My New Jazzmaster

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I've been doing a bit of trawling gumtree and loot.com and came across a CIJ Jazzmaster.

I took a punt on it- the deciding factor being it was £100 less than they usually go for here in the UK, although by US standards it might be a bit expensive.

It suffered from the usual problems of Japanese Jazzmaster's- stratty pickups, strings slip off the bridge.
I put a Duncan Quarterpounder in the bridge and a Jazzmaster hot in the neck.
Replaced the bridge with a mustang bridge and a whizzo buzzstop to keep the strings into the trem at a sharper angle.

I tried flatwounds but have switched to 10-52 1/2 rounds.... this lil bugger sounds great.