Jazzmaster Expert Takes on the Pawn Stars! Did Steve Get a Good Deal? GUITAR TECH REACTS!
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He's explaining the history of Fender to the guy like he didn't just walk in with a 1962 Jazzmaster.
He is explaining it to the audience to be fair.
Yeah I thought the same. Lol
I love how they give the Pawn guys a short history script to read bout the history of whatever the item is! For some reason I doubt these guys know details about all the historical documents and rare books...
It’s a tv show. He’s explaining it to the audience, who is not the guy walking in w/ the jazzmastee
Just because you own one doesn't mean you know the history of the company. Use some logic.
Am I the only one who finds a guy pawning a gift from his parents when he was 15 absolutely heartbreaking?
In the end it's just stuff. He's had and loved it his whole life. Would've been a lot cooler if he'd been able to pass it along to someone but hey, a gift from his parents as a teenager might turn into a late-life experience with his wife and it got him on TV which is fun and exciting.
It is heartbreaking... but, playing devil's advocate... maybe the guy doesn't have a family member to pass it down to or maybe someone who plays in the family? I don't know. But yeah, totally heartbreaking regardless.
@@matttorres8921 Also maybe he hates his parents?
@@AdamSJarrett Also a good speculation haha
I already don't have anything my parents gave me when I was 15, so no, not too heartbreaking, really.
Buying a kid a Jazzmaster in the 60's? was prob like $2-3k in todays dollars. Good parents!
Yeah, just found that out today. They were more than other Fenders but still less popular. I guess jazz players made the dough back then.
I bought a used ‘62 Jazzmaster in 1965 for $200 which is $1,733 in 2021 dollars. I was also 15 at the time, upgrading from a single pickup Musicmaster.
$$$ Yes! My dad wanted to get a Jazzmaster for me as my first guitar when I was 15. My mom said no! "We aren't getting you a guitar, you'll be like everybody else, you won't stick with it." OK...I finally was presented with a Danelectro Convertible in 1963, which I still have, and I've had over a dozen Jazzmasters starting with a 1965 model I bought in 1976. Before she passed on, I asked mom about her comment of years past. She said: "You were never a quitter, you always would stick with things." Ha! She was 90 then.
@@gibsonfan159 I think jaguars and jazzmasters were marketed as fenders "top of the line" guitars.
"Hottest trend of 2013" LOL
Ha, got em.
obv it’s for the audience but i love the concept of three men who inexplicably know a lot about guitars all explaining to each other what a Jazzmaster is
also Mike my man, what’s going on with that shirt? my brain can’t parse its sonorous colors
That shirt is sensory overload. I can’t decide how to feel about it
Ah one of my favorite band merch purchases ever, thank you Idles
@@Puisheen Ahhh I knew it looked familiar! Didn't know you were a fellow AF-Ganger, that's awesome!
You are always so eloquent, kind and informative. Cheers my man. You’re doing great work ❤️
you had me at "reaction faces for the thumbnail ". Gotta love the honesty, you've earned a subscriber!
My Ole man watches this show (guitar man too) ,he’s 80 years old ,I’ve never had the heart to tell him the show is all staged.
Just wanna say thanks a lot for your commitment to this channel. I was gonna buy a Telecaster and ended up picking up a Squier Classic Vibe Jazzmaster, and I've had problems along the way with string-breaks and high action. Thanks to your channel I have made the guitar more enjoyable by shimming the neck and soldering the high E-string. Thank you !
I LOVE the rhythm circuit on my JM....playing at church, there are times that I have to "noodle" behind the speaker. I play the songs on the lead circuit, then switch to the rhythm circuit to cut the volume, and darken the sound so as to not overpower the speaker....it's a great tool when you need 2 different sounds, instantly, with the flick of a switch.
Love this Mike! Super entertaining watch! 🙂
small feature and probably wouldn't impact the price, but the bridge cover looks to be a modern replacement. The old ones had a little crimp or bevel on the sides (not sure what to call it haha). It's barely noticeable especially in the video. Awesome video though. I love stuff like this!
This was fun, I enjoyed this video on several levels -- you made it very entertaining. I actually like Pawn Stars as a show, I'm Australian and I enjoy a lot of the historical items that come in from time to time and I've learned some things but yeah, it's for the mainstream. We can be guitar snobs then watch something about rare coins and not blink an eye, yet at the same time some coin nerd will be having an absolute fit. Everybody's an expert on something.
Ahhh this is the kind of recommended content I want. Just a dude, who knows stuff, talking about the stuff he knows about
I love this vid Mike! its great. love all your vids.
Great assessment from all perspectives. Great job!
Right on. Didn’t know about the clear coat thing. Thanks for the info
Seeing Jessica Dobson play a jazzmaster with the shins in 2012 made me bite the bullet and buy the first one that I saw on eBay after the concert ended. Such cool guitars
I loved this. Haha. Also having watched Pawn Stars since it came out, I’m embarrassed to have not thought about It being staged. 😬
Hey man, I am guilty as well. Never even considered it.
You've earned my like and subscription, congratulations!
I’ve honestly come to prefer Jaguars recently. I always loved the sound of Jazzmasters, and definitely always will, but something about that short scale feel and sound in conjunction with those pickups is just so lush to my ears
Best shirt ever award glad to see it again😂👍🏼
Nice to see custom colour and headstock. I have a musicmaster from the same time has more yellowing however. Was funny to see that the date wasnt checked.
The olympic white finish is really gorgeus!!!
I love your channel. I can’t believe you mentioned Snake!!!!
He needed to sell that on another platform, and he needed people to step up and help with that process. I'd love to see a follow up on how much they sold that guitar for
You should look at older episodes where they Jesse from Cowtown guitars inspect the guitar. He would normally take guitars apart trying to match serial numbers.
Fun video! Thats a sick JM
He's happy! He got $6,700 and he got on TV!
Thank you for talking about the guitar prices. I thought I was just going crazy. .
Not just you. I am so sad about all the neat things I’ll never own now
The greater question is…where is that Jazzmaster now?
YES
Inherited a banged up 61 in sunburst. Still has all original parts and am doing some very carefull cleaning up of the layers of honkey tonks it carries. Sadly dad used it as a banger and experimet platform back when and so has some wear and a few screw holes that should not be.
Still plays like a dream and sounds great.
Great job. Really enjoyed the video. I’m sure you’ve seen the Pawn Stars 52 telecaster episode? Would love to see your reaction
Fun one Mike, thanks!
Rhythm circuit has always been my favorite on the jazzmaster.
I live in Vegas and I’ve been tempted to go in. But, It’s always hella busy and hard to get in there. Fully knowing that the show is a big production I still find it very entertaining.
This video was freakin awesome.
This Pawn Stars segment was actually pretty well made for people who don't know much about guitars.
11:49 - to be fair, I have to admit that this is by far the most common mod’ I’m asked to do, over here in the UK, on offsets and I even have a squire of my own set up like this so maybe there’s a lot around in America too!
Im loving the thumbnail hahaha
Ya pawn stars is a joke! But I was hooked on the show when it first came out. I am so happy to have discovered your channel.
I'll be honest, if the rhythm circuit on my Jazzmaster broke I don't think I'd bother getting it fixed.
LOL... It would probably take me a year to even realize. Though I dunno maybe I will try using it more. I like having the tone dialed back on the rhythm circuit so I can quickly switch without messing with my tone knob. But yeah I probably wouldn't miss it.
@@d.w.8100 I took my Jazzmaster to my luthier and asked about getting the circuit taken out. He said it's not a good idea if you want to keep the Jazzmaster tone intact. Even if it's never engaged, the rhythm circuit plays a factor in how the pickups sound, and removing it will irrevocably change it. He said to change the values of the pots from 1meg if you remove the rhythm circuit. I didn't go for it in the end because that's just too much messing about - too likely that I'd fuck up the Jazzmaster sound. But bear that in mind if you're building one without a rhythm circuit. You may need to change the resistances of your other electronics.
I'm going to believe my luthier. He's not just some dude, he's arguably the best luthier in Manchester, UK. So he knows what he's talking about. In the end we did a pickup swap, set up, and left the rhythm circuit in place.
That's something I've learned since making that comment two years ago. 😋
@d.w.8100 sure thing, I just thought I'd mention it in case you were going for a more authentic Jazzmaster sound as no rhythm circuit will result in a much thinner sound than you'd maybe want. That may or may not be your thing, but also because you'll potentially be needing a pickguard cut with or without slots for the rhythm circuit (providing you're having a pickguard as part of your build), I thought it was worth commenting and letting you know. Unfortunately, I don't have your planned build in front of me, so it's pretty hard to gauge what you're going for with it.
Love it Mike- well done. Yes, all the guitars I love are no longer avail to me price-wise...ughhh
Enjoyed your vid and your humor which is similar to mine. LOL And yeah, he should have held out for 7k. My exact reaction to the negotiation. Actually, my reaction to a lot of them that happen on Pawn Stars. I think I'll follow your channel and check it out more. Thanks.
Damn you're a guitar nerd and I love it
As a buyer, buying a vintage guitar from a no feedback seller from eBay or Reverb seems nuts.
When I first sold games on Ebay with a new account and no feedback. I didn't get the money until either They left feedback or it was a week or so after the estimated delivery. I've bought some stuff from new accounts and same thing with my money. There's some safeguards that keep them from running with the money. But yeah, still proceed with caution.
But also. The only realistic way to get a one owner pre cbs
the Jazzmaster was actually a commercial dud when it first came out. it just didn't stick with the jazz cats. leo was trying to tap into the gibson arch top jazz guitar market at the time.
This one did not receive the nitro lacquer. In late 62 and a good portion of 63, Fender got really busy. They started cutting some comers in an effort to speed up production and fill orders. One way they did this is by NOT spraying the oly white Strats and J-Masters with lacquer. This is why this J-Master has not yellowed. I thought that you would know this.
The color of the headstock decal supports your theory of no clearcoat. Water slide decals are a nitrocellulose film.
Ok I need that shirt 😂 I already have a Jazzmaster. It’s my daily.
I don't even think I've ever considered a Jazzmaster... I might now!
Leo Fender’s birthday is actually August 10th… since it’s also mine, I never forget that particular bit of trivia…
It's also my birthday! I was going to comment this as well.
I am a proud owner of a venture series jazz master 1997’!
Last reaction pose, is a keeper
My 95 MX strat has a flame maple neck. I just noticed it for the first time the other day.
Thank You!
Hey Puisheen, You gotta see the one with Phil Collen's own genuine, concert-played Jackson.
Oh it's a doozy! Look it up.
I wear a pretty soft hoodie and play with the guitar strapped to my chest. What's buckle rash?
I'd like to know what you think of the Jazzmaster Panorama tremolo. Thank you!
Fun video, but is it bad that I was looking at that blue reverb unit behind you the entire time?
He was the 2 ND owner. His parents gave it to him in 1966 on his 15th birthday. The guitar was already 4 years old by than so it was used. Who knows he could possibly be the 3 Rd owner but probably not.lol
Hopefully someday the vintage Jazzmaster market will come back down to more reasonable prices
I AGREE! I can't afford anything I like anymore!
I've been using the rhythm setting on my Jaguar. I go back and forth, and am beginning to appreciate the sound of it.
It's a Squier classic vibe, and I also notice the dynamics change from amp to amp.
I hava a MIM early Deluxe Nashville Tele that I assume is supposed to be fiesta red but i have never seen another the same color. It's more like deep red dirt mud brown.
A man could buy a lot of very nice guitars for 14 grand. I have 1980 Hamer Standard in great condition. I bought it new in 1980. I have seen them listed for well over 10 grand and even sell at times. lol
J lives right up the street. One day he will play in tune and time.
I noticed, though, that the actual Reverb sales records will list offsets in custom colours for as low as $6,000 recently despite asking prices being over double that amount. What's the deal with that?
Thumbnail reaction ftw
Cool video Mike! I'm kinda curious as to why they didn't skip the clear coat if it caused them to age less so to speak.
But who really knows as far as a fiddle that old goes right?
Also the day I win the lottery a '62 is coming your way homie haha
Easily a $12K guitar right now, even as a late '62 veneer board.
That shirt is beautiful. Where did you find it?
Oh man the watch had me cackling 😂
When I worked at Sam Ash (same happens at GC in my experience), we weren’t allowed to take any gear in unless we were buying it for half of what we retailed the piece for. It’s the most dishonest and disrespectful negation I’ve had to do
That's rough...
hey im new to your channel this was a awesome video im deffently ganna check some more videos out you should do more of these ! thoughts on the jimi hendrix guitar they got in?
Recently I traded in two amps toward a Gretsch Broadcaster Jr., and I got 70% of the market value, but the guitar was old stock so I got $500 the price.
I wish I lived in a town with pawn or music shops that sold vintage guitars for what they were worth. Stuff that fetches 3-4k on reverb is sold for 10-30k in shops here. I saw a vintage twin reverb and just had to have it, but then realized these people wanted like 50k for it. It wasn’t some super rare old amp, it was like a late 70s. I hate pawn shops. I took a gold coin into one and was offered a tiny fraction of gold spot value. It was worth about 750 bucks, they wanted to give me 75 dollars. Luckily I wasn’t stupid and sold it to someone on Craigslist.
14:10 - 😂 I love it when you immediately pause it when the assessor boldly claims (controversially many would say!?) that Flame Maple has a specific tonality but instead ya comment on the dang Watch😉👍!!
You’ve got me wanting one now!!
BTW you later go on to say how this isn’t a realistic assessment because he doesn’t pop the neck and check under the scratch plate etc but I think an even more obvious proof that this is TV fakery is that he didn’t even plug it in at that point and listen to the damn thing or even give it a strum
Acoustically🤭
Fwiw Elvis Costello is pretty damn cool. The story behind him playing a Jazzmaster is cool as well.
OMG I know the guitar expert Wolf from my town Eureka CA.
Tell him I like his watch pls
@@Puisheen LOL I will!
I still don’t own one. I stick with Squier because I’m rich but not independently wealthy. I’d probably go with a classic vibe to start yeah? That way I get the best version from them as possible. Right?
16:36 - I have to say there are lots of videos up on TH-cam where people compare the differences and contrast between a jaguar and jazzmaster despite the fact that they are more similar than they are different in some ways… Many ways in fact IMHO but I’ve yet to see a video where they compare a JM, say, to a Strat or Les Paul, y’know…?
if my parents gave me a jazzmaster as a gift when i was 15, i would hold on to it till my last breath.
My guess is that the guitar being on the show is worth at least a 20% premium. It’s “famous and on TV!”
so the way Pawn Stars, American Pickers and such start at a given price before filming. The negotiations are after the fact
@13:40...You can tell the back has been refinished, And not very well. You can see the outline of the missing finish.
5:56 You do realize that the guitar was given to him in 1966, so that would mean you right now would get a 2017 Jazzmaster in 2021? ;)
Further, he probably was not the first owner, given the fact that the guitar was already 4 years old when he got it.
I love this video, because you put your finger on all the things I notice myself, being a lover of guitars and being organizer of one of the biggest guitar-fairs in the Netherlands!
I bought a 2017 mij jazzmaster brand new about 2 months ago, you never know! but the guitar I got is in pink paisley so its not everyones favorite lol
Ok, it’s nice to see a hear type page that isn’t “The Guitologist.” I hate that freak, and his lame ass political rants. And the fact he seems to just wing it when working on stuff.
I hope that doesn’t sound like I am damning with faint praise! You are creating great stuff! Thank you!
This is a tv programme for normal people....and not people who are obsessed with guitars haha
That line there killed me
This is really funny as I only saw this video earlier this week and I made the same noise when he got to the rhythm circuit NOOOOOOOOO
Early 1990s Fender reproductions of their 1960s guitar are just as good as original 1960s guitars. It's like getting a newer original vintage 60s guitar. I wouldn't say that about the newer ones, esp after the advent of the Custom Shop.
2013 hahahaa...this reaction was a genius move lol.....you would have been 1,156 yrs old today hahaaa
Jesus this is heartbreaking. There are thousands of guitarists who would love this thing, and seeing this old guy get ripped off on a great condition, all original JM that he got as a gift from his parents?
Sheesh
Have too remember he didn't have to sell.
@@mikelewis9340 yeah he definitely made a dumb move that I don't understand. Something like this should have been passed down, imo. But what can you do
Nobody got ripped off, that's how pawn shops work. If you're going into a pawn shop with a guitar, you know what you're signing up for. All parties involved knew the game.
I didn't know Leo Fender and I had the same birthday!
NVM his birthday was August 10th!
Id choose an offset fender before a strat any day. I own a Gibson Explorer so I like the weird shapes
Well I'm jealous. After lots of soul searching I don't think I'll ever be able to pull off an explorer.
@@drewsollars2239 why couldn't you pull off an Explorer? They're extremely comfortable and they deliver the goods
@@alexwoolridge94aw oh yeah, they're badass. I'm not badass enough to play one. Wish they made an affordable goldtop version, that might finally sway me.
@@drewsollars2239 you don't have to fit into a certain class to play a guitar. Everyone rejected the original explorer and flying Vs but now they're the most expensive guitars on the planet. Get yourself a damn explorer dude. If you want it you deserve it
@@alexwoolridge94aw If I played out that would be one thing, my les studio is all the Gibson I need to rock my basement
hey i just had a question about my jazzmaster. it's been doing this rattling noise and so i watched many of your setup videos to try figure it out, i put some shins in and put the bridge a bit higher (even maybe a little too high) but i still get a bit of buzz. i have the jazzmaster original bridge on and i'm thinking maybe it comes from that but not sure. if anybody could help it would be much appreciated :D
Could be the bridge for sure, but it could be a number of other things. Try strumming and touching different parts of the guitar and see if something doesn't go quiet immediately
@@Puisheen No nothing just sudenly goes silent. but also i do have 10s strings on and i saw recomendations to have 11s or higher. Could it be possible the strings are too thin for the bridge so it rattles ?
Face 3 is my favourite
I was *this* close to using that one
Hilarious. Several days ago I commented on the PS video to complain about the expert’s description. It’s the only PS video on which I have commented.
I only own one Fender, a Tele, but have read enough to know he was wrong.
Yay shoutout to my main man Trogly
I really want to get with him on Jazzmasters every time he features one. I want him to know they can actually stay in tune!
The most you have paid for a guitar is 3k!? You have some amazing pieces you did well
haha thank you
Mike, what mic are using in this video? Sounds great for being that far away from your mouth.