NGD: 1959/60? Jazzmaster

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Tiny C
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Re: NGD: 1959/60? Jazzmaster

Post by Tiny C » Tue Oct 19, 2021 6:49 am

PorkyPrimeCut wrote:
Mon Oct 18, 2021 1:15 pm
Tiny C wrote:
Mon Oct 18, 2021 6:58 am
...So, did you decide whether to call yours a 59 or a 60?
All the pots on mine are late '59 so I'm going with that year. Neckplates tend to be less accurate.

It's a bit of a partsmaster as I had to buy an 11-hole tortoiseshell guard & I picked up an early 1960 neck (I bought it with a bad paint job & a 2000 Squier Affinity neck). It also came with odd pickups (a '59 and a '63).
Sounds awesome. We may have the same mix of pickups - I'm told the neck pup on mine is original, and the bridge is a rewound later black bottom.

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Re: NGD: 1959/60? Jazzmaster

Post by Tiny C » Mon Nov 01, 2021 8:43 am

PorkyPrimeCut wrote:
Sat Oct 16, 2021 2:32 pm
It'll be really interesting to see the neck date (if any) of this guitar.

I have a similar "59-60" Jazzmaster with slightly different stories to yours.
It lived for quite a while with a "Scottish" gold guard that I (regretfully) sold.
That repro guard looks pretty convincing. Do you know who made it?

I finally took the neck off to get a look at the date:

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It looks like the pickguard is really rubbing on the end of the neck - might look into trimming it back.

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