i have fall since 2 years i have sold my cij i have create a miss
she 's here !!
finally after more than month of waiting i have it after my friend keep it cause it was 600 km far from my home and friday i have gone to pick up it

it is like a new guitar it have only one year and half ,the ex owner buy it in may 2016 and played it rarely
just a little stripe in the back (you have to look really to see it and it is only in the surface of paint ) a chip on the neck pocket (usual when the neck is to much adjusted ),a little marks on the side at headstock and a mark in the varnish where a head tuner was put (nitro react)
the fret are totally like new i think none are used and just one show a little play (i remeber my cij have fret worn for some in the cowboy chord zone)
something weard is the wood on the headstock ? look like a cross

it is mount with 11 48 that i find a little to soft ,i play 10 52 on my jazz
i have set up it higther cause of my playing cause when she arrived it was too low (1 mm fret clearence) i have set up 2 mm at E bass and 1.5 mm at E treble
maybe i will ajust the neck but for now i let it like this cause it is very straight (i think the gap is less than 0.2 mm when you fret it at first and last fret )and if i put a gauge more important the gap will be good
i hesitate to put 10 52 or put more ? like 12 52
it play really easyer than my jazz du to scale i am not too chocked by the change of scale
the nut need some work on the e bass (i think it is a normal thing for store guitar ,i am not not desapointed but normally i made my guitar then it is new for me )
the guy put a mustang bridge on it and change the string t (don't know what wrong with the one(string t) delivered with ? but it gave me with the guitar as the original bridge)
the side of fret are well ,not cutting
my impression are really good ,lighter than my cij (this one was really heavy as i remember)
sound good ,the arm of the vibrato is better than the cij
the stock pups are good ,don't know if i will put the peter leonard wizard pickup i have kept from the cij ?
fiesta red is real nice (first fiesta guitar i have )
the neck is thinner i think than the cij and i feel it really better (as i remember the cij was on the bigger side more thick)
the case is jazzmaster friendly ! cool

a little vid in action

the cross is to made you believe in surf
half the price of the new 550 €(it is classic lacquer 60 mex),i was noodling in a advert site (le bon coin) searching something ? wasting time ?(and money often!)and i see it
then i need it
she talk to me and said buy me !
i wasn't strong enough to resist ,and i miss my jag in fact since i have sold it (at this time i need some found and it was the only one i can sale cause all my guitar are homemade )
but she was far from my home and the guy don't send it ,then i ask my friend Christophe to pick it up (you know him it is the guy with me in Livorno)
i never bond with my cij and rarely play it but this one is different it call me at this moment (lol)come on and play
you are right i need a fiesta red jazzmaster it is evidence i have my black one that could be a good candidate with the nice tort on it
fiesta red + tort is gorgous

for the vid it is a dedicace for my cousine who love Paul Menphis and also a thanks for my friend of Cannibals Mosquitos cause i have go with them to pick up the guitar as they play near my friend home ,i have become roadie this friday (i like it less pressure than playing and you drink as much !cheers)

Last edited: Oct 15, 2017 05:38:37

thanks i am very happy to the quality of the guitar ,i was a little scare of it cause i can't try it before ,but all the jazzmaster classic lacquer i have seen seems to be well build ,it is more harder to find jag in store near
then after it is poker gamble ,it could be a lemon too
will try 12 52 or 12 54 like you said cause on jag you could put more thick gauge it will stay easy to play (and i love the thick treble string more than 10 the sound is less thin )more over i tend to attack to much then i break too thin string
have a set of ernie ball 11 14 18 28 38 48 and a set of pyramide 10 52 nickel classic will do a mix ,the treble of ernie ball with the bass of pyramide (love this string fell really good and stay good long)
the color is real nice in some reflection you see also some orange ,
don't find at this time static but if needed a little shelding will be done but as jazzmaster player if there no hum it is not a jazzmaster (part of sound!)
when i have time will made a new guard more mint the white is too much white (i have a blank parchement that become mint green with light exposure )
and i need to work the nut cause for now it don't stay in tune when i use the tremolo the string go sharp

Last edited: Oct 15, 2017 08:00:51

Congrats...that is a beautiful guitar.. awesome color.

ludobag wrote:

...put some wax candle on the screws for setting the hight of the bridge...

Neat, had not heard (or thought) of doing that.

Wes
SoCal ex-pat with a snow shovel

DISCLAIMER: The above is opinion/suggestion only & should not be used for mission planning/navigation, tweaking of instruments, beverage selection, or wardrobe choices.

Yes it is easy ,you put some on thé screw ,after you use a lighter to make it pénétrante info thé threading ând let it cold ,totally réversible for futur adjustement,if you need to réajust you have just to turn thé screw ând reheat and it is done

i prefer the little gap on japan or mim bridge than the thight ajustement on the avri bridge cause i have kill the 6 pans head with the key of the screw of the leg ,too much resistance du to the groove on the screws ( i think the screw is overtolerance of the thread and the groove is made to make it open )
no if i have to set up i have to use a plier to turn it
on the saddle part also on the avri i put candle wax to make them not move , a japan bridge with the thread locked work well and i think the mim also but cause i have a mustang on my jag i haven't try (there is 2 type of mustang one is less gap and it is the one who works the best (i have this one on the jag)
and for the trem a japan one with a straytrem arm works as good as an avri
the mim work better than the japan du to the arm system collet + bar but you have the same sound of the arm shock back and front in the collet like the japan and it is not as soft feel as the avri or staytrem ,the miss of the block is not really important for me cause i set up it to have the bar at the right height ,but i think an old vintage trem with is bar woould be a good mod cause of the bend of the arm ,you see the nice bend in this vid at 1.52