REFIT & RESTORE Episode 5: Assembling the 1961 Fender Jazzmaster
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This week's the big one: putting it all back together. We've dismantled, cleaned, re-wired, and re-fretted this old Jazzmaster and now we get our first taste of the whole guitar. Follow along as I assemble, tweak, and explain every step of the process... well, almost every step.
00:00-00:44 INTRO
00:45-02:24 THIMBLES
02:25-07:45 BRASS
07:46-08:32 VIBRATO
08:33-12:02 GUARD/PICKUPS
12:03-15:01 SCREWS
15:02-18:05 FOAM AND PICKUPS
18:06-18:55 MASTERY BRIDGE
18:56-19:34 SHIMS & NECK
19:35-21:12 TUNERS
21:13-24:55 RESTRINGING (WOUND)
24:56-25:49 SOLDERING PLAIN STRINGS
25:50-27:28 RESTRINGING (PLAIN)
27:29-28:46 STRECH AND FIRST PLAY
28:47-32:09 THE NEXT DAY/FOLLOWUP
32:10-34:10 DEMO - Hudba
happy, healthy, safe and ready for offset class with professor mike
Sometimes I pretend I'm a shiny screw, but really inside, I'm an extra crispy boi.
Awesome show.
“Today, Micheal will be modeling a delightful cardigan from the Rick Nielsen collection.”
- Vogue for Guitar Techs, probably
Now it feels like a TV show season ended. Love these series
You have such a calming vibe here. Reminds me of watching the Norm build furniture on the New Yankee Workshop on PBS in my teens
I love that someone is actually fixing / repairing a "vintage" guitar rather than worrying about its resale value.
Seems more so w Jazzmasters than with strats
Yeah, I hear ya! We're seeing a very reptilian bottom line-ism with everything these days. I see it with the old cars too. It's all about quick, cheap, and easy half assed fix up, and then a Slam dunk quick flip, and on to the next one. Not much love or respect or appreciation for historic stuff. I think it's mostly because all of this stuff is falling out of range of most people's living memory. When that happens, it just becomes all about the numbers. You can have more love and respect for a 61 jazz master or a 57 Chevy if you have some actual memory of them being in use, and so
it's becoming strictly business, and most of the items themselves, (guitars, amps, cars, guns, etc.) Seem to have become commodities first, and something to be enjoyed and appreciated second.
It's A great job to bring back an old guitar.
Friday morning coffee with Mike and Lobster, the nicest guys in Guitar Land...
I appreciate what you do.
one year later I got the chance to enjoy this video series, great work.
Find someone who pays attention to you the way Mike pays attention to pickguard screws
4:22 when your buddy rolls a superb marijuana cigarette
This is fun to watch as always. Back when I had a piano shop I used to just talk to myself. It never occurred to me to get a camera. Hip-tip from the piano shop: we had to put screws back in the exact holes because they were sometimes hand cut screw threads with differing pitches. So changing the position of the screws would instantly strip the hole. When I took a screw out I’d poke it in a piece of cardboard that had a [very] vague drawing of the thing the screw was coming out of. If you push the screw all the way through a bit of tape keeps it secured. An advantage beyond recording the position of the screw relative to which hole was that the drawing would let you know if anything was missing and from where.
You may already know this technique. It may be swatting flies with a sledgehammer.
Anyhow, I love the show.
I’m never not blown away by the amount of detail you believe in Mike. Even down to which scratch plate screw goes where ... that’s professionalism right there man.
Beautiful work Mike, you should be very proud. Kyle is so lucky to get to enjoy all of your hard work! Also, that cardigan is next level
Getting into offsets is what brought me to your channel and I have to thank you from one luthier to another, your vids are happening...in spite of missing the nut replacement part of the vid.
Your videos have helped me a lot, building a partscaster jazzmaster
I’ve got a white super light weight AO Jazzmaster and it gets better every time I play it.
Hi Mike 😁 I learned from a mechanic when we rebuilt the top end of a Toyota 2TC engine that the push rods should go back in where they came from. I grabbed a cardboard box and we stuck ‘em in there, later to be numbered. I do the same thing with pick guard screws on customer guitars, just draw the shape on some cardboard, stick ‘em in, and they stay there until you’re ready. Although your way might save trees… please recycle folks ♻️ Thanks for your wit, humor and wisdom 🙏
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Dude, just discovering you over the last couple weeks. What a cool, thoughtful, intelligent guy you are. I’ve learned much on an immense world that has been dormant for decades, recently awakened from sudden acquisition of a pink CV Jag. Thanks for all of your sincere and dedicated contributions here.
“Before I close up...” Mike da Soigeon!
Small world that you know Mike Baranik! I’m friends with Jason Kostal (own one of his acoustics- with another on the way), and Mike is a great friend and influence on Jason! I met Mike a few times, and always have been amazed by his acoustics- yet I’ve been lusting over his electric builds lately... truly pieces of functional art!
Great work Mike, the Jazzmaster is a winner!
Great content again, do not change your style, I am in the middle of a JM upgrade, all your obsessive compulsiveness has actually shone a light on areas I had questions about, from pickup foam / grounding / pickup choice / vibrato & bridge replacement/ soldering connections / you are a craftsperson + your chord progressions are awesome. Please do not stop!
What a lovely instrument - great job, man!!! Love your enthusiasm for quality.
So glad you leave in all the moments you say you’ll cut out! It’s great and relatable!
Teared up a little. It sounds so damn good...
The 2 bits of golden knowledge that without any one who watch ur channel are by inserting a bit of paper some times as small as a paper match into the neck pocket is all that is needed to change ur opinion on jaguar's from them being fenders biggest folly... a farce of shiny metal and switches... there are even knobs installed sideways like switches... after shim... feels like a whole new thing and possibly the most impressive achievement of electronics and guitar lmao... the second thing is that u love nuts.. one could say u find nothing more satisfying and therapeutic as working on nuts... but the most enjoyable are skinny nuts... lmfao
Phoebe Bridgers shoutout 👍🏻
Who're you callin fret nippers, fret nipper?!
I’ve really loved this whole series! Makes me want to start an old fender project.
Just what an old guitar like that deserves. Reminds me of a '63 Strat I played that was a complete dog. Perhaps with the same level of tlc it would have played great.
Great work making an old guitar new
21:22- Okay Mike, I'm about to turn 69 years old next week. So it makes sense that I'M aware of "Brusha, brusha, brusha. It's the new Ipana" and Bucky Beaver. I KNOW you weren't around then.
haha I have a deep connection to things like that thanks to my parents and grandparents.
@@Puisheen Grandparents,...Jesus,....thanks. My arthritis thanks you, too. By the way, when you were fussing over which pickguard screw should go where, you reminded me of someone,...me. Ah, OCD. Ain't it great??
Gorgeous nut. Absolutely top-notch!
Great job Mike! Another thing you didn't show was when you had to replace one of those 12th fret marker dots. 😅 Oh well, I get it. Shit happens.. It can be hard to remember every single thing sometimes.
Probably better now than it was new. Fantastic job!
Ahh... my weekly inspiration to pick up my Jazzmaster.
Nice work, Mike!
_I hope you're happy, healthy and GOT A BOD-Y!_
Jeez that is incredible.
Thanks for your videos. Learnt to keep my Squier Jaguar in shape
I've heard of matching headstock but matching soldering iron is really next level. ;)
You’re awesome for sharing this whole process with us.
great job on the wiring and if u a jaguar kit step by step that will be awesome tip for ya
What's the history on tub shields? When did Fender stop using those? Are they interchangeable in new vintages?
The soldering iron martyrs the guitar...this satisfies me
Lovely job on the whole guitar.
it turned out so beautifully! great job mike, as always :D
Really awesome series! Thanks!
I’ve been waiting for this video. Awesome!!!
Been waiting for this one!
Great job !
Got me at the end! Hah.
BEauUtiful WorKK i absolutely adore that flaming on the back of the neck, it's beautiful -sirpants
Recently been building a parts caster so seeing such a thorough video really helps. I'm contemplating buying a descendant bridge so I can avoid adding a shim although I wonder if it'll give steep enough break angle. Maybe ill get a mastery to match the bridge!
This sounds so WOW! I love it! it is so much better than the Fender Japan Hybrid "60s guitar. I see what you mean about the pickups.
Yeah, Tom! I'm glad you can hear it too, there's just something about real-deal Jazzmaster pickups that work better for my play style. Lots of note definition but still plenty of those 'woodier' frequencies I like.
Supa cool!
14:20 band name - Super Crispy Boys
Mike, I'm not sure if you've listened to "Hey riddle riddle" but that cardigan has got me thinking of "the sweater"
Nice jazzmaster
Anybody know the chords used in the lovely progression that starts at 32:35?
This video is all the more enjoyable without a music track.
Super Crispy Boi
I came here for Jazzmasters and stayed for Koala puns
Nice! Such a beautiful instrument.
Would you be able to provide a link to Mike’s work? I’ve been trying to find some info but I probably am misspelling his last name.
Hi Mike,
Was hoping you might know where to grab a set of conversion thimbles to replace a metric sized tune-o-matic. Dont see them on staytrems website/webstore. Thanks for any leads. Oh and my staytrem bridge that's on my Bass VI is great, does staytrem get overshadowed by Mastery? Loved this series of videos.
It sounded like the beginning of a Tom Waits song while you were tuning. Very musical (or would it be beary musical?)
Great video! Is there a string brand you can recommend that doesn't need the ball ends soldered?
I've had good experiences with GHS, DR, and D'Addario XTs (presoldered)
"Believe it or not I actually really enjoy making nuts. It's kind of a therapeutic thing for me. I really enjoy the ah pace at which I have to work to do my best work, and there's nothing like taking a blank piece of bone and turning it and shaping it into something that's really attractive visually and something that works beautifully. So those are things that I really like" - Puisheen gone sexual?
Seriously though, great job. Guitar came out great!
Just wondering if my Low and high E are making contact with the screw on the tremelo plate, is my action too low? I find lately high E strings are breaking. I wish i could buy flat screws i like
low-action.
Reissue screws don't have the flat top that vintage screws had, so contact on newer guitars is pretty common. Sometimes that means the bridge height is a little low, but you can also just flip those outer two screws upside down next time you have the strings off.
Love your work, but seriously, powered tool for the screws on a vintage guitar???
Hey mister you are awesome!!!
I would really
Like to get in touch with you about working on my guitar