2026 - 2007 - 2005

With PTB tone control and dual volume control. Also has a switch to tap the coils

I’m looking at this Squier Toronado that is for sale locally for £210 (US$278) described as being in “as new” condition. Money is tight so I’m hesitating on this but I’d be interested in your thoughts on both the Toronado and the price.

So I won an auction on Yahoo Auctions (Japan) for a 64 A neck 22.5 Red Mustang. Paid. Get ghosted, and see the seller had relisted on Yahoo Auctions AND Yahoo Fleamarket AND Rakuten used goods site. At the same time.

Submitted many reports. Seller cancelled bid (an absurd function which allows sellers to unilaterally cancel an auction days after the auction is finished and Yahoo has your money in escrow account).

Will eventually get money back, but will never, ever trust any e-commerce site again. That guitar is still listed for sale on Yahoo and other sites, in violation of Japanese law - not to mention flagrant violation of the hosting sites.

Anyways, the universe subtly aligned and the Mustang on the left turned up, just got it a couple of hours ago. 1964 A neck, 22.5 scale, all original (except trem arm as usual). Clay dots, black bobbins, original pots and wiring, Brazilian slab, all the goodies.

The one on the right is a 1965 A neck, 24 inch scale, all original. The neck on that one is the slimmest neck I have ever seen on one of these, it is like a toothpick, The 64 neck is like that at the nut, but goes to a chunky, wider heel.

Absolutely stoked with this pair. So pleased people do not like them (while never even trying them) which means I did not have to pay anything like what similar vintage strats, teles, LPs etc go for.

Fabulous.

Hey ! I’m thinking about getting a Jazzmaster playing II on thomann, since there is no way to try it near where I live. I really want an offset guitar for the look and also for the vibrato sound.

Since I already owned a MIJ Jaguar and I had a few problems with it… almost no sustain, the infamous bridge, uncontrollable microphonic feedback with 0 gain TS9 and 1/3 drived RAT2 into a Pro Reverb …

I consider the JM because of the look, the pickups, the larger scale, the mustang bridge and the better neck. It’s (relatively) cheap, and I guess it’s playable right out of the box.

I play in a band, garage rock / punky / shoegaze stuff with lots of leads. Do you think the JM is for me ?

Is it worthy?

Recently a customer friend had me take two Jazzmasters and build him what he wanted from the parts from each and then use the other parts to build another he was going to sell.

As you can see, I have a thing for Sunburst Fenders…and I was really happy with how the “leftover” one came out so we worked out a deal (I was doing a bunch of other work for him as well) and I get to keep the burst!

Aside from needing better pickups (the bridge pickup on this thing is not great…) it’s basically a new guitar and because I knew he was planning on selling it I cleaned it up and set it up really well. Absolutely love it.

I don’t make a habit of doing things like that but he’s a bit strapped for cash and I really wanted the guitar so it was a good trade deal for both of us.

Anyone have experience with both?
I like the look of the “classic” Halon and leaning toward that purely from an aesthetic POV and the fact that it’s cheaper. Is Descendant worth the up charge?

My bridge always keeps tilting forward and staying that way when I use the trem even once? Does it have to do with the pressure on the bridge I’m currently using 10 gauge strings should I put und 10,5 or 11s?

This is a design I've built a few of, both guitar and bass, starting as a short scale guitar based on a slightly tweaked Jag shape. After three basses, I trimmed the body shape a little further and reworked the pickguard design to this, and I'm feeling pretty happy! This is the Eda bass v1.5, chambered mahogany with a quartersawn maple neck. Novak Bisonic (w coil splitter) and H22 pickups. I don't care for bridge pickups on their own on a bass, but the neck and middle positions both sound GREAT (and the bridge is cool with some chorus and verb playing up the neck a bit.) I haven't had a bound body bass since I sold my Ric many many years ago and forgot how diabolically anti-ergonomic it is, but that's the price of style. Finish is Mercedes Blue nitro lacquer.

These are my guitars: five Jazzmasters are on the sofa—the MIJ Hybrid II, Troy Van Leeuwen, Squier Vintage Modified, Vintera III ’60s and Squier 40th Anniversary. The sixth, a Squier FSR JM Classic Vibe Black, is on its way. What a collection—and pure happiness!

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I love my guitar obsession, to be honest. I’ve played guitar in a jazz band for 30 years, and I’m fortunate to have spent all those years making music. If that’s an addiction, I’m happy with it.

I got a jazzmaster bridge gifted to me and I know I need those things that go in the guitar to be able to mount the bridge. What is the name of the things the bridge sits on? The things that push into the body of the guitar.
I am struggling to find a place to buy them online
Sorry if this is the wrong place to ask this question.

Came with a swapped mint pickguard which I much prefer over the gold that comes stock. A great deal off FB marketplace for $400. Absolutely love the thing and I completely get the hype behind them. It's got me looking forward to recording again.

I have a squier bullet strat i purchased 2 years ago second hand. Recently one of the tuners just broke itself and now the E string is out of tune.
I was thinking on upgrade to a jazzmaster type guitar.
I have 3 options 2 squier and 1 sire.

1 Sire Larry Carlton J5 Sherwood Green

2 Squier Jazzmaster Classic Vibe 70’s vintage blonde

3 Squier Jazzmaster Classic Vibe 60’s

Any advice?

2005 AVRI ‘62 Jazzmaster:
At this point I had owned a 1995 Fender “Squier Series” Strat that was my first “real guitar” as a teenager, that I got in its birth year. After 10 years of on & off playing I had finally gotten a lot more serious about playing, was getting better, started jamming with people and stuff etc. So I got a big tax return that year and decided it was time for my first “REAL real guitar”. Had been getting into sonic youth and dino jr, and was very intrigued by the Jazzmaster, seemed like the coolest guitar ever to me….luckily at this time (2005) the AVRI series was happening. I REALLY wanted a Sea Foam green one, and saw they were in stock at the typical online dealers. But I wanted to be “cool” and support my local brick & mortar super crummy, scammy guitar shop so I ordered the guitar from them instead. Ordered the Sea Foam green. Needed to put down a deposit. A few weeks later they call and say sunburst is the only color that is available (online stores all had the green in stock….) and since I gave a non refundable deposit, guess I was getting a sunburst! 2 months later, my guitar finally arrives. I ended up paying like $200 more going thru the local shop. Whole thing sucked, lesson learned. But….the guitar was really magic, I ended up playing in a gigging band for a couple years soon after I bought it,
and I got way better at guitar during this period. Owned it for 21 years now, it’s all dinged up, scratched up. Recently put new Lavaguard pickguard on it, looks legit 60s now, so stoked on this guitar. It’s amazing how crappy the stock fender tortoise guards look in comparison. NEVER goes out of tune even with heavy trem work. Love it.

2024 MIJ Traditional II Jaguar, Kinko music FSR:
Got this one a couple years ago after being hit & run while riding my bicycle by a crazy drunk/drugged lady. Somehow escaped with minor injuries and received some $ in a settlement….so I did what anyone would do, buy a new guitar! Had been seeing a bunch of the matching headstock FSR MIJ Jags and JMs on Reverb etc., they looked super nice, and figured what the hell, I’ll give the Jag a shot. Always loved sonic blue too so the choice was easy….I had ignored the Jaguar in the past because I already owned a JM, figured they were pretty much the same. Boy was I wrong. What a cool and different instrument. The shorter scale is really fun, thing is really easy to play….really love the dif tones you can get with the pickup selection. I unscrewed and flipped over the whole pickup selector plate so I wouldn’t accidentally switch off the pickups while playing aggressively, worked perfect. The build quality and finish on this guitar may be the very nicest I’ve ever seen, like it’s literally perfect, the Japanese aren’t messing around….Very happy, might be the best guitar I’ve ever played.

Without dragging up the Strat debacle, what does everyone think to the new American Professional models?

The addition of the Custom Shop-ish, Bensonite-like bridge is cool, but I find the colour selections too middle of the road. Oxblood is nice, Dark Night isn't to my taste and the other are very very normal.

Also, why no Mustang in this series. There are a LOT of Mustang players!

Any more thoughts?

https://pt.fender.com/en/pages/jazzmaster-professional

Well I’ve been wanting a player II neck for my Squier sonic mustang for a LONG time. And finally got one. This is only the second time I’ve done a neck swap and honestly it went way smoother than the first time. That is until I went to try and set action and realized after I screwed the neck in it kinda changed angles so the strings are resting at the high fret. For some reason the screws are basically frozen in place. I was able to free 3 but one is still stuck. But I stripped them pretty bad regardless.
Anybody know if there’s anything special to these screws? Or just go pick up similar screws at Lowe’s or whatever.
Also wanted to share a pic as I feel this looks pretty sharp.