Re: PatentMaster

Stereordinary · Post by **Stereordinary** » Fri Nov 16, 2007 12:18 am

There it is. Supposedly this is from the actual patent for the offset guitar. What do you notice about it? What is it about this drawing that catches your eye?

And how come nobody has ever built...

The PatentMaster?

fuzzking · Post by **fuzzking** » Fri Nov 16, 2007 1:52 am

He he, I thought about building one for a while...

As far as aesthtics are concerned, I really miss the upper part of the guard.
And the headstock shape reminds me of some other make.. what is it?

It definitely would make a cool project

fenderjapan · Post by **fenderjapan** » Fri Nov 16, 2007 1:59 am

FUZZ_KING wrote: He he, I thought about building one for a while...

As far as aesthtics are concerned, I really miss the upper part of the guard.
And the headstock shape reminds me of some other make.. what is it?

It definitely would make a cool project

Starcaster ? or something like that

Superfuzz · Post by **Superfuzz** » Fri Nov 16, 2007 2:12 am

mmm..the neck PU has seven polepieces..

Post by **Orang Goreng** » Fri Nov 16, 2007 2:15 am

Yeah, the strings were supposed to go between the pole pieces, like on a bass. Fender even built a few Jazzmaster Bass prototypes, that basically were Jazz basses with Jazzmaster style PUs operating via the same principle. Klaus Blasquiz' Fender Bass book has some info including one or more pictures.

theworkoffire · Post by **theworkoffire** » Fri Nov 16, 2007 2:17 am

fenderjapan wrote:
FUZZ_KING wrote: He he, I thought about building one for a while...

As far as aesthtics are concerned, I really miss the upper part of the guard.
And the headstock shape reminds me of some other make.. what is it?

It definitely would make a cool project
Starcaster ? or something like that

Vox?

Superfuzz · Post by **Superfuzz** » Fri Nov 16, 2007 2:22 am

theworkoffire wrote:
fenderjapan wrote:
FUZZ_KING wrote: He he, I thought about building one for a while...

As far as aesthtics are concerned, I really miss the upper part of the guard.
And the headstock shape reminds me of some other make.. what is it?

It definitely would make a cool project
Starcaster ? or something like that
Vox?

Swinger?

Post by **mynameisjonas** » Fri Nov 16, 2007 3:27 am

in this pic you can see one of the protoypes with the 7 polepiece pickups. and on the right there is what seems to be a telecaster with jazzmaster pickups

the older brother · Post by **the older brother** » Fri Nov 16, 2007 3:57 am

fenderjapan wrote:
FUZZ_KING wrote: He he, I thought about building one for a while...

As far as aesthtics are concerned, I really miss the upper part of the guard.
And the headstock shape reminds me of some other make.. what is it?

It definitely would make a cool project
Starcaster ? or something like that

the older brother · Post by **the older brother** » Fri Nov 16, 2007 3:59 am

stereordinary wrote: What do you notice about it? What is it about this drawing that catches your eye?

No frets?

danoisefactory · Post by **danoisefactory** » Fri Nov 16, 2007 4:17 am

I like that 1/2 guitar neext to the tele with JM pups.

Stereordinary · Post by **Stereordinary** » Fri Nov 16, 2007 10:23 am

mynameisjonas wrote:

Oh my god, that's fucking it, right there! The prototype Jazzy all the way on the left, the one with the seven pole-piece neck pickup. Look at the trem arm. It even has the Strat jack plate. The PatentMaster existed!

Post by **Orang Goreng** » Fri Nov 16, 2007 10:40 am

I am REALLY curious about that vibrato tailpiece. I can't really make sense of the one in the patent drawing...what that supposed to be, an arm coming from below a plate that is somehow attached to the body? But the one in the photo appears to have just that..I wonder what's underneath the plate.

berlinbetty · Post by **berlinbetty** » Fri Nov 16, 2007 10:49 am

It almost looks like a sideways vibrola...

theworkoffire · Post by **theworkoffire** » Fri Nov 16, 2007 1:47 pm

My feeling was that it was just a cover over a standard strat trem.