2024 Waterslide Jazzmaster-Style Electric Guitar

Overview: This is the third Waterslide build I've had through the shop and, like the last couple, this one is built to high spec, feels great in the hands, and has an interesting palette of sounds that turns it into a "secret weapon" sort-of guitar when you're confronted with recording or just need one guitar at a show that can do the lifting of 3 or 4. Did I mention that it looks great, too?

Tone: The TV Jones Classic humbuckers are more or less direct FilterTron copycat pickups and, as a result, in this guitar they have their usual sound -- clean, balanced, easy on the ears, and with a high-end that's clear-sounding but not harsh. It's a very "round" sound right off the bat. This guitar does, however, have a Varitone-style switch on the upper bout that allows for cycling through various settings that widen the overall sound a lot.

Feel: It has a fatter-feeling, C-shaped neck. It's not giant and the depth is somewhat like a '50s Gibson, but the shoulders are rounder, overall. It kind-of plays similar to an early-'60s Harmony acoustic neck in heft, though the playing feel is a lot faster.

Interesting features: The translucent tortoise-style pickguard looks excellent and the knobs for the master tone/volume controls are their own beautiful, retro thing. The whole finish is lightly-relic'd from the builder and so it has an instant "at home" feel about it. The Descendant whammy/vibrato is a great piece of hardware, too, especially if you want to be playing typical "shoegaze swell" stuff (constant use) that taxes the tuning and stability a lot.

Repairs included: It got a quick setup and it's ready to go.

• Weight: 7 lbs 12 oz
• Scale length: 25 1/2"
• Nut width: 1 11/16"
• Neck shape: medium-fat C
• Board radius: 10"
• Body width: 13 1/2"
• Body depth: 1 1/2"
• Body wood: alder
• Bridge: Mustang-style
• Fretboard: rosewood
• Neck wood: maple
• Pickups: 2x TV Jones Classic humbuckers
• Action height at 12th fret: 1/16” overall (fast, spot-on)
• String gauges: 46w-10
• Truss rod: adjustable
• Neck relief: straight
• Fret style: medium

Condition notes: Even though it's relic'd from the manufacturer, it's still "as-new" and quite clean with no fretwear or obvious sings of heavy-handed handling. The owner just didn't bond with the heftier neck profile and so it didn't get much use until it arrived here at the shop and now folks are picking it up and admiring it each day.

It comes with: It has a nice, plastic-shell, new hard case.

Consignor tag: VMC