Though, Eden says in their e-bay add that this guard is for American Reissue Jazzmasters, it does fit MIJ/CIJ Jazzmasters with some work.
* First impressions of the Eden guard;
-As you may have read the Eden guard is far from prefect when compared to the famous Scotch guard or from other available Gold Guards for Jazzmaster.
-Most obvious is that the brushing is in the wrong direction, so 90 degrees of when compared to other Gold Guards and ofcourse the original.
-Then there is some strange "bevelling"
going on on this guard, as if someone quickly filed the sides of the guard before it was adonized. Strange.-The countours look ok, though a few weird spots ocure...
-The fit is ok, though non of the holes correspondent with those of the MIJ/CIJ guard (as was expected) but the bridge holes are placed to far forward to fit. This is a bit anoying in my book... :-\
-The pick up slots are at the correct distance, phew...but the halve circels are notebly smaller then on the plastic guard. Needed a bit of elbow grease.
*Conclusion
- the price is low and it certainly looks nice
. I mean for a € 25 gold Anodized guard including shipping and handling....But you have to life with the brushing being off by 90° and the weird not so nice looking bevelling of the sides in some earas and it needs work in order to fit a MIJ/CIJ body, which is about an hour of work. I wonder how it will fit an AVRI body.So it's ok. It would not be ok should it be way more expensive. But Eden should address the weird sloppy filing marks/bevelling as this is not needed, especially when considered this guard is laser cut. (luckely for me it was far worse on my friends Eden Strat Guard that we ordered...)
*Instalation on a MIJ/CIJ Jazzmaster;
-All pickguard holes need to be filed. I used toothpics and fast drying wood glue. I then carefully filed and sanded them flush with the body.(nothing of this is visible after the guard is in place btw.)
-Then all new holes need to be re- drilled.
-Enlarging of the bridge holes (Dremel, ofcourse)
-Fit the guard.
In all, I'm pretty pleased with the outcome. It sure looks good! (at least to me) Guitar is ex- Fuzz-Kings CIJ body combined with various AVRI and MIJ/CIJ parts.
The sound is altered as well with the gold guard. It's a bit treblier, but in a good way and there is less hum now as well! But now I have somthing representing a 50ties JM to with my Oly white/tort MIJ JM, to represent the 60ties.
. The gold was the wrong color (more like brass), the pickup routes had to be widened around the screw pockets, and although I didn't have to drill and fill pickguard screws, one of the screw holes was about an inch off. It was in the middle of the control cavity! I had to screw into a vinyl guitar pick to fill the hole. Also I am pretty sure they are powder coated and not electroplating them. I wound up sanding it down and painting it black. I wish I had just bought the Eden one now as it was my first choice.