Was there ever a Jazzmaster...

[huggernaut]

with natural finish, no rhythm circuit, trem, but made in Mexico?

This is on my CL

http://newyork.craigslist.org/brk/msg/2818700819.html

And I've been itching for a JM pretty badly, but what's the deal here?

I asked about it and he said if I had more questions, I could search online because he didn't know much about it.

[GardenoftheDead]

I would personally ask for a serial number so you could verify that it's a Fender at all. It's possible that he bought it from someone who modded it to remove the rhythm circuit.

[aen]

Probably a refinished blacktop with a proper bridge pickup.

[cheesecats]

Probably a refinished blacktop with a proper bridge pickup.

this looks about right, judging by the headstock decal.

[kosta]

Yeah, looks like the finish was stripped to me too. I call that foxy.

[sonidero]

Yeah the second line is "Guitar is in excellent condition, it has been worked on by my luthier recently." I think they were going for a Thurston thing... Looks cool though...

[sonidero]

[01010111]

Probably a refinished blacktop with a proper bridge pickup.

this looks about right, judging by the headstock decal.

It also looks like it doesn't have a locking trem which is another blacktop trait. If I was betting money, I'd bet this was a blacktop, but also I would bet that this is a pretty nice blacktop jazzy if the work was done well.

[dub]

Looks nice. I've been considering picking up a cheap Squier Mascis and doing something similar.

[snipelfritz]

Probably a refinished blacktop with a proper bridge pickup.

And a new bridge.

[bob the r0bot]

Does that colour remind anyone else of freshly sharpened pencils?