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It would be awesome if that Jazzmaster was Oly White as well. Also, that Jag is Japanese?

Woah thats a great idea on the tele.

It may be good on a strat

sheigo of the surf coatsers has a jag/Jm trem on a strat I think, google will turn up pics Im sure.

nice pic!!! So, how are the three sisters getting along with "the champ brothers"? hot stuff I suppose!

So does Dave W.

The Jag is MIJ purchased in 1988, it has aged nicely. I wanted a white Jazzmaster but this one was a deal. The Champs are pretty awesome together for the house. The newer one is a hybrid with solid state pre amp and 3 tubes like the old one.

I've seen Daves Strat with the trem unit but he didn't mention his Tele (he actually made the blue Strat--it's not a Fender. I wonder what else he has? Behind the Tele is Wronski's old Hughes & Kettner Replex.

What pickups are in your Tele? I have that same Tele, I put a black guard on mine too :-).

Those are the stock pickups, I think this guitar had American parts but was assembled in Mexico. The white pickguard was cheap and warped, I also got a great deal on this guitar.

The Jag looks nice. It has aged well.

Where's the strings for the Jazzmaster?

Cool looking Tele!

The Tele had problems with the tremolo unit when I got it back from the guitar tech; the cavity hadn't been routed enough. So I had to check the destring Jazzmaster and check under the unit. I should have done the entire mod myself because the buzz stop is too close to the bridge.

Does it look like it'll be okay without the buzzstop? I got a Tele I'm either going to sell or add a trem to, and this looks good to me.

I've been playing it without the buzz stop, but it has graphtech saddles which are more like the Mustang saddles. If the trem unit is placed closer to the edge (the same distance as a Jazzmaster) the buzz stop would work fine. The guy I hired to route the cavity thought he knew better than me but he didn't know these guitars. My mistake.

Na, that's not the only one, I've seen two here in Atlanta over the years. I have even seen a Jazzmaster tremolo unit mounted on a late 50's 2 pickup Les Paul Jr.......ed

there should be a strat in this picture!

I love the twang on my Tele too, but had to have tremalo as well. I used a bigsby, but the Jazzmaster idea is great!

I wonder how the Tele sounds and plays without the buzz stop.

I've made some changes. The Buzz stop is gone, it has a new bridge, plays and sounds better than ever. I also put on a tortoise shell pickguard so it matches my Jaguar.

You put some strings on it?

Dig it! Is that a couple of Fender Champs I see? I stuck a mic in front of one of those in the late 70's and made it thru a huge outside gig!

P.S. Is that an old tube screamer I see in the pic, or is that a bad monkey pedal? Both kick ass!

All guitars now have strings. I sold the Champ 25SE to a friend but the '75 Champ gets a lot of play and sounds great, I highly recommend one or two for the home. Wrong on the pedals Billy. I have some Boss there, Tremolo, DD-3, Blues Driver and a Tuner. The other thing is a Hughes & Kettner Replex that I bought from Wronski, my poor man's Echoplex. I really love that thing, it does kick ass.

Doug, don't forget I get right of first refusal if you ever sell the silver JM

This is the milk crate police. please surrender your equipment stand. just kiddin again. The Telecaster is a true work of art. Any more mods down the road?

Thanks surfinjohnnyq. I think I'm done with mods on the Tele. I've been favoring a Squier Strat since last Winter and neglecting this group.

"This Jazzmaster produces absolutely no string noise"

wow really nice gear ! I have a tele which I was about mod and I was wondering if there is a topic about the jazzmaster tremolo ?

Update: The Inca Silver Jazzmaster now belongs to Danny Snyder, matches his Jaguar. Turns out it had a bend in the neck, Fender replaced the neck. The Tele now has a Mastery bridge and GFS Fat Pole neck pickup so the neck matches the bridge pickup in output. The Jaguar also got a Mastery bridge and a 3-way pickup switch, rewired like a Tele ala Wronski with 250k pots and a paper and oil tone cap. I have bypassed the rhythm circuit electronics. Also, I added a very sweet Classic Series 50s Strat rewired with volume kit and Fralin Blender mod. I guess it is time for a new photo.

The awesome Silverface Champ is the true centerpiece!

Nice trio, Stormtiger! I have a Warmouth Tele body that I ordered with a Strat tremolo route, as well as routed for P90s.

Methinks I've seen Old Tele Man with a tele like that?