Thanks for watching, I don’t understand why the tone circuit gets so much hate! That’s awesome, the things I would do to try out a 1960’s jazzmaster! 😆
Thumbs up for the great introduction! Well explained and organized. Also one of the best aesthetics on a Jazzmaster ive seen! Congrats on owning such a beauty
Hello Sam, thank you for this video. Indeed, the Jazz Master is an excellent guitar : versatile, bright Fender tones and with many interesting options such as rythm / lead circuit. I'm looking forward to build my own Jazz Master, I love this guitar ! Thank you again for sharing. See you next video
Hey Antoine! Thank you so much for watching, you’re absolutely right there! I actually built the Jazzmaster i was playing in this video, I might make a video about the process at some point! :)
BEAUTY finish, I was a strat guy but one day a guitar center employee handed me a JM. Never went back! Also I thought I was the only one uses the rhythm circuit for gain/fuzz, it's killer live
Hey Caleb, thank you for watching! I have a pretty similar story, played strats for a long time before picking up a jazzmaster! And thanks, it was painted by a very talented friend of mine!
Really nice video! Although I'm someone who doesn't come from a musical background, you explained everything really well and I defiently have a better understanding now! You're a great mentor, keep up the good work buddy!
I started with a squier 40 th anniversary ... then replaced tuners n bridge as i couldn't keep the damn thing in tuned... realised the maple neck wood wasn't making me fingers happy so i went for a Troy Van Leeuween signature Fender jazzmaster ... Omg what a guitar ... Love it ... i must admit the stock pick ups on the squier were really good .. but of course it was a 400 pounds guitar so u need to accept the wood grades were nowhere near as good as the fender i've got now ... If u are on the budget maple fretboards are the go to in my humble opinion .. better than indian laurel/ pau ferro etc.... my jazzmaster is a fab ...inspiring guitar and yes them pick ups are jangly but also have plenty of grit when overdriven ... i 'm a p90 person too and not a strat individual.. i tend to prefer humbuckers Yeeee i wish i looked a JM earlier
Thanks for watching and the comment! I have similar story in the sense that I have only recently started playing jazzmasters and I’ve completely fallen in love with them! Also get what you mean regarding maple necks!
Hello! I’m so sorry for the terrible reply time! Thanks for watching! It’s actually a bit of a part-caster so I guess it’s fairly unique, i have a set of Monty’s jazzmaster pickups in there which probably has the biggest impact on tone! And i had the body painted by a very talented friend of mine!
I couldn’t hear a word you were saying because you’re precisely 50/50 Syd Barrett & David Gilmour in both voice and appearance. Plus this is a really nicely done video covering the Jazzmaster, so it bears repeated views.
I own a Squire 40th Anniversary Edition and I really enjoy playing it. For me, I view this instrument as a crossover hybrid between my more traditional jazz boxes and my solid body electrics. It's a very comfortable guitar to gig with, has a very acceptable tonal range and I am always asked questions at the breaks about it. Seems to be a crowd favorite as well. I don't spend a lot of time doing internet but do occasionally look for things that interest me. Here, once again is a player (compliments to him BTW) who seems more comfortable in a rock genre than in a more traditional jazz format, demonstrating an instrument specifically named for and targeted toward a completely different type of musician. I wonder when viewing these videos why Fender coined the name Jazzmaster at all, as it does seem that this guitar has not really been enthusiastically embraced by "jazz" players at all. Most of the videos one finds are being done by rock or punk music players. I tend toward interpreting music from a jazz perspective and I really believe this instrument deserves better recognition by that group of players. Curious why that has just never really happened?
How well does the locking tremolo work? In your example, you'd lock it and change the 1st, 5th & 6th strings to get into Open G. Are you saying that when going back to standard tuning, you'd re-tune the 1st, 5th & 6th strings and the other unchanged strings will remain in tune? Is the tremolo usable in locked mode? Is the tuning stability quite good then?
Yes that is what I’m saying, essentially by locking the trem you make all six strings completely independent from one another so tuning one string has absolutely no effect on the tuning of another. Assuming the neck stayed straight you could tune your guitar to pitch and then cut of every string but the high E string and the high E will still be tune just like any other hard tail guitar without a trem! As for how useable it is, the trem locks one way, so you can still lower the pitch of the strings by pushing the trem arm down but you can’t lift it up, so I’d say you have fairly limited use of it but it is certainly still useable. And in terms of tuning stability I think they certainly hold there tune however the set up of the individual instrument can affect tuning stability significantly but I don’t really have any issues with mine! Hope that was a helpful and thanks for watching! Let me know if that makes sense or if you have any other questions!
Years ago I bought a Squier Jagmaster, and it was my main guitar for well over a decade. But I still always wanted a Jaguar, for some reason. Last year I finally decided to buy a Fender Jaguar, but at the last second I balked and bought a couple Squier Classic Vibes and some pedals. I am really glad I did that, because I learned that I much, much, MUCH prefer the Jazzmaster, with the more unique sounds and longer scale length. I didn't know I needed a Jazzmaster, all this time, but I did. I have now sold my Jaguar and bought a Fender Jazzmaster from Japan, and I love it. I'll probably keep the Classic Vibe for an alternate tuning (maybe I'll try baritone strings on it), and the Jagmaster for a humbucking / Nirvana-ish guitar.
Hi Dana, thank you so much for watching this video and the jazzmaster vs strat video, really appreciate it! Sounds like a real journey of discovery lol! I definitely also prefer the longer scale length of the jazzmaster. Would be very interested to here the baritone strings on the jazzmaster!
@@samwestguitar I subbed, too. Can't seem to stop watching Jazzmaster videos, so I look forward to more! I'd post my own gear videos too, but I suck at guitar, so... We'll see
@@samwestguitar Now have three Jazzmasters. lol. I got a Fender Player with coil splitting humbuckers to essentially replace the Jagmaster. I love the Jazzmaster so freaking much.
Hey, thanks for watching and for your comment! I’m sure it would do a pretty good job for zeppelin tones, it’s very versatile! That being said I’m pretty sure Jimmy Page predominately played a Gibson Les Paul with humbuckers so if you wanted a really authentic tone perhaps something with humbuckers would be slightly closer!
Very good information and quite informative! But tbh with it completely drenched in reverb, it makes it super difficult for me to know what to think of the tone. I like playing ambient, but most of the time I’m using a pretty low level of reverb. So the demo is well done but not super helpful to me. Nice job!
for all you first time JM buyers: you inevitably will spend 15-20 minutes chasing down why you have no signal one day. it will be in the rhythm circuit with the horizontal volume knob turned all the way off. happens to all of us one time.
@@rashadmoss3991 the body is actually from a website called guitar build UK. There really great, you can pretty much use any wood type/pickup configuration you want and you actually get to pick your exact body so you can choose one with a nice grain pattern and stuff! Highly recommend!
Yeah that’s completely understandable, squires are fantastic bang for buck, pretty much all the classic vibes I’ve played have been excellent, although I’ve never played the jazzmaster variety, but I’m sure they’re equally good! Thanks for watching !
TheKnapster, the Squier 40th anniversary line is affordable and well designed with vintage switching and really decent p/u's and a super nice neck. I bought one for my daughter and it truly rivals my custom built JM. Squier started introducing the 40th about a year ago so the used market should start seeing all the ones that people wanted to "just try it out", are selling or have returned. Keep an eye on the GC site for used JM's. You get a guitar and the ability to try it for 30 days and then return, if it's not what you hoped for.
Lol for sure, can be pretty annoying. I found shielding my jazzmaster pickup bay with conductive tape really helped a lot of the noise. if you haven’t already done that it might help abit and it’s super easy to do!
@@samwestguitar I have a JM with humbuckers so I’m good lol! I do think every guitar player should at least try one if not own one. I agree with everything you said about them. I have shielding paint that I will break out when applicable, did that with with a noisy guitar I had with p90’s. It still has the hum, but it was a lot quieter. Did the trick I suppose! Any who, I subscribed, loved the video!
That finish is stellar!
Thanks! A friend of mine painted it! :) Thanks for watching!
The paint on the guitar is unique and fantastic Good points great sounds
Thank you for watching! A very talented friend of mine painted it! :)
You sold me on getting one and you are the only person who has ever been able to explain what all the features do. Nice playing too.
Thank you for watching and for such a lovely comment! I hope it serves you well!
Well done Sam. Been a Jazzmaster fan and owner for years now and you absolutely NAILED it! Great overview. Cheers from Canada.
Thanks so much Rob, that’s very kind of you to say! Thank you for watching!
Killer finish on that Jazzmaster!
Thank you man! A very talented friend of mine painted it!
Hey, kid! Good on you on valuing that tone circuit system. Started playing a Jazzmaster around 1960 and loved everything about them.
Thanks for watching, I don’t understand why the tone circuit gets so much hate! That’s awesome, the things I would do to try out a 1960’s jazzmaster! 😆
Thumbs up for the great introduction! Well explained and organized. Also one of the best aesthetics on a Jazzmaster ive seen! Congrats on owning such a beauty
Thanks for watching and for the kind comment!
And thanks again lol, a very talented friend of mine painted it!
great video as always!!
Thanks! :) ❤️
Hello Sam, thank you for this video. Indeed, the Jazz Master is an excellent guitar : versatile, bright Fender tones and with many interesting options such as rythm / lead circuit. I'm looking forward to build my own Jazz Master, I love this guitar ! Thank you again for sharing. See you next video
Hey Antoine! Thank you so much for watching, you’re absolutely right there! I actually built the Jazzmaster i was playing in this video, I might make a video about the process at some point! :)
Watched this and the strat vs jazzmaster and both of those guitars are absolutely beautiful
Thank you so much for watching man, really appreciate it!!
Thanks for this video...I've always been confused by how the Jazzmaster works. This really cleared it up for me.
Glad you found it helpful, thank you for watching! ☺️
Thats a friggen rad paint job on that JM!
Thanks bro, a friend of mine painted it for me awhile back!
Some lovely tones there fella 👌
Cheers Pal ❤️
Sick video bro loving the tones
Thanks man, appreciate it❤️
Love that surf paint job!
Thanks Mike! A very talented friend of mine painted it!
definitely gonna look into one when I get a new guitar, excellent video xo
Haha thanks for watching bro xx you’re always welcome to have a go on mine lol
Nice video and playing. Groovy turquoise JazzMaster guitar man! 🚄🚄🚄
Thank you so much for the comment and for watching! One of my friends painted it!
Man, thanks that was really informative, esp regarding pickups. Love the surf design. Awesome tones!
Thanks for watching, Really appreciate it! And thanks again for the feedback, A friend of mine painted it it, I really love how it turned out! :)
Epic video mate, definitely got me wanting a Jazzmaster. Liked and subbed :)
Ayy, thank you man, really appreciate it!
BEAUTY finish, I was a strat guy but one day a guitar center employee handed me a JM. Never went back! Also I thought I was the only one uses the rhythm circuit for gain/fuzz, it's killer live
Hey Caleb, thank you for watching! I have a pretty similar story, played strats for a long time before picking up a jazzmaster!
And thanks, it was painted by a very talented friend of mine!
Really nice video! Although I'm someone who doesn't come from a musical background, you explained everything really well and I defiently have a better understanding now! You're a great mentor, keep up the good work buddy!
Thank you man, really glad you learned something ! ❤️
I started with a squier 40 th anniversary ... then replaced tuners n bridge as i couldn't keep the damn thing in tuned... realised the maple neck wood wasn't making me fingers happy so i went for a Troy Van Leeuween signature Fender jazzmaster ...
Omg what a guitar ...
Love it ... i must admit the stock pick ups on the squier were really good .. but of course it was a 400 pounds guitar so u need to accept the wood grades were nowhere near as good as the fender i've got now ...
If u are on the budget maple fretboards are the go to in my humble opinion .. better than indian laurel/ pau ferro etc.... my jazzmaster is a fab ...inspiring guitar and yes them pick ups are jangly but also have plenty of grit when overdriven ... i 'm a p90 person too and not a strat individual.. i tend to prefer humbuckers
Yeeee i wish i looked a JM earlier
Thanks for watching and the comment! I have similar story in the sense that I have only recently started playing jazzmasters and I’ve completely fallen in love with them! Also get what you mean regarding maple necks!
Sam, I wonder which jazzmaster guitar you use?
Hello! I’m so sorry for the terrible reply time! Thanks for watching!
It’s actually a bit of a part-caster so I guess it’s fairly unique, i have a set of Monty’s jazzmaster pickups in there which probably has the biggest impact on tone! And i had the body painted by a very talented friend of mine!
@@samwestguitar That's so cool thank you
I couldn’t hear a word you were saying because you’re precisely 50/50 Syd Barrett & David Gilmour in both voice and appearance. Plus this is a really nicely done video covering the Jazzmaster, so it bears repeated views.
Haha, If only my guitar playing was a little more Gilmore esc😆
Thanks for watching! ☺️
I own a Squire 40th Anniversary Edition and I really enjoy playing it. For me, I view this instrument as a crossover hybrid between my more traditional jazz boxes and my solid body electrics. It's a very comfortable guitar to gig with, has a very acceptable tonal range and I am always asked questions at the breaks about it. Seems to be a crowd favorite as well. I don't spend a lot of time doing internet but do occasionally look for things that interest me. Here, once again is a player (compliments to him BTW) who seems more comfortable in a rock genre than in a more traditional jazz format, demonstrating an instrument specifically named for and targeted toward a completely different type of musician. I wonder when viewing these videos why Fender coined the name Jazzmaster at all, as it does seem that this guitar has not really been enthusiastically embraced by "jazz" players at all. Most of the videos one finds are being done by rock or punk music players. I tend toward interpreting music from a jazz perspective and I really believe this instrument deserves better recognition by that group of players. Curious why that has just never really happened?
How well does the locking tremolo work? In your example, you'd lock it and change the 1st, 5th & 6th strings to get into Open G. Are you saying that when going back to standard tuning, you'd re-tune the 1st, 5th & 6th strings and the other unchanged strings will remain in tune? Is the tremolo usable in locked mode? Is the tuning stability quite good then?
Yes that is what I’m saying, essentially by locking the trem you make all six strings completely independent from one another so tuning one string has absolutely no effect on the tuning of another. Assuming the neck stayed straight you could tune your guitar to pitch and then cut of every string but the high E string and the high E will still be tune just like any other hard tail guitar without a trem!
As for how useable it is, the trem locks one way, so you can still lower the pitch of the strings by pushing the trem arm down but you can’t lift it up, so I’d say you have fairly limited use of it but it is certainly still useable.
And in terms of tuning stability I think they certainly hold there tune however the set up of the individual instrument can affect tuning stability significantly but I don’t really have any issues with mine!
Hope that was a helpful and thanks for watching! Let me know if that makes sense or if you have any other questions!
@@samwestguitar Thanks for the detailed explanation!
Ahhhh man didn't know u could lock the bridge ahahah... i've just realised it after watching yer video
😂😂
Haha, glad you’ve learnt something😂 quite a unique feature!
Years ago I bought a Squier Jagmaster, and it was my main guitar for well over a decade. But I still always wanted a Jaguar, for some reason. Last year I finally decided to buy a Fender Jaguar, but at the last second I balked and bought a couple Squier Classic Vibes and some pedals. I am really glad I did that, because I learned that I much, much, MUCH prefer the Jazzmaster, with the more unique sounds and longer scale length. I didn't know I needed a Jazzmaster, all this time, but I did. I have now sold my Jaguar and bought a Fender Jazzmaster from Japan, and I love it. I'll probably keep the Classic Vibe for an alternate tuning (maybe I'll try baritone strings on it), and the Jagmaster for a humbucking / Nirvana-ish guitar.
Hi Dana, thank you so much for watching this video and the jazzmaster vs strat video, really appreciate it!
Sounds like a real journey of discovery lol! I definitely also prefer the longer scale length of the jazzmaster. Would be very interested to here the baritone strings on the jazzmaster!
@@samwestguitar I subbed, too. Can't seem to stop watching Jazzmaster videos, so I look forward to more! I'd post my own gear videos too, but I suck at guitar, so... We'll see
@@samwestguitar Now have three Jazzmasters. lol. I got a Fender Player with coil splitting humbuckers to essentially replace the Jagmaster. I love the Jazzmaster so freaking much.
Nice one 👍 what is your favourite guitar shape? 🙀
Thanks haha, probably the jazzmaster I reckon
I like the jazz master too, but the stratocaster is still my favourite overall I think
The strat is very nice too, it has to be said!
Could you do a video comparing the Jazzmaster and Jaguar?
I would absolutely love to, unfortunately I don’t currently own a jaguar 😢😆
Is it good for Led Zeppelin tone?
Hey, thanks for watching and for your comment! I’m sure it would do a pretty good job for zeppelin tones, it’s very versatile! That being said I’m pretty sure Jimmy Page predominately played a Gibson Les Paul with humbuckers so if you wanted a really authentic tone perhaps something with humbuckers would be slightly closer!
@@samwestguitar oh thanks man ❤️
How about putting a P90 on bridge?
I really like look and warm sound of this guitar 😅
@@sathira_anuk5179 no worries! Putting P90’s in a jazzmaster bridge?
Very good information and quite informative! But tbh with it completely drenched in reverb, it makes it super difficult for me to know what to think of the tone. I like playing ambient, but most of the time I’m using a pretty low level of reverb. So the demo is well done but not super helpful to me. Nice job!
Thanks for watching and for the constructive criticism, I always appreciate peoples honest opinions. I’ll bare that in mind for future videos! :)
Not bad! But can you please give me one reason (for my wife) why I need my thrid Jazzmaster?
I normally go with the “there was a fantastic sale on and I got a great deal” line 😆 thanks for watching!
@@samwestguitar I am already contemplating this one for a while ;-)
for all you first time JM buyers: you inevitably will spend 15-20 minutes chasing down why you have no signal one day. it will be in the rhythm circuit with the horizontal volume knob turned all the way off. happens to all of us one time.
Yep. I’ve certainly been guilty of that a few times😆 thanks for watching!
Great video, Which jazzmaster is that?
Thank you so much! It’s actually a bit of a mix and match! My friend painted it and it’s got montys jazzmaster pickups in!
Oh ok, Did start as the basic JM or Vintera?
@@rashadmoss3991 the body is actually from a website called guitar build UK. There really great, you can pretty much use any wood type/pickup configuration you want and you actually get to pick your exact body so you can choose one with a nice grain pattern and stuff! Highly recommend!
ive been wanting a jazzmaster for like 10 years and still dont have one. I may get a squire...the funds usually hold me back
Yeah that’s completely understandable, squires are fantastic bang for buck, pretty much all the classic vibes I’ve played have been excellent, although I’ve never played the jazzmaster variety, but I’m sure they’re equally good! Thanks for watching !
TheKnapster, the Squier 40th anniversary line is affordable and well designed with vintage switching and really decent p/u's and a super nice neck. I bought one for my daughter and it truly rivals my custom built JM.
Squier started introducing the 40th about a year ago so the used market should start seeing all the ones that people wanted to "just try it out", are selling or have returned. Keep an eye on the GC site for used JM's.
You get a guitar and the ability to try it for 30 days and then return, if it's not what you hoped for.
We Subbed!!!!!!!! anyone who makes a jazzmaster VIDEO!! WE SUPPORT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Subscriber 85
Thanks!😁
@@samwestguitar
The real reason I need a Jazzmaster is that it’s a guitar that I don’t yet own. “Just one more!”
That is the philosophy I live my life by! 😆
thanks for watching!
👍
Great vid man, and yes, I have too much feedback… with single coils. That 60 cycle hum man lol
Lol for sure, can be pretty annoying. I found shielding my jazzmaster pickup bay with conductive tape really helped a lot of the noise. if you haven’t already done that it might help abit and it’s super easy to do!
@@samwestguitar I have a JM with humbuckers so I’m good lol! I do think every guitar player should at least try one if not own one. I agree with everything you said about them. I have shielding paint that I will break out when applicable, did that with with a noisy guitar I had with p90’s. It still has the hum, but it was a lot quieter. Did the trick I suppose! Any who, I subscribed, loved the video!
What model/color is that Jazzmaster?
The body is actually hand painted by a friend of mine! :)
I don't need a Jazzmaster.
Fair enough man, they’re probably not for everyone. Thanks for watching !