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Re: cool looking vintage modified squier jazzmaster
« Reply #15 on: April 06, 2011, 08:25:46 AM »
That's a nice looking guitar but Jazzmasters were never really my thing.

Also Squier lose all credibility due to this ...

http://www.squierguitars.com/products/search.php?partno=0348000506

I don't mind that. I don't mind that at all actually  :lol:

At least that would make the game fun!

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Re: cool looking vintage modified squier jazzmaster
« Reply #16 on: April 06, 2011, 11:13:06 AM »
OMG, I want that.

Forget about those Fender pawnshop thingies.

edit: it will have to be dirt cheap, though. You can get one of those Xavieres for $230.
« Last Edit: April 06, 2011, 11:49:49 AM by Ratrod »
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Re: cool looking vintage modified squier jazzmaster
« Reply #17 on: April 06, 2011, 11:59:04 AM »
OMG, I want that.

Forget about those Fender pawnshop thingies.

edit: it will have to be dirt cheap, though. You can get one of those Xavieres for $230.
I think you'll be disappointed then - looks like they'll be around £240 in the UK. That said I think the recent Squiers I've played are a lot better than the (granted only one) Xaviere I bought.

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Re: cool looking vintage modified squier jazzmaster
« Reply #18 on: April 07, 2011, 11:32:17 AM »
I've read they're in stores in the US.

Some have tried one. Seems to have a great neck, great sound but lousy bridge. Screws sticking out of the saddles.

Easliy changed though.
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Re: cool looking vintage modified squier jazzmaster
« Reply #19 on: April 07, 2011, 08:28:26 PM »
There's one in a store in....Belfast. I'm as shocked as you are. Got to play it today.

The bridge isn't too bad at all. It looks a bit chewing-gum-and-string, but it appears perfectly functional. You could certainly live with it till something a little more robust and functional replaced it. Nice weight, balance and neck, and the pickups are very definitely in the "not too bad" range. The stacked pots, though, are absolute muck. Impossible to turn down the outer dial without also turning down the inner one unless you used both hands.

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Re: cool looking vintage modified squier jazzmaster
« Reply #20 on: April 07, 2011, 11:08:20 PM »
So what's the neck shape like?  A "Modern C" shape, or something a bit more vintage and chunky?
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Re: cool looking vintage modified squier jazzmaster
« Reply #21 on: April 07, 2011, 11:41:47 PM »
It's a definite 60's style Fender neck. It felt very similar to those on reissue-ish guitars I have owned, being a mite larger than the one on my much missed MIJ 60's reissue, but a little less chunky than my much less missed US Voodoostrat, but really not far from either.

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Re: cool looking vintage modified squier jazzmaster
« Reply #22 on: April 07, 2011, 11:48:53 PM »
Sounds good!
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Re: cool looking vintage modified squier jazzmaster
« Reply #23 on: April 08, 2011, 12:11:21 PM »
I didn't even notice the concentric pots.

I have plenty of spare parts lying around. Including bridge grub screws that aren't too long, some pots and some knobs.

Just make it single master volume and master tone.

Make it a Jazzmaster without the complexities.
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Re: cool looking vintage modified squier jazzmaster
« Reply #24 on: April 08, 2011, 05:03:58 PM »
I do liek the look of that and am now trying to think of reasons why I shouldn't get one. If GV get some in stock I may see if they reduce them in their sale - I think they will have one at the end of April.
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