Elvis Costello talks about his Fender® Jazzmaster® guitar | Fender 

Crazy drummer same here! I am going to buy a "jazzmaster" by Tagima (here in Brazil Fenders costs more than cars!).

I'm having that dream more and more. Tomorrow, I'll be, like, fuck rent, and buy a JMJM

Too bad his first 5 or 6 albums were so great and since then he sucks imo. Sure Trust is one of the good ones. my fave is This years model. I know most of the great talents mellow and their music gets worse (imo) but Graham Parker has done better in his later years.

@@oppothumbs1 Just because he made other music that "your favs" doesn't mean he sucked since then, it just means you're closed minded or unrefined. How many albums have you made, and in how many genres?

I dunno I liked Costello's angry image but it wouldn't suit him nowadays.

@@oppothumbs1 Brutal Youth (1994) is a really good record with the Attractions

Elvis has always been a lover of every kind of music. The 'angry young man' was an act that he adopted for eighteen months to get himself noticed, to get a foot in the door. That's what you did then - and, I guess, probably still do - if you're trying to get a break. Adopt a persona that might get you on TV or on the radio! He is, and always has been, an incredibly thoughtful musician with a labyrinthine knowledge of all genres of popular music.

I wasn't there, but it happened at the old Sweetwater location in Mill Valley CA after some charity event or possibly the BAM (Bay Area Music) annual awards show. I had recently moved to San Francisco, and learned about Sweetwater and its neighboring business, the incredible Village Music record store, from an interview with Elvis published around the same time. A week or two later, I recall poring over a photo of Elvis and Jerry jamming on the night in question, probably in the pages of the BAM alt-weekly paper. Elvis was sporting the rabbinical look seen on the cover of the Mighty Like a Rose album, and I doubt I'd have recognized him without the caption, but seeing Garcia with a Jazzmaster would have clued me that something unusual was happening. :) In a later interview with Garcia in a guitar magazine, Jerry said Elvis uses extremely heavy-gauge strings on the Jazzmaster-he joked they were like steel cables-and said he found it challenging to do bends and vibrato with that setup.

Even more impressive is his mention of Garnet Mimms

I've never seen any footage or a single photo of Lloyd playing a Jazzmaster actually, Verlaine of course as well as Jags, but Lloyd only ever strats and teles. Maybe he did at some shows back then that there's no evidence of that Elvis may have seen.

Could be Tru-oil gunstock finish.

Yes I was very pleased to hear he liked that record and it makes sense too

Zachary Piazza Yeah man. Love for "Marquee Moon" is what separates good ears from bad, imho.

And Verlaine and Lloyd.

Even more impressive is his mention of Garnet Mimms

+NightFly54 These guitars are incredibly popular now, they weren't popular at all back in the day.

Elvis has long been into the Dead. Participated in a tribute album for the rainforests in late 80's early 90's.

hard to imagine the connection isn't it?

I'm just trying to imagine Jerry with a jazzmaster. Something I'd like to see/hear

Honestly I wasn't surprised, they both love country and folk and Elvis also played with Dylan...honestly Costello has been able to collaborate and play with with so many famous musicians at this point it's insane

Elvis claims he can be seen in a photo on the Europe '72 jacket, huddling with fellow fans at the mud-encrusted Bickersham Festival show. He says friends gave him grief for going to see that hippie band, but he loved the show. Seek out Elvis's covers of Ship of Fools. There's a studio version on the Deadicated save-the-rainforest CD, and a great live version by Elvis with Steve Nieve (at the Fillmore in SF in 1996) on the Costello & Nieve box set. In the Fillmore set, Elvis announces that he'd last played the tune the day of Garcia's death.

+Rex Mundi no,he"s furious!

It's hard to be angry with a jazzmaster in your hands.

Update- Listen to his latest offering. He's baaaaack!

True. Fender already had two iconic guitars (Telecaster and Stratocaster), it was competing with itself with the Jazzmaster and Jaguar.

Elitist snobs talk trash about anything that isn't $5k or more. Too bad they are missing out on the best. Biggest snob points- "tonewood", MI China/Indonesia/Mexico/U.S., maple vs rosewood, ect. 90% of people listening couldn't pick an Epi from a Gibby in a blind listen test.

GH my absolute fave. I think I played it over and over for a year straight after I got home each day, in my final year of high school. Good way to burn off the pain of 'orrible high school

Good story dude

Tom Verlaine wasn't enough to put it on the map???? I don't know anything about what gear he used, maybe he was more associated w/ another guitar.

If you know what you're doing, no need for a Mastery. Or if you like the lady like 9's on your guitar, you'll need a Mastery.

Give his music a listen as a cross section of albums. He's done virtually every style as of the 2020's.

Honestly listen to his first album, decide if you like his punk songs or his ballads more, and then use that to determine which albums to listen to next

+Rob Castro Wow, really? Interesting. I can relate though. I have a 78 strat and an 82 tele. I played my friend's gibson and hated it. I purchased a late 70's Rick but returned it 2 days later as it has not feel and poor sound to me. The axe is truly personal, don't you agree? Cheers.

Kenneth Trimble Definitely. Maybe that is why some guitar players have names for their guitars. I'm one of them. Cheers.

+Kenneth Trimble I would return the Rick because I realize how much I spent on the guitar lol I was brought up to believe that the guitarist makes the guitar sound good and I still believe that don't get me wrong I love my fenders that I have but in high school I played a 1950s guitar from a Sears catalog back in 06 through 08 and I still wish I had it cause it was such a slick guitar and I shredded the fuck out of it.

They're licensed to make Fender copies. Decent guitars for a lower price.

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wow I can hear Blame It On Cain!!!!

raggidedg , he’s a smashing guy

Cobain was a (shorter-scale) Jaguar player

***** Ah…i see. I just checked it out. "" Jazzmaster pickups are often confused with Gibson's P-90 pickups. Although they look similar, they are constructed differently. Whereas the polepieces of the JM pickups are magnets, the P-90 has its magnets placed underneath the coil. The JM coil is wound flat and wide, even more so than the P-90. This is in contrast to Fender's usual tall and thin coils. This "pancake winding" gives them a warmer tone without losing their single coil clarity.""

+mytoobusr 'Soap dish', I believe they are known as. I think Eric Clapton sometimes played a Jazzmaster back in his days with The Yardbirds, although he mostly played a Telecaster then.

Jags are much "twangier". JM are warmer/slightly beefier for lack of a better description. Jags are almost too bright. So....you'll need to buy both.