Can we get a petition for a new Jazzblaster?

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Can we get a petition for a new Jazzblaster?

Post by gutter rock » Thu May 19, 2022 4:23 am

I don’t care if it’s Squier or player series or whatever. The Lee Ranaldo sig is rare and too expensive. The Japanese one that just came out is limited and not readily available in the USA. It’s time for a jazzblaster with wrhb sized pickups. Put crappy fakes in there, I don’t care. I will buy the real deal Fender CuNiFe wrhb pickups to put in it! It’s a no brainer for Fender! Sell the guitar and then we spend money on those expensive pickups!

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Re: Can we get a petition for a new Jazzblaster?

Post by pikmin » Thu May 19, 2022 5:22 am

Make one from a Squier Jazzmaster or from parts , it will be even better ...

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Post by Jaguar018 » Thu May 19, 2022 5:28 am

This would be such an easy project guitar. You could order everything in a day.

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Re: Can we get a petition for a new Jazzblaster?

Post by hulakatt » Thu May 19, 2022 10:21 am

If you can swap pickups, you can build one. When I finally get around to finishing it, my 2nd JM will bu a PAF based Jazzblaster of sorts. I think? I mean, I'm putting in a pair of Novak JM-PAFs but I'm keeping the traditional wiring because I actually really like the rhythm circuit.
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Re: Can we get a petition for a new Jazzblaster?

Post by JSett » Thu May 19, 2022 10:34 am

I feel the spirit of the Jazzblaster is that you piece it together yourself.
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Re: Can we get a petition for a new Jazzblaster?

Post by hulakatt » Thu May 19, 2022 10:46 am

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Thu May 19, 2022 10:34 am
I feel the spirit of the Jazzblaster is that you piece it together yourself.
I feel like the spirit of Sonic Youth is to piece everything together yourself.
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Re: Can we get a petition for a new Jazzblaster?

Post by wooderson » Thu May 19, 2022 1:41 pm

Don't you still need to rout the pickup depth (unless you go with JM pickup sized WRHB-alikes)? That's a bit more involved than swapping in a Staytrem or something.

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Re: Can we get a petition for a new Jazzblaster?

Post by gutter rock » Thu May 19, 2022 1:44 pm

My plan might be to buy a CV Jazzmaster and mod it. Just seems like an oversight on Fender’s part. But yeah I think some routing will be required to do it properly and that’s maybe a bit more than I’m used to. I’ve never used a router.

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Re: Can we get a petition for a new Jazzblaster?

Post by wooderson » Thu May 19, 2022 2:28 pm

I've been considering having my Jaguar routed into a Jagblaster but I need to find a tech I trust - it's hard enough finding someone who's used to working with offsets in general.

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Post by BoringPostcards » Fri May 20, 2022 4:40 am

johnnysomersett wrote:
Thu May 19, 2022 10:34 am
I feel the spirit of the Jazzblaster is that you piece it together yourself.
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Re: Can we get a petition for a new Jazzblaster?

Post by Ceylon » Fri May 20, 2022 8:29 am

I mean, all they have to do is CNC a few MIA Fender bodies and put the CuNiFes in those, and then do the same with a few Squier ones and put the crappy lookalikes into those and you'd have two news guitars made from pre-existing parts at two different price points that would probably sell a few thousand each.
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Post by GreenKnee » Fri May 20, 2022 8:56 am

Ceylon wrote:
Fri May 20, 2022 8:29 am
I mean, all they have to do is CNC a few MIA Fender bodies and put the CuNiFes in those, and then do the same with a few Squier ones and put the crappy lookalikes into those and you'd have two news guitars made from pre-existing parts at two different price points that would probably sell a few thousand each.
I don't think they have many MIA bodies laying around judging by the number of people complaining about backorders.

They have made lots of variants of HH offsets over the years that I don't think have sold that well?

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Re: Can we get a petition for a new Jazzblaster?

Post by Mechanical Birds » Fri May 20, 2022 3:51 pm

I turned my JMJM into one and it required a little bit of routing but it wasn’t bad, just needed to make the existing channel a bit deeper

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