The Fender Jazzmaster: A Short History
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First I need to apologize for the typo on Michael Lemmo's name in the text in the video (I typed Lemma (!). He's a great and interesting guitar player and you should all check him out here:
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OK, I think that the Jazzmaster has been the most requested topic since I started doing the "Short Histories". So here you go. Let me just say, that I'm sure you'll all be disappointed. I say this because I can't think of another guitar that is so divided among its fans. I have the sense that folks dig Jazzmasters because of their favorite band/player and though this describes how we often come to like a particular guitar style, it feels ever more so with the Jazzmaster somehow. Tell me if you think I'm completely wrong about this. I'm always up for being educated (but be kind :).
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Leo fender: *creates jazzmaster*
Jazz players: did I ask?
Chibson: no one asked, we listened.
True Jazzers love their full hollow bodied guitars for sitting in and playing live. But Leo's design is great for that too, Plus so many other styles and genres. I have my traditional big box and my JM and they both have a place in my home that they will never leave.
(a couple of years later)
Jazz players: Oh, Leo... you are the GOAT!
Amazingly, shoe gaze is having a MASSIVE resurgence all over the world right now. Being in the indie/shoe gaze scene myself, I’d really love a jazzmaster in my hands. Specs and sound aside, they just look so cool. Classy, different, retro, just awesome.
"Amazingly, shoe gaze is having a MASSIVE resurgence all over the world right now. "
THANK GOD
Is that like navel gaze, but a couple of feet further down?
@@gushutchinson8758 what?
I never knew what shoe gaze was until I really got interested in the jazzmaster and it is easily my favorite genre. My favorite band is freshwater, they only have 1 album and 2 singles but they are SO good.
hot tip, get a cheap clone and mod it to heck. clones these days are so solid. harley benton, artist guitars, etc. have great jazzmasters
I remember taking lessons at guitar showcase in 78' and looking for my first guitar.
A salesman tried to steer me towards a used Mustang, Jag or Jazzmaster for $150. But they were all nicked up with cracking finish and old hardware.
I wasn't about to be sold an old junky guitar by a slick salesman so I opted for a brand new candy apple red Kramer Pacer with a single Humbucker pickup wired to a single volume knob.
A guy at school begged me to trade it for a Les Paul Custom Black Beauty but I knew the Kramer would hold its value over time.
Yeah, I have a lot of regrets in life.
Dear god...
@Jim Goose Your point is solid, at times it appears a deal but turns out to be a used Hound vs a used Lexus.
The Kramer sounds badass!
I got one for ya, you’ll love this because it’ll probably make you feel better, lol.
In ‘77, my folks got me an Antigua Strat, which was the big new color at the time. I never bonded with it and after a couple of years traded it for a ‘71 Gibson Les Paul Deluxe.
Yay, right? But when I got home, my folks, who didn’t know anything about guitars, hit the roof, and it was some time before I could convince them that I got the better end on that trade. Like, a couple of years worth of mild guilt trips. Eventually they came around, though, especially after I started making a few side bucks with it.
Fast forward twelve years, I’m in Tampa, trying to make a living, fallen on hard times. Had nothing to sell at one point to pay my rent but, you guessed it, the Gibby. That hurt… But I got what I thought was a fair enough price on it, and after I left the music store in Clearwater where I sold it, a buddy of mine that was with me said, as we were getting back in the car right after, “Do you realize who you just sold your guitar to?” I didn’t, and he told me that it was the former bass player for The Outlaws…
I guess it went to a good home, but I’ve missed that twelve or thirteen pound baby ever since. I recently saw on Reverb that one just like it, same year, etc., was selling for almost $6000.
So, you see, I probably ended up coming out more stupidly in the end than you did, lol.
Funny thing is, I had a Pacer back in the 80s and I wish now that I never got rid of it. (I swapped it for an Ibanez)
Leo built a guitar for the Jazz greats, who turned up their noses and it fell right into the hands of surf daddys , Elvis C and alt rockers. He might not have hit his mark, but he sure did catch the wave.
well said
Nice word play as well
Shoegaze has a strong scene in Japan currently
Can you recommend any artists?
Sorry not my genre as much as my script editor Perry.
@@arrestedmemories ua-cam.com/video/natQF-y0Ez8/v-deo.html I mean there's a whole rabbit hole but this is a start
@@visvge4934 This is sick, and I had no idea shoegaze was going strong there. Thanks for the rec.
Brilliant. Now do Jaguars, to THOROUGHLY confuse me, lol.
Yes please. For some reason I always preferred the Jaguar over the Jazz Master, ever though I've not played either. The closest I've come is the Jag-Stang; one of my favorite 90s guitars
I got a Jaguar the other day. At first I was confused, but then I took a different approach, I didn't get hung up on what switch did what, what pick up/s were activated etc & just focused on what sounds were coming from the guitar. I absolutely love it, best guitar I've owned.
Bump
I echo this sentiment
@@honkytonkinson9787 In most cases, the jazzmaster is larger than the jaguar. Correct me if I'm mistaken. But that's one of the biggest differences, aside from the tone knobs. A lot of taller guitarists tend to go for the JM over guitars like the tele or jaguar
Very informative video.
One complaint: in your timeline you skipped from Television and Costello to MBV and shoegaze and completely omitted another music scene in between that heavily used fender offsets including the jazzmaster: the Postpunk scene which was sandwiched between the end of punk and shoegaze(and the postpunk bands all influenced the shoegaze bands to play Fender offsets).
Bands like the Cure, Siouxie and the banshees, Cocteau twins and others all heavily employed fender offsets including a fair number of jazzmasters. This is a definite musical movement that deserves its mention in the history of the jazzmaster and Fender offsets in general.
Robert Smith is the reason I got my Jazzmaster 30 years ago, and I bloody love it!
SHOEGAZE WAS VITAL TO THE 90’s (well, for those of us with taste.)
It was the late 80s. It was need by 89
Yes, and I love it now.
original comedy
And still is now!!! There's a shoegaze revival!! And I'm taking part of it, got me a squier 60s vintage Olympic white (lefty) and making tunes with it just need a bass and drums lol
But I LOVE MY JAZZMASTER
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Once again Hypes, I learned so much from your video! This is What Makes UA-cam Great!
Hypes, that means a lot coming from the Swervedriver hoody man himself!
Ricky B. Alright!
Since Rick B. Is onboard with your channel,count me in too...No kidding though..Great job
Agreed!
I dont mean to be offtopic but does anyone know of a trick to log back into an instagram account??
I stupidly lost my account password. I love any help you can give me.
"In an age when a Cadillac was actually a Cadillac " words of wisdom. I like the Jazzmaster and Jaguars I find them a very comfortable couch guitar. The latter with the shorter scale keeps my wife safer too
Hahahaha
When Cadillac meant "quality", unlike most if not all GM products now which mean "Manufactured Obsolescence", a term they invented and happily put into practice.
17:38 Robin Guthrie of Cocteau Twins and Robert Smith of the Cure (and Siouxsie Sue's Banshees) deserved mention here. Cocteau Twins in particular are seen as progenitors of shoegaze, and Guthrie is probably either where the Jazzmaster begins its long association with effect-heavy "ambient" sounds or pretty close to it.
Hmmmm... I always thought Robin Guthrie played PRS?
We can't leave out Robert Smith of The Cure, using a JM in the early 80s during their sort of post-punk/goth phase.
Let's take a moment and say thank you to this man.
Damn I love these videos.
Thanks man.
wanna collect all those guitars after watching.
@@fivewattworld you Forgot to Mention John Fruscatine from Red Hot Chilli Peppers use a Surf Green (Maybe a Blueish Color) Jazzmaster on the Music Video for The Song "Under The Bridge"
A burgundy mist Jazzmaster is truly one of the most beautiful guitars.
I recently purchased a Squier Classic Vibe 60's jazzmaster. Once it was set up I instantly fell in love with the tone. It's like my strat with a bit less punch and a bit more beef. And both pickups together on a clean jangly tone creates that perfect midwest emo twinkle.
Hi Jordan just bought the same albeit the 40 th anniversary model in surf green with the gold anodised scratchplate ! Absolutely love it
I got the same thing (a pink one on marketplace for $215) and after a bit of repair it is the best sounding and playing guitar I’ve ever played. It’s the one for me
While I've grown to appreciate Strats and Les Pauls, for a long time I didn't want anything to do with one. All I wanted were Jazzmasters, Jaguars, and Mustangs. Nirvana, Dinosaur Jr, Sonic Youth, Mudhoney, were the bands that got me to play guitar and those offsets were all I wanted.
i own the j mascis signature squier, best guitar ive ever played
Well strats and Les Paul seemed like lunkhead guitars, rock solo star guitars and that wasn't what 'we' (the post punk/s hoegaze/ college rock nation) wanted to do. To play an offset was to choose a side. Also, the vibratos on jags,jazz and ( tho vastly different) mustangs were better for our noisy purposes.
I’m in that phase right now. Although I use a Tele that I’m happy with
James Devine same dude! mexi tele thinline!
Complete opposite for me. I was always a big Les Paul guy. Recently got a classic vibe jazzmaster, absolutely love it! I am strongly considering getting the j mascis. It's one of the coolest guitars I've ever seen
Actually there was a Jazzmaster fact that you missed: this year it was included in the American Ultra Series w/the first-ever Noiseless pickups.
Thank you for mentionning My Bloody Valentine. I was scared you wouldn't mentioned them, they're a must in the jazzmaster history. Great video !!!
Don't forget the late, great, Luther Perkins, who played rhythm behind Johnny Cash on a Jazzmaster.
I just started playing. Didn't understand anything about guitars and I bought the Squire Jazzmaster. I questioned my purchase as I rarely see anyone playing. This vlog makes me good about my purchase. Thanks.
You can't go wrong on a JM!
I recently bought one of the Squires too. They are well made. The pickups are actually better in these than the current Am ones. All you need to do to this guitar is play it.
Hey Dave! Maybe you didn't know what you were buying at the time but a great choice - well done! Jazzmasters are great guitars. Jazzmaster and Jaguar owners tend to be totally committed to offset guitars. They have just that right amount of strangeness to make them interesting!
Why do you need somebody else's approval for you choice of guitar?
If you like it, that's all that matters!
Squier has to be the most oft-misspelled brand name out there :D
I thought Robert Smith might’ve got a mention as a player. The record company bought it for him as they didn’t want him playing his Woolworths guitar. He ended up taking a pick up out of it and mounting it in the central position.
Underrated guitarist...
he started to disfigure it over the years to the point that it wasn't even recognisable as a jazzmaster ...i managed to see it in the flesh as this blackend shadow of its former self with fish hanging from the headstock at the save the whale gig at the royal albert hall during the mid 80s...i think it must have disintegrated completely after that as i have never seen a photo of him with it since.
that's the Jazzmaster story I always remember, the Cure (maybe still called Easy Cure?) heading into the studio for the first time, Robert Smith playing a National (i think) or some cheap instrument, and their manager or record label rep bought him a JM off the rack to record with
He actually owned a strat as his backup guitar when he recorded 3 Imaginary Boys with the Woolworth guitar. But yeah, that Jazzmaster completely changed his tone on the 17 Seconds album.
@@zazz63 He used a Jazzmaster with his signature Top 20 pickup for the first third of the Trilogy concert in 2002, available on DVD, and it has been spotted now and then even as recently as 2020 in some of his home studio streams. To what extent it is the original guitar is certainly a good question, but he certainly still has and plays a Jazzmaster in his classic configuration with the added pickup and the behind-the-bridge brass bar.
Keith, you are RIGHT ON for giving Kevin Shields & MBV attention in this video ! Love your videos, Sir: you do great work !
I have a love/hate relationship with your channel, man!! I love the amount of detailed history you put in this, I love how you can make gear I have always dismissed look freaking awesome and desirable; I hate that as soon as I watch one of your videos I feel compelled to spend money. Keep doing what you do!!
12s were considered lights?! What were the heavy gauge strings, then? Bass strings?!
My first “big boy” guitar was a J. Macis Jazzmaster. It was a monumental step up from my Epiphone LP special. I’ve never played anything like it and even though it’s a Squire it surpasses some of my higher end guitars.
Yes,,,as of now the J Mascis is going to be my next guitar....or an SG.....or a Dot....I kinda want another strat...hmmmmm so many choices.
Squiers are their own unique brand/species. I have a 2011 Classic Vibe 50's in a lovely 'jetstream' blue that came with a stock , perfectly Quartersawn neck (?!) and the alder is even very light (as some connoisseurs prefer it for 'resonance'). The original fretwork is impeccable. Those even have deeper 50's contours.
The j mascis one is really well built!!
@@theslayerofgoblins849 my squier CV strat is so much better than my Gibson SG.
Squire J Mascis Jazzmaster is a modern classic. They'll be worth 5x the price in 30 years, mark my words.
This was a somewhat costly video for me. Ended up buying a Jazzmaster although it was a Squier Classic Vibe 60’s Jazzmaster. Always been curious about these guitars. Your video was very informative and I enjoyed it very much. I especially love your short history videos.
I’ve played a few jazz masters at guitar center and Sweetwater. They’re not my favorite, but they certainly are good.
Though, I do need a few hours alone to get to know the guitar, so I can’t really say anything 😂
To add to famous band's artists who often use in their records and lives is Radiohead's frontman Thom Yorke
The thing all these videos bring home is that the young, creative musicians were playing instruments they could afford (used and cheap) and making the best music they could with what they had. Afterwards, people with less imagination drove up the prices of the same instruments, trying to mimic those sounds, while producing much less that was noteworthy. There’s a lesson there, but I don’t think many will learn from it.
That's a point I've been making for years. Wealthy collectors bidded up the prices of old guitars over the heads of players. Most of those instruments are probably either in glass cases decorating penthouses and mansions, or locked in temperature- and humidity-controlled vaults and left to appreciate. Few are being strummed.
Totally true. Make do with what you have. Be the next star ….. not the best copy. Let lawyers and dentists buy the high priced copies
07:37 - "1MOhm pots yield a "less bright" tone than the 250KOhm pots"? I think it is the other way around - the 250KOhm pots would be 'darker'/'warmer' than the 1MOhm pots in the lead circuit (capacitor values being equal), since less high frequencies in the signal would pass through the higher-resistance pot + and capacitor (with the tone rolled all the way up/brightest setting) to ground.
The rhythm circuit, however, uses lower-value potentiometers - 50KOhm for the tone. Less resistance means more high frequencies will 'leak' out to ground even with the pot rolled all the way up, which would make for a much darker tone.
otherwise - thank you for your video; good info in there!
Correct
Yep. I just went down to 500k pots (from 1M) in my JM to tame the brightness. Worked like a charm. Also I noticed that they didn't mention the switch to the white witch hat knobs in '65. Small detail though.
Absolutely. The higher the volume pot resistance, the stronger is the pick-up resonance peek, so the tone result brighter by moving from 250K to 1M.
Thank you so very much. I bought my first (vintage) Jazzmaster January 2005 and have never looked back. Even sold my Cunetto relic Strat after I realized I was never going back.
I meant to comment on the video and replied to a reaction instead. Well in that topic, when I got my first Jazzmaster it had a ‘60’s 250K pot in the volume. That made the change to a Jazzmaster gradual. After a while it started bugging me and I switched first to the 500K and realized pretty soon that the bright sounding 1 Meg has something really special about it. Glad I went through all of them as I know for sure that I’m happy with the original design.
I think jazz players are more likely to turn their volume down on their guitar, and a larger ohm volume pot is only brighter with the volume full on. As volume is turned down, the hot part of the signal that goes to the amp is forced to go through more and more resistance. Since impedance increases with frequency, treble frequencies are attenutated more than bass or mid. So at half volume or lower, lower ohm pots are in fact brighter as the signal that reaches the amp goes through less resistance.
Tone pots, on the other hand, are wired parallel to ground with the cap acting as a gate that only allows treble frequencies to pass to ground as resistance is reduced. (tone pot turned down) Larger tone pots give you a brighter tone at the sacrafice of practical pot sweep.
Robert Smith of the Cure used his olympic white Jazzmaster with an additional cheap pickup on the early albums and created this special sound, we all know from "a forest", "boys don´t cry" and other pearls. Thats why i bought my ow MIJ Jazzmaster in 1983. She is still a fantastic well build guitar with a more percussive huskier tone than a strat. Another hero of mine, Chris Reed from Red Lorry Yellow Lorry also used an ow Jazzmaster. Sonic Youth two guitarists were playing Jazzmasters.
Would love to see a comparison between the Jazzmasters, Jaguars and Mustangs
The JM is bigger.
I really want a Jazzmaster after watching this and previous performances from Lemmo
...and I don’t even play guitar
Get one and start learning, fender play is free right now (I think)!
Casey King There’s a local J Mascis Jazzmaster which I’m extremely tempted but a MIM Strat would be cheaper so I’m torn.
@@MJTbreww Though I don't own one, a lot of people swear by those J masics. I have a Vintage modified Squier made in Indonesia that i prefer much over my MIJ Fender
fender: *makes jazzmaster and jazz bass*
jazz musicians: nah im good *uses strat and p-bass*
Those wonderful videos of Joe Pass playing a Fender Jaguar were made when Joe was at Synanon. Synanon was a national program for recovery of drug addicts primarily heroin. The Jaguar Joe played was actually the property of Synanon it was not his personal instrument.
I used to only think that humbucker guitars were usable for me, a guy who mainly listens to metal. Then I saw a video of a guy playing a sick riff on a Jazzmaster baritone, and comparing it to a 9 string guitar. I was so blown away by the tone on the Jazzmaster pickups that I immediately knew that my next guitar was gonna be a Jazzmaster, and now that I've played it I can't imagine ever going back to using mainly humbuckers. Jazzmasters just have a fantastic distorted tone that you can't get anywhere else.
I have two jazzmasters now, but before I ever got one, I was installing jazzmaster neck pick-ups in the neck position of my Teles because they work for anything and the tone is groovy as hell.
Robert Smith saw Elvis Costello on Top of the Pops in 1978, following him he got Jazzmaster, which he played on the first Cure 4 albums
I remember Robert Smith playing one of those Ibanez hollow-body Gibson copies a red one? It was like a es 345?
My favourite Jazzmaster player is Chris Brokaw from the criminally overlooked Boston-formed 1990's band Come. Their 1998 swan song release "Gently Down The Stream" is a gorgeous document and a perfect showcase of the Jazzmaster's versatility and depth.
That photo of Joe Pass isn't of a Jazzmaster. It's the 1961 version of the Fender Bass VI. The pickups are smaller and chrome-ringed, the upper horn is longer, the controls are on a chrome plate, and the scale length is 4.5" longer.
Thanks, great video. Marty Wilson Piper of The Church, though known more for his use of Rickenbackers, does great work on a Jazzmaster on their '90's and 2000's stuff. Always wish he got more love!
It’s funny. My buddy Rob also loved “The Church” but I always think of Rics. I didn’t know he used JM’s.
My first serious guitar was purchased in the early 70’s, it was a 1960 Fender Jazzmaster. It spent 23 years on the road touring the world. I still own it.... amazing guitar!
It's amazing that it hasn't been stolen.
MY PRAYERS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED
This was great - and I'm pleased you included Swervedriver. They're often overlooked, but were phenomenal at their peak.
Swervedriver rule!
Today, shoegaze is one of the larger sectors of indie music. So while grunge kind of came-and-went in a firestorm, shoegaze slowly continued on its own time, growing over the years, kind of like the "tortoise and the hare". I was big into the original scene back in the late 80's/early 90's, and there were actually a ton of US shoegaze bands back then -- but there was the usual issue that 80's (or really, pre-'92) radio stations in the US and MTV didn't acknowledge anything beyond dance pop and hair bands, as opposed to the BBC, who would play things like MBV and Ride along with Kylie Minogue and Rick Astley. That's mainly why only UK bands become famous.
Although, where I was in Boston, there were some bands that did get a little exposure on both sides of the Atlantic, like the Drop 19's, the Swirlies, and even earlier -- Galaxie 500 (more dream pop/slow core than straight shoegaze, but was the same crowd).
On a side note, J Mascis is doing a Fender Play Live event (my email from Fender says 06/03, but the YT event now says 06/10), and they're giving away one of his Squier JMs:
ua-cam.com/video/qereVY3GZAs/v-deo.html
I love these videos. It's good reminder that we're often presented with a skewed version of history. Rock-n-roll was, at one time, considered to be a brief fad that had run its course. Most people know the early rock stars of the 50s, but few know the famous musicians of others styles who were, in their day, quite a bit more popular.
So glad in a crazy world. You still have the time to bring us home to the five watt world. Love your message,and your stories and ideals. Thank you brother. Truly appreciated
Thanks for watching William.
I have one the j mascis jazzmasters from squier. Everyone who has ever picked it up says the same thing, "this is a squier"?! The necks on them are so comfortable and playable, its crazy.
A few weeks ago I didn’t know anything whatsoever about Jazzmasters, until one day I randomly decided to pick up a Squire J Mascis Jazzmaster inside a guitar shop. That thing sounded better than some of the other $1k Fenders I was trying out. Ended up buying it & have been kind of obsessed with learning about Jazzmasters ever since. They just fit me like a glove
I had the absolute pleasure of seeing Wilco last year (flew from Tel Aviv to Brussels to see them!) and Nels Cline is just an amazing player/human being. I waited to see him in this video and cheered when you mentioned him heheh. Thanks again for a great video!
Hey! Ever consider doing history of the bass VI? It’s a little niche compared to a lot of the “history of” videos but as a die hard Bass VI player who can never quite seem to find the full story on the instrument I would love to see your opinions and retelling of the history behind it
Amen on your comment about the MIJ pickups. My first JM was a "66 Big Block" Made in Japan in CAR. I plugged it in and was overwhelmingly underwhelmed by the pickups. So I replaced them with a pair of Curtis Novak's. It went from "what the fkuck?" to "fkuck yeah!".
My brother still has my father’s 1962 Jazzmaster that was ordered custom from the Fender rep at a gig my dad was playing in 1962. Still have original case and a couple of the original documents. It’s been through more gigs than most between my dad, brother sister and myself. It’s taken a beating over the years but still plays wonderfully.
the come back of JM is so epic,
bunch of outdated guitar found by those young player, and redefine the sound of the ages.
Listen a lots of shoegaze and New Wave, You can easily feel this instrument took an important role in those music genre.
and thanks of the history about Fender japan,
I always wonder why there was lots of discussion about JM from Fender Japan.
These videos are so educational for a young beginner like myself. Before discovering this channel, the variety of guitars out there felt staggering, and their differences were esoteric and shrouded in mystique at best. Now I feel pretty confident about my understanding of what sets these things apart! Of course, my newfound confidence likely says more about my lack of knowledge than vice versa. At least purchasing a Brazilian knockoff for $185 will feel a little less daunting now- so thanks a ton Kieth!
I’m glad you mentioned My Bloody Valentine! I find Jazzmasters to sound amazing with fuzz/overdrive. First thing I noticed when I bought one.
I’m baffled that Leo called these pickups warmer. 🤯 How could he actually think that after hearing the middle or bridge position?
"A dizzying rainbow of cool"
How about a nod to the Jazzmaster’s cousin, the Fender Electric XII, invented by Leo in 1965? Although it has very little in common with the Jazzmaster except for the body shape and rosewood fingerboard, it is another Fender design that was purposefully designed to appeal to an audience that the Strat and Tele weren’t serving, the Folk-Rockers. Due to the unique split-pickups, it has a distinctive voice unlike any other Fender, or the Rickenbacker 12-strings of the same era. A very cool instrument!
Pat Metheny had one, very briefly, when he played with Gary Burton ,as a teenager. It may have sounded good, but Metheny disliked it, intensely.
Dave Davies of The Kinks used one of those, though sparingly. Most notably on "I'm Not Like Everybody Else".
Jimmy Page has one as well. It's the guitar Stairway to Heaven was supposedly recorded with.
The 6 string bass too.
I wonder if fender didn't misplace his money and had to sell the company (which doesn't mean he necessarily blew it. Accounting can go wrong many ways like a big tax you don't see coming) I wonder if he would have gotten that shape to be accepted better in its time if he was able to develop it more. Telecaster was much different than a strat, but when he found this JM shape he used it on everything. 12 strings, Jazz basses, Jaguars, bass vi, and even the mythical marauder. It was obvious he found the body he wanted to be known for. Theyre awesome and I'm glad it didn't just get lost in history and made a big comeback with alternative rock.
Someone once asked Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth why he had so many Jazzmasters? His answer...I like jazz. Classic! I was born 76 too the year before Costellos debut classic album. Stay safe with all this virus nastiness Keith ok man.
The intro was by Michael Lemmo from Norman’s, a budding star!
Great video, much appreciated! Look forward to the rest of the series.
Would love to see a similar vid about Jazzmaster's cousin, the Jaguar. Always been my favorite one of the Fender line.
YES! keep em coming Keith! Would love a hofner violin bass short history!
You do an incredible job researching and presenting the Short History series! Happy to see the channel continue to grow. Thank you for all the effort you put into these videos, definitely some of the most informative and entertaining in the realm of guitar!!
That was great, as are all your A Short History videos! Thanks, keep them coming!
BTW, how come the "less gear" channel always reminds me of another cool guitar I need to buy? 😀 (received my 5WW t-shirt last week. Very nice!)
Thanks for the support Tony. I'm not a GAS generated really. That's on you brother, ;).
Hahaha !
As the saying goes: the number of guitars you must have in your collection is 'one more'.
The duality of man.
I play in a psychedelic surf band and I love my Jazzmaster (and my Strat)! It’s a unique sound and when paired with reverb and tremolo, it’s great for the genre!
Oh goodness, a flashback. My wife bought that exact Honda Civic model, same silver in 1983. No power steering but built like a tank.
I got a Sunburst '66 Jazzmaster for Christmas that year. The hang tag said "$339 w/ case, cord, strap and polishing cloth." Nobody wanted them in the 70's and 80's. Sold it in 1998, for $900, to put towards and Alembic Bass for my son. No regrets.
You are doing a great job with this content! A++
I can honestly say I look forward to these history lessons ❤️
My favorite guitar. I have the J Mascis jazzmaster signature series and it's by far the only guitar I was want to use. It may be a Squire but the neck is absolutely amazing.
Just got this model last week, and it's amazing!
most comfortable guitar i've played, in the store i only played it for about a minute before i decided it was coming home
Love these history videos...keep 'em coming.
Thanks for your amazing series!
Once again, a comprehensive history, compact and concise.
2:52 Joe Pass is playing a Bass VI in the photo... But awesome video!!!
That's not a bass vi lol thats a jm
In my life I was able to obtain a 1958 Jazzmaster neck. ( pencil date is 12 / 58 on the butt of the neck ), I have had it bolted to a Tele for years, and now a custom shop strat . Best neck I have ever played, Only thing ever close is my Novo MIris neck.
Excellent as always! Thank You
Very enjoyable episode. I have a left-handed American Professional Jazzmaster in Mystic Seafoam Green, Maple fretboard, fitted with D’Addario NYXL 10 - 46 strings.
I just love your videos on the history of guitar stuff. I am an obsessed collector of guitars and gear. I love hearing all the history
I had a fantastic run of bands tour my town in '89 - Dinosaur, Sonic Youth, Mudhoney, and hearing the sounds was a revelation - seeing SY treat their guitars, err, vigorously, made me buy a Jazzmaster as soon as I could. They were hard to come by, and not cheap, but so worth it. Gigged hard and recorded a lot with my 1966 for 5 years straight. No other guitar got a look in! Actually, my 1967 Yamaha SG3 was close...
Another masterpiece Keith. One of my all time favorite models for purely sentimental reasons. Thanks so much for your attention to detail and doing these videos. It’s one of the highlights of my day when a notification comes in for a new posting by you. Keep up the excellent work!!
I’m a long time bass player who
decided to pick up my first six string. I chose a Squire J Mascis Jazz Master and I love it. Came here for some learning and you never disappoint. Thank you!
That’s quite the guitar.
This was a really great video! I love Fender history. The Jazzmaster has been my main guitar since I was 15!
This was a great watch, thank you.
So well done! Thank you.
And to tie everything together even more - Nels Cline got his beat up black Jazzmaster from Mike (not Five) Watt of the Minutemen.
One of my favorite bassists. The Minutemen were one of the best bands of the '80s, easily.
love these shows - I think Robin Guthrie deserves a mention as one of the earliest and most consistent Jazz master players after Costello ....
I remember my dad buying an electric guitar in 1988. Only now do I realise... with my patchy 10 year old memory, that it was a Jazzmaster (sunburst). I wish now that I still had that guitar (my first exposure to an elec guitar). As now I play guitar I would give anything to have that guitar again and actually be able to play it. We for some reason got rid of it a couple of years later not appreciating its value. We never
bought an amp to use with it so I'll never know its true quality... but, what a missed opportunity now that I know about its story!
Fantastic video, as always! Thanks for brightening up my day!
The JM was the first guitar I picked for myself, after my parents got me a basic Strat clone when I very first started learning. Mostly went for the "outsider" aspect of it, since most people only ever talk Strat v Tele. Since fell in love with the offset body and the wonderful tone, and the extra wide and smooth range of the tremolo.
Mikul Lemon, the greatest jazzmaster player of all time.
Thanks Keith, really needing these videos these days!
Thanks for these very informative and enjoyable short histories. I appreciate all the work you put into each episode.
Thank you Keith, for delivering more really cool guitar history during a time where we have to distance as well as care. Love your vids.
Thanks Larry
And of course Nels Cline brings it full circle. Thanks for another superb history lesson!
Excellent video. Thanks!
Awesome research. Great work.
nice! for my quarantine tast i am rebuilding this old "Musima Elgita" which a friend of mine once found on a dumb side (!!). it was made in the GDR. It is hard to date, but looking at the pots, cables and the fact that all the screws are flathead i would guess early 60s. all the parts are there, it was in what seems to be the original case. electronics seem to work fine. it has two "p90s" and a weird switch that reminds of a gibson varitone switch. the tremolo looks awsome and a rather sturdy opy of the fender version. it even has roller saddles. east-german engineering seems to still be good old german-engineering :)
it just needs a new input jack and should be ready to go. maybe a fretjob. gonna be done tomorrow... your videos always come to the right time ;)
Glad Nels got the nod at he end. The Best Jazzmaster Player I’ve ever heard. He’s a freak of nature.
Another great video Keith!
Another great history lesson! Thanks for doing these, they're great!