1957 Jazzmaster..

[charvelguy]

Ahh, for a cool 1/8 of a mil, you too can own a classic piece of Fender History.

125k Jazzmaster

[Hyperfuzz]

Re: 1957 Jazzmaster..

I'd get it re-finished and put a Floyd on it.

[StukaJU87]

Re: 1957 Jazzmaster..

I'd give him $125 for it. Hell I'd give him $225 for 2 of 'em, then I would have a set of oars for my row boat.

[tigertailz]

Re: 1957 Jazzmaster..

thats cheap as shit thats £65 .buy it here you would pay
£250 bye it [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[Jim Shine]

Re: 1957 Jazzmaster..

That man makes me sick.

[Top Jimmy B]

Re: 1957 Jazzmaster..

Huh? [img]/images/graemlins/scratchhead.gif[/img]

[Jim Shine]

Re: 1957 Jazzmaster..

I have seen a few of his guitars, including this Jazzmaster. Yes, maybe the body was from '57, but the bulk of the rest is early 60's: neck, decal, pickguard, electronics, etc. I have also seen so called 'prototypes' that were obviously built in the G&L factory and one '54 Strat that may have been real once upon a time, but carried a modern poly refin with BAD fake decal advertised as 100% untouched.

[Top Jimmy B]

Re: 1957 Jazzmaster..

I was throwing the "Huh?" at tigertailz, not you Jim. I catch your drift, not his...ever. [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

I've also heard stories of Fullerton's games, this has been going on since Leo died, has it not?

[Jim Shine]

Re: 1957 Jazzmaster..

Yup, sure have.

Sorry i was confused.

[Top Jimmy B]

Re: 1957 Jazzmaster..

It's sad that this is happening. I always thought Leo Fender a pretty classy guy and a man with integrity. George had ridden his coat tails for so many years and Leo had pretty much given him a share of the credit for Fender's success - then he does crap like this. It's lame, very lame. I'm not a Fender nut, like you Jim, but I appreciate how much he did for the industry and how he never stopped trying to make a better product.

I'm more a fan of the later creations - Music Man and G&L - than the originals. Fullerton should be ashamed of what he is doing. There must be a lot of people on to what he's doing, wouldn't you think?

[charvelguy]

Re: 1957 Jazzmaster..

Jim, if I ever am in the market to buy a classic Fender.. I'm sending you the RT plane ticket. (well, at least the pics)

[Jim Shine]

Re: 1957 Jazzmaster..

I will be there for ya Charvelguy!...lol.

Jimmy, I appreciate the later stuff too. But I also see the seeds for that later stuff planted in the early years. You know, the old offset Jazzmaster patent drawings of the late 50's shows pickups just like we see on Music Man and some G&L guitars!

Leo saw his guitar designs as one evolution, from the Esquire in 1950 up to his latest G&L's. He didn't see models, just progression of the original with refinements over the years. He didn't want to do the ASAT or the Legacy. It was told to him by G&L stockholders to get some Strat and Tele models in the lineup. He didn't desire to make them. It is well known that before he broke down and made those models he lost money on the company, but money didn't mean anything to him. He wanted to build what he liked.

One more cool fact about Leo is before his first wife died, he lived in a friggen trailer. He was a millionaire, but that didn't mean anything to him. He put all of his money into his shop and he had a custom yacht as a toy. In the 80's he remarried and his wife moved him into a nice house and stuff, but it never mattered to Leo. A basic bed was fine to sleep in so long as he had a great shop to work in to come up with new ideas.