Kyral210

I love my Jazzmaster… now it’s modded. New Railhammer humcutter pickups, new pots, new capacitor, new switch, new string tree, new saddle (Staytrem), new tremolo (Japanese fender), new collet (Staytrem), new tuners (fender locking), new nut (bone), a 1 degree shim (stew mac), and a fret level. Out of the box the saddle is terrible! The thread screws are too long so the ends either buzz on the strings or the strings buzz on the saddle tray. When it’s not buzzing it’s dropping down. Within a week of buying this jazzmaster I threw a Staytrem bridge on and have been happy ever since. Except I needed a shim to get the action right. Then the nut broke and I needed a replacement. While the Luther was fitting a new nut, I got him to run a fret dress as the frets were very uneaven. The pickups were fine, but the Railhammers changed up the tone significantly! The pots were a disaster from the factory: a 250k tone pot with a 1uF cap just makes everything dark! The stock tremolo is terrible. The lock button is essential for floating the unit right: slide lock in, tighten screw to ‘lock’, tune, unscrew until tapping up on the tremolo arm starts to tap, then release the slide. That gives perfect tuning stability. Yet the stock version lacks a lock so proper floating is impossible. The arm is also too long. Fender moved the tremolo unit forward (I don’t know why) but shipped with a standard length arm which puts your picking hand at the fretboard! When I replaced my arm with a Staytrem arm and collet unit (needed because the standard collet clangs and wobbles) I ordered the arm 1cm shorter to put my hand in the ‘correct’ position. Finally, the poly finish feels ‘resistant’ to my skin compared with my partscaster with a nitro neck and stained body (which feels PERFECT). This is a mute point because American Fenders have a similar feeling, but it’s worth mentioning. While I adore my guitar now, I feel the effort wasn’t worth the cost. I wish I had just built this guitar from parts or saved up and bought a more expensive model. The next guitar I owned I built from a reject body and parts. It is better and £600 cheaper! Nevertheless, modding this jazzmaster was simple and I learnt a lot about guitar building in the process. The end result is a guitar I adore and I will pass onto my children in decades to come. But the design decisions in the factory are, to me, unforgivable.

Well, I learnt I didn’t like Les Pauls. - the neck broke (so I know it’s a ‘real’ Les Paul) - the pickups sounded flat (but this was 2004, and I’ve heard Epiphone now shippers better pickups) - the tuners fell art after 10 years - the bridge never intimated the low e properly (again, 2004 quality) Worst of all, I just don’t like the feel. That’s nothing against the guitar, it’s just personal al preference. Nevertheless, I have played Gibson’s and I prefer my Epiphone, and I don’t even like it that much. I’ll never sell it because it was my University guitar, so it’s sentimental, but I never reach for it!

The shape, colour, and look is beautiful. However, my truss rod will not budge a mm. This is pretty bad and should never have left the factory under QC.

I love this bass... After added Seymour Duncan blackouts and a the matching two-band EQ. The tone is awesome. The bass plays and sounds better than my old deluxe fender p bass. I will never part with mine.

This pedal has been on my board and in my life since 2008, and I cannot see myself replacing it any time soon. It just works great! Sure the new Peterson tuners are more accurate at 0.1 cents over 1 cent, but human hearing is limited to 2 cents, and guitars are imprecise instruments by nature, so I’m good.

No EQ needed to bring these pickups to life, they just sound great! Incredibly versatile with beautiful cleans and aggressive driven. Drop 12db of volume and your treble to make these sound passive.

These are some of my favourite pickups ever! They have power similar to a humbucker yet articulation similar to a single coil. They’re a really unique tone that I adore in my jazzmaster. They also look beautiful, which is a nice addition.

This is a preamp designed for five string metal. The bass is low, peaking at 30 hz, better suited for a low B (or lower) than an E. The is high, peaking at 3k or 5k depending on the switch selection, bringing out the metal clank tones. This is great for Korn, inappropriate for Elvis. Overall, I much prefer the Darkglass Tone Capsule, which is the most usable and versatile onboard preamp I’ve tried. Nevertheless, I’ve found one way this preamp shines. In my duel active humbucking bass, solo the bridge pickup. Second bring the bass up from zero until it sounds good. Last, bring the treble up from zero until it sounds good. This gives me stingray tones, perfect for Linkin Park etc.

This is the bridge Fender should include with every Jazzmaster/ Jaguar. Well made, simple, and effective. I installed one within two weeks of buying my first jazzmaster and I’ve been delighted since.

This power supply just works. It comes with a silly amount of connections so you’ll always be able to power every pedal. Having 500 mA per socket is great as it powers pretty much every pedal on current. The downside is no 18v socket.

I used Schaller for years until they failed me at a gig. The cup rotated so only the pin held the bass on. A terrible design flaw. Switching to Dunlops I’ve been delighted since. Their design is just more robust and less likely to fail.

This is everything you want in a cable at an affordable price. What more can I say‽ I will buy more in the future.

It works, but adds an underlying layer of buzz to your signal. Not a problem if you’re playing fuzz, but otherwise not so good! With a half decent noise pedal this will work. The tone isn’t something I love, but if you’re playing live then no one will notice or care.

Simply a fantastic pj tone that just works. My bass is quiet as the grave and sounds perfect in everything from modern pop to black metal!

Nuts are boring, but this one works. Get home, size it up, sand a bit, and it’s done! A great end result

This pedal is incredible! Running a bi/amp bass rig creates exactly the monster tones I’ve been searching for all year!

It sounds perfect with my helix, is light enough to travel with and just works. I am not a fan of the built in cab sim, but that’s just how it goes.

The neck plays better than some American production models. The pickups sound better than EMG Geezer Butlers (or at least comparable). The controls work really nicely. The finish is flawless. It’s just a stunning bass. I wish the nut was bone, the tuners were deluxe, and the bridge was laterally adjustable, but those things are tiny. £40 gets you a drop-in replacement HiMass bridge if you want, but that’s a minimal issue. Just change the strings, do a proper setup, and this bass is solid! Overall a fantastic bass. It’s a shame they didn’t catch on better as Fender has discontinued them.

It’s basic but does the job perfectly every time and is built like a tank!

An excellent upgrade for fender guitars with trem units. They help keep my jazzmaster in tune and just work perfectly

This machine is incredible! Throw a tuner in front and you have a complete bass rig. The EQ works well to shape your tone, the distortion is the perfect kind of grind, and the Colour switch is a great speaker emulator. I love the gate so my signal is tight. While maybe less useful for jazz, funk, pop, or worship, this pedal is perfect for worshiping Satan!

The fuzz is what it is. No complaint there. Yet the bass boost function was too dark for my needs and the dry knob didn’t hit the right spot for my taste. I got the deluxe version and am delighted.

At the time I expected magic in a box. Instead I didn’t appreciate this needs to go through a full amp rig and be played loud. I regret selling my original, but that’s life

I had one to aim for the Tony Iommi sound, he used a Rangemaster Treble Booster in front of his amp. But this just made the aim into a piercing monster that was very far from where i wanted. I wanted to love this pedal, but I couldn't.

This pedal doesn't do much, but what it does do is very good. Worth buying and using in your setup if attenuation is needed.

It’s a very simple and solid pedal that does exactly what you think it does. I’m thinking of buying one and installing a buffer to make it more versatile, but we shall see.

By modern standards this is terrible, but for the time it was more fun than anything else! It’s just incredible for nostalgia!

This pedal nails that 2000s metal tone like murderdolls. Is not in fashion now but that pedal is just fun!

Back in 2006 I tried this pedal and it sounded terrible in every setting. Maybe that was my young inexperienced self talking back then, expecting bass to be like guitar. Maybe if I tried it now I could get more utility out of it. Nevertheless, I never liked the pedal like I adored by Bass Pod XT!

It’s a fantastic multiprocessor that still sounds good today. Its weakness is the speaker cabs, so using an IR loader is needed to compete with modern devices. That said, dual signal processing still sounds great

While the modern pod go is superior in every way, this simple pedal was my gigging rig for years and always sounded great. I have fond memories and would gig with it again today is I needed a backup.

I have this in my gig bag in case my HX Stomp fails and I need to get through a gig. It is very close to a Sansamp and will save the day when needed, but I hope never to play it.

This pedal has some interesting tones but overall was too harsh to be in my signal chain. If it had a blend knob then maybe it could be great, but as it is, it’s a pass