What happens to old JMs
Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 6:26 am
For your review is a JM in a local shop (very reputable and some amazing pieces move through the shop). At any rate browsing on line I was exicited to see they had got a JM in from somewhere With out reading the description I just clicked on the pics and this is what I found.
I've also included the description they have (Please note the horror of the planed neck to flatten the radius )
• Serial Number:... replaced neckplate # JV27117
• Description:... Wow, where do I start? This is a Jazzmaster with Japanese neck plate, 1959 Jazzmaster electronics and pickups, replaced peghead decal on a slab-board Brazilian rosewood fingerboard neck that has been planed, re-dotted, with a fake date on the end of the neck and refinished. The body is potentially original issue '59 but since it has been refinished, this is impossible to determine. The decals & doodles gives this thing a Hell's-Angels-goes-to-the-circus sort of vibe that has some kind of quirky appeal to those of us who have a six string psychosis bigger than all outdoors!
• Neck:... replaced tuners; newer decal; refinished; non orig neck date; radius has been flattened on fingerboard; new dots; refinished; doodles & decals applied
• Frets:... very little wear; pro refret
• Body:... structurally fine
• Finish:... total refinish; doodles & decals applied
• Hardware/electronics:... original 1959 electronics and pickups; changed tuners, neck plate, knobs and switch tip
• Playability/Action:... good
• Case:... gig bag
I was thinking of popping by to see it in person because if the body and electronics are in fact a 59 the price is not to crazy (but the neck I am quessing the neck might be a throw away. On dating the body I was thinking if it is a 59 it should not have the extra bumps in the control route for the guard (someone please correct me on this!)
Thoughts?
I've also included the description they have (Please note the horror of the planed neck to flatten the radius )
• Serial Number:... replaced neckplate # JV27117
• Description:... Wow, where do I start? This is a Jazzmaster with Japanese neck plate, 1959 Jazzmaster electronics and pickups, replaced peghead decal on a slab-board Brazilian rosewood fingerboard neck that has been planed, re-dotted, with a fake date on the end of the neck and refinished. The body is potentially original issue '59 but since it has been refinished, this is impossible to determine. The decals & doodles gives this thing a Hell's-Angels-goes-to-the-circus sort of vibe that has some kind of quirky appeal to those of us who have a six string psychosis bigger than all outdoors!
• Neck:... replaced tuners; newer decal; refinished; non orig neck date; radius has been flattened on fingerboard; new dots; refinished; doodles & decals applied
• Frets:... very little wear; pro refret
• Body:... structurally fine
• Finish:... total refinish; doodles & decals applied
• Hardware/electronics:... original 1959 electronics and pickups; changed tuners, neck plate, knobs and switch tip
• Playability/Action:... good
• Case:... gig bag
I was thinking of popping by to see it in person because if the body and electronics are in fact a 59 the price is not to crazy (but the neck I am quessing the neck might be a throw away. On dating the body I was thinking if it is a 59 it should not have the extra bumps in the control route for the guard (someone please correct me on this!)
Thoughts?