What separates a Jazzmaster from a Jazzblaster?

[hulakatt]

Where's the line? Or is it more of a gradual transition? Is a Blaster just a Master with humbuckers? Simplified wiring? What say you?

I'm building something near the middle and feel unsure how I should refer to it. Kinda small and maybe a bit pretty but still.

[JSett]

Where's the line? Or is it more of a gradual transition? Is a Blaster just a Master with humbuckers? Simplified wiring? What say you?

I'm building something near the middle and feel unsure how I should refer to it. Kinda small and maybe a bit pretty but still.

Seeing as it's a Lee Ranaldo invention then really the definition would/should be a Jazzmaster with Wide Range Humbuckers.

I've seen people call a JM with normal humbuckers a blaster but I think that's incorrect.

[sal paradise]

Jazz Paul?

[hulakatt]

What about the wiring? Does it need to be stripped down or can a Jazzblaster enjoy the rhythm circuit as well?

[JSett]

What about the wiring? Does it need to be stripped down or can a Jazzblaster enjoy the rhythm circuit as well?

Dunno. Fuck rules

[seenoevil II]

I really don't think a "Jazzblaster" is a whole class of objects. I believe it's literally just when Lee Renaldo put WRHB's in a Jazzmaster. You can copy that idea and call is a Jazzblaster if you want, I guess. But at least as far as I know (and as a 10 plus year OSG veteran, it's hard to imagine it being a thing without me knowing. I mean, this is just like so niche) it's not like a "chopper" motorcycle or a "hot rod" car.

[threewordname]

Dunno. Fuck rules

I second this. Make whatever you want. Call it whatever you want Words are all made up anyway.

[Fiddy]

Dunno. Fuck rules

I second this. Make whatever you want. Call it whatever you want Words are all made up anyway.

I third this.

[offabit]

Output? Attitude?

[s_mcsleazy]

i still consider a jagmaster as any jaguar/jazzmaster shaped guitars with a hardtail/strat trem. i consider a jazzblaster as a jazzmaster with widerange pickups. by my definition, my main drop d guitar is a jazzmasterblaster

[JSett]

i still consider a jagmaster as any jaguar/jazzmaster shaped guitars with a hardtail/strat trem. i consider a jazzblaster as a jazzmaster with widerange pickups. by my definition, my main drop d guitar is a jazzmasterblaster

See, I don't even consider a hardtail as a JM/Jag

But, fuck rules

[JVG]

From the Oxford English Dictionary, 2022:

Jazzblaster
Noun (informal)
\ ‘jaz ˈbla-stər \

UK: dʒæz ˌblɑː.stər
US: dʒæz ˌblæs.t̬ɚ

1. A type of electric guitar characterised by the combination of a Fender Jazzmaster body with Wide-Range humbucker pickups.

Origin of Jazzblaster
1997-99: reference to such instruments owned by Lee Ranaldo of the grunge music group Sonic Youth.

[s_mcsleazy]

i still consider a jagmaster as any jaguar/jazzmaster shaped guitars with a hardtail/strat trem. i consider a jazzblaster as a jazzmaster with widerange pickups. by my definition, my main drop d guitar is a jazzmasterblaster

See, I don't even consider a hardtail as a JM/Jag

But, fuck rules

my bad. i meant jagmasterblaster
i too also don't consider a hardtail as a jazzmaster. damn neighbors keeping me awake

[hulakatt]

i still consider a jagmaster as any jaguar/jazzmaster shaped guitars with a hardtail/strat trem. i consider a jazzblaster as a jazzmaster with widerange pickups. by my definition, my main drop d guitar is a jazzmasterblaster

See, I don't even consider a hardtail as a JM/Jag

But, fuck rules

I just think a JM/Jag with a bridge like this looks like a dog without a tail.

[javier-san]

i still consider a jagmaster as any jaguar/jazzmaster shaped guitars with a hardtail/strat trem. i consider a jazzblaster as a jazzmaster with widerange pickups. by my definition, my main drop d guitar is a jazzmasterblaster

See, I don't even consider a hardtail as a JM/Jag

But, fuck rules

I just think a JM/Jag with a bridge like this looks like a dog without a tail.

Which can be very cute