I'm mostly a Strat player, but I love my Jazzmaster and the rhythm circuit. In fact, I play leads using that circuit when I want that deep, rich sound it provides. Now I see Fender turning out Jazzers without the rhythm circuit. I regard them as pretenders. Great playing as usual!
@yargnad
8 ай бұрын
Fender makes variations on all models. Dual humbucker Strats and single humbucker Teles, Jags with out the strangle, etc. Some players are simply visually, vs sonically, oriented and want their new guitar to have the look without any regard for the unique tones the original designs provide.
@sagittated
8 ай бұрын
@@yargnadshoot, the Player Series Jazzmasters have humbuckers.
@yargnad
8 ай бұрын
@@sagittated The operative word being _Players_ series, but even then there's variations in almost every line. The _Vintera,_ American Performer, Professional, Ultra lines all offer the original configuration.
@SparkyGuitar
8 ай бұрын
I love this! My '66 Jazzmaster has been my friend for 30 years now... and there is nothing else quite like it. If takes pedals like no other guitar - it comes alive. So glad Chris has a new love in his life!
@edwardmarks4293
8 ай бұрын
Chris, while I'll never be as good as you, your solo segments always inspire me to pick up my guitar and try to keep up. Thanks for the inspiration.
@bradwoods371
7 ай бұрын
don't say that. you can become as good as you can imagine yourself being.
@frankieconcepcion7860
3 ай бұрын
@@bradwoods371 So true
@wilkowilkins363
8 ай бұрын
You and Michael Lemmo have converted me to the Jazz master. Wonderful sound and I want one! Happy Birthday Maestro
@Haze763
8 ай бұрын
Chris, Michael, and Andy from Andy demos are the 3 best guitarist on the internet imo.
@Angel-fz8dr
8 ай бұрын
@@Haze763 Danish Pete?
@wilkowilkins363
8 ай бұрын
@@Haze763 indeed but Chris is a band player, a professional musician above all . KZitem is just an extra for him
@leonardgould6657
3 ай бұрын
❤😅😂 YEAH! DANISH PETE! What a "WELL TEMPERED CLAVIER!",- PETE gives a whole new meaning to the historical English phrase, "Danelaw",- what a happy Warrior!
@bobhewitt5047
8 ай бұрын
Expect to see Jazzmasters flying off the shelves anytime soon… Fender couldn’t have wished for a better promo video than Chris tearing it up on a JM.
@maplechill75
8 ай бұрын
One thing I love about Jazzmaster’s is that, no matter what type of fuzz pedal you pair them with, they always sound fantastic.
@caspay21
8 ай бұрын
That’s the magic of those ultra-bright one Meg pots - put some in my strat and it sounds pure jazzmaster now
@maplechill75
8 ай бұрын
@@caspay21 that’s very interesting. I’ve always attributed the magic to the pickups alone, but it makes sense that the rest of the circuit is making a contribution.
@ZitherBeast
8 ай бұрын
Chris, you'd make a $79 Amazon guitar sound good. Awesome stuff.
@INeedsMoneys
8 ай бұрын
I got 2 ads. Then i watched literally a couple seconds. And got 2 more ads. FUCK OFFFFFFF
@davehopping7212
2 ай бұрын
For a few years in the late '50s-early '60s the Jazzmaster (and later the Jaguar) was THE ONE to have for mainstream rock and roll/ surf/R&B. I was amazed to see how fast the British Invasion made Fender offsets look like yesterday's news, and while they found favor with the alt-rockers later on, they're still regarded as something of a niche instrument. My '07 AVRI is one of my favorite easiest-playing great-sounding guitars, but since I play country, Telecaster visuals go over better with that rather conservative crowd and I haven't taken the Jazzmaster to work very much at all. Too bad.
@samisabell6555
8 ай бұрын
When you mentioned Wayne Coyne of the Flaming Lips, your vid showed a pic of Steven Drozd instead. A minor faux pas, however I'm sure it's an easy editing fix.
@badcatsebastian
7 ай бұрын
As someone who rides the volume knob, do you find that the 1Meg pots are difficult to control? The highs are gone so quickly, the linear taper is quite different.
@ShawnTubbs
8 ай бұрын
Yikes Chris!! Great playing as always!
@ChrisBuckGuitar
8 ай бұрын
Thank you Shawn! I hope you’re well mate 🙂
@dreamscuba
8 ай бұрын
Great video. And your playing is superb as always. Whatever guitar you play you always sound like Chris Buck! Nice.
@jeremycraft8452
8 ай бұрын
I got a Squire 40th Anniversary a year ago. It’s terrific. The rhythm circuit does things to an octave pedal which cannot be frankly discussed in a public forum.
@tylerdurden5122
4 ай бұрын
Let me guess- it’s still illegal in some states?? 😂
@marcraygun6290
6 ай бұрын
Got my 62 slab board sunburst from cranes cardiff back in 2008 for now ridiculous price of 1600 pounds , still best guitar i ever played
@shutupandgo8025
8 ай бұрын
Chris is the only guitarist that you can give any guitar and just shred it into pieces ☠️ my top 1
@mikevolante307
8 ай бұрын
Damn it Chris you could play a rubber band on a stick and it would sound great , thank you for your inspiration
@hixsy
8 ай бұрын
They too weedy.. Like the strat...they have a place but a lot of other guitars blow them out the water. Wicked playin tho as usual.. Your a beast my man
@glennmartin4232
8 ай бұрын
I have to admit I’m the same but your solos in this video are as smooth as cream. Sweet as sugar. I want one.
@moussaounnoughene221
8 ай бұрын
Holly Molly, you lived in France ... Would have been awesome to meet you in a pub in Rennes! Did you got to go to Roazhon Park?
@ChrisBuckGuitar
8 ай бұрын
Aha! I didn't actually although Arsenal (my team) played there not long before I was living there in the Europa League. If I'd been in Rennes then, I definitely would have tried to get tickets!
@moussaounnoughene221
8 ай бұрын
@@ChrisBuckGuitar too bad, nice stadium! Bu I heard Highbury and the Emirates Stadium are not too shabby!
@joaorepolho6152
8 ай бұрын
The solo with the Swiss JM is absurd.
@mamamamamamamable
8 ай бұрын
i used to hate the look of a jazzmaster, nowadays i absolutely love them
@robertbecker6903
8 ай бұрын
It may not be the most beautiful Fender, but for me it is by far the coolest looking Fender. Well for me 😁
@philh27
8 ай бұрын
Yep, me too. I used to think they were ugly and ‘uncool’. Complete opposite now of course!
@eliasmsv3156
8 ай бұрын
To quote Kevin Shields, it looks like it’s traveling forward. Like an old school super car
@aligrundy812
8 ай бұрын
7:27 is the Chris Buck lick to me
@FoiMal123
8 ай бұрын
Man I don't know if anyone uses jazzmasters like that, but you should. I mean ... That was epic.
@sagittated
8 ай бұрын
This video popped in my feed right after I did a lesson with my Squier 40th anniversary Jazzmaster in my lap, so I had to watch. I did not get the pretty desert sand one. I got the institutional hospital surf green, so I refinished mine with wallpaper and swapped the pickups to Lindy Fralin Jazzmasters and had it put back together by an expert, and dang, I love that thing. Now I just have to learn to play like Chris does. Should take a few more lessons. ✌️
@Haze763
8 ай бұрын
I ve been subscribed for over a year now. Are you pkaying better? How is that possible? 😂 You're a beast of a player man. Awesome!! ✌
@ashbody3499
8 ай бұрын
I got into Jazzmasters for surf rock…. They’re obviously great for that genre. But I have recently discovered they are also absolutely superb for 80’s pop… the sparkly pickups work brilliantly with chorus, flanger, phaser. Such killer dynamics.
@MrTKnighton
8 ай бұрын
Dude your jams are the coolest thing on the internet. Absolutely killer
@bagsbunny
8 ай бұрын
The last few 40th Aniversary Squier Jazzmasters on Thomann went for £259, delivered. I got one of the SeaFoam Green ones, I’d been trying to raise the original £400 for over a year, desperately watching it come into and out of stock. It is totally brilliant, far better than my slender abilities, without a doubt my personal lifetime best bargain.
@Bob-of-Zoid
8 ай бұрын
The opening piece was pure guitar evil!!! Daaaaaaaaaaaang!!!
@xyzman001
8 ай бұрын
I ignored it for the same reason! 😂 I regret it big time now. Also regret never trying a tele till last year 🤦♂️ Thank you for the video! Love your guitar playing!
@888jimm
5 ай бұрын
Guilty as charged here as well😂
@birdsong2552
8 ай бұрын
After you have gotten know the Jazzmaster, take the time to explore the Jaguar and the Mustang, as they both have their own kind of voice. Check Mark Ribbot (Tom Waits) for a good Jaguar sound. And KZitemr Eric Haugen for the Mustang.
@Nate_has_Dogs
8 ай бұрын
That opening solo was just Nirvana to my ears.😉
@shaunkathfallows3320
8 ай бұрын
Just revisited Tied up in blue. What an amazing piece of music with soulful guitar work. Wow I can't stop playing it.
@dannyschindler
8 ай бұрын
Bagged one of the last 40th anniversary editions from thomann based on your recommendation. Absolutely love it
@THEItchybruddah
8 ай бұрын
Maestro: I haven’t watched any further than the opening bit of playing. That’s the most scalding grease I have been subjected to in many moons. THANK you! I will now proceed to the program.
@markio5830
8 ай бұрын
That outro was simply fantastic, thanks Chris for more amazing guitar playing
@thebrysmith3
8 ай бұрын
That second jam was downright jazzy!
@giupio88
15 күн бұрын
Nice video. I LOVE your playing, I really do. New subscriber. Recently I'm on the fence: Jazzmaster or Jaguar? The only downside about the JM is the lack of the 22nd fret. Do you think it's a relevant issue? (I'm a newbe, sorry).
@iDominic42
8 ай бұрын
Nice (exceptional) playing as usual Also nice to see your custom builder using a Mastery bridge - but then again, it is the best choice. I have a mid-90s Fender (Made in Japan) Jazzmaster that was really nice, to a point. The point being when the string popped off the saddles. Then I put a Mastery bridge on it. Just bought a Fender Gold Foil Jazzmaster, which has the Mustang style bridge on it, as well as a Bigsby, but without the "strangle circuit" extra switching I think your Squier 40th Aniiversary Jazzmaster has that Mustang bridge, too? All I can say is that if you hit or bent those strings as hard on my '95 MIJ Jazzmaster (with it's non-mastery bridge )as you do in the opening guitar wizardry, you'd have been swearing at the strings popping out of the slots, and wondering how to fix that...
@iDominic42
8 ай бұрын
Ought to add, the '95 MIJ Jazzmaster has a really strange neck profile. It's very, very shallow, skinny - but quite nice. Definitely different from every other guitar I've ever owned.... You definitely could pick that guitar out of the bunch just by wrapping your hand around the neck....
@MrPinkfloydian
8 ай бұрын
Wish you another exceptionally skilled year, Chris 😊 Thus, a very happy New One!
@JHKNVY02
8 ай бұрын
I've ignored them because I don't find the sound to be what I'm looking for. Some kind of weird Tele/Strat in between/mix and I prefer just to use both. For P-90s, I know it's weird, but the best guitar I've played was a set neck Tele with a Tun-O-matic bridge. Rock Machine! That said, this is probably the best Jazzmaster tones I've heard, but not for me. To each their own with happiness, just not a sound I love, but the body geometry is KILLER. Love the shape. Fender has done some spectacular work over the years.
@jumpingjack55
8 ай бұрын
What a great sounding guitar Chris... but doesn't a lot come from the fingertips! Fantastic playing!
@DareBear2099
8 ай бұрын
Got into Jazzmasters recently too, my J Mascis is my daily driver for worship gigs. It kind of became a partsmaster, gutted the rhythm circuit, put in EMG JMasters, put in a rolling bridge from Wilkinson, tusq nut, rolling string tree and locking tuners.
@mikeomatic9905
8 ай бұрын
Ship of Theseus? Ship of Mascis?
@jessejordache1869
25 күн бұрын
That's an understandable reason to ignore a guitar. I'm coming at it from the exact opposite side: if I went to a show and the guitarist was playing a Les Paul, I don't think I'd be able to stop myself from thinking "douchebag". I know it's totally superficial, but there we are.
@samuelhatman8995
8 ай бұрын
Gosh Chris... I think the outro made the speaker grill a bit melty. Smashing good video performance! NO critic here, fan all the way. I'm on my way to lesson number two today for guitar at tender 70 after playing by ear alone for 66 years. You are inspiring Sir! All the best sincerely, Sam H. just another Yank across the pond who will never stop loving guitar!
@GRSRiverrider
8 ай бұрын
Lol, wow... That last jam was cool
@rudolphpyatt4833
Ай бұрын
The only players I know who played jazz on the Jazzmaster are Roy Lanham and Neil LeVang. Note: Like the Strat and the Tele, the Jazzmaster was designed in a time when 12s were considered light strings. This is why many players have problems with the bridge and trem system: The ultra light strings now commonly used don’t fit the original design.
@alaoismusic
8 ай бұрын
Man that intro jam fucking hell. You’re a master
@AnnoyingCritic-is7rp
26 күн бұрын
Actually, I think it's just a more powerful single coil with a large tone control. So what that does have a warmer tone with a more powerful single coil but then the huge resistance makes it brighter and gives you more of the quality and response of the pickup instead of shutting it to ground with the smaller 250k pots of regular single coils or 500K with HSS. The whole thing means you have more of the pickup sound and also I higher Q or peak or more strat sound. Unfortunately all of this doesn't matter when you throw it through lots of effects or would lots of distortion so you need someone like Chris Buck here to demonstrate why the difference in tone is so subtle.
@sarahdedrick79
8 ай бұрын
His name's Chris Buck and he likes to f.....wait....wrong guy, this one plays guitar...
@igavehimadollar3354
Ай бұрын
I remember playing localy in grunge bands through the 90s and I had friends and knew of other people playing jazzmasters and I just didn’t get it . Then I got interested a few years ago so I picked up the squire jay mascis over summer holidays and well I realised how wrong I was . I have 2 now and their my favourites
@jemwand2530
8 ай бұрын
PLEASE cHRIS, DO A VIDEO ON HOW TO DIAL A TONE INTO AN AMP... I think I have constantly made an error of chosing a pick up position and dialing in from there, which is probably why my strat has alwys sounded shit... should one dial a tone from the bridge pick up on fully open tone knobs? Or am I just being a knob in having the stupidity to ask such a question? Knob?...or Not a knob?.... (Not very likely, mate), have I missed the most basic prerequisite of tone?
@jeremythornton433
8 ай бұрын
Sounds killer! I really wish you'd do a review of the Squire Cabronita Thinline Telecaster. I has something like Jazzmaster pickups in it and I think sounds amazing! It's also affordable which is important to most of us here.
@christopherguzzi1316
8 ай бұрын
The thing I love about guitars is that they each have their own unique tone. But I can't buy them all. Or can I? P.S. Not sure what I think about you putting a Fender sticker on your guitar. But I suppose I can understand since you paid much more for it just in parts than most off the shelf Fender Jazzmasters.
@DrBadLlama
8 ай бұрын
I have a G&L Doheny, so a bit different, but it's a fantastic sound and guitars.
@Blondesax
8 ай бұрын
I always appreciate how you play SO MUCH in your videos. Always better to show.
@jeffffff12
8 ай бұрын
lOVED IT! sWEET PLAYING.....
@jauntyj3257
8 ай бұрын
the king of the Squire Jazzmasters
@poesybeat
8 ай бұрын
Just spent the afternoon at CME playing all the CME Player Jazzmasters they have in stock (about 8 of them). They were all terrible. Fender and CME should be embarrassed. Just shameless.
@ahoneyman
4 ай бұрын
I had one. It works a lot better on paper than in real life. The rhythm circuit is a great idea. When just jamming you don't really use it. Maybe for multi layer studio recordings it's wonderful. The trem stinks. The pickups are their own thing so YMMV on those.
@yayayaokoksure
8 ай бұрын
Go watch live Sonic Youth vids. You'll get into jazzmasters in about 10min.
@rong648
8 ай бұрын
I changed the pots in my JM lead circuit to 250K I really like the sound.
@PNWJEEPER01
8 ай бұрын
I was working at a guitar oriented music store in 2013 or 2014 when the Squire Mascis JM's came out. That was the first Squire guitar to really turn my head and take notice of the fact that things were changing for the better at Squire. Prior to the early/mid 2010's Squires had been really bad for years, which was a shame because I remember most of the Bullets from the 80's being way better than they had any right to be.
@grantglover1799
8 ай бұрын
This is unrelated though I love offsets. Since you are a Revstar user, I’m guessing you know of Matteo Mancuso. Also since you’re a predominantly finger style player, have you considered trying any of his right hand technique?
@scattystormborn
8 ай бұрын
The only thing almost as incredible as your playing is your watch’s strap buckle
@MelodyCarroll-rx8tk
5 ай бұрын
I have only heard bad things about jazzmaster bridges. Heard they are very tempermental and the strings will pop off the bridge during big bends. For someone like me, the tele seems much easier to deal with. It sucks though because I think the jazzmaster and jaguar are beautiful guirars with a beautiful sound.
@scottyhehehe5367
4 ай бұрын
My only beef with JM is the ugly plastic pickup covers. It looks cheap on an instrument made of metal and wood.
@fabulousfreddyisready
6 ай бұрын
Tom Verlaine was the guy that got me into the Jazzmaster. Such a great tone, surf like with distortion and a touch of Neil Young vibrato use.
@uttherkunst3806
8 ай бұрын
That’s Steven Drozd, not Wayne Coyne. Not that Wayne hasn’t played Jazzmasters
@greblus
8 ай бұрын
I want these fingerpicking skills 😊. It's unfair. ❤ your playing!
@bestboy897
8 ай бұрын
is that a rolex? also great jam in the intro
@BrainBurg-bq2si
6 ай бұрын
I can't say how much of it is jealous envy, and how much it is actually distaste. But there's something about watching a man pleasure himself, that just turns me off.
@davidt9841
8 ай бұрын
You possess an exquisite touch and a remarkable guitar-mind!
@haydenseeberger8185
3 ай бұрын
How can you make a video on the jazzmaster And not mention Chris Stapleton???
@ronnieblanchet4072
8 ай бұрын
God bless you! SOLI DEO GLORIA (To The Glory Of God Alone) Father, Son & Holy Spirit -Ronnie
@nicfabrizio1776
8 ай бұрын
I agree with everything said I love my jazzmaster
@dougreid1951
8 ай бұрын
There's a paranormal jazz electric xii fun - ditto the original Electric Xii - go play
@seanmarshallmusic
8 ай бұрын
Absolutely *love that D’Angelo-inspired r&b track. Really showcases your pocket feel and versatility 🎯
@onlyshallot
8 ай бұрын
the problem on my jazzmaster is just hum noise from the pickup when i use od/distortion/fuzz pedals
@giuseppefabbricatore4314
8 ай бұрын
Happy Birthday Chris!!!!!!!!🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
@stratmagic6893
8 ай бұрын
I don't care how well you play it I don't like Jazzmasters.
@igavehimadollar3354
Ай бұрын
I noticed the player 2 series doesn’t have the rhythm cct . And while I hardly use it’s just not the same to me
@CharliePutz
8 ай бұрын
Didn't know you used to live in Rennes! Were you a student there? Do you speak French? ;)
@chucksmyth2598
8 ай бұрын
That’s not Wayne Coyne, It’s Steven Drozd. But nice shout out.
@NadaSurfinAB
8 ай бұрын
Watching your live clip, your’re bending all over the place and the guitar is still in tune at the end of the solo - no locking trem. Impressive.
@yogapatatetv1591
7 ай бұрын
Id like to have this guitar but i can only fine the blue one. Is that the same? or should i get the vintera (that is a little bit more expansive ) Greetings from france :)
@jessejordache1869
25 күн бұрын
In your intro, you have Kevin Shields' vanilla tone.
@BluesBrogio
8 ай бұрын
Guitar models are more about visual style than sound, as long as you get the pickups you want
@leefradkin9077
8 ай бұрын
Chris Buck: poet.
@TheYearsShallRun
8 ай бұрын
Another amazing video. Love how open you are to apprenticing guitarists and styles that are outside of what you mostly play. Great attitude.
@codythedoggo7671
8 ай бұрын
Damn, that intro solo
@speedtrap63
8 ай бұрын
Thanks for another epic video, Chris! I just love you're playing and your jams are my favorite part of every video. Always makes me pick up one of my guitars and play! Cheers!
@JamesWhyte
8 ай бұрын
I really only use the rhythm circuit as a kill switch (volume off).
@sgt.grinch3299
8 ай бұрын
Epic playing Chris. You are an inspiration. GBY.
@connorchambless7062
8 ай бұрын
The Jazzmaster- design vibrato system is truly one of the most stable systems out there when represented by high- quality parts i.e. Mastery/ Descendant. The bridge can be fantastic stock, but the Mastery upgrade truly turns a Jazzmaster into another level up IMO. Just a fantastic design that has aged like wine.
@iDominic42
8 ай бұрын
I have a mid 90s Made in Japan Jazmaster (and a Jaguar) - and the bridges on those were not good You either had to put extremely heavy strings on, or not hit or bend them - as they would pop out of the slots. Putting Mastery bridges on both fixed those problems. The Jazzmaster, which was a Limited Edition, is a really nice play - but has a almost Ibanez like (skinny) neck profile, but with a 9.5in fret board radius (I think) The Jaguar has an earth fault I need to trace, despite having actual mm thick copper plates in all the cavities....
@johnnyvandutch3080
8 ай бұрын
What a beautiful finish!!! I have three T-style partscasters from Golden Era. Absolutely phenomenal work!!!❤
@bestboy897
8 ай бұрын
very john mayeresque playing at the 6 30 mark
@pczTV
8 ай бұрын
Chris could make a cigar box guitar sound amazing. My first guitar was an off set (teisco)… I had some jazz masters and jaguars but sold them all as it wasn’t really my style. I’m a simple tele guy.
@davidwoods358
8 ай бұрын
Chris, your videos are very informative and your playing always inspirational. My playing (phrasing) has improved greatly since discovering your channel. I was in quite a rut until you came along. I actually still am in a rut and may always be but, it certainly isn't as deep as it was. I can see a bit of light now.
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