Vintage (1958-1980) Fender Jazzmaster Database

[caples]

Post pics of your jazzmaster and serial number here, and I will add to the list. There is also a mustang thread if anyone is interested.

Ill start with my dream jazzmaster because I don't have one right now:
32246 - 1958 sunburst gold guard
33838 - 1959 sunburst gold guard
43030 - 1959 Jazzmaster refinish
49291 - 1959 sunburst refin
61176-1961 Jazzmaster Refin Rewound Pickups Refret
75426 - 1962 sunburst
84184 - 1962 Jazzmaster BMM refin originally sunburst
L35196 - 4DEC63B Sunburst tort guard
L83140 - 1965 CAR
L 99436 - 1965 sunburst
F117135 - 1966 CAR refin originally white
F126723 - FEB66B dot's & binding CAR silver undercoat.
F247491 - 1966 ocean turquoise
F343686 - 1972 Jazzmaster 3TSB with Tort pickguard
F358666 - 13JUN73B Fender Jazzmaster Sonic Blue refin, non-original pickups
F384290 - 1972 sunburst A neck
F405300 - 1973 factory natural
F424339 - 1973 Fender Jazzmaster Sunburst original
S7 00320 - 1978 clear refin
S8 00490 - 1978 sunburst
S8 00636 - 1978 sunburst

[JSett]

EDIT:

Should be 1958-1980 for the Jazzmaster

[caples]

Whoops fixed thanks

[Marc]

Isn’t there some exceptionally rare JMs from ‘82? Dan Smith features possible employees guitars made from remaining parts. I’ve definitely seen one or two…

[JSett]

Isn’t there some exceptionally rare JMs from ‘82? Dan Smith features possible employees guitars made from remaining parts. I’ve definitely seen one or two…

I was under the impression a solitary one was made for a retiring long-standing employee. I did some hard deep-diving a few years back for a birthyear (82) JM and came away feeling sad about that fact that I discovered.

[Marc]

Isn’t there some exceptionally rare JMs from ‘82? Dan Smith features possible employees guitars made from remaining parts. I’ve definitely seen one or two…

I was under the impression a solitary one was made for a retiring long-standing employee. I did some hard deep-diving a few years back for a birthyear (82) JM and came away feeling sad about that fact that I discovered.

OK!

[Rob]

S8 00636 - 1978 sunburst

[Marc]

1965 Sunburst Jazzmaster original targetburst sunburst
L 99436

August 1965 unbound pearl dot transition logo neck
Grey bobbin pickups

It’s a beauty!

[Marc]

S8 00636 - 1978 sunburst

Amazing! Did you get this recently? Saw one very similar for a minute on Reverb.

[Rob]

Amazing! Did you get this recently? Saw one very similar for a minute on Reverb.

I think by the late-70s, pretty much every new Jazzmaster looked like that. Each time I see one, I still think "Wow, that looks just like mine!"

This one's been with me 5 years. I got fired from a horrible job and received a nice cashout from my unused vacation time, so I decided to splurge on something I'd wanted since the 90s -- a vintage Jazzmaster! But even in 2017, any custom color example was out of my league. Even the pre-CBS sunbursts were unaffordable to a guy like me.

I probably could've scraped together the buxx for a completely worn-out/beat-to-death late-60s sunburst in need of a refret, but I took the more financially-cautious route and worked out a great deal on this pristine late-70s case queen that looks/feels like it's never been played at all.

A 70s Jazzmaster seemed like the cheapest way into a full-scale vintage Fender. Considering there are currently zero 70s Jazzmasters on Reverb right now, I guess a lot of other folks had the same idea.

[Marc]

Amazing! Did you get this recently? Saw one very similar for a minute on Reverb.

I think by the late-70s, pretty much every new Jazzmaster looked like that. Each time I see one, I still think "Wow, that looks just like mine!"

This one's been with me 5 years. I got fired from a horrible job and received a nice cashout from my unused vacation time, so I decided to splurge on something I'd wanted since the 90s -- a vintage Jazzmaster! But even in 2017, any custom color example was out of my league. Even the pre-CBS sunbursts were unaffordable to a guy like me.

I probably could've scraped together the buxx for a completely worn-out/beat-to-death late-60s sunburst in need of a refret, but I took the more financially-cautious route and worked out a great deal on this pristine late-70s case queen that looks/feels like it's never been played at all.

A 70s Jazzmaster seemed like the cheapest way into a full-scale vintage Fender. Considering there are currently zero 70s Jazzmasters on Reverb right now, I guess a lot of other folks had the same idea.

You did well - I like the sound of later Jazzmasters they have a different tone to other eras.

I had a few older Fenders but back around 2008 had a bit of a life meltdown and had to sell them all. Took another 6 years to get another guitar. Just a few months ago I finally splurged on a ‘65 JM L series which to be honest I’ll still be paying for in a year!

[Rob]

You did well - I like the sound of later Jazzmasters they have a different tone to other eras.

I had a few older Fenders but back around 2008 had a bit of a life meltdown and had to sell them all. Took another 6 years to get another guitar. Just a few months ago I finally splurged on a ‘65 JM L series which to be honest I’ll still be paying for in a year!

Thanks! And I'm sure most of us have been there with the unexpected life meltdown. I know I have...

By the late-90s, I had a sexy red Jazzmaster, a classy SG Custom, a vintage Mustang Bass, a couple vintage ARP synths, an old RE-201 Space Echo, plus a nice amp rig and a bunch of vintage Boss pedals. And then within a few months, it was alllllllll gone.

Started over again around 2002 with an AVRI Jazzmaster, and I've been fortunate to (mostly) keep what I've managed to find since. But it still stings to think about losing that Mustang Bass -- I sold it for $200.

[PorkyPrimeCut]

'59 Jazzmaster (refin) - 49291





More of a partsmaster, to be fair.

[welshywelsh]

33838 - 1959 gold guard Jazzmaster, 100% original.




Thread from when I first bought it with loads more pics here: viewtopic.php?t=110571

[gishuk]

84184 - 1962 Jazzmaster

Originally sunburst, then refinned white and now BMM.