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J. Is my favorite rock guitarist. His squire jazz master is a real sleeper. J has said he doesn’t care about the sustain of a top loader because everything sustains behind a wall of fuzz.
Coupla comments from a fella that owns a few real vintage Tele: 1) From the factory, 50’s Telecaster bridges had a textured finish behind the pickup and a smooth finish in front of the pickup. Just as you see on this guitar. They were also chrome plated and as such, the shiny part holds up and most have remained shiny after decades of use. The textured part is more susceptible to wear. 2) Kudos to Fender for making what I consider the perfect ‘56 neck carve. 3) Kudos to Fender for getting the headstock shape super close to the more streamlined shape it was in the 50s. Very surprising on a Mexican guitar. Nice!
A copy of his old ‘58 top loader. Anyone that knows of him or the band.. this particular original telecaster is what he uses for “ start chopping” and “feel the pain”. It’s also his main go to for most of his studio solos. He used to bring his original on tour for gigs but stopped because it was worth too much to him to possibly have stolen. I’m a proud owner of it and love it. Simple rig.
I love this guitar. I prefer the top load. It’s got a raspiness to it. The neck is gorgeous. I have the purple JM and a 5707 Mary Kaye Strat to go with it.
My JM Jazzmaster was the worst Squier I've ever held in my hands before I repaired it (but still not as bad as many modern US Fenders). Really bad fret work, dirty electronic, extremely high nut, broken machine head, cracking tremolo etc. I could return it, but somehow I didn't want to and now, after hours of work, is this axe my favourite guitar.
If I'm not mistaken all vintage or vintage styled teles have the shiny and unfinished halves of the bridge. I recall watching a video saying the bridge was designed for the cover to be in place. Therefore the only visible part would be before the pickup. And Leo fender trying to reduce costs back in the day only made the visible part shiny.
Couldn't have said it better myself,...one day trogly's fender knowledge game will probably be better than ours even:) Its great to see him getting into the big F
He uses Telecasters (well, his 58 Telecaster) for lead in the studio, mostly Jazzmasters for rhythm. He doesn't tour with the 58 but he has used a Custom Shop purple sparkle thinline Tele live for a while alongside the Jazzmasters and now also uses his signature blue sparkle but with swapped out pickups.
It’s not unusual for a telecaster neck pickup to have a higher ohms reading than the bridge. Ohms reading doesn’t directly correlate to pickup output, especially when comparing different pickup designs
One of my best guitars is a Mexican Wayne Kramer Strat (the American flag one) and it's very heavily relic'd and feels phenomenal. I don't think it's technically a Road Worn, but the aging is really well done.
Even though I’m a Gibson fanboy, fender just kicks ass with their tiers of guitars from the Mexican range to USA. All are amazing and worthy. Their non custom guitars play beautifully and don’t keep out so many features like Gibson does with their lock neck tenons and true ABR-1 bridges.
1:35 metal flake comes in various sizes. Interestingly German and Japanese cars tend to use small flake across the board. Italian and American substantially bigger. The biggest is used for power boats. If you're getting your own instrument refinished you should be able to specify what you want.
I bought this guitar after randomly finding it in a store. It does feel like a vintage guitar, and man, I can’t say how happy I’ve been thrilled with it. Amazing guitar!
The 50s style telecasters have bridges with only the shiny part in the front because Leo Fender didn't think you needed to polish the whole thing because no one will see it because it's supposed to be covered up.
Austin - the reason why the top of the bridge is shiny and the bottom is not is because of the way leo fender manufacture telecasters: telecaster shipped with the ashtray cover, and leo only polished the part of the bridge that was visible from the outside. He considered that whatever wasn’t visible didn’t need to be polished, saving time and money.
My #1 is a Mexican Telecaster. Natural .. Tortoiseshell-pickguard. Plays & sounds amazing. I inherited over 60-guitars when my dad died, but that telecaster is my favorite.
Hey Hail Mary, what do you think nice guitar and sounds a little different from a normal tele, I know your name from Mad Malco channel, Austin show is good, you learn alot about Gibson's and once and awhile he will throw in a Fender, it funny I was watching a different guitar show last nite and a different show last week and I saw Pontiac from Malco show small world, I guess us guitar heads can't get enough info and guitar talk, take care
@@frankperricone2065 I like my Les Paul Jr almost as much as my telecaster. I’m mainly a singer who plays rhythm, so a simple and fictional guitar is best for what I do. The telecaster is more versatile than the Jr & that’s why I favor it. SGs are cool guitars too & I’d say my Epiphone ‘61 SG Custom reissue is pretty awesome, but I need to replace the pickups. You’re right, I can’t get enough gear information. It’s a nice diversion from all of the fear & misery right-now. You be safe & free too, man. ☮️
@@hailmaryrecordings8255 I am an old bass player, that played some rythm, in the early 80's with a 66 Gibson EBO my first bass at 13, went threw the trenches back in the day, some 70's Fender basses Jazz and P, some really good Squier basses and Ibanez's. It sucked back when I was coming up, it was Hair metal and punk and I liked punk but the real punk came and went quick, as for as guitars I was no that picky like early 80's Japanese Epiphone, Squier, B.C Rich, Westbury, some Ibanez's, Ovation acoustic, and some cheap acoustics but I do have a Really good American 80's Guild electric rare prototype and a assortment of amps just gigin with old friends not like the old days playin in small rock clubs and dive bars, but had a damn good time doing it so rock on and good luck👍
When he casually lets us know that its $13,999 dollar guitar at 2:15 almost made me spit out my drink. Took me a second to realize he meant be $1,399. I hope that was on purpose to see if we were paying attention :). Thanks for the cool demo.
Yeh, I said to myself are you kidding me, I had to rewind myself, those are 13,999$ those are Gibson prices then I heard the edit, am going to have to go to reverb, just to make sure, I don't think anyone signatures are worth over 10,000$
A telecaster and a full tube Fender amp is all you need to get a fantastic sound. Finally a review with a crunchy sound and not the over distorted sound. BTW best wishes for 2022 to Austin and all Trogly fans all over the globe.
The bridge plate is finished like that (polished towards the neck and satin to the back) because back in the day when the bridge covers were common you'd only see the front part closest to the bridge, so it made sense to save some cost and only have that little bit polished.
I own three Mexican Road Worns, and like them better than any of my other guitars including the American made ones. I haven’t owned a Custom Shop Relic or boutique brand relic yet, but that or a player grade vintage guitar is probably the only thing that I would like better than the Road Worns.
"These bad boys are thirteen thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine dollars and ninety-nine cents so, essentially fourteen hundred." Uh. What? What exchange rate are we going with, Austin? ;-)
All of the Roadworns have that feel. I almost picked up a "Danish Pete" Vintera, but I really didn't like the shape of the neck, but the texture was great.
I was lucky to get one of the limited edition ones from Andertons that came with custom shop pickups. It's my go to guitar now for pretty much everything 😎
@@czechplastik Thanks! I appreciate it! I filmed an update video after having played it for a year and a half but didn't find the time for editing yet...
For me, this is like a dream guitar. Ordered it in to my store as soon as I heard it was announced. Big J Mascis fan, love teles, love the OOP tone, love the top loading/clean back of the guitar, love the worn vintage hardware/neck, the flashy body+chrome pickguard. The biggest issues I have with it: The wear on my pickguard looks like it was brushed in circles gently with steel wool, so it looks artificial when you look closely (nobody scratches their pickguard like that naturally over time), and they should have added a non-OOP middle pickup position with a push pull pot or something. I prefer the OOP, but why not have the option for both out of the box.
The neck finish looks identical to the road worn 50s tele I got a few years back. I love the feel of the wood. That particular guitar came with a nitro finish and a relic job. I’m a big fan for the money, and I can’t imagine how much those specs would cost on a custom shop guitar.
I had a Mexican Telecaster with American pickups, wired with the middle position out of phase, and I absolutely loved it! This guitar is beautiful, and sounds amazing!
Leo Fender only used to polish the front of the bridge because u couldn’t see the back of it with the ashtray on it to save time and $. Doing that makes it the same as a vintage tele. Just thought I’d let you know.
A $1300 Made in Mexico guitar whose quality control seems to be FAR better than anything Gibson touches. Custom Shop, Relic Shop, Gibson USA...doesn't matter because it all falls under one category: inconsistent shit! I don't even like Fenders, but hell of a good job on this one, Fender!
That road-worn fretboard looks amazing! Gotta say, I really enjoy watching you document non-Gibson instruments. I like all the others too, of course, but it is really neat watching you go over a guitar with a lot of differences from the ones you specialize in.
Interesting that the serial number on this one starts with MX. The serial number on mine starts with JM for J Mascis! Great guitars, I can't put mine down
I agree with you there. You can try one of the Vintera necks though which are worn a bit like the Road Worn series. It’s got the gloss worn off mostly and it has a rounder fretboard edges also.
@@stop736 I’ve tried one of those and enjoyed them. But I’m pulled in more by the jumbo frets and 9.5” radius with that deep c shape feel of the j Mascis necks. Those are some custom shop specs, in my opinion.
@@czechplastik with jumbo frets, 9.5” radius, and deep c shape profile? I know they sell 50’s fat profile, vintage tall frets, and 7.25” radius necks. I’m not into those ones.
i picked this up when it first came out. I love everything about this guitar. The worn neck feels amazing and the pickups are fat and punchy. If there is one complaint it is that the out of phase middle position has a huge loss in volume, but once you dial in a bit of compression and overdrive it makes up for it.
Yeah, that loss of volume in out-of-phase goes away the louder your amp gets. Still, I know if I had this guitar, I’d be rewiring ASAP so that the clean tone is not so quiet.
Did Fender actually make a Don Rich signature model? I know they had a Buck Owens model that is outrageous on the used market compared to what they sold for new.
You really need to review the Jason Isbell Tele. It has that same neck feel and the pickups are phenomenal. I bought one direct from Fender upon release sight unseen and couldn't be happier. I also own Fender CS guitars, and I gotta say the Isbell is really not that far off. A fret polish and a good set up was all it needed.
The reason for the neck pickup being a higher DC resistance than the bridge pickup would be because of the different wire used for winding both pickups: 42-gauge for the bridge and the thinner 43-gauge for the neck. I recently just purchased a 5-way super switch that I can't wait to put in my 3rd Tele for that out-of-phase tone I'm waiting to rock.
I’m a huge fan of the road worn series guitars, I currently have a “50s” telecaster in purple metallic and a “70s” telecaster deluxe in olympic white. I believe they’re both guitar center limited edition exclusives, but the feel is definitely the main reason I’ve picked them up. Definitely an affordable alternative to picking up a fender custom shop guitar if you enjoy that feel!
Its modelled after his vintage tele, that has a refin body. Thats why the neck is nitro aged and the body is poly blue sparkle. I think thats cool and ordered one.
9:35 bright white on an aged guitar: this is my pet peeve with black-white-black pickguards. A lot of times you see a super-aged finish on a guitar where the binding and nut and inlays are cream or even yellow-color and yet the middle layer of the pickguard is bright white. Now, that's actually authentic: actual vintage guitars look like that. But if I were trying to buy a guitar not "road worn" or something but a "new old stock" look, I'd want all the whites to match better. Ferrari also has a similar issue with the yellow they use for the logo being a bit different than the yellow they use for the brakes and tach should you order those in yellow.
I have this and I bought as an investment partly after seeing how the Jazzmaster doubled in value, had that too but sold it (damn). I have no idea why they made the neck “relic’d” Aged sure but not “relic’d”. Other than that it’s a great neck, and shaped by mascis to some degree. The out of phase in the mid position was a surprise but it’s become my main sound using it. Also gives me a bit of a boost when I switch to the bridge. His JM turned me on to jumbos as well so that was a plus. The neck is a bit smelly and the cancer warning due to the aging chem they used was a bit off putting but I can’t put it down. The only other relic’d neck I think is as good is the purple tele fender put out a few years ago. Top loaded bridge is fantastic. Strings got that Slinky, loose feel. Easy to bend but stays in tune perfectly. 69 duuuuude🤣🤣🤣🤣 Amazing gtr, could use a floating trem but it wouldn’t be period correct. An after market mod. Great review as always
I have a friend that won't play someone else's new guitar. In '90, I bought a Gibson BB King Custom that my friend refused to play. During a lively practice, I hit a cymbal stand. I heard the hit thru the pickups, but it took 5 minutes to find the ding. Next day, I handed BB to my friend and pointed out the ding. He played it for 2 hours.
The Mexican Flea jazz bass had a complete relic job done and they felt great, although I've never actually played a real custom shop or vintage for that matter
I’m telling you right now, the craftsmanship that’s coming out of that Mexican factory is top notch. I’ve got an EVH Frankie replica with a neck on it that is better than anything I’ve ever played. I give them all the props in the world for the quality coming out of that factory. As for the serial number, I’m just not sure that low numbers coming out of Mexico really matter yet. Maybe in the future.
I have one of these guitars and neck is legitimately EXCELLENT. you really need to see the sparkle in real life; photos and video doesn't do it justice, at all. the thing plays great, and handles pedals extremely well!
If you have a Telelcaster from any age you'll know that the bridge is always shiny on the leading edge and dull past the pickup. The same way that this guitar is. Also those are "Top Hat" switches or barrel shaped.
I bought a neck for my Partscaster that's almost identical to that one. I believe they're off the Vintera line. Same thing with the bridge; half shiny, half matte.
J Mascis puts so much care into his signatures, his squier plays better than Mexican and most every American made Jazzmaster I’ve ever touched. The only complaint I could possibly have is the TOM bridge instead of a standard roller JM bridge. Also extremely underrated guitarist for a huge majority of guitarists who will completely write him off because they’re under the impression that rock is the only true genre and any alternative artist is untalented, dudes one of the greatest guitar players of all time and his influence can be seen in so many guitarists.
Jazzmaster bridges aren’t rollers though, it’s either the original threaded barrels, or the single slot barrels from a Mustang bridge (do not put round-wound strings on the threaded barrel unless you want your strings jumping out of their slots all the time… that bridge needs flat-wounds. (Same bridge is on my Jaguar, now I put flat-wounds on everything I own. 😂)
I have a 'road worn' Mexican strat bought through Andertons in the UK and yup, it looks super well aged. It really does look like it's been all over the world (which I suppose it has) and has taken a few nicks and dings on route. The neck feels amazing to play and very nicely worn in. Definitely recommend some of these.
1:50 I can't understand why so many people use a guitar company strap, apparently the strap the guitar came with, like this. I have about 20 straps for about 15 guitars and basses, and they're all straps I'd love to use live, none of them are just old straps from college days or anything.
id like to get a Jazzmaster, but I think I'm stuck on guitars that have Nitro finishes. and IIRC Fender only does proper nitro on their super expensive stuff. the feel of Nitro is just SOOO good! and i like that it shows wear over time and feels even better the more you play. poly should be used for only the most 'affordable' guitars, imo. any Fender in America, and some Mexican Fenders should all have some kind of Nitro finish.
Huge Dino fan here and another Mascis Squier Jazzmaster owner. It’s my favorite axe and I’m in the process of building my own poor man’s Mascis Tele. Great guitar, but $1400 is too rich for my blood. Especially for such a simple design
I recently got a lefty mod shop hardtail strat with a roasted maple neck, and it is rounded, smooth, and one of the best necks I’ve ever played. Fender is doing great work right now, and worth some serious attention. Im actually going to sell my lefty player strat, because this mod shop HSS does everything and the neck is so much more playable!
I've never heard a single note of Dinosaur Jr.'s music but personally I kinda dig that middle position sound. At least it isn't just another spikey sounding run of the mill Tele.
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The neck has a great feel! I was surprised just how different this one felt as compared to other necks with the "same" finish
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J. Is my favorite rock guitarist. His squire jazz master is a real sleeper. J has said he doesn’t care about the sustain of a top loader because everything sustains behind a wall of fuzz.
Top loading doesnt kill sustain anyway, it's a myth. I've been top loading my Tele for years and there is, suprizingly, no difference at all in tone.
You must have just watched his new rig rundown....
@@McMagpie I watch everything J is in. Every Dino jr performance. Etc.
How is it a sleeper? Isn’t that the best selling Squier ever?
i think top loaders stay in tune much better. i have a top loader and 3 through body telecasters. @@TeleCaster66
Coupla comments from a fella that owns a few real vintage Tele:
1) From the factory, 50’s Telecaster bridges had a textured finish behind the pickup and a smooth finish in front of the pickup. Just as you see on this guitar. They were also chrome plated and as such, the shiny part holds up and most have remained shiny after decades of use. The textured part is more susceptible to wear.
2) Kudos to Fender for making what I consider the perfect ‘56 neck carve.
3) Kudos to Fender for getting the headstock shape super close to the more streamlined shape it was in the 50s. Very surprising on a Mexican guitar. Nice!
A copy of his old ‘58 top loader. Anyone that knows of him or the band.. this particular original telecaster is what he uses for “ start chopping” and “feel the pain”. It’s also his main go to for most of his studio solos. He used to bring his original on tour for gigs but stopped because it was worth too much to him to possibly have stolen. I’m a proud owner of it and love it. Simple rig.
I have the J Mascis Jazzmaster, and I have to say it's an incredible guitar especially for the money. This Tele looks like another J Mascis slam dunk!
The JMJM is Squier's most celebrated instrument, I'm surprised it's never been reviewed on this channel
I kick myself for not buying the first j mascis
I sold my fender mascis years ago and it is my biggest regret lol
I love this guitar. I prefer the top load. It’s got a raspiness to it. The neck is gorgeous.
I have the purple JM and a 5707 Mary Kaye Strat to go with it.
My JM Jazzmaster was the worst Squier I've ever held in my hands before I repaired it (but still not as bad as many modern US Fenders). Really bad fret work, dirty electronic, extremely high nut, broken machine head, cracking tremolo etc. I could return it, but somehow I didn't want to and now, after hours of work, is this axe my favourite guitar.
If I'm not mistaken all vintage or vintage styled teles have the shiny and unfinished halves of the bridge. I recall watching a video saying the bridge was designed for the cover to be in place. Therefore the only visible part would be before the pickup. And Leo fender trying to reduce costs back in the day only made the visible part shiny.
Is that true? That's actually really interesting, I didn't know that. I always thought they aged that way over time somehow.
I came here to say exactly this haha. Spot on.
Couldn't have said it better myself,...one day trogly's fender knowledge game will probably be better than ours even:) Its great to see him getting into the big F
@@calvinlee8103 - Yes, I too had heard about that before. Not all that long ago either 🙂
Exactly so.
J Mascis uses a variety guitars although I read somewhere that he generally likes using Jazzmasters live and Telecasters in the studio.
I had the squire JM, not the cheapest squire but punched well above its price point.
There are some cool videos where he talks about how he got his first jazzmaster. Crazy they were the lame Elvis Costello guitar in the 80s.
He uses Telecasters (well, his 58 Telecaster) for lead in the studio, mostly Jazzmasters for rhythm. He doesn't tour with the 58 but he has used a Custom Shop purple sparkle thinline Tele live for a while alongside the Jazzmasters and now also uses his signature blue sparkle but with swapped out pickups.
He just did a new rig rundown video
@@gregmize01 I was that. I enjoyed it; I like all of Mascis' rig rundowns tho.
It’s not unusual for a telecaster neck pickup to have a higher ohms reading than the bridge. Ohms reading doesn’t directly correlate to pickup output, especially when comparing different pickup designs
the roadworn teles from the mexican plant are some of the most comfortable playing instruments ever produced so not surprised it feels nice
One of my best guitars is a Mexican Wayne Kramer Strat (the American flag one) and it's very heavily relic'd and feels phenomenal. I don't think it's technically a Road Worn, but the aging is really well done.
At 2:14 you nearly gave me a heart attack when you said this was $13,000.00 dollars!
Came here to say the same lol
Ridiculous
@@drzecelectric4302 he meant thirteen hundred.
I hope so.@@DoubleDguitar
He actually says 13.999,99 which is 14.000! Quite a misspoke lol
Even though I’m a Gibson fanboy, fender just kicks ass with their tiers of guitars from the Mexican range to USA. All are amazing and worthy. Their non custom guitars play beautifully and don’t keep out so many features like Gibson does with their lock neck tenons and true ABR-1 bridges.
Yep
Nice
Uh huh
@@grantcindrich Yep
@@gethinap Yep
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1:35 metal flake comes in various sizes. Interestingly German and Japanese cars tend to use small flake across the board. Italian and American substantially bigger. The biggest is used for power boats. If you're getting your own instrument refinished you should be able to specify what you want.
I loved Dinosaur Jr. soooooo much. I saw them in a little club in Chicago called Lounge Ax. We need another '90's, I think.
I mean, they’re on tour right now so….
@@doug1274 But I can't go. I still love their music, didn't mean for it to sound so past tense.
We do need another 90s
I bought this guitar after randomly finding it in a store. It does feel like a vintage guitar, and man, I can’t say how happy I’ve been thrilled with it. Amazing guitar!
The 50s style telecasters have bridges with only the shiny part in the front because Leo Fender didn't think you needed to polish the whole thing because no one will see it because it's supposed to be covered up.
Really? What a fab bit of info, I didn’t think that but it makes sense
The three Marshall stacks always caught my eye. Dinosaur Jr reminds me of all the hangs and jams back in my high school days
Interesting
Austin - the reason why the top of the bridge is shiny and the bottom is not is because of the way leo fender manufacture telecasters: telecaster shipped with the ashtray cover, and leo only polished the part of the bridge that was visible from the outside. He considered that whatever wasn’t visible didn’t need to be polished, saving time and money.
Most expensive Mexican Tele ever. $13,999! :).
I know. Wow
That seems a bit... illogical.
Ive been buying too many high-end guitars lately haha
it's less than a grand over here 😀
You caught that to!
My #1 is a Mexican Telecaster. Natural .. Tortoiseshell-pickguard. Plays & sounds amazing.
I inherited over 60-guitars when my dad died, but that telecaster is my favorite.
Hey Hail Mary, what do you think nice guitar and sounds a little different from a normal tele, I know your name from Mad Malco channel, Austin show is good, you learn alot about Gibson's and once and awhile he will throw in a Fender, it funny I was watching a different guitar show last nite and a different show last week and I saw Pontiac from Malco show small world, I guess us guitar heads can't get enough info and guitar talk, take care
@@frankperricone2065 I like my Les Paul Jr almost as much as my telecaster. I’m mainly a singer who plays rhythm, so a simple and fictional guitar is best for what I do. The telecaster is more versatile than the Jr & that’s why I favor it.
SGs are cool guitars too & I’d say my Epiphone ‘61 SG Custom reissue is pretty awesome, but I need to replace the pickups.
You’re right, I can’t get enough gear information. It’s a nice diversion from all of the fear & misery right-now.
You be safe & free too, man. ☮️
@@hailmaryrecordings8255 I am an old bass player, that played some rythm, in the early 80's with a 66 Gibson EBO my first bass at 13, went threw the trenches back in the day, some 70's Fender basses Jazz and P, some really good Squier basses and Ibanez's. It sucked back when I was coming up, it was Hair metal and punk and I liked punk but the real punk came and went quick, as for as guitars I was no that picky like early 80's Japanese Epiphone, Squier, B.C Rich, Westbury, some Ibanez's, Ovation acoustic, and some cheap acoustics but I do have a Really good American 80's Guild electric rare prototype and a assortment of amps just gigin with old friends not like the old days playin in small rock clubs and dive bars, but had a damn good time doing it so rock on and good luck👍
When he casually lets us know that its $13,999 dollar guitar at 2:15 almost made me spit out my drink. Took me a second to realize he meant be $1,399. I hope that was on purpose to see if we were paying attention :). Thanks for the cool demo.
Yeah, I had to replay it a couple of times myself, but he basically corrected it when he said fourteen hundred a second later.
Sounds like an edit, maybe he originally said $999.99, and then tried to splice in “13” and it was off slightly.
Yeh, I said to myself are you kidding me, I had to rewind myself, those are 13,999$ those are Gibson prices then I heard the edit, am going to have to go to reverb, just to make sure, I don't think anyone signatures are worth over 10,000$
Man these made in mexico fenders are getting expensive! 13,000 bucks!
It’s always a good day when you upload 😁
J Mascis is known for playing Jazzmasters with stupidly high action. I wonder if the shop/factory set it up like that deliberately?
Yeah. It's because he also likes to use the slide. Which is much easier with high action.
@@freddyheadbite3084 No, he doesn’t play slide. He’s said people ask him and he says no.
@@MrCaddySlash yeah, he just likes the action super high.
A telecaster and a full tube Fender amp is all you need to get a fantastic sound. Finally a review with a crunchy sound and not the over distorted sound. BTW best wishes for 2022 to Austin and all Trogly fans all over the globe.
J. Mascis always has really good sig guitars. His Squier Jazzy, his MIJ purple sparkle jazzy and now this one
Yeah. The purp is sweet as hell. And his Jazzmaster is basically curricular for any indy guy worth his pentatonic.
Alas, I have neither 😔
The bridge plate is finished like that (polished towards the neck and satin to the back) because back in the day when the bridge covers were common you'd only see the front part closest to the bridge, so it made sense to save some cost and only have that little bit polished.
Love the job Fender of Mexico is performing on these road worn necks.
Starting off with a lacquer finish is the best way to go (IMHO).
I own three Mexican Road Worns, and like them better than any of my other guitars including the American made ones.
I haven’t owned a Custom Shop Relic or boutique brand relic yet, but that or a player grade vintage guitar is probably the only thing that I would like better than the Road Worns.
Peace Peace Brother
"These bad boys are thirteen thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine dollars and ninety-nine cents so, essentially fourteen hundred." Uh. What? What exchange rate are we going with, Austin? ;-)
All of the Roadworns have that feel. I almost picked up a "Danish Pete" Vintera, but I really didn't like the shape of the neck, but the texture was great.
I was lucky to get one of the limited edition ones from Andertons that came with custom shop pickups. It's my go to guitar now for pretty much everything 😎
@@peterkienzl4815 loved your review man. I really enjoy my guitar too. It has something special about it.
@@czechplastik Thanks! I appreciate it! I filmed an update video after having played it for a year and a half but didn't find the time for editing yet...
Looks like a bass boat from the 80's. I'm a humbucker guy but I like it
The Mexican guitars are so good these days, the people working at the factory should be proud of themselves,,
For me, this is like a dream guitar. Ordered it in to my store as soon as I heard it was announced.
Big J Mascis fan, love teles, love the OOP tone, love the top loading/clean back of the guitar, love the worn vintage hardware/neck, the flashy body+chrome pickguard.
The biggest issues I have with it: The wear on my pickguard looks like it was brushed in circles gently with steel wool, so it looks artificial when you look closely (nobody scratches their pickguard like that naturally over time), and they should have added a non-OOP middle pickup position with a push pull pot or something. I prefer the OOP, but why not have the option for both out of the box.
The neck finish looks identical to the road worn 50s tele I got a few years back. I love the feel of the wood. That particular guitar came with a nitro finish and a relic job. I’m a big fan for the money, and I can’t imagine how much those specs would cost on a custom shop guitar.
I had a Mexican Telecaster with American pickups, wired with the middle position out of phase, and I absolutely loved it! This guitar is beautiful, and sounds amazing!
J. Mascis says he likes his action as high as physically possible; I think that's probably the reason for the "bad" setup.
He likes to bend under adjacent strings.
Leo Fender only used to polish the front of the bridge because u couldn’t see the back of it with the ashtray on it to save time and $. Doing that makes it the same as a vintage tele. Just thought I’d let you know.
Trogly's in the HOUSE!!!
Yo Greg!
Well done Greg
A $1300 Made in Mexico guitar whose quality control seems to be FAR better than anything Gibson touches. Custom Shop, Relic Shop, Gibson USA...doesn't matter because it all falls under one category: inconsistent shit! I don't even like Fenders, but hell of a good job on this one, Fender!
They’ve been creating road worn like this in Fender Mexico for years! I have 2, a bass and guitar, and the road worn look and feel is great.
That road-worn fretboard looks amazing!
Gotta say, I really enjoy watching you document non-Gibson instruments. I like all the others too, of course, but it is really neat watching you go over a guitar with a lot of differences from the ones you specialize in.
The neck pickup, you can definitely hear the sound of the intro to Start Choppin' in there.
Tele neck pickups are underrated.
Nice show!
Interesting that the serial number on this one starts with MX. The serial number on mine starts with JM for J Mascis!
Great guitars, I can't put mine down
Nice..I love sparkle finishes
I went to a taping of the David Letterman show years back and Dinosaur Jr was the guest band and Kirsten Dunst was the guest.
The neck on these things are amazing. I really wish fender made them as replacement necks.
I agree with you there. You can try one of the Vintera necks though which are worn a bit like the Road Worn series.
It’s got the gloss worn off mostly and it has a rounder fretboard edges also.
@@stop736 I’ve tried one of those and enjoyed them. But I’m pulled in more by the jumbo frets and 9.5” radius with that deep c shape feel of the j Mascis necks. Those are some custom shop specs, in my opinion.
You can buy these necks for Strat/Tele. £350 roughly.
@@czechplastik with jumbo frets, 9.5” radius, and deep c shape profile? I know they sell 50’s fat profile, vintage tall frets, and 7.25” radius necks. I’m not into those ones.
You can buy the roadworn necks separately for both Teles and Strats (and basses). They’re currently going for around $550.
Sad thing is, they were $250-$325 just 2 years ago.
i heartily recommend that you all go watch some j mascis interviews. he has a really enthusiastic spirit that is uncontainable
Ooh sounds like it's gna be good
That dark jazzmaster is heavenly.
i picked this up when it first came out. I love everything about this guitar. The worn neck feels amazing and the pickups are fat and punchy. If there is one complaint it is that the out of phase middle position has a huge loss in volume, but once you dial in a bit of compression and overdrive it makes up for it.
Yeah, that loss of volume in out-of-phase goes away the louder your amp gets. Still, I know if I had this guitar, I’d be rewiring ASAP so that the clean tone is not so quiet.
1.4k for a mexico tele is a bit hefty imho. fender seems to test how high they can price stuff recently.
I’d love to see a Don Rich Sparkle Tribute Telecaster review someday!
Did Fender actually make a Don Rich signature model?
I know they had a Buck Owens model that is outrageous on the used market compared to what they sold for new.
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You really need to review the Jason Isbell Tele. It has that same neck feel and the pickups are phenomenal. I bought one direct from Fender upon release sight unseen and couldn't be happier. I also own Fender CS guitars, and I gotta say the Isbell is really not that far off. A fret polish and a good set up was all it needed.
The reason for the neck pickup being a higher DC resistance than the bridge pickup would be because of the different wire used for winding both pickups: 42-gauge for the bridge and the thinner 43-gauge for the neck. I recently just purchased a 5-way super switch that I can't wait to put in my 3rd Tele for that out-of-phase tone I'm waiting to rock.
I’m a huge fan of the road worn series guitars, I currently have a “50s” telecaster in purple metallic and a “70s” telecaster deluxe in olympic white. I believe they’re both guitar center limited edition exclusives, but the feel is definitely the main reason I’ve picked them up. Definitely an affordable alternative to picking up a fender custom shop guitar if you enjoy that feel!
Its modelled after his vintage tele, that has a refin body. Thats why the neck is nitro aged and the body is poly blue sparkle. I think thats cool and ordered one.
9:35 bright white on an aged guitar: this is my pet peeve with black-white-black pickguards. A lot of times you see a super-aged finish on a guitar where the binding and nut and inlays are cream or even yellow-color and yet the middle layer of the pickguard is bright white. Now, that's actually authentic: actual vintage guitars look like that. But if I were trying to buy a guitar not "road worn" or something but a "new old stock" look, I'd want all the whites to match better. Ferrari also has a similar issue with the yellow they use for the logo being a bit different than the yellow they use for the brakes and tach should you order those in yellow.
I have this and I bought as an investment partly after seeing how the Jazzmaster doubled in value, had that too but sold it (damn).
I have no idea why they made the neck “relic’d”
Aged sure but not “relic’d”. Other than that it’s a great neck, and shaped by mascis to some degree. The out of phase in the mid position was a surprise but it’s become my main sound using it. Also gives me a bit of a boost when I switch to the bridge. His JM turned me on to jumbos as well so that was a plus. The neck is a bit smelly and the cancer warning due to the aging chem they used was a bit off putting but I can’t put it down. The only other relic’d neck I think is as good is the purple tele fender put out a few years ago. Top loaded bridge is fantastic. Strings got that Slinky, loose feel.
Easy to bend but stays in tune perfectly.
69 duuuuude🤣🤣🤣🤣
Amazing gtr, could use a floating trem but it wouldn’t be period correct. An after market mod.
Great review as always
I have a friend that won't play someone else's new guitar. In '90, I bought a Gibson BB King Custom that my friend refused to play. During a lively practice, I hit a cymbal stand. I heard the hit thru the pickups, but it took 5 minutes to find the ding.
Next day, I handed BB to my friend and pointed out the ding.
He played it for 2 hours.
Please learn how to align the strings on unslotted barrel saddles (11:26)
He said thirteen thousand!!! Too rich for me
anyone else find themselves boppin along to the intro music? lol it's so good, I gotta make sure my speakers are cranked up before it starts haha
I love how you always talk a little bit about the artist and recommend some music when you're reviewing a signature guitar
Much love from Denmark
The Mexican Flea jazz bass had a complete relic job done and they felt great, although I've never actually played a real custom shop or vintage for that matter
I have a Vintera 50’s road worn Tele and it’s similar to what you’re describing on the neck. It’s a gem of guitar IMO.
I’m telling you right now, the craftsmanship that’s coming out of that Mexican factory is top notch. I’ve got an EVH Frankie replica with a neck on it that is better than anything I’ve ever played. I give them all the props in the world for the quality coming out of that factory. As for the serial number, I’m just not sure that low numbers coming out of Mexico really matter yet. Maybe in the future.
They rolled the edges on the fretboard a lot. Looks comfy, makes em feel 1/2” smaller. Sounds killer, just not middle position.
BEAUTIFUL guitar.
I have one of these guitars and neck is legitimately EXCELLENT. you really need to see the sparkle in real life; photos and video doesn't do it justice, at all. the thing plays great, and handles pedals extremely well!
If you have a Telelcaster from any age you'll know that the bridge is always shiny on the leading edge and dull past the pickup. The same way that this guitar is. Also those are "Top Hat" switches or barrel shaped.
that's just a road worn neck I love them
I bought a neck for my Partscaster that's almost identical to that one. I believe they're off the Vintera line. Same thing with the bridge; half shiny, half matte.
The action is probably set high out the factory to be within J's personal specs, he always prefers a super high action.
Got a Mexican road worn 50s from this year wear looks identical on tbe neck wear . Love it
Amazing guitar, thanks for reviewing this one - and the Dinosaur Jr tracks!
Woooooow ! nice😁🤘
J Mascis puts so much care into his signatures, his squier plays better than Mexican and most every American made Jazzmaster I’ve ever touched. The only complaint I could possibly have is the TOM bridge instead of a standard roller JM bridge. Also extremely underrated guitarist for a huge majority of guitarists who will completely write him off because they’re under the impression that rock is the only true genre and any alternative artist is untalented, dudes one of the greatest guitar players of all time and his influence can be seen in so many guitarists.
Jazzmaster bridges aren’t rollers though, it’s either the original threaded barrels, or the single slot barrels from a Mustang bridge (do not put round-wound strings on the threaded barrel unless you want your strings jumping out of their slots all the time… that bridge needs flat-wounds. (Same bridge is on my Jaguar, now I put flat-wounds on everything I own. 😂)
@@primeDecomposition I said what I a said and it’s correct
The pickups could be a custom mismatch, like the bridge is vintage specs, but the neck is more of a modern higher output spec.
Wow a nice tele love the blue sparkles very nice love the worn neck I love the tele head stocks
I have a 'road worn' Mexican strat bought through Andertons in the UK and yup, it looks super well aged. It really does look like it's been all over the world (which I suppose it has) and has taken a few nicks and dings on route. The neck feels amazing to play and very nicely worn in. Definitely recommend some of these.
1:50 I can't understand why so many people use a guitar company strap, apparently the strap the guitar came with, like this. I have about 20 straps for about 15 guitars and basses, and they're all straps I'd love to use live, none of them are just old straps from college days or anything.
Surprised to see a serial starting with MX. Mine, purchased in the fall of '21 starts with JM
id like to get a Jazzmaster, but I think I'm stuck on guitars that have Nitro finishes. and IIRC Fender only does proper nitro on their super expensive stuff. the feel of Nitro is just SOOO good! and i like that it shows wear over time and feels even better the more you play. poly should be used for only the most 'affordable' guitars, imo. any Fender in America, and some Mexican Fenders should all have some kind of Nitro finish.
trogly hiiting that feel the pain riff makes me smile
When people stop ordering $6,000 relic guitars you got to have something for the relic-ing guys to do.
I would bet this bad boy ROCKS
WOOOHOOO
Ditto
Sounds good to me
Huge Dino fan here and another Mascis Squier Jazzmaster owner. It’s my favorite axe and I’m in the process of building my own poor man’s Mascis Tele. Great guitar, but $1400 is too rich for my blood. Especially for such a simple design
I got a shell pink player strat with a baked maple neck / satin finish.
It’s absolutely incredible.
The action might be high from the factory because J likes his guitars with *absurdly* high action. Seriously, look up a picture, it's insane
That serial number... N I C E
I recently got a lefty mod shop hardtail strat with a roasted maple neck, and it is rounded, smooth, and one of the best necks I’ve ever played. Fender is doing great work right now, and worth some serious attention. Im actually going to sell my lefty player strat, because this mod shop HSS does everything and the neck is so much more playable!
This is the best tele I ever seen
Gotta say i listen to alot of your videos as i go to sleep and love what you do
The neck is a wax/oil finish that gives it that feel.
I've never heard a single note of Dinosaur Jr.'s music but personally I kinda dig that middle position sound. At least it isn't just another spikey sounding run of the mill Tele.
You said the guitar was $13,000 numnuts. LOL 😂
Dang seventh heaven😁