, that's like € 727.

Oh, and here's a pic with the sunburst refin it originally had. The back was all black. Botch job, though it looked good from a distance.

fuzzking · Post by **fuzzking** » Sat Jun 02, 2007 3:09 am

Orang Goreng wrote:
And according to the receipt I even paid less for it than I remember... HFL 1600, that's like € 727.

Makes me want to go back in time

idiotbear · Post by **idiotbear** » Sat Jun 02, 2007 4:39 am

zhivago wrote:

Then I fell on hard times last summer and I was torn between the 1964 Gold Jazzmaster (now owned by Mezcalhead) and this '61....I could only keep one...

it was a heartbreaking shootout, but in the end the '61 prevailed due to the neck profile....both guitars sounded and played very, very nice....but due to my hand size, it had to be the '61....

Yannis, I loved your '64 so much, with the gorgeous Ron refin. Shoreline, wasn't it?

If I'd've had the money at the time, I'd have loved to have taken it off your hands (damn you, Jon!)

Post by **mezcalhead** » Sat Jun 02, 2007 8:13 am

idiotbear · Post by **idiotbear** » Sat Jun 02, 2007 11:13 am

Not thinking of letting it go, are ya? Or is it a case of "you can have my '64 when you pry it from my cold dead fingers"?

JazzBlaster · Post by **JazzBlaster** » Sat Jun 02, 2007 12:22 pm

Mostly 94 MIJ it was the first Jazzmaster I ever saw in my life. I fell in love with it and bought it right then. It was originaly CAR I repainted it with Boyds True Blue pearl I got at walmart and Nitro Laquer clear. SJM1 pups, vintage trem. I am wanting to order a warmoth modified mustang bridge and a gold guard for it. If anything happened to this guitar I would quit playing. I know Japanese guitars don't mean mutch to alot of people. I have been fortunate enough to own a couple of nice vintage guitars (And unfortunate enough not to be able to keep them). I modified this guitar to be as close to vintage as posible because I didn't want to take my vintage guitars out. This guitar has been everyehere with me and not once let me down. If anything ever happened to this guitar I would quit playing forever.

David

RumorsOFsurF · Post by **RumorsOFsurF** » Sat Jun 02, 2007 1:56 pm

My Japanese guitars mean a lot to me!!

starfish · Post by **starfish** » Sat Jun 02, 2007 4:21 pm

My 1961 is my #1. It is 100% original (Type 1 spag. logo/pat.pend. tail/pencil date) and sounds amazing. I'm convinced the reason these early JM's sound so good was the slab neck and black bottom pickups. As much as I love my 1964, the 1961 is a better feeling and sounding instrument. That says a lot. The 1964 is no slouch.

spiffy chap · Post by **spiffy chap** » Sun Jun 03, 2007 12:41 pm

JazzBlaster wrote:
David

Nice guitar!!

JazzBlaster · Post by **JazzBlaster** » Sun Jun 03, 2007 2:12 pm

Thanks

mudhoney · Post by **mudhoney** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 10:53 pm

JazzBlaster wrote:
Mostly 94 MIJ it was the first Jazzmaster I ever saw in my life. I fell in love with it and bought it right then. It was originaly CAR I repainted it with Boyds True Blue pearl I got at walmart and Nitro Laquer clear. SJM1 pups, vintage trem. I am wanting to order a warmoth modified mustang bridge and a gold guard for it. If anything happened to this guitar I would quit playing. I know Japanese guitars don't mean mutch to alot of people. I have been fortunate enough to own a couple of nice vintage guitars (And unfortunate enough not to be able to keep them). I modified this guitar to be as close to vintage as posible because I didn't want to take my vintage guitars out. This guitar has been everyehere with me and not once let me down. If anything ever happened to this guitar I would quit playing forever.

David

I really like this guitar...probably I would use a tortoise pickguard insted.

Can you desctibe the tonal difference when you striped the original finish?