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Just bought a guitar
| bloomington | 01/01/26 |
| bloomington | 01/01/26 |
| Adolf Hitlers Lieblingsblume | 01/01/26 |
| bloomington | 01/01/26 |
| Adolf Hitlers Lieblingsblume | 01/01/26 |
| bloomington | 01/01/26 |
| Adolf Hitlers Lieblingsblume | 01/01/26 |
| laptops | 01/01/26 |
| bloomington | 01/06/26 |
| michael doodikoff | 01/06/26 |
| bloomington | 01/06/26 |
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Date: January 1st, 2026 6:54 PM Author: bloomington (🦬) Never played before. Really love shoegaze so my first guitar was always going to be a Jazzmaster.
For a long time I thought about getting the J. Mascis Jazzmaster. But Guitar Center has a deal right now, $680 for a Player II Jazzmaster in British Racing Green. I thought that was a sick color so I ordered one.
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Date: January 1st, 2026 7:06 PM Author: bloomington (🦬) https://media.guitarcenter.com/is/image/MMGS7/M17354000001000-02-2000x2000.jpg (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5816169&forum_id=2/#49555044) |
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Date: January 1st, 2026 7:10 PM Author: Adolf Hitlers Lieblingsblume It looks nice. Wish it had the goofy rhythm controls though. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5816169&forum_id=2/#49555056) |
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Date: January 1st, 2026 7:21 PM Author: bloomington (🦬) Yeah, I considered that. Thought it might be a reason to get the J. Mascis one. That one used to be $500 not that long ago and now it's $620 so I have hard time with the idea of paying "extra" for it.
Ultimately I decided I didn't really give a shit about the rhythm controls if this is my first guitar, down the road I can get a better JM if I get into playing a lot |
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Date: January 1st, 2026 7:32 PM Author: Adolf Hitlers Lieblingsblume I'm at a point in my guitar collecting career where I feel like the only step I have left is to paint and polish my own body. It feels like the last horizon for me. I have built dozens of guitars out of parts but never painted one. It's like the last thing I need to do before I die. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5816169&forum_id=2/#49555105) |
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Date: January 1st, 2026 7:41 PM Author: bloomington (🦬) Really? Building (or modding) guitars seems like a rabbit hole I can see myself going down
Then again, my guitarist idol is Kevin Shields and he apparently uses a large quantity of stock Jazzmasters in open tunings |
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Date: January 1st, 2026 8:07 PM Author: Adolf Hitlers Lieblingsblume There's nothing wrong with stock guitars they play just as good and sound just as good.
I got into building/modding/customizing because I don't like a lot of the stock options (or the stock prices). You can always go Custom Shop but it's egregious flame that starts around 5k. You can 'build' a Custom Shop spec guitar for like 1000 dollars in parts and a little bit of labor. It's just one way to cheat the system. They think you're too lazy to do a little work. I also do all my own setups. It took me a while to learn but if I don't set up the guitar the way I want I get annoyed. I don't like other people doing it. |
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Date: January 1st, 2026 7:25 PM Author: laptops Sweet (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5816169&forum_id=2/#49555089) |
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Date: January 6th, 2026 6:51 PM Author: bloomington (🦬) Came in the mail today, so I am officially the owner of a cheap Jazzmaster
However, it seems I must now go through some humiliation ritual of setting it up? I thought this thing would be close enough where all I have to do to get going is to tune it, but no. The spics at the factory didn't set the pickups to anything approximating a correct height. This is my first guitar, no idea what else isn't in spec
And of course the thing doesn't come with a manual, they just tell you to go to their website where all they have are shitty PDFs, none of which are less than a decade old |
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Date: January 6th, 2026 6:55 PM Author: michael doodikoff congrats, its a super cool hobby that I love, and have spent a lot of time on lately.
Jazzmasters would be a great first guitar.
100% get a professional setup on the guitar, you will not know how to do it, and for $60 or so it will play and sound much better (make them work on the "action" to get it nice and low)
Important next question - what are you playing it through? AMp? Modeler? Computer thing? |
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Date: January 6th, 2026 7:04 PM Author: bloomington (🦬) I'm cheap & like figuring out how things work so I think I'll just read the shitty manuals and watch some Youtube videos
The plan for now is to use Rocksmith to figure out how to play, I already copped the cable for it and the 2014 PC version (I don't want to pay for some gay subscription if I don't have to)
If I get okay at playing I'll get an amp but don't really have any idea which one yet. Thoughts?
I already have some pedals in mind because I know I'll want to play some shoegaze |