Official Fender Jazzblaster + Sonic Youth signatures!!

timhulio · Post by **timhulio** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 9:05 am

Can't get excited about either of these.

Sublimedo · Post by **Sublimedo** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 9:35 am

Mike wrote:How can these Sonic Youth guys get a signature Jazzmaster ahead of Doog?

AHA!!

on theee 2nd from the right.

Fender Doog Signature Jazzmaster. Get your peanuts theme song on!

Post by **Mike** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 9:36 am

That's futureDoog.

Post by **Doog** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 9:42 am

I can't see any more blacktort Jazzies, I just can't.. I can't refinish my Jazz in 4 days. Or can I?...
hahaha

How is that Thurston model any different, aside from the colour and lack of tone knob?

BORING

benecol · Post by **benecol** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 10:07 am

Agreed: two really quite ugly guitars, with boring upgrades, ugly knobs and even some gold hardware.

Dissapointing.

ultratwin · Post by **ultratwin** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 10:09 am

A chambered like-the-real-deal body would be Ranalstic and probably unwise for Fender to realistically pull-off (financially speaking), but that sorry excuse for an F-hole on Koll's custom would still kill it if they went all the way.

So far I don't have much of an opinion of the news, really.

stewart · Post by **stewart** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 10:24 am

i'd consider a jazzblaster if they brought them out in some nice colours and didn't have some berk's signature on it. i'd never buy a sig guitar, the whole idea seems ridiculous to me.

timhulio · Post by **timhulio** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 11:03 am

Here's a good idea:

Fender, invent a new fucking guitar

RumorsOFsurF · Post by **RumorsOFsurF** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 11:51 am

timhulio wrote:Here's a good idea:

Fender, invent a new fucking guitar

Like what, exactly? People aren't looking for a new design in a Fender guitar....It's all about the classic models. Same with Gibson.

Every completely "new" guitar Fender has produced in the last 20 years has been a complete flop. Why waste R&D money on that, when they can sell thousands of Strats and Teles to the masses? Simple business, unfortunately. It's all about the $$$$.

Post by **Mike** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 11:52 am

Gibson is not a good yardstick to measure progress by.

astro · Post by **astro** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 12:29 pm

It would be cool if Fender USA just let Fender Japan design their guitars. At least we'd have some interesting colours and variations on the classic designs.

Hey, I can dream, can't I?

aen · Post by **aen** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 12:35 pm

I reallyhope they come out, and not at a bonkers price. Looks like that Thurston one has a TOM, intersting...

finboy · Post by **finboy** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 12:58 pm

oooh man i want that jazzblaster

Reece · Post by **Reece** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 1:06 pm

The jazzblaster is kinda cool, I like WRs on a jazzy.

benecol · Post by **benecol** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 1:44 pm

Zaphod wrote:The jazzblaster is kinda cool, I like WRs on a jazzy.

Yes, but in my experience, the widr range reissue pickups aren't all that; sure, they're OK, but they don't come close to deserving the plaudits taht the original widerangers get (I'm really not meaning to be a corksniffer here). I think that if they are going to put humbuckers in a jazzmaster, at least put standard size ones in so there are some options to change them.

I do however recognise that a) this would no longer be like a SOnic Youth Jazzblaster, and b) that would be Fender saying "Many people aren't that impressed with our widerange reissues; let's make it easy for them to replace them.".

aen · Post by **aen** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 1:45 pm

Whatevs, the tele deluxe osunds like sex on a stick, I ocudl give a shit if they didnt have Cunife Magnets and isolated adjustable screw heads and solid silver buttons.

Reece · Post by **Reece** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 1:46 pm

Mike's tele sounded nice with the RI widerangers, at least to me. I was talking more about the looks though, I haven't played the reissues (or the originals) enough to really comment on the sound.

Post by **Mike** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 1:48 pm

benecol wrote:
Zaphod wrote:The jazzblaster is kinda cool, I like WRs on a jazzy.
Yes, but in my experience, the widr range reissue pickups aren't all that; sure, they're OK, but they don't come close to deserving the plaudits taht the original widerangers get (I'm really not meaning to be a corksniffer here). I think that if they are going to put humbuckers in a jazzmaster, at least put standard size ones in so there are some options to change them.

I do however recognise that a) this would no longer be like a SOnic Youth Jazzblaster, and b) that would be Fender saying "Many people aren't that impressed with our widerange reissues; let's make it easy for them to replace them.".

They sound excellent if you change the pots for 1meg, not that they don't sound great before.

I am in 100% opposition to your post. I'm willing to bet

a) you've only played the neck model
b) it had 250K pots

benecol · Post by **benecol** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 1:48 pm

Oh, I had a tele deluxe, and didn't like it very much. Never mind, apples and oranges, the world is a great big melting pot etc.

Post by **Mike** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 1:49 pm

Just what elusive sounds were you expecting these pickups to make?