@@adamgreenhill110 I'm not sure if I agree with that. I agree that a JM isn't the same without it's trem, but the pickups are totally different from strat single coils, both physically and tonally
@@SovietZaku True, but it's like a Strat with fatter pickups. Or a Strat with warm tubes on the output. So much of the Jazzmaster sound comes from the trem
I use the rhythm circuit on my Jaguar (don't own a jazz master YET, and don't have enough physical space right now to get another guitar, as I already have a lot) but I have it wired to the output of the switch (freeway tele switch into a Johnny mar/ampro blade switch plate) so I can use the darker pots with any of the pickup combos, my favorite being the series while out of phase position.
The rhythm switch in my 64 is a lot less bassy sounding than a lot of these newer fenders. I use it all the time. I would love to be able to put one of those fender rsd bridges on that guitar though, what a beautiful design. Shame fender wont sell them individually
It’s the rhythm circuit that makes me curious about the Jazzmaster in the first place. I mean I would try to use it as Leo intended, including with at least .012 - .053 strings. But then, I also use my Les Pauls for jazz (as they were originally intended for) and set them up that way and almost nobody other than Les Paul himself ever plays one that way. Joe Morris, Phil Lee, and Lorne Lofsky are the only people who come to mind who stuck with it.
I'm interested in the Pyramid Gold 13-56es, probably won't put them on my Epiphone Studio but I might pick up either a more vintage-spec Les Paul or one of these Jazzmasters and put them on.
The funny thing is that the "bridge lead" sound is now considered by many as the rhythm playing sound, and the "rhythm neck" is used for their lead sounds.
My Nash JM picks off the rhythm circuit after the pickup switch…a VERY useful mod. Basically I get dark and bright or quiet and loud at the flick of a switch no matter the pickup setting. SUPER useful.
I prefer the Jaguar to the Jazzmaster, mainly b/c the shorter scale & traditional single coils vs the JM style single coils gives the Jaguar a more interesting sound to me. With that said, the Rhythm circuit in the Jaguar is a necessity for clean passages & for wider, lusher chording. If you arent totally braindead, eq'ing the amplifier/settings correctly will make great use of that circuit as it feels like it has more output & has a fantastically round quality that gives things a glassier character. It's also great for basic power chords as it fattens/rounds them in a coarse way.
How's the custom shop bridge working? Is it worth hunting down? I've seen people say the brass wears down eventually. Should I just stick to the mustang bridge?
@@SlyRyFry Yep, those players leave it in the bridge position and crank the gain to the moon man!!! Hahahaaa I could see that kinda player knocking into the switch.
@@tvav69 wait... nah... Impossible without screwing up orbital equilibrium in our little corner of the cosmos. The resulting tension would start presenting with power/telephone poles suddenly curving, next thing you know: sharknado. And if you don't start releasing the tension in some way by then, I've been told by a source I consider reliable that within a few more seconds your face will rip away from your head in a phenomenon that resembles a grape being microwaved and at that point it's too late. Supposedly it's one method of spontaneously forming a black hole. So, the risk/reward ratio is way too upside down IMHO. 🤗
I believe you got your shred face confused with what's actually stank face. Easy mistake to make, since you can't distinguish the two purely visually. You unfortunately can only tell by having to feel the stank (or shred, were that the vibe). Hope that helped. 😉🙂👍
So it's just a pickup toggle (that only goes between bridge and neck) with isolated volume and tone controls? So it's similar to a Les Paul with no middle position?
No, think of it as its own pickup that’s darker than the neck. So on the lead circuit you’ve got bridge, middle, and neck. Then on the rhythm circuit (which uses the neck pickup) you have a sound that’s darker than your usual neck pickup sound. I find it really useful with certain fuzzes or playing clean and drenching it in reverb and delay for cool ambient sounds
@@caseynewton827 I haven’t seen anyone else mention this, so I checked, and you are correct. The Fender website says “this is because the Jazzmaster doesn’t use identical potentiometers for its two onboard tone controls. The rhythm circuit tone control uses a potentiometer with a different electrical value than the one used for the lead circuit, resulting in the different sonic result you hear”. Fascinating. Sounds like the rhythm circuit on the Jaguar works the same way, as well.
@@masterchef3019 I know that! He went to music school. He uses a Jazzmaster, should he not do justice to a guitar that was made for Jazz? He just briefly talks that it was made back then but gives no clear demo for Jazz! today!
My Jazzmaster is my main guitar, and I do USE that rhythm circuit! If it doesn't have it, it's not a Jazzmaster 😊
EXACTLY! Same with that trem. These are the reasons I pick up my JM
@@chrismaghintay Without that trem/bridge, it just sounds like a Strat...
@@adamgreenhill110 I'm not sure if I agree with that. I agree that a JM isn't the same without it's trem, but the pickups are totally different from strat single coils, both physically and tonally
@@SovietZaku True, but it's like a Strat with fatter pickups. Or a Strat with warm tubes on the output. So much of the Jazzmaster sound comes from the trem
@@adamgreenhill110 and I've never played a strat that I've liked. Imagine putting a strat bridge on a jazzmaster? Yuck 😂
The rhythm circuit is the main reason to own a jazzmaster it’s one of the best tones in the guitar realm.
Those Jazzmaster pickups are sickeningly good. They're so sweet and buttery.
I use the rhythm circuit on my Jaguar (don't own a jazz master YET, and don't have enough physical space right now to get another guitar, as I already have a lot) but I have it wired to the output of the switch (freeway tele switch into a Johnny mar/ampro blade switch plate) so I can use the darker pots with any of the pickup combos, my favorite being the series while out of phase position.
then the surf guys got it...and it was magic!
Great when using an Octavia type fuzz. Roll the tone and volume back and hit the switch.
The rhythm switch in my 64 is a lot less bassy sounding than a lot of these newer fenders. I use it all the time. I would love to be able to put one of those fender rsd bridges on that guitar though, what a beautiful design. Shame fender wont sell them individually
It would be great to see someone playing jazz the way the guitar is designed
I don’t think I’ve ever seen a guitarist play jazz, with a Jazzmaster.
@@CorbCorbin they'd need a marketing strategy to do that lol
@@CorbCorbin true, they should also use a jazz chorus amplifier, both to fit the theme and because its amazing
@@CorbCorbinNels Cline plays free jazz with a Jazzmaster.
im in my highschool jazz band with a jazzmaster (and jazz iii picks are my main pick) we do exist, though jazz isnt my main genre
It’s the rhythm circuit that makes me curious about the Jazzmaster in the first place. I mean I would try to use it as Leo intended, including with at least .012 - .053 strings. But then, I also use my Les Pauls for jazz (as they were originally intended for) and set them up that way and almost nobody other than Les Paul himself ever plays one that way. Joe Morris, Phil Lee, and Lorne Lofsky are the only people who come to mind who stuck with it.
A properly set-up Jazzmaster is a really special thing. I love the pickups.
@@rudolphpyatt4833 I set up mine with 11's, perfect.
I'm interested in the Pyramid Gold 13-56es, probably won't put them on my Epiphone Studio but I might pick up either a more vintage-spec Les Paul or one of these Jazzmasters and put them on.
It's not quite the same but I ran flatwound 12s on my Guild DC1 for like a year.
@@natearchuleta2003 that must sound great
It’s actually then trem lock that is the most overlooked part
The funny thing is that the "bridge lead" sound is now considered by many as the rhythm playing sound, and the "rhythm neck" is used for their lead sounds.
My Nash JM picks off the rhythm circuit after the pickup switch…a VERY useful mod. Basically I get dark and bright or quiet and loud at the flick of a switch no matter the pickup setting. SUPER useful.
Interesting you could play Ramble On with that guitar.
Incredible, thanks for the help 👨🏼💻
I just use the rhythm circuit as a cut off switch lol.
Like a Gibson then, without looking like they'd copied? :-) The switch is even in same place.
I prefer the Jaguar to the Jazzmaster, mainly b/c the shorter scale & traditional single coils vs the JM style single coils gives the Jaguar a more interesting sound to me. With that said, the Rhythm circuit in the Jaguar is a necessity for clean passages & for wider, lusher chording. If you arent totally braindead, eq'ing the amplifier/settings correctly will make great use of that circuit as it feels like it has more output & has a fantastically round quality that gives things a glassier character. It's also great for basic power chords as it fattens/rounds them in a coarse way.
How's the custom shop bridge working? Is it worth hunting down? I've seen people say the brass wears down eventually. Should I just stick to the mustang bridge?
I'm about to get a Bensonite bridge in mine. It's a mustang style bridge but the guy who makes them makes them w/ ridges so the saddles won't rattle.
O corpo de guitarra mais bonito da 7ender..
Thank you! I didn’t know
Jazzmasters are the best modding platform save the cavity rout.
There are some players that strictly only use it. The dude from the black angels for example
I remember who Ron Mexico is.
Nah, too complex
look at that outrageously douchey turquois ring ahahaha
Ay what’s is he playing in the starting of the video? Sounds good
Do the jaguar
How. Many. Times. Do. RUclips. Guitarists. Need. To. Explain. The. Fender. Offset. Rhythm. Circuit. My. God.
I freakin love the Rhythm Circuit. Without it, the Jazzmaster is just like a warmer sounding strat w/ a funky body shape.
Love the rhythm circuit on my Squier CV. I've seen guys duct tape the switch off. What a waste imo. ✌
Depends on the genre and how you're using it. Most the time people tape stuff off it's so it doesn't get flipped mid song during a live performance
@@SlyRyFry Yep, those players leave it in the bridge position and crank the gain to the moon man!!! Hahahaaa I could see that kinda player knocking into the switch.
Name of the song in the intro?
I never had any interest in one of these until the past few weeks.
My Jazzmaster is wired so both rollers are tone controls
Now try it without making the “I go doodoo” faces. 😂 Great explanation tho!! ✌🏻🇺🇸
@@tvav69 wait... nah... Impossible without screwing up orbital equilibrium in our little corner of the cosmos. The resulting tension would start presenting with power/telephone poles suddenly curving, next thing you know: sharknado. And if you don't start releasing the tension in some way by then, I've been told by a source I consider reliable that within a few more seconds your face will rip away from your head in a phenomenon that resembles a grape being microwaved and at that point it's too late. Supposedly it's one method of spontaneously forming a black hole. So, the risk/reward ratio is way too upside down IMHO. 🤗
Most people overlook one of its main features?
❤😊
So...EXACTLY what you can do on a Les Paul etc ???
No they don’t
he looks like he's been drinking
so like... every musician ever XDD
@@euphoria6938 yeah well he's a pretty handsome guy but looking pretty ruddish and bloated in this video
How come is he analyzing the Jazzmaster and not playing jazz?
Ok but you don't show you switching💀💀💀
Nowadays people would find rhythm circuit more useful if it isolates the bridge pickup.
I think that's what the deluxe strat button does
Why does he play just simple chords?
You look like a younger, rocker Elon Musk
Take off about 2/3 of your reverb. No need to wash out that tone.
He makes shredding faces when he’s just playing chords lmao
I believe you got your shred face confused with what's actually stank face. Easy mistake to make, since you can't distinguish the two purely visually. You unfortunately can only tell by having to feel the stank (or shred, were that the vibe). Hope that helped. 😉🙂👍
Way too complicated, and more stuff to fail when the bass player spills beer all over it. No good, just give a Telecaster.
So it's just a pickup toggle (that only goes between bridge and neck) with isolated volume and tone controls? So it's similar to a Les Paul with no middle position?
No, think of it as its own pickup that’s darker than the neck. So on the lead circuit you’ve got bridge, middle, and neck. Then on the rhythm circuit (which uses the neck pickup) you have a sound that’s darker than your usual neck pickup sound. I find it really useful with certain fuzzes or playing clean and drenching it in reverb and delay for cool ambient sounds
@@caseynewton827 I haven’t seen anyone else mention this, so I checked, and you are correct. The Fender website says “this is because the Jazzmaster doesn’t use identical potentiometers for its two onboard tone controls. The rhythm circuit tone control uses a potentiometer with a different electrical value than the one used for the lead circuit, resulting in the different sonic result you hear”. Fascinating. Sounds like the rhythm circuit on the Jaguar works the same way, as well.
Worst guitar design for electronics ever created
Play jazz lines, melodíes, chords! You always play non jazz structures.
Rhett isn’t a Jazzer, he’s a rock and blues guy
@@masterchef3019 I know that! He went to music school. He uses a Jazzmaster, should he not do justice to a guitar that was made for Jazz? He just briefly talks that it was made back then but gives no clear demo for Jazz! today!
Jazzmaster got adopted more by blues/rocker guys than jazz guys. Jazz players don’t get a Jazz master. They get the 335 and alike.
Nobody plays jazz on the jazzmaster
Facts jazz makes me think of semi hollows and a jazzmaster makes me think alternative rock mbv , dino jr etc@@liamjenkins244