Early JM round string tree?

[swiveltung]

Hi all. I'm new here. Been playing off and on for over 60 years. My first electric was a Duo Sonic and at 15 years or so I had a Jazzmaster which I loved.
I was looking at an old pic of me and the JM and realized the guitar had a large round string tree.....?
I didn't mess with anything on guitars back then and as I remember the guitar was new or pretty new....... this was about 1962.
I'm wondering, was this a feature of a particular year or ......?
I dont see how to post a pic here.

[swiveltung]

[Nudger]

When I read the title I immediately thought oh right! telecaster type round tree, but the size of the disc looks like nothing ive seen before on a fender?
Hope you get a definitive answer, loads of folks here know a lot more then me..
Thanks for posting such a cool pic

[Chippertheripper]

Looks like the size of the ones they use on fender basses, but the grooves would be off by quite a bit of that was the case.

[swiveltung]

It does look like the Fender bass style. When I noticed it in the pic I thought maybe I had stuck a pick in the strings or something, but it's clearly not pick shaped. It's been 60 years so I don't remember much about that JM other than I took it everywhere I could! But no mods were done by me and the guitar was supposedly new when purchased. I was suggested to buy it by my guitar instructor back then. He was really into the JM and later Jags.

[swiveltung]

... or possibly it was "near new". Been too long.

[Highnumbers]

Cool photo!

There’s no chance that string tree is original to the guitar. It’s possible (and even likely) that the dealer installed that prior to selling it to you. As for why….I have no idea


That’s assuming you bought it from a music store.

[JSett]

Looks like someone drilled a hole through a nickel and screwed in on there

[Caddy65]

I bought a new a Jazzmaster in 1964 and it came with two of the small typical wing-like string trees.
Don’t have a hosting site for photos so can’t post a pic here.

[JSett]

I bought a new a Jazzmaster in 1964 and it came with two of the small typical wing-like string trees.
Don’t have a hosting site for photos so can’t post a pic here.

I've never seen a factory pre-CBS with two factory trees, how interesting.

[Caddy65]

I bought a new a Jazzmaster in 1964 and it came with two of the small typical wing-like string trees.
Don’t have a hosting site for photos so can’t post a pic here.

I've never seen a factory pre-CBS with two factory trees, how interesting.

Well, it sure had two and I know I didn’t add one. Back then we wouldn’t have even known where to get one or why it would be needed. I was surprised when I zoomed in on the photo and saw two.

[JSett]

I bought a new a Jazzmaster in 1964 and it came with two of the small typical wing-like string trees.
Don’t have a hosting site for photos so can’t post a pic here.

I've never seen a factory pre-CBS with two factory trees, how interesting.

Well, it sure had two and I know I didn’t add one. Back then we wouldn’t have even known where to get one or why it would be needed. I was surprised when I zoomed in on the photo and saw two.

I don't disbelieve you, just that I've never seen it before. Do you have a copy of the picture? I'd love to see it

[Caddy65]

I don't disbelieve you, just that I've never seen it before. Do you have a copy of the picture? I'd love to see it

I do have one but as I said earlier, I don’t have a hosting site for pictures so don’t know how i could post it.

[JSett]

I do have one but as I said earlier, I don’t have a hosting site for pictures so don’t know how i could post it.

Email me at johnnysomersett@gmail.com and I can post it for you

[JSett]

Here you go. I think I only see one there (and a shadow)...