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This is my personal studio guitar. Used on all my Youtube surf videos. Lots of upgrades (listed below in detail) and a gorgeous hard shell case. Currently set up with 12-54 flatwounds.
2017 Fender 60s Jazzmaster Lacquer in Surf Green with a Pau Ferro fretboard. Aside from a couple small dings on the lower edge, it's in truly excellent condition. These Lacquer series "Offsets" from Fender sit on a great foundation, but I'm really surprised how they sell any of them because they're setup so horribly from the factory and buzz like crazy with anything less than a set of 12s. Even many of the American made offsets have this same problem because of the same vintage style floating bridge and the lack of break angle on them. This on top of some finishing issues like sharp fret and finger board edges, I decided I would overhaul many of these issues so you can enjoy this guitar with a set of 10s and not have to string it up with bridge cables or use one of those Buzz Stops that not only changes the look of the guitar but the feel and tone as well.
Please read further to see the list of upgrades as well as how the guitar was setup.
-Johnny Marr Jaguar American Vintage Tremolo with lock and nylon arm insert and push in bar (with aged white tip). This allows you to lock the tremolo if you break a string and the nylon insert allows for a snug fit for the tremolo bar that stays in whatever position you leave it
-American Vintage bridge thimbles. These have the wider standard diameter and are constructed better than the import version it came with stock
-2018 Johnny Marr Jaguar bridge. This is the current updated version of the Johnny Marr bridge that has the modern 2-1/16" (52mm) string spacing that brings the strings further away from the fretboard edge and a lot more comfortable to play. The original version of the Marr bridge had the vintage 2-3/16” (56mm) spacing and was almost unplayable in my opinion. Fender quietly made this update the past year and essentially makes this a lot more like a Staytrem bridge (same spacing as the Mastery bridge too). Like the original, it still has the Mustang style saddles and sleeves over the height adjustment screw posts so it doesn't sink down overtime when you play
-3 ply Mint Green pickguard with fully shielded back replacing the stock white one. The original owner swapped this out so I’m unsure of the brand but think it looks great and of high quality so I kept it
-Fender aged white pickup covers replacing the lighter stock vintage white covers, which match better with the aged white knobs and switch tip
-CTS 500K split shaft volume and tone pots. The stock American Vintage '65 pickups are great pickups but can sound a little shrill with the stock value 1meg pots, so I bumped them down to 500K which make them a lot smoother sounding but still plenty of highs on tap
-Treble bleed circuit (.001uf cap and 1/4w 150k resistor in parallel) to allow the highs to remain when you turn the volume pot down and not get muddy.
-Orange Drop .022uf tone cap. This allows you to keep more of the mid-highs when you roll the tone back over the stock .1uf value which would get muddy too quickly
(Luckily these models already have good quality CTS pots for the rhythm circuit and Switchcraft output jack so I did not need to touch those)
-Lock washer added to the 3-way switch and also turned the switch 45 degrees so it's at an angle and easier to switch
-Kluson Supreme 18:1 Staggered tuners. These are the best vintage style Kluson replacement tuners out right now and still retain that same classic look, but with a much finer tuning adjustment over the stock 14:1 tuners and also a better break angle over the nut on the D and G strings for better sustain
-StewMac 0.5 degree full wood neck pocket shim. This is one of the main reasons why these guitars are never setup right from the factory and buzz like crazy and don't sustain with lighter gauge strings. This allows the bridge height to move up and increase the break angle after the bridge and give you enough tension to use lighter gauge strings without having to use a Buzz Stop or heavier strings while still retaining that classic Jazzmaster feel. The problem with using a Buzz Stop is that it increases the string tension so much that it starts to feel and sound more like a Strat or Tele and that more loose Jazzmaster magic is gone
-The sharp fret ends have been filed down and smoother out
-The fretboard has been given a slight roll giving it a much more comfortable and slightly broken in feel over the sharp edges it had stock
-The nut has also been re-shaped and smoothed out with the sharp edges taken off
-Fender G&G Deluxe Johnny Marr Jaguar grey speckle hard case with blue plush interior. This is a major upgrade over the cheap stock Pro Series case it came with stock. It’s not only built better but slimmer and sleeker. Also included is the leather strap and bridge cover, both from the Johnny Marr Jaguar as well.
This guitar is going to feel and play better than any other 60s Jazzmaster Lacquers you're going to pull off the shelf new at the store and I'd even argue than any of the American Vintage versions as well, all because of things like the upgrades and attention to detail in the setup. You're just not going to get that from a new model unless you perform all of these upgrades and do or pay for the work. A brand new current model with inferior hardware, quality control and setup costs $1025 without all the cheaper hardware and case. Why not just be done with it, have all the upgrades already completed with an awesome hard case and come out ahead with a better feeling, playing and sounding guitar? 
Shipped FREE anywhere in the USA for $1350.
Below are the stock specs:
Tech Specs
• Body Type:Solidbody
• Body Shape:Jazzmaster
• Left-/Right-handed:Right-handed
• Number of Strings:6
• Body Material:Alder
• Body Finish:Nitrocellulose Lacquer
• Color:Surf Green
• Neck Material:Maple
• Neck Shape:C
• Radius:7.25"
• Fingerboard Material:Pau Ferro
• Fingerboard Inlay:Pearloid dots
• Number of Frets:21, Vintage-Style
• Scale Length:25.5"
• Nut Width:1.650"
• Nut Material:Synthetic bone
• Bridge/Tailpiece:6-saddle vintage-style adjustable with floating tremolo tailpiece
• Tuners:Vintage-Style
• Number of Pickups:2
• Neck Pickup:American Vintage '65 Jazzmaster Single-coil
• Bridge Pickup:American Vintage '65 Jazzmaster Single-coil
• Controls:1 x volume (bridge), 1 x tone, 2 x thumbwheels (neck volume, tone), 2-way slide switch (rhythm/lead tone), 3-way toggle switch
• Case Included:Hardshell case
• Manufacturer Part Number:0141213757
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Hi, I'm Gellert, guitarist for The Fintastics.
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Last edited: Jul 18, 2022 05:29:44
I'm honestly surprised this guitar hasn't sold already.
