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Post by Deleted on Apr 20, 2018 12:46:25 GMT
The artist endorsements are a bit of an enigma alright. I suspect that most people who buy the JMJM guitars are not Dinosaur Jr. fans. I'm a big fan of J - here's a great conversation between him and Matt Sweeney (who is a wonderful player in his own right) on Gear and guitar playing. Ironically if it wasn't for Frampton Comes Alive, J may never have gotten into Jazzmasters! And on a personal note of interest for me - in this video they are playing some licks off The Stooges 'Fun House'. On the same day in 1988 I bought both 'Bug' and 'Fun House' on vinyl. Seems like the stars have aligned in some weird way. And..also I'm sorry to admit - I've no idea who Troy whateverhisname is  I just realised Matt is playing the Troy jazzmaster! I love that J is playing those little Chinese clones. And an OCD one like the one that arrived in the post to me today. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 20, 2018 12:59:53 GMT
Funny, I get them best with index on my fret hand. For tapped harmonics are we talking when you fret at 3rd for instance and “fret” the harmonic at +5, 7, 12 or whatever? Sort of. I like to rest the knuckle of my pinky at the harmonic point and pick just in front of it. The harmonic really sings, even on an acoustic. I never got on with picking with the index on the harmonic so I invented a way out of it. Plus it I don't have to shift my pick to different fingers to do it. I do it with the index and pick with the thumb if I'm going finger style and that seems to come quite naturally. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 20, 2018 14:56:55 GMT
Were you even tempted by the hardtail one DerAlex? It seems to knock €60 off the price at most places. Except on Thomann when it's €20 more expensive!  |
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Post by salteedog on Apr 20, 2018 17:22:50 GMT
Funny, I get them best with index on my fret hand. For tapped harmonics are we talking when you fret at 3rd for instance and “fret” the harmonic at +5, 7, 12 or whatever? Sort of. I like to rest the knuckle of my pinky at the harmonic point and pick just in front of it. The harmonic really sings, even on an acoustic. I never got on with picking with the index on the harmonic so I invented a way out of it. Plus it I don't have to shift my pick to different fingers to do it. I do it with the index and pick with the thumb if I'm going finger style and that seem to come quite naturally. I like to think I'm a bit like J..I never bother with those harmonics tricks or even much palm muting  . |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 20, 2018 20:37:27 GMT
I can't palm mute as I only play with fingers. I mute with my fretting hand instead.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 20, 2018 21:31:44 GMT
I'm mostly a fingerstyle player too. Do you ever play with your nail, Che? Like a plectrum? That's when I palm mute. Or when I'm sort of replicating pizzicato and doing arpeggios with all fingers. All adds to the dynamics.
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Post by DerAlex on Apr 20, 2018 21:33:45 GMT
Were you even tempted by the hardtail one DerAlex ? It seems to knock €60 off the price at most places. Except on Thomann when it's €20 more expensive! Not at all. I played the hardtail in a guitar shop in Cambridge and it didn‘t convey anything to me. I really like the vibrator/tremolo and this is currently my only guitar with it. So I was intrigued. I will upload a video on the bridge while using the trem which convinced me that buying a roller bridge was the right thing to do. BTW the trem version is cheaper than the hardtail version or the VMJM at least here in Germany. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 20, 2018 21:41:02 GMT
I can only think it's a case of supply and demand causing the hardtail to be more expensive. More hardware and more complicated tooling and fitting ought to lead to the trem version costing more.
The Jazzmaster bridge is an odd thing. Designed to rock, it seems strange to replace it with a solid alternative so then placing rollers in it would appear logical. Then again I have two guitars with Bigsbys and they never hang up on the saddles no matter how ruthlessly I push that whammy arm.
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Post by DerAlex on Apr 23, 2018 7:32:29 GMT
Ok, as promised here is the video about the movements of the standard TOM bridge while gently using the trem: I guess it shows nicely how the whole bridge is twisting and bending and I will replace that with a roller bridge from Schaller:  |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 23, 2018 8:11:58 GMT
That's what a Jazzmaster bridge is designed to do. The posts sit in 'thimbles' that allow that movement. I have no idea whether Squier still have that same intention with a TOM but you may want to be sure that, if you swap bridges, your post holes are designed for that bridge.
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Post by DerAlex on Apr 23, 2018 8:50:50 GMT
The VMJM has the "vintage correct" bridge with thimbles.
The Masquis and the Deluxe have "standard" TOM bridges with fixed posts. This is not designed to rock back and forth. The VMJM is and has this "loose" bridge.
So I am really curious if the fretboard radius will make things complicated (9,5" vs. standard 12" on LP bridges).
But I cannot imagine that they put special TOMs on a Squier JM which are cut/build for 9,5" fretboard radius.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 23, 2018 9:07:48 GMT
So I am really curious if the fretboard radius will make things complicated (9,5" vs. standard 12" on LP bridges). But I cannot imagine that they put special TOMs on a Squier JM which are cut/build for 9,5" fretboard radius. I'm certain they wouldn't DerAlex ! It is, of course, possible to alter the notches in the TOM to match a 9.5" radius and then file down the excess metal on the saddles. What radius is the Schaller? |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 23, 2018 9:17:49 GMT
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Post by DerAlex on Apr 23, 2018 10:58:15 GMT
It´s because of the additional string pressure if the trem is located nearer to the bridge.
Those vintage bridges are some silly construction - if the string pressure is not high enough the strings could jump out of the bridge saddles.
Moving the trem closer to the bridge (and having a TOM bridge) increases pressure so even 9s or 10s could work with such guitars.
Otherwise one needs to put a shim in the neck pocket to further increase pressure through the neck leaning more "forward".
:-)
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Post by Deleted on Apr 23, 2018 11:05:38 GMT
So it is the string angle they are trying to address. I've read a lot about shimming. Some love it. Others hate it. In Dan Erlewine's book he mentions a player who did some experiments (it may have been Buzz Feiten) and concluded that he preferred the effect of a shim on any guitar with a bolt on neck. Though I don't think he could explain any scientific reason why!
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