Comments on: Fender Jazzmaster now a half century old http://www.jag-stang.com/News/2008/02/28/fender-jazzmaster-now-a-half-century-old/ All things alternative guitar. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:23:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Brett Bradford http://www.jag-stang.com/News/2008/02/28/fender-jazzmaster-now-a-half-century-old/#comment-133 Brett Bradford Fri, 29 Feb 2008 20:09:41 +0000 http://www.jag-stang.com/News/2008/02/28/fender-jazzmaster-now-a-half-century-old/#comment-133 A 1959 Jazzmaster was the guitar my Father learned on, playing endless (and I mean endless) hours of Ventures tunes... which of course got me hooked on Jazzmasters. In my opinion, they were and still are the Cadillac of Fender guitars... regardless of whether Strats and Telecasters always seemed more popular over the decades. When I hear people speak of how "body hugging" and comfortable Stratocasters are, the first thing I want to do is put a Jazzmaster in their hands. I think the offset body is nothing short of pure genius, and the clean tones of these are to die for! As a tribute to what is possibly my favorite guitar ever made, I pressed my boss here (musicmachineguitars.com) along with the other 2 dealers for the "Thin Skin" series of Vintage Reissue USA Fenders (Dave's Guitars and Wildwood Guitars) to do a special dealer run of 1958/1959 Jazzmasters... in all of their gold pickguard glory. So to anyone interested in these, be on the lookout for these Jazzmaster Reissues sometime in late summer / early fall of 08 from musicmachineguitars.com in Washington State, Wildwood Guitars in Colorado, and Dave's Guitars in Wisconsin as a Limited "Dealer Run" of instruments. Happy 50th Birthday to the Jazzmaster! Best Wishes, Brett Bradford PS - If you'd like to get on a mailing list to be notified when these guitars become available, email me at brett@mmguitars.com A 1959 Jazzmaster was the guitar my Father learned on, playing endless (and I mean endless) hours of Ventures tunes… which of course got me hooked on Jazzmasters. In my opinion, they were and still are the Cadillac of Fender guitars… regardless of whether Strats and Telecasters always seemed more popular over the decades. When I hear people speak of how “body hugging” and comfortable Stratocasters are, the first thing I want to do is put a Jazzmaster in their hands. I think the offset body is nothing short of pure genius, and the clean tones of these are to die for!

As a tribute to what is possibly my favorite guitar ever made, I pressed my boss here (musicmachineguitars.com) along with the other 2 dealers for the “Thin Skin” series of Vintage Reissue USA Fenders (Dave’s Guitars and Wildwood Guitars) to do a special dealer run of 1958/1959 Jazzmasters… in all of their gold pickguard glory.

So to anyone interested in these, be on the lookout for these Jazzmaster Reissues sometime in late summer / early fall of 08 from musicmachineguitars.com in Washington State, Wildwood Guitars in Colorado, and Dave’s Guitars in Wisconsin as a Limited “Dealer Run” of instruments.

Happy 50th Birthday to the Jazzmaster!

Best Wishes,

Brett Bradford

PS - If you’d like to get on a mailing list to be notified when these guitars become available, email me at brett@mmguitars.com

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