Fender Jazzmaster

The Fender Jazzmaster

This project was a relatively simple one, the client asked for a restring and service, they also asked for the tone to be adjusted as its current state made it very "tin sounding".

The first job was to remove the old strings, this allowed access to the fretboard and the scratch plate that hid the electrics.
A conditioner was applied to the fretboard and polished in, the other hardware was cleaned off and a bit of research done on the guitar.

This Jazzmaster was created in japan, in the Fuji-gen plant. This was between the years of 1999 and 2002. the Fuji-gen plant has a reputation for excellent quality and craftsmanship, so the guitars they produce are highly regarded.

The Jazzmaster has a switch mode to allow for two separate circuits, one is lead the other is rhythm. This allows you to preset the volume and tone for both modes, then by using the switch to go between the two presets!

To add some muscle to the tone we adjusted the value of capacitor fitted to the tone pots, this allowed for deeper/ richer tonal qualities. This meant removing the old caps and replacing them with the new valued caps, after that was completed the scratch plate was re secured.

The next task, was the fitment of new strings, we chose a number 9 gauge at the customer's request. Following this we then fine tuned the intonation, checking the saddles seated position was keeping the string in tune and that the height was correct.

After a quick play to make sure the electrics were sound, a final check to make sure the Jazzmaster was in tune it was placed back in its flight case.

A sweet guitar with a nice action and easy playing classic styling, the guitar had great sound character and sustain through clean channels as well as through a metal distortion. The guitar had some real flare when being played through tube overdrive!