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hey patrick miller here.stop the madness i just purchased a jap jazz
(auqua)nice guitar. the last jap jazz i had (red)was kind of wimpy
not alot of swang. now this new one.the beefmaster sounds like waves
crashing on the beach.the only problem is the low e likes to wander
on the saddle.(file the saddle,mustang bridge,new saddles didnt know
that was pos.)i've been playing it at practice soon ill use it at a
gig. so bbbbbbbbbbbuuuuuuuuuuuuuuyyyyyyyyyyy it
los cobras
miller
--- In , "Patrick" <reverb_10000@y...>
wrote:
> --- In , "supertwangreverb"
> <supertwangreverb@y...> wrote:
>
> > I'd try to go directly through Ishibashi, I've heard great
reviews
> > from people dealing with them. Or if you didn't mind having a '62
> > reissue just pick up one of the musican friends Jazzmasters that
> are
> > now popping up on ebay.
>
> I'm pretty sure it's either going to be Ishibashi or Ikebe - Ikebe
> has a better selection. It also looks like the 66 is going to be a
no-
> go unless I want to replace the neck later on with a Warmoth or
> something along those lines built to spec. It really seems to be
the
> only difference, and something that can be rectified later, or not
at
> all, if it turns out to not be an issue (I have a feeling it won't
> be).
>
> > I say try it without the buzzstop and keeping the original
saddles
> on
> > it first. I planned to do these mods on my Jazzmaster and
haven't
> > had a need to yet.
> > What about a Jaguar??? I started on a Jazzmaster and got a Jag as
a
> > backup and now can't put it down.
>
> I had a MIJ Jaguar awhile back that I sold for some finacial burden
> or other not long ago, and when I'd 1st got it set up, the tech
filed
> the saddles, shimmed the neck and the rattle/buzz/slot-skipping was
> never an issue. I'll see how it plays before I start taking it
apart.
> I loved that guitar (the Jag), though - but I recently had the
chance
> to do a side by side a/b comparison with an AV Jag and JM (prolly
not
> the best way to compare, since I'm going Japanese, going Japanese,
I
> really think so - sorry couldn't resist - anyways...). The JM had
the
> better sound to my ears - I've got no qualms with the Jag at all.
> When I get a few more gear-disposable bucks down the line, it's
going
> to be near or at the top of the list. The Jazzmaster is calling me
> harder, though. (I'm trying desperately not to think of that 66
> reissue Jag in the UBOX section of the Ishibashi site,
> though...focus, dammit, focus...can't have both, not yet...)
