1964 Fender Jazzmaster
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1964 Fender Jazzmaster
I finally finished working on it..just like the mechanics car. The old rosewood was/is very challenging to work with.
Late '63 neck stamp, '64 pot codes, so it hit the store in the first qtr '64.
Big neck, much like my now sold Strat. That profile is magic to my hands.
The celluloid pickguard shrunk so much I had to carefully enlarge the pickup cutouts with a scraper to fit the guard back on. Even now all the screws are facing inwards as the guard is slowly pulling itself smaller (probably stopped shrinking now actually).
Pickups sound strong - resistance wise the bridge reads almost 9K, while the neck at around 8.4k.
I haven't even cleaned it, and probably never will. I like the 54 year old gunk on it....no, not me!
Late '63 neck stamp, '64 pot codes, so it hit the store in the first qtr '64.
Big neck, much like my now sold Strat. That profile is magic to my hands.
The celluloid pickguard shrunk so much I had to carefully enlarge the pickup cutouts with a scraper to fit the guard back on. Even now all the screws are facing inwards as the guard is slowly pulling itself smaller (probably stopped shrinking now actually).
Pickups sound strong - resistance wise the bridge reads almost 9K, while the neck at around 8.4k.
I haven't even cleaned it, and probably never will. I like the 54 year old gunk on it....no, not me!
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Re: 1964 Fender Jazzmaster
Mainly fret work, nut, pickguard adaptation, neck shim work, pots cleaned, tuners cleaned and lubed...a good going over really.AiRdAd wrote:That looks wicked! What did you have to do to it to get it going nicely?
The frets took a long time. Crumbly rosewood is not pleasant to manage. Spent 95% time prepping the slots!
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Re: 1964 Fender Jazzmaster
Confess I looked at the pics and mostly thought: "Fuck, I need a nicer house..."
Guitar looks cool, Grant.
Guitar looks cool, Grant.
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Re: 1964 Fender Jazzmaster
Sweet baby beegeezus they're some big frets They won't need doing for another 54 years
So, is that low alcohol or no alcohol at all? mmmm, no alcohol, do you want to try it? Noooooooooo.
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Re: 1964 Fender Jazzmaster
Feck I hope so - it was a biatch.Bg wrote:Sweet baby beegeezus they're some big frets They won't need doing for another 54 years
Might be an optics thing...standard modern Fender (just checked - smaller actually). Altho I will admit I would prefer a slightly smaller tang. StewMac don't offer it.
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Re: 1964 Fender Jazzmaster
You've more patience than me gunga din...GrantB wrote:Feck I hope so - it was a biatch.Bg wrote:Sweet baby beegeezus they're some big frets They won't need doing for another 54 years
Might be an optics thing...standard modern Fender (just checked - smaller actually). Altho I will admit I would prefer a slightly smaller tang. StewMac don't offer it.
So, is that low alcohol or no alcohol at all? mmmm, no alcohol, do you want to try it? Noooooooooo.
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Re: 1964 Fender Jazzmaster
I’m going to sand it back and paint itzedhed71 wrote:Could use a relic job.
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Re: 1964 Fender Jazzmaster
Matt black, graphics and a floyd should sort it right out.GrantB wrote:I’m going to sand it back and paint itzedhed71 wrote:Could use a relic job.
Terrible taste as always...
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