Be Careful Buying Vintage Guitars Online..

When I was kid buying my first Jazzmaster back in 1979 the older guys thought they were for squares but I really loved how versatile it was. It's cool watching you take one apart.

My standard question these days is "it sounds just fine, how does it feel?" If you're not a broker and you're not looking to retire off of a flip, put it back together and play it! The nerds and the money men have long ago lost track of the simple fact that these are MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS! not stocks and bonds. That Jazzmaster is a completely different voice from your Strats and given enough time, it will probably cause you to think differently when you play it, and you'll most likely come up with different ideas because of that. I would vote for keeping it. It'll expand your creativity in some new direction, and it'll be fun.

A very minor mod and they put it back as close to stock as they could. It’s amazing! I’d ditch that buzz stop though (definitely NOT a stock part) and get a full-pocket neck shim if you end up with bridge rattle afterwards.

I love when you do these authentication videos! Your vintage tear down videos are my favorite YouTube content. Thank you!!

I like this channel so much better than Trogly's Guitar Show. He's like the Mr. Rogers of guitars. Keep it up.

Aside from the gear, I love your taste in decor, specifically the cushions, rug and blankets. They look like Navajo designs which are my favourite.

Great video Matt, could save someone a lot of money someday. I'm glad you bought this guitar because I've always wondered how the Jazzmaster would sound in the hands of someone with a blues style and nobody in this genre seems to play them. I'd love to hear a video of you going back and forth between this and one of your strats for contrast.

Just bought a 72 mustang on reverb and now you’ve got me nervous 😂😬

In 1970 that would have been a $100-$125 guitar. Jazzmasters were not considered desirable at all. Strats were $125-$175, as many as you could find.

My friend in highschool had a red 1969 fender mustang. And eventually got rid of it for pretty much nothing.. i wish he would have held onto it. It was all original and was in excellent condition.. I'd love to be able to collect some vintage guitars mainly vintage basses. I'd love to have a 60s fender jazz or P bass.

In my town in the late 60's-early 70's, when Strats and Les Pauls were the only guitars with status, you could pick up Jazzmasters at the pawn shop for cheap, way less than a tele. I'll bet someone got this one and did the LP humbucker swap for a while until he could afford a "real" rock guitar. Or a jazz player who wanted that humbucker sound. What a blessing that he kept the original! I remember looking at them and thinking that all the switches were dopey, so I made due with a Mustang until I could afford a "real" guitar. 🙄 Oh, lordy, if only I'd known...

Interesting: I have a 1963 Jaguar with a neck marked 1 MAR 63 B. Sixty years from the date of this video. Like yours it has cloth covered wire in black, white, red and yellow. Also, like yours mine has the letter 'B' between the pickups.. but my B is followed by the number 2.

Thank you, appreciate you showing everyone some areas to look at when buying a vintage guitar. Unfortunately there are so many scammers around today, attempting to take advantage of people. The greater educated people become, hopefully the fraudsters become exposed. Appreciated your work Matt, please keep your videos coming. I get excited when you post a new video.

Awesome Matt🎸《☆》Nice Jazzmaster Brother👍🏾I wish the date code on my mid 70s Strat neck was that simple to read✌😎☮

Love your channel. Very informative and personable. The playing and tone in each video are fantastic!

Freaking Awesome Matthew!... i luv them "player grade" guitars, so much mojo with them. it's hard to explain until you have one you really won't know what that means.

Pretty cool! I like your vids. I enjoy learning about the construction and authenticating of these old guitars. The closest I have come to owning a vintage guitar is a 72 telecaster. I love that guitar.

I love the history of old guitars. After high school I traded an Ibanez flying V, peavy cab with 4x12s and $150 for a Strat. Had no idea what year it was but it had already had a custom paint job on it. Think late 60s-70ish hippie van. I called Fender later to check the serial # on the neck plate and it coded to 1967. So that is what I thought it was. After reading Fender history, because they are modular guitars, components from different years were often used to construct that year's model. Many years later, I took the neck off for the first time, and I could not decipher the code. It was 22-196-109-B. Fender explained it like this. 22 was the code for Stratocaster, 196 was the production number, 10 was the month, 9 was the year and B was the nut curve. Having owned this guitar since around 74, I believe it to be unmolested except the repaint. So, Fender used a 67 neck and 69 neck on the same guitar. Still have it and it's awesome. Long post, sorry!

Had a guy trying to trade me a “80s Silverburst Gibson Les Paul” last week for my Strat last week. I told him I would look it over, thoroughly. Upon further inspection, It was just a Chibson that had been a little roughed up for looks. Dude got a little heated when I still wouldn’t trade with him and got in my face about it. Tried to snatch my case from me. I warned him that he was about to be traded a hollow point for that Chibson. Be careful out there doing business folks!

it's like an old car, it's amazing what's been done under the dash sometimes