Fender appear to have forgotten...

BearBoy · Post by **BearBoy** » Wed Jan 20, 2016 11:33 am

...that they already make a decent trem for Jazzmasters:

American Special Jazzmaster with Bigsby. They are definitely just trolling the

inclined now.

LANK

Noisy Cat · Post by **Noisy Cat** » Wed Jan 20, 2016 11:55 am

Would love that colour combination on a 'normal' JM.

BearBoy · Post by **BearBoy** » Wed Jan 20, 2016 12:04 pm

Apparently it's also available in CAR and Olympic white.

George · Post by **George** » Wed Jan 20, 2016 12:13 pm

looks like shit and the rest of the specs seem pretty uninspiring

white witch hats are cool though

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Wed Jan 20, 2016 10:19 pm

Taking the purist hat off I dont think it looks too bad.

laterallateral · Post by **laterallateral** » Wed Jan 20, 2016 10:22 pm

I think it looks cool but I would definitely prefer a normal JM trem unit.

AND NO SQUIER-ASS TRUSS ROD ACCESS AT THE HEADSTOCK, DAMNIT!

Noisy Cat · Post by **Noisy Cat** » Wed Jan 20, 2016 10:25 pm

laterallateral wrote:AND NO SQUIER-ASS TRUSS ROD ACCESS AT THE HEADSTOCK, DAMNIT!

Yeah, CONVENIENCE IS FUCKING STUPID.

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Wed Jan 20, 2016 10:40 pm

I actually love the convenience of the headstock truss rod, but I prefer when it doesn't come with the black shit around it.

paul_ · Post by **paul_** » Wed Jan 20, 2016 10:55 pm

Interesting that it has a CBS Strat headstock instead of a Jazzmaster one... later CBS Jazzies did indeed use that shape, but it's seldom seen on reissues let alone new variations of Fender JM... wonder if the whole neck is being repurposed or shared with a Strat model or something else.

Edit- never mind, I'm pretty sure that actually is the original Jazzmaster headstock but the logo and truss rod stuff threw me off.

Ankhanu · Post by **Ankhanu** » Thu Jan 21, 2016 1:56 am

Noisy Cat wrote:Would love that colour combination on a 'normal' JM.

Yeah, that's nice.

Noisy Cat wrote:
laterallateral wrote:AND NO SQUIER-ASS TRUSS ROD ACCESS AT THE HEADSTOCK, DAMNIT!
Yeah, CONVENIENCE IS FUCKING STUPID.

Yeah, I don't get the headstock truss adjust hate... it works well, and doesn't look much different. Truss access is split about 50/50 on my instruments, and the ones with access at the head are much easier to maintain.

BearBoy · Post by **BearBoy** » Thu Jan 21, 2016 11:27 am

Picture of all three colours:

George · Post by **George** » Thu Jan 21, 2016 11:48 am

lol the red one is like my bratomaster

BearBoy · Post by **BearBoy** » Thu Jan 21, 2016 11:56 am

George wrote:lol the red one is like my bratomaster

George wrote:looks like shit and the rest of the specs seem pretty uninspiring

George · Post by **George** » Thu Jan 21, 2016 12:14 pm

dont do this to me

tbh the specs are still bland and poor especially foregoing a jazzy trem for a bigsby, as is that original colour scheme in the op

the red/black/white and white/black/white getups are solid though

BearBoy · Post by **BearBoy** » Thu Jan 21, 2016 12:41 pm

Ha. Sorry George. Seem to remember liking your Bratomaster. Aesthetically. I haven't broken into your house to play it.

BearBoy · Post by **BearBoy** » Thu Jan 21, 2016 12:42 pm

George · Post by **George** » Thu Jan 21, 2016 12:55 pm

i would like to show it off at a meetup soon. it's still my #1

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Thu Jan 21, 2016 3:35 pm

BearBoy wrote:
George wrote:lol the red one is like my bratomaster

George wrote:looks like shit and the rest of the specs seem pretty uninspiring

vojtasTS29 · Post by **vojtasTS29** » Thu Jan 21, 2016 4:51 pm

I like the blue one, if it had a normal tremolo, i would totally dig it. But now it is just another attempt at a fender gibson guitar.

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Thu Jan 21, 2016 5:15 pm

Fuck it I think it's kool