Re: Performer Jazzmaster - could it SOUND like a Jazzmaster?
Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2021 6:43 pm
I don't know why I googled the guitar model, I just realized I have a photo on my phone...here is my Gretsch with my "Gretsch".
They're great guitars, and the hardtail also has that third bridge thing going on.
Definitely very different from a Strat vibrato, which I also love the tone of. I'm not sure how much is from the trem block and how much is from resonance in the springs, but there's definitely a tone to that assembly that's very different from a Tele or hardtail Strat bridge. I find it as distinctive as a Jazzmaster vibrato - it just changes the whole response of the instrument, even if you deck it.
They're great guitars, and the hardtail also has that third bridge thing going on.
Definitely very different from a Strat vibrato, which I also love the tone of. I'm not sure how much is from the trem block and how much is from resonance in the springs, but there's definitely a tone to that assembly that's very different from a Tele or hardtail Strat bridge. I find it as distinctive as a Jazzmaster vibrato - it just changes the whole response of the instrument, even if you deck it.