holy shit jazzy WWH's !!! BIGBUHY

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Wed Dec 21, 2016 4:58 am

http://www.zzounds.com/item--FEN0170804

zzounds is my new favorite website to cop jpg's from

holy shit the detail. and they don't script any of it

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Wed Dec 21, 2016 4:58 am

FUCK THAT TOGGLE THOUGH. FUCK SAKE.

THE THING IS ALMOST PERFECT

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Wed Dec 21, 2016 5:46 am

Dunno what is under the hood, but maybe a replacement guard?

Untitled-1 copy by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

ultratwin · Post by **ultratwin** » Wed Dec 21, 2016 6:54 am

Haha, toggle tried to get out of the way of Rob's arm's strumming and died before making it off the edge of the pickguard.

Fender Pure amberswitchtipz VintageÂ® witch hats ($35 a pair, yo) being the same color as the covers are a nice touch.

westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Wed Dec 21, 2016 12:28 pm

What's that black shit around the pickups?

speedfish · Post by **speedfish** » Wed Dec 21, 2016 3:53 pm

ultratwin wrote:Haha, toggle tried to get out of the way of Rob's arm's strumming and died before making it off the edge of the pickguard.

That is an odd position for the toggle switch. I'd like to see the routing under there, might be hope for it without much work.

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Wed Dec 21, 2016 10:34 pm

fuck it to hell.

i got to play one of these at HOG. it was ocean turq / bigsby / black shit around the pickups guard. so im playing it with out a strap or what ever ya know just kinda on my knee and the toggle was in my fucking god damn way even then. holy shit.

thing was super nice.

BearBoy · Post by **BearBoy** » Wed Dec 21, 2016 10:39 pm

speedfish wrote:
ultratwin wrote:Haha, toggle tried to get out of the way of Rob's arm's strumming and died before making it off the edge of the pickguard.

That is an odd position for the toggle switch. I'd like to see the routing under there, might be hope for it without much work.

Someone posted a shot of one of these without the guard (at least I think it was one of these) over on

and they are routed differently to vintage style Jazzmasters and so moving the switch down to where they usually are would take a fair amount of work.

BearBoy · Post by **BearBoy** » Wed Dec 21, 2016 10:41 pm

This is the picture I was talking about:

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Wed Dec 21, 2016 10:55 pm

Easily solved by using a 3 way slider switch instead of a toggle. Recess it with some fender pickup mount tubing and voila it's out of your way.

dezb1 · Post by **dezb1** » Thu Dec 22, 2016 1:27 am

Do what Les Paul players do and just don't hit the switch...

Josh · Post by **Josh** » Thu Dec 22, 2016 7:34 am

Or don't buy that ugly ass hacked jazzmaster when you could probably find a nice classic one for less.

Does anyone else hate these as much as me? And that fucking bigsby too? They look like shit, same with the jaguar. Why fix what isn't broken? I shouldn't be this offended by a stupid guitar lol
For real though every year fender's shit gets worse and worse, I feel like they're trying to make shit that sits in music shops forever. Over these stupid tweaks on classic designs.

George · Post by **George** » Thu Dec 22, 2016 9:01 am

I think Bigsbys look amazing but are functionally way worse than jazzy trems

Post by **Doog** » Thu Dec 22, 2016 9:31 am

The B3 on my Silvertone is comparable to the trem on the Jazzy I had for 10 years; they just really need properly lubrication (both nut and the mechanism itself).

I think the tension bar on B5s however (like the one this new Baby Jazzy So Prettye has) is what messes with the tuning, as it adds another point of potential failure or inaccuracy.

#justvibratothings

George · Post by **George** » Thu Dec 22, 2016 9:39 am

the notch that stops the bar being used over the strings, as well

Post by **Doog** » Mon Dec 26, 2016 8:51 pm

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Tue Dec 27, 2016 4:04 am

or you could do what i do with all my other guitars and FUCK AN TONE KNOB. rip it out and put the toggley where there tone knob was

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Tue Dec 27, 2016 5:04 am

Yuuuuup.

George · Post by **George** » Tue Dec 27, 2016 9:01 am

Doog wrote:

Post by **Doog** » Tue Dec 27, 2016 10:25 pm

Ohhhh, you mean the whammy bar; i thought we we're talking about the string tension bar thang. Bigsby actual call them 'handles', weirdly.

I do a bit of MBV-style strummy-bendy on a new Doog song and don't really have any problems with that notch on the B3, but I do have dem large hands