60th Anniversary Jazzmaster?

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60th Anniversary Jazzmaster?

Post by TeenageShutdown! » Mon Oct 09, 2017 3:30 pm

Hey Offset Junkies!

So 2018 will mark the 60th anniversery of the incredible, if not misunderstood, Fender Jazzmaster. Is it plausable Fender will commemorate this special occasion with an anniversary model? Perhaps I’m just being pathologically optimistic?

Sure, it could be easy to predict Fender releasing a model available in sunburst only, with anodized pickguard, vintage fret size, 7.25” radius, laquer, etc., with a stomach turning price tag. The nay sayers may suggest I shut up and buy road worn, 60’s laquer, a used AV, or the “almost there” Amercian Professional. Fair enough.

The dreamer in me, and I don’t think I’m alone here, would like to see Fender give the Jazzmaster enthusiast the ultimate 60th anniversary pants creaming. A Standard model, with the appointments listed above, with the colors they’ve beed aching for. Forrest Green, Lake Placid Blue, Shell Pink, Aztec Gold, etc.(with matching head caps.) Sure, throw in a suburst too. The nay sayers may suggest it’s already available, it’s called a thinskin, jackass, albeit at a non-standard model price. Again, fair enough.

Perhaps the anesthesia is still lingering from my surgery today & I’m romancing the idea, but I’m hoping for the best from Fender.

Although a Kevin Shields & Nels Cline signature model would be pretty awesome too!

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Re: 60th Anniversary Jazzmaster?

Post by Lobsterdeth » Mon Oct 09, 2017 3:42 pm

white, black, sunburst and if you've been a good boy all year maybe candy apple red
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Re: 60th Anniversary Jazzmaster?

Post by BoringPostcards » Mon Oct 09, 2017 3:51 pm

I can't believe it's been 10 years since the last Jazzmaster anniversary. They did a pretty sweet Sunburst w/ gold guard and black pickup covers/knobs for the people playing at the event.
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Re: 60th Anniversary Jazzmaster?

Post by sunburster » Mon Oct 09, 2017 5:35 pm

In 2012 they made a 50th anniversary Jag with a mix of features from different years old and new (B&B neck, nitro finish, no matching headstock, tremolo moved closer to bridge, hotter pickups, uncommon colors (Burgundy Mist, Lake Placid Blue)). Would be cool if they tried something like that for the Jazzmaster's 60th.

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Post by HNB » Mon Oct 09, 2017 6:19 pm

sunburster wrote:In 2012 they made a 50th anniversary Jag with a mix of features from different years old and new (B&B neck, nitro finish, no matching headstock, tremolo moved closer to bridge, hotter pickups, uncommon colors (Burgundy Mist, Lake Placid Blue)). Would be cool if they tried something like that for the Jazzmaster's 60th.
Without the moved tremolo please.....
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Re: 60th Anniversary Jazzmaster?

Post by AtomicPumpkin » Mon Oct 09, 2017 6:41 pm

HNB wrote:Without the moved tremolo please.....
Seconded!

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Re: 60th Anniversary Jazzmaster?

Post by Mechanical Birds » Mon Oct 09, 2017 7:08 pm

I'd give anything to see them release an AV65 line of Jaguars and Jazzmasters

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Re: 60th Anniversary Jazzmaster?

Post by Jaguar018 » Tue Oct 10, 2017 6:32 am

Move the tremolo to the very end of the the guitar and put two pickups behind the bridge.

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Re: 60th Anniversary Jazzmaster?

Post by spilltray » Tue Oct 10, 2017 5:36 pm

That 50th was the only Jag I've ever had gear lust over. I like them, but not quite my cup of tea usually. Conceptually something similar to that could really be a winner for me if I were in the market for a high end JM. Currently if I were looking for an American made JM, I'd probably try and track down a TMJM.

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Re: 60th Anniversary Jazzmaster?

Post by SadFuzz » Fri Nov 17, 2017 2:29 am

Am I the only one who wishes Fender would expand the line of Jazzmasters/Jaguars to that of the Strat or Telecaster? A standard Jazzmaster with original specs and in a variety of colours, price probably around £500-£600, original electronics, pickup configuration etc. Instead of the horrible Fender Standard Jazzmaster with humbuckers. Misses the point completely. It goes so far to say that many "grunge" players modified their Jazzmasters in such a way.
That was Kurt Cobain with a Jaguar and he didn't even modify it, he bought it second hand with humbuckers.

Custom colours Jazzmaster would be nice too.
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Re: 60th Anniversary Jazzmaster?

Post by SadFuzz » Fri Nov 17, 2017 2:35 am

Am I the only one who wishes Fender would expand the line of Jazzmasters/Jaguars to that of the Strat or Telecaster? A standard Jazzmaster with original specs and in a variety of colours, price probably around £500-£600, original electronics, pickup configuration etc. Instead of the horrible Fender Standard Jazzmaster with humbuckers. Misses the point completely. It goes so far to say that many "grunge" players modified their Jazzmasters in such a way.
That was Kurt Cobain with a Jaguar and he didn't even modify it, he bought it second hand with humbuckers.

Custom colours standard Jazzmaster would be nice too.

The Jaguar doesn't even have a standard model. This is a terrible oversight from Fender IMO.
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Re: 60th Anniversary Jazzmaster?

Post by Despot » Fri Nov 17, 2017 3:35 am

I'd be good with a reissue of the thin skins that they did in sunburst/blonde with the gold guard.

A 60th Anniversary model with those specs and black covers etc could tempt me into a new purchase.

Unfortunately the last anniversary model I saw was the 60th Ani Esquire that came in sunburst with a really horrible 'diamond anniversary' decal under the lacquer behind the bridge that really took away from it.

There's form here - the '79 Anniversary Strats for example. Hopefully we won't see something like that.

To be honest I suspect it'll be ignored...

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Re: 60th Anniversary Jazzmaster?

Post by shadowplay » Fri Nov 17, 2017 5:09 am

Pussies.

The only way to keep rawk alive is to give the Jazzmaster to Jackson. Pointy headstock, neck through, Floyd Rose, pickups with more power than Kim Jong-il and of course fully slathered with an airbrushed large breasted woman riding a flaming Alicorn out of hell. Oh and...a fret for every year.

MFGA with the Jackmaster.

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Re: 60th Anniversary Jazzmaster?

Post by eggwheat » Fri Nov 17, 2017 6:15 am

Fender doesn’t exist any more. Everything post December ‘64 is a copy.

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Re: 60th Anniversary Jazzmaster?

Post by Singlebladepickup » Fri Nov 17, 2017 8:18 am

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