help me buy a vintage Jazzmaster
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Re: help me buy a vintage Jazzmaster
I've got a 73 strat has a serial no. that starts with 38 or 39 ...
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they never came thru with the pics. ill call back today.
iirc, the guy said that they dated it by the neck/body/pot codes, and are 98% it isn't a parts guitar.
iirc, the guy said that they dated it by the neck/body/pot codes, and are 98% it isn't a parts guitar.
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my '72 tele has a 37**** F plate serial number, and it's 100% original.
"we lack the motion to move to the new beat"
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i just checked my 73' tele deluxe.
starts with a 5
maybe it's not a 73
starts with a 5
maybe it's not a 73
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yeah.. sounds like a total junk parts piece.. you should just cut your losses and give it to me
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what a piece o' crap.
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Re: help me buy a vintage Jazzmaster
If they dated the JM by neck and pots, it's probably a legit '67. The original neckplates on Jags and JMs have been prone to go bye-bye in the past, to later appear on "valuable" guitars like $trats and Teles. The offsets were robbed almost as often and as bad as the student models. Then as they started to re-gain in value, generic plates were switched out with whatever a person could get to put back on there.
I've seen tons of Jags and JMs with incorrect neckplates. It doesn't always mean "partscaster".
Besides, the neckplates were never an exact science anyway when it comes to dating, although most are within a year or so generally of the other dates and codes.
Probably nothing to worry about, especially if you know and trust the dealer. You could always replace it with a closer plate easily enough.
I've seen tons of Jags and JMs with incorrect neckplates. It doesn't always mean "partscaster".
Besides, the neckplates were never an exact science anyway when it comes to dating, although most are within a year or so generally of the other dates and codes.
Probably nothing to worry about, especially if you know and trust the dealer. You could always replace it with a closer plate easily enough.
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good to know.
i'm glad daydream made me come here.
i'm glad daydream made me come here.
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I have a '73 Musicmaster Bass with a plate starting in 538xxx.
That Deluxe looks GREAT!
Justin
That Deluxe looks GREAT!
Justin
This isn’t some kind of metaphor
Goddamn this is real
Goddamn this is real
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We're glad you're here too.gregovertone wrote: good to know.
i'm glad daydream made me come here.
Looking forward to the pics if you can get them...
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but just look at all the chips in the paint! what you want is a nice, new Japanese one... swap you?gregovertone wrote: what a piece o' crap.
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i have Japanese tele:
getting it back from the shop today (hopefully)
-setup w/ 11's
-52 ri pickup in the bridge
-vintage wide range hum in the neck
- updated electronics/pots/wires
getting it back from the shop today (hopefully)
-setup w/ 11's
-52 ri pickup in the bridge
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- updated electronics/pots/wires
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gregovertone wrote:
what a piece o' crap.
i had one exactly like yours. a '74 with a 584*** neck plate serial. but i sold it...
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Re: help me buy a vintage Jazzmaster
I'm afraid you're definitely over the limit on Tele's.. I'll have to confiscate one, I'll leave the choice of which one up to you :-\