What guitar gear have you bought/are you buying/will you buy?

[mountainmaster]

Sounds great to me, but I don't have any experience with "the typical Jazzmaster pickups" What's the difference? The humbuckers have plenty of bass, and a nice "rounded" sound, the single coils (coil tapped) really cut through. They remind me of my Fender Telecaster.

Most people get a Jazzmaster for the jangle. Humbuckers are not exactly known for that, even when coil splitted. Putting humbuckers on a Jazzmaster seems like a strange move from Fender, which I doubt would have been very popular. I guess that is why it ended up in the sales bin.
But good for you if you like that look and don't really care for the Jazzmaster sound.

This video shows what Jazzmaster pickups sound like.

[thecontrolcentre]

Putting humbuckers on a Jazzmaster seems like a strange move from Fender, which I doubt would have been very popular. I guess that is why it ended up in the sales bin.

FYI All the new Player II Jazzmasters have split-coil humbuckers, including the more expensive models (blue, green, black & red). The new Player II Jaguars have single coils.

It's as likely that mine was reduced because of the buttermilk finish ...

[Uncle E]

You're both right. Yes, shoe gazers and Church of Leo disciples won't allow but yours can buck hum and you're able to get twice as many sounds out of it.

[WatchTheGuitar]

I love the single coils on my J Mascis sig JazzMaster but humbuckers would interest me because sometimes I want that tone and it’s nice if that’s from a guitar body and neck shape I know I am already comfortable with. Look at all the people that buy multiple versions of the same basic guitar shape.

One immediate thing is I never use the so called rhythm circuit, sounds too dead and murky for my liking so getting rid of all that stuff would be a bonus to me.

Incidentally if someone made a drop in replacement for that circuit space that did something I would like the guitar to do I’d be very interested. Something that I thought of is a control for a bottom string mute that operates like a much more comprehensive mute than you get on the Fender Bass VI. Deaden that string if you want to go open G Keef style.

[thecontrolcentre]

yours can buck hum and you're able to get twice as many sounds out of it.

That's how I was looking at it ...

[The Noodlist]

Ordered a EHX Op Amp Big Muff Pi

[mountainmaster]

FYI All the new Player II Jazzmasters have split-coil humbuckers, including the more expensive models (blue, green, black & red).

Really? I thought it was a one-off experiment since Fender does not show them on their website.

[zerocrossing]

I had been thinking about a 5 knob Tube Driver for a while, so I figured I’d go for it while he’s still making them.

[vurt]

I had been thinking about a 5 knob Tube Driver for a while, so I figured I’d go for it while he’s still making them.

i see 4?

it's a very posh looking pedal.

[resynthesis]

There's a bias knob peeping coyly over the back

[vurt]

There's a bias knob peeping coyly over the back

ah, i thought that was an in/out jack?
oh well, ignore me.

[thecontrolcentre]

FYI All the new Player II Jazzmasters have split-coil humbuckers, including the more expensive models (blue, green, black & red).

Really? I thought it was a one-off experiment since Fender does not show them on their website.

You may be right. Seems the Pau Ferro Jazzmaster has a different set of pickups to the other Player II models ... I found a few different version's on EBay: https://www.ebay.co.uk/recs?component=r ... _Sponsored

[zerocrossing]

There's a bias knob peeping coyly over the back

ah, i thought that was an in/out jack?
oh well, ignore me.

They snuck in a bias knob on the back.

[The Noodlist]

WestCreek Guitars TT-20 £129
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0D2KMRZMM/ ... 81_TE_item

[thecontrolcentre]

WestCreek Guitars TT-20 £129
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0D2KMRZMM/ ... 81_TE_item

Awesome looking guitars for not much money ...
Reminded me of the pink, Paisley Tokai (Breezysound) Telecaster I owned in the 80's/90's. I do love a nice Tele ...