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White Opal Jazzmaster HH-NEW!

Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2016 6:55 pm
by speedfish
This just posted over on OSG's.




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Available here:

http://www.adorama.com/fe0140401534.htm ... oC_E3w_wcB

http://blog.andertons.co.uk/guitars/fender-white-opal

I would white that bitch out and love it!

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Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2016 9:31 pm
by speedfish
Actually might look just fine with these and leave the rest as-is.


http://www.allparts.com/PC-0743-025-Hu ... _2445.html



Or hit those black rings with some of this:


http://www.amainhobbies.com/pactra-pea ... gQodwMoEOA

Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2016 2:54 am
by robroe
WHITE PEARL

DARKER THAN OLYMPIC PEARL
LIGHTER THAN BLIZZARD PEARL


STILL A FUCKING WHITE GUITAR


FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2016 3:08 am
by Nick
Good grief

Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2016 12:38 pm
by speedfish
Nick wrote:Good grief
What's up Charlie Brown? Impressed or disappointed?

Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2016 4:17 pm
by Nick
speedfish wrote:
Nick wrote:Good grief
What's up Charlie Brown? Impressed or disappointed?
I think it's those pickup rings mostly. ...also rhythm circuit delete, humbuckers on a Fender, trem placement...

The color combo looks sweet tho if not for the black parts.

Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2016 7:40 pm
by Doog
NAAAsty

Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2016 8:05 pm
by Johno
Ugly.

Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2016 8:31 pm
by Bacchus
I think I'd like it of you fixed all the things that Nick pointed out, but that would basically turn it back into a normal Jazzmaster, but white and with a matching headstock.

Although I'd want a mint guard too, I think.

Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2016 9:19 pm
by Dillon
Lulz at that Andertons description. Hardly period correct hardware, and oh yeah indie rock came right after the popularity of surf. Also, it's just a regular old Blacktop HH model, in a different color?

Despite that, give it a different color guard (black or a dark gray anodized aluminum would be my choices), filtertron style pickups, and white witch hat knobs and I'd rock it. I don't even mind the lack of upper controls, though it would've been so much better if they put switches up there for coil splits.

Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2016 9:12 pm
by robroe
what IS all that black shit around the pickups

Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2016 10:41 pm
by dezb1
I like everything about that apart from the pickguard never liked pearl...

Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2016 3:12 pm
by sunshiner
I never can get humbucker rings that are put over the pickguard. Just beyond my understanding

If talking about the guitar in general, it seems OK to me. I remember folks were puking at Pawn Shop Mustang, Vintage Modified Jaguars with strat jack plates or Jazzmasters without tremolo and now everyone likes them. Just give it a time

Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2016 3:53 pm
by StevePirates
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Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2016 8:25 pm
by Protagonist
The pickup rings really ruin this, as has been stated.

Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2016 8:36 pm
by Mike
It has real potential if you:

- replace scratcher with flat white
- white OR black humbuckers but NO zebra or just regular jazzy pups

The colour looks like it would be beauty in person against a white scratchplate

Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2016 12:38 am
by ultratwin
robroe wrote:what IS all that black shit around the pickups
Protagonist wrote:The pickup rings really ruin this, as has been stated.

Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2016 12:51 am
by Rox
It came with a matching headstock? That thing is bitchin,!!!

Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2016 8:35 pm
by paul_
sunshiner wrote:I never can get humbucker rings that are put over the pickguard. Just beyond my understanding
I think it became a commonplace sight due to people concealing shoddy route work and/or having a pickguard route that was too wide for a bucker (like jags and jazzies) while now it's just sort of been around as a thing long enough that people are trying it from the get-go... which I agree doesn't make a lot of sense, I'll admit to having a soft spot for teh Kurdtz's Jag but not many other guitars to bear this combo.

I do see it making sense to some on big-pickguarded SGs though, because of the string angle. The rings on the original SGs were slanted because the neck is pitched back, so the strings get closer to the body toward the neck. I generally stick foam under the bridge-side of both pickups on my bigguard ones, but you'll see many (including an Angus Young sig model) just go with rings on top. It lets you get the polepieces closer to the strings.

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Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2016 3:04 pm
by More Cowbell
Whats the black stuff around the pickups?