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NGD: first offset...different direction for me!
Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2023 7:59 am
by Loop Bizkit
Fender Vintera 60's Jazzmaster Modified...
Man, this thing is so cool. Haven't played it plugged in at home yet, but did for a little bit in the shop before pulling the trigger.
Not sure why I never wanted an offset until now... maybe I'm finally old enough lol. But it's awesome. I'm sitting in my office right now with it plodding through learning "Another Year" by Animals as Leaders.
Re: NGD: first offset...different direction for me!
Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2023 8:05 am
by RaceU4her
sweet!
Re: NGD: first offset...different direction for me!
Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2023 8:18 am
by Marc G
HNGD!..... I'm glad to see Fender is still offering a Jazzmaster with a TOM bridge.... I hate the stock JM bridges
Re: NGD: first offset...different direction for me!
Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2023 8:38 am
by TurboPablo
Jazzmasters are probably the most comfortable shape ever yet builted. Even more than a strat.
Re: NGD: first offset...different direction for me!
Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2023 9:04 am
by eyeball987
TurboPablo wrote:Jazzmasters are probably the most comfortable shape ever yet builted. Even more than a strat.
And the volume knob is more out of the way than a strat.
Re: NGD: first offset...different direction for me!
Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2023 9:55 am
by BroSlinger
badass. You will love it.
Re: NGD: first offset...different direction for me!
Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2023 10:52 pm
by exafro
Sweet guitar dude. I've been gassing for an offset recently too. I would probably go the full on weird 1960's Japan route though, like a Teisco Spectrum 5. This seems way more useable though lol
Re: NGD: first offset...different direction for me!
Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2023 4:08 am
by Zozobra
Re: NGD: first offset...different direction for me!
Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2023 7:45 am
by Loop Bizkit
Dang, that looks super cool!
I think my only immediate plans for it are to swap out the P90s for some P90-sized traditional humbuckers... but I'm not even decided on that yet. Really like this thing as is right now. It definitely has a voice I don't have covered already.
I'm working with a friend on a weird, weird project right now that's kinda perfect for this guitar. We're keying a little off of Sleep Token (genre-hopping, electronic influence, etc) but with.... Country. lol. I know.
Think about Johnny Cash or Merle Haggard making a country shoegaze record with some synths and samples....
The P90s are working well for it so far. I've retracked some of the parts with this guitar that I did the demos on my trusty old Ibanez with, and it's...working.
Re: NGD: first offset...different direction for me!
Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2023 6:27 am
by GuitarBilly
Yeah I'd leave the stock P90s in. You probably already have a lot of great HB guitars. This is an unique color. Let the Jazzmaster be a Jazzmaster.
Re: NGD: first offset...different direction for me!
Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2023 7:23 am
by BroSlinger
Jazzmaster pickups are NOT p90’s.
Re: NGD: first offset...different direction for me!
Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2023 9:07 am
by greatmutah
BroSlinger wrote:Jazzmaster pickups are NOT p90’s.
Yeah they’re not. Different bobbin construction and wind and the sound is different. Very very cool pickups in their own right.
I’ve been looking at another G&L and I like their Doheny V12 with the humbucking MFD pickups. I also really like the G&L trem. It’s a stiffer floating bridge but for surfy warbles and vibrato it’s great.
Re: NGD: first offset...different direction for me!
Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2023 9:59 am
by Marc G
BroSlinger wrote:Jazzmaster pickups are NOT p90’s.
yeah.... although.... I think Fralin makes a P90 pickup for Jazzmaster and they are supposed to be really good..
Re: NGD: first offset...different direction for me!
Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2023 10:15 am
by GuitarBilly
Yeah Gene is right. But I will always think of them as Fender P90s.