The jazzmaster is my favorite guitar. Also I immediately fell in love with this channel. There's a lack of REAL people on RUclips these days. Just authentic chill people doing what they love and hanging out.
Jason has that look every guitar player gets when they let someone hold their guitar while she’s playing like “I know I said she could play it, but I want to play it now”
I was lucky to pick one up used last year, in ice blue - love that thing! It 's got so many tonal possibilities - honestly I think you barely scratched the surface of what it is capable of. My favorite sounds are clean on the neck PU, and fuzz overdrive. I liked your natural approach to this video, enjoyed watching. Keep 'm coming! Greets from Belgium, EU.
Wild that the neck pickup was DOA, because my exact Vintera had a bridge pickup that was DOA! I switched it out for a Novac JM-Fat and never looked back
Discovered the channel via The Guitar Geek. Great stuff, love it. It’s also a nice change to see two people reviewing a product so you get a different perspective. I look forward to catching up on all the content I’ve missed.
I was close to buying one of these but ended up getting a used CIJ instead, pretty much because of availability. I also wasn't in love with either colour option for the vintage spec, I figured I might add some colour to the white one by changing out the pickguard. vintera seems like great value for money, everyone says the quality is great, while you're looking at half the cost of an American Original. I think, for me, the CIJ was the right move still. I feel like it's got more than enough quality, vintage spec design, but the neck is thinner which works well on my smaller hands, plus I LOVE the way it looks!
I did the same thing, had a Squier JMJM for a while but I yearned for a vintage spec guitar. I ended up buying a used 2003 Q series CIJ in Candy Apple Red and the build quality is fantastic. Since then, I've added a tortoise shell pickguard, Mustang bridge, and a set of Seymour Duncan Antiquity IIs and the thing really sings especially with a bit of breakup.
I just got a Vintera Jazzmaster having played nothing but Les Pauls for years. It takes time to get used to the worlds apart feel of such a different guitar, but it's beautiful!
Yup, they did exactly that. Here in the EU the Jazzmaster Vintera went from € 799,- (March 2020) to € 920- ish (April 2021) I'm just happy I bought mine last year... But man, what a guitar.... I had a lot of Jazzmasters over the years (mostly Japanese) but the Vintera is the best JM I ever owned.
Yeah the market is insane. Paying this much for a Mexican fender is ridiculous to me, but hey what can you do? It’s not exactly fenders fault… this time lol.
I have this exact guitar, it was the first guitar i bought for myself, because i had ben playing on a squier bullet strat i got from my mom. I was pretty unfortunate that my bridge was completely fucked, rattling and all. Being new to guitars, it was hard figuring out what the issue was, all i knew was it had extreme tuning instability, and that all the tones were wrong. Seeing as your neck pickup wasn't working, i would say that the cq is a bit iffey. I installed a staytrem bridge, and after doing so there hasn't been a problem with it, and it is a really superb guitar, and one i'm constatly amazed by.
There are only two guitars I feel I need to complete the collection. A Gretsch and a JazzMaster. It's been pretty challenging finding the right JM, I gotta say. Thanks for the vid. Enjoyed it a lot.
If you put 11's on them, you don't need a mastery bridge. 11's solve all the supposed issues you hear about. When it was designed, the lightest strings you could get was 12's, and it worked perfectly. 11's work just fine too. Anyway, I thought about getting the white one, but decided on the ice metallic blue. Mine is modified a bit. I put a gold anodized aluminum pickguard on it, tele knobs, 65 RI bridge and tremolo, and handwound lindy fralin's, because I killed the bridge pickup by accident. Now tele knobs are meant for solid shaft pots, but they can be used on split shaft pots too. What I did was I took a brass blade style feeler gauge, and cut it up with scissors (thin brass cuts easily with scissors), then I just stuffed bits of the feeler gauge in the middle of the shaft. That way the shaft sides don't get bent.
You also have the option of shimming the neck and raising the bridge which in turn increases the break angle. I’m convinced my buddy to return his mastery bridge after I set up his 1966 Jazzmaster but you’re right in that mastery makes excellent parts. Cheers.
The background music for the first few minutes of the video is giving me big Spyro vibes but I can't quite place it... Is it from the Reignited OST, perhaps Year of the Dragon?
Awesome review! I have around $1200 to spend and plan to buy a jazzmaster for shoegaze, I was originally looking at the Vintera Modified, but it seems I can’t do the vibrato technique as I would like. What would y’all recommend?
I really love the Vintera Jazzmaster. But I would say for a $1200 the TVL is a really good choice. I would also recommend a MIJ version. But with prices being what they are, I would say if you can find a used AVRI in that price point that would be the best bet imo. but I really do prefer the oxblood TVL Jazzmaster.
Great review and comments. I can palm a basketball and I wish I could S-T-R-E-T-C-H my left hand as well and precisely as Tia! count me a new subscriber!
You had 666 subscribers, so I had to fix that...your souls can thank me later. Loving the Jazzmaster and the playing. Jazzmaster and Orange amps are quite a pair.
The radius of 7.25” has nothing to do with the neck thickness. A 9.5” may or may not be thicker, I have 12” Gibsons with 50’s necks that would be like playing a 2x4 to her tiny finger bones lol. I really really think she would really really enjoy the 7.25” on the Broadcaster RI, I have one and its pencil thin, thumb over the top, skinny nut width, but still has a little wood to grab on the back very comfortable for small hands. I find it difficult with man hands to play it, its very petite. I this she would enjoy that. So don’t judge a 7.25 by that neck alone. Try others. Especially the broadcaster, I think she would love it!
Love your review! Nice tone and sweet playing. I tried a Vintage Modified but I couldn't get over the spacing between the trem and bridge. I don't do any behind the bridge stuff, but I felt like the whammy bar got in the way or I was grabbing for it and grabbing on to the bar and not the tip. I never expected it to live up to my AVRI '62, but I didn't think I would despise it so much. The Vintera is a lot closer to the discontinued AVRI series.
I agree, I think the Vintera is scarily close to the AVRI’ 62 guitars. I’m really shocked that a lot of people haven’t jumped on these cause they’re definitely a good alternative to the AVRI...also, they’re definitely on par with MIJ Fenders.
@@hiroprotagonitis no, the classic player started the trend of a closer spacing which has made its way over to the blacktop Jazzmaster, the SQJMJM, the Player Series Jazzmaster, and the Vintera Modified Jazzmaster.
@@JasonTMays i'm aware, but it seemed lamar was implying they disliked the VMJM because they "couldn't get over the spacing between the trem and bridge" compared to what they preferred in the vintera and the AVRIs, which confused me because all three models should have the same vintage spec bridge-to-vibrato spacing rather than the closer modern spacing of the JMJMs, CPs, etc? unless i misread something
There seems to be a manufacturing defect with the whole vintera JM line: they buzz/hum like crazy, unlike other JMs or other single-coil guitars. I think they are poorly shielded and not properly grounded on top. I tried one at a store and it was unplayable. I can also hear the hum in this video here.
This is why we can't stress enough how important it is to have a guitar tech you trust, just in case warehouse QC fails. We talk more about this in our Jagstang video.
There’s no such thing as different classes in America. That’s Socialism. You might have low income people middle income people and high income people you do not have low class middle class and high class people. When you start putting people into classes you start Socialism
That's gotta be one of the most ignorant things I've read in a while lmao. In our capitalist system there is a working class, who has to sell their labor to survive, and a capitalist class, who own the means of production and make their money from stealing from the working class. With how things have been going the last 2 years we need socialism more than ever
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I could listen to you all talk about guitars for a VERY long time. Tia, you play beautifully (I suspect you already knew that).
Likewise!!!! We love your channel and your Starcaster video is one of my personal favorite videos on the interwebs.
The jazzmaster is my favorite guitar. Also I immediately fell in love with this channel. There's a lack of REAL people on RUclips these days. Just authentic chill people doing what they love and hanging out.
Jason has that look every guitar player gets when they let someone hold their guitar while she’s playing like “I know I said she could play it, but I want to play it now”
I'm so surprised there are barely any reviews of this guitar still!! I love mine except for the pau ferro.
Why this channel is awesome:
1. Almost every video features a Jazzmaster of some sort.
2. Chuck Norris clips while Tia plays the overdriven sounds.
you guys are such a vibe, keep going. guitar sounds so full and sparkly! Also the Drive bit got me lol
Thank you!!!! 🙏🏾
we love a good pun. thanks for the kind words.
I love my Vintera Jazzmaster - after upgrading the bridge and trem to a Mastery kit that is. Now it's absolutely perfect.
I was lucky to pick one up used last year, in ice blue - love that thing! It 's got so many tonal possibilities - honestly I think you barely scratched the surface of what it is capable of. My favorite sounds are clean on the neck PU, and fuzz overdrive.
I liked your natural approach to this video, enjoyed watching. Keep 'm coming! Greets from Belgium, EU.
thanks so much for the comment, and you're right, there is so much this guitar can do that we couldn't cover everything. glad you enjoyed the video!
All those amps in the background have me GASing bad, fantastic video guys!
wait until you hear them ;)
i heard a rumor that those aren't real amps.
just shells. basically props.
no comment...
Likeable,talented, intelligent people on you tube respecting my attention span! I'm subscribed👍
Thanks for the sub! We try to post new videos every Friday
Subscribed. So want the Ice Blue Metallic Vintera JM. Love the channel name! Also: metal - gain + reverb = surf (sometimes, not in every case)
Glad you posted on the JM and Jaguar's FB group so that I could check this out. I enjoyed the video; great vibe and great playing.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Very nice review. I hope that y’all are since doing this, cheers
Been looking for a review like this for this guitar so long THANK YOU
Glad we could help!
Wild that the neck pickup was DOA, because my exact Vintera had a bridge pickup that was DOA! I switched it out for a Novac JM-Fat and never looked back
So great! I wish I could hang out and talk guitars all day with you two. Thank you for this!!
Any time!
OMG just discovering your channel and it's great! Love the style of playing and the silly editing etc. keep up the good work!
I love the relaxed vibe! Most reviews are way too serious and stiff. Definitely dig Tia’s playing as well!
Y’all are my favorite reviewers on yt. Keep up the good work 👍
Thanks so much. We really appreciate it
Dig Tia’s playing style! Guitar sounds great.
🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽vibe🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽
Saw and heard everything I wanted to know about this guitar. The action montage was great. Awesome review! 😎
Discovered the channel via The Guitar Geek. Great stuff, love it.
It’s also a nice change to see two people reviewing a product so you get a different perspective.
I look forward to catching up on all the content I’ve missed.
Welcome aboard!
I was close to buying one of these but ended up getting a used CIJ instead, pretty much because of availability. I also wasn't in love with either colour option for the vintage spec, I figured I might add some colour to the white one by changing out the pickguard.
vintera seems like great value for money, everyone says the quality is great, while you're looking at half the cost of an American Original.
I think, for me, the CIJ was the right move still. I feel like it's got more than enough quality, vintage spec design, but the neck is thinner which works well on my smaller hands, plus I LOVE the way it looks!
I did the same thing, had a Squier JMJM for a while but I yearned for a vintage spec guitar. I ended up buying a used 2003 Q series CIJ in Candy Apple Red and the build quality is fantastic. Since then, I've added a tortoise shell pickguard, Mustang bridge, and a set of Seymour Duncan Antiquity IIs and the thing really sings especially with a bit of breakup.
might just have to get myself one, it sounds so good!
I love Fender's deep C neck carve on these.
Really digging the vids, keep em coming
It's late on friday night and I'm overjoyed to see you guys have a new vid! And then at 5:50 in ... i thought i had gone into a fugue state! :D
I think this would be the jazzmaster I would buy. But I'd get the modified version just because of the 9.5" radius.
I just got a Vintera Jazzmaster having played nothing but Les Pauls for years. It takes time to get used to the worlds apart feel of such a different guitar, but it's beautiful!
I’m looking to get one of these soon. For me I love the 7.25 necks.
Man... What is up with the market these days? Is it just me or are guitars more expensive since the pandemic started? Vintera looks absolutely lovely.
thanks! and yeah the pandemic's effect on the music industry has been massive in all types of ways.
Yup, they did exactly that. Here in the EU the Jazzmaster Vintera went from € 799,- (March 2020) to € 920- ish (April 2021) I'm just happy I bought mine last year... But man, what a guitar.... I had a lot of Jazzmasters over the years (mostly Japanese) but the Vintera is the best JM I ever owned.
Yeah the market is insane. Paying this much for a Mexican fender is ridiculous to me, but hey what can you do? It’s not exactly fenders fault… this time lol.
Love this channel!
love that you love this channel!
Love your videos. Thanks for posting!
I love this Nelson guy - do more skits with him
He's got a chanel of his own, if you want more Nelson
ruclips.net/user/IndiConRecs
I really want one of these! Got my eye on the blue one 👀
Great review. I dig you "guys". New subscriber.
I have this exact guitar, it was the first guitar i bought for myself, because i had ben playing on a squier bullet strat i got from my mom. I was pretty unfortunate that my bridge was completely fucked, rattling and all. Being new to guitars, it was hard figuring out what the issue was, all i knew was it had extreme tuning instability, and that all the tones were wrong. Seeing as your neck pickup wasn't working, i would say that the cq is a bit iffey. I installed a staytrem bridge, and after doing so there hasn't been a problem with it, and it is a really superb guitar, and one i'm constatly amazed by.
There are only two guitars I feel I need to complete the collection. A Gretsch and a JazzMaster. It's been pretty challenging finding the right JM, I gotta say.
Thanks for the vid. Enjoyed it a lot.
So many choices,
So little time.
.
.
jk time is an illusion
I love Jazzmasters, though I kept getting distracted by the Competition Cyclone in the background.
Very nice playing and great song choices
Beautiful playing and review.
thank you, thank you. hopefully you also enjoy some of our other guitar reviews and comparisons
awesome review guys thank you so much! now I don't know if I get one of these or a j Mascis squier sig:(
Great. Now I have to subscribe to another gear channel because the videos are so good. I can't keep buying new gear.
If you put 11's on them, you don't need a mastery bridge. 11's solve all the supposed issues you hear about. When it was designed, the lightest strings you could get was 12's, and it worked perfectly. 11's work just fine too.
Anyway, I thought about getting the white one, but decided on the ice metallic blue. Mine is modified a bit. I put a gold anodized aluminum pickguard on it, tele knobs, 65 RI bridge and tremolo, and handwound lindy fralin's, because I killed the bridge pickup by accident.
Now tele knobs are meant for solid shaft pots, but they can be used on split shaft pots too. What I did was I took a brass blade style feeler gauge, and cut it up with scissors (thin brass cuts easily with scissors), then I just stuffed bits of the feeler gauge in the middle of the shaft. That way the shaft sides don't get bent.
You also have the option of shimming the neck and raising the bridge which in turn increases the break angle. I’m convinced my buddy to return his mastery bridge after I set up his 1966 Jazzmaster but you’re right in that mastery makes excellent parts. Cheers.
The background music for the first few minutes of the video is giving me big Spyro vibes but I can't quite place it... Is it from the Reignited OST, perhaps Year of the Dragon?
It is from Spyro, great guess!! I think it's Reignited
Sounds bright, I'm surprised you don't see more country music players using them. Sounds like it would be a good fit for that genre of music.
oh yeah, that's something fun that we didn't even think of.
thanks for the comment, buddy!
Great video! Subbed
Not helping the gas problems. I have to try that radius. Great review.
Great video! I love the ethos. There are other Jazzmasters that I prefer, though, so I'm letting go of my Vintera.
Fair enough
Okay, one video in and I’m digging this channel. Subscribed, and getting notifications. So, vintera or professional?
....to each their own.
we love em both.
Awesome review! I have around $1200 to spend and plan to buy a jazzmaster for shoegaze, I was originally looking at the Vintera Modified, but it seems I can’t do the vibrato technique as I would like. What would y’all recommend?
I really love the Vintera Jazzmaster. But I would say for a $1200 the TVL is a really good choice. I would also recommend a MIJ version. But with prices being what they are, I would say if you can find a used AVRI in that price point that would be the best bet imo. but I really do prefer the oxblood TVL Jazzmaster.
I am trying to pay attention but that Cyclone 2 keeps distracting me. Get a Squier Paranormal Cyclone and do a shoot out with the Cyclone 2.
Have you ever tried to install a Mastery Bridge in the Vintera Mod.? Is there anything to watch out for?
Great review and comments. I can palm a basketball and I wish I could S-T-R-E-T-C-H my left hand as well and precisely as Tia! count me a new subscriber!
You had 666 subscribers, so I had to fix that...your souls can thank me later. Loving the Jazzmaster and the playing. Jazzmaster and Orange amps are quite a pair.
glad you decided to join the party
some members of the WCM staff are members of the Satanic Temple. This is a space for religious tolerance :P
I was playing Metallica last night on a telecaster
did you have to fit them with 11 strings? also tia’s playing is beautiful!
Hows that neck radius work with full step bends near the 12th fret?
The radius of 7.25” has nothing to do with the neck thickness. A 9.5” may or may not be thicker, I have 12” Gibsons with 50’s necks that would be like playing a 2x4 to her tiny finger bones lol. I really really think she would really really enjoy the 7.25” on the Broadcaster RI, I have one and its pencil thin, thumb over the top, skinny nut width, but still has a little wood to grab on the back very comfortable for small hands. I find it difficult with man hands to play it, its very petite. I this she would enjoy that. So don’t judge a 7.25 by that neck alone. Try others. Especially the broadcaster, I think she would love it!
Love your review! Nice tone and sweet playing. I tried a Vintage Modified but I couldn't get over the spacing between the trem and bridge. I don't do any behind the bridge stuff, but I felt like the whammy bar got in the way or I was grabbing for it and grabbing on to the bar and not the tip. I never expected it to live up to my AVRI '62, but I didn't think I would despise it so much. The Vintera is a lot closer to the discontinued AVRI series.
I agree, I think the Vintera is scarily close to the AVRI’ 62 guitars. I’m really shocked that a lot of people haven’t jumped on these cause they’re definitely a good alternative to the AVRI...also, they’re definitely on par with MIJ Fenders.
do all of those not have the same spacing between bridge and trem?
@@hiroprotagonitis no, the classic player started the trend of a closer spacing which has made its way over to the blacktop Jazzmaster, the SQJMJM, the Player Series Jazzmaster, and the Vintera Modified Jazzmaster.
@@JasonTMays i'm aware, but it seemed lamar was implying they disliked the VMJM because they "couldn't get over the spacing between the trem and bridge" compared to what they preferred in the vintera and the AVRIs, which confused me because all three models should have the same vintage spec bridge-to-vibrato spacing rather than the closer modern spacing of the JMJMs, CPs, etc? unless i misread something
There seems to be a manufacturing defect with the whole vintera JM line: they buzz/hum like crazy, unlike other JMs or other single-coil guitars. I think they are poorly shielded and not properly grounded on top. I tried one at a store and it was unplayable. I can also hear the hum in this video here.
subb'd!
nice shirt!
*oh, this ole thang?*
thanks buddy
I've watched five seconds and I already have subscribed
Thank you!!!!
Awesome!!
Fantastic! Is the riff at 6:57 original, or from a song?
Oh yes Radiohead with a 60’s OW matching headstock jazzmaster
💪🏽💪🏽 🎶
Which Jazzmaster you’ve tried has the smoothest tremolo arm? Been looking around for a while
It was a custom shop JM.
How does the stick compare to a strat stick, more bendy or less bendy?
MM yes. It definitely looks guitary. You probably could play some chords on that bad boy. I don't know anything about guitars.
What's that riff at 7:07? I know it and it's driving me crazy? Is it from a Microwave song?
No, it's Tigers Jaw isn't it
maaaaaybe? Jason would know
Moscato!! 😂
7:00 - Is it a song or random play?
What's that intro song can anyone tell me please 🙏
it's Jason playing Creep by Radiohead.
What the heck is the movie clip at 5:50?
Power Rangers and Walker Texas Ranger
@@WorkingClassMusic Yes! I remember now. Blast from the past. Thanks!
glad to help!
But does it sound like a jm?
you tell me lol
I liked when it got real stanky.
put some flat 10's or 11's on there
lol walker texas ranger
Lol came with a dead pickup for 1k? No thanks fender. A grand for a Mexican fender… no thanks.
This is why we can't stress enough how important it is to have a guitar tech you trust, just in case warehouse QC fails. We talk more about this in our Jagstang video.
There’s no such thing as different classes in America. That’s Socialism. You might have low income people middle income people and high income people you do not have low class middle class and high class people. When you start putting people into classes you start Socialism
That's gotta be one of the most ignorant things I've read in a while lmao. In our capitalist system there is a working class, who has to sell their labor to survive, and a capitalist class, who own the means of production and make their money from stealing from the working class. With how things have been going the last 2 years we need socialism more than ever