The Fender Jazzmaster is a Fender electric guitar. Close alternatives include the Fender Jaguar and the Epiphone Riviera Electric Guitar. It pairs well with the Fender Prosonic and the Orange Matamp.
Fender Jazzmaster
Fender · electric guitar
The Fender Jazzmaster was pitched at jazz players in 1958 and ignored by them. Its wide, flat single-coils sit in shallow bobbins quite unlike a Stratocaster's, giving a warmer, less focused voice with more low-mid content, and it carries independent lead and rhythm circuits plus a floating tremolo with a locking button. Surf, then indie and shoegaze players, adopted what jazz musicians had rejected.
- jazz
- treble
- blues
- tremolo
- jangle
- garage rock
- indie
- rhythm
Genres the Fender Jazzmaster is commonly used in
- Jazz
- Shoegaze
- Garage Rock
- Punk
- Surf Rock
- Blues
Amps that pair well with the Fender Jazzmaster
Fender Prosonic
amplifier
23% matchFender Prosonic leans warm right where the bright tone needs it
Orange Matamp
Orange
22% matchOrange Matamp's smooth balances out the bright tone
Blackstar HT-5R Series HT-5R 5W 1x12
Blackstar
20% matchRun Blackstar HT-5R Series HT-5R 5W 1x12 after it and the bright edge settles into something more warm
Marshall 2245 JTM45 Head
Marshall
tonal matchVoiced for Fender-style amps
Fender Vibrolux 6G11
amplifier
tonal matchVoiced for Fender-style amps
Fender '68 Custom Princeton Reverb 12W 1x10 Tube Guitar
Fender
tonal matchVoiced for Fender-style amps
Amplified Nation Trem-Drive Deluxe Combo
Amplified Nation
tonal matchVoiced for Fender-style amps
Dumble Steel String Singer
Dumble
tonal matchDumble Steel String Singer leans smooth right where the bright tone needs it
Pedals that stack with the Fender Jazzmaster
One Control Lingonberry Overdrive
One Control
15% matchOne Control Lingonberry Overdrive's warm balances out the bright tone
Caroline Guitar Company Icarus
Caroline Guitar Company
14% matchCaroline Guitar Company Icarus leans warm right where the bright tone needs it
ThorpyFX The J Tweed-Style Overdrive was
ThorpyFX
tonal matchVoiced for Fender-style amps
Lovepedal Super Six standard
Lovepedal
tonal matchVoiced for Fender-style amps
BBE Tremor V2
Bbe
tonal matchVoiced for Fender-style amps
Death By Audio Echo Master Black Plate
Death By Audio
tonal matchVoiced for Fender-style amps — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)
Death By Audio Echo Master
Death By Audio
tonal matchVoiced for Fender-style amps — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)
Orange - Vintage Distortion
Orange
tonal matchOrange - Vintage Distortion's warm balances out the bright tone
Alternativessee all similar tone character →
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Questions people ask
What are good alternatives to the Fender Jazzmaster?+
The closest matches in character are the Fender Jaguar, the Epiphone Riviera Electric Guitar, the Epiphone 1961 50th Anniversary Casino Reissue.
What pairs well with the Fender Jazzmaster?+
Strong matches from rig and tone-complementarity evidence: Fender Prosonic, Orange Matamp, Blackstar HT-5R Series HT-5R 5W 1x12 — Fender Prosonic leans warm right where the bright tone needs it.