It seems that the JM trem has gained sort of a cult following. Some of the more"retro" boutique brands like Novo and BilT are making heavy use of them.I suppose a valid question is, why would there need to be an option for a JM tremolo on a Strat body when there are many suitable alternatives?
It seems that the JM trem has gained sort of a cult following. Some of the more"retro" boutique brands like Novo and BilT are making heavy use of them.
I think guitar sellers decided to up values/sales by turning on the offset hype machine.I still wonder why, each to their own of course. But perhaps as I am older, I don't have the "nostalgia" for offsets and related parts.
In the 1960s a NZ company did just that. The Jansen Invader. It was my first real electric guitar that was playable. My brother-in-law tried to play guitar during the Surfing Era, didn't work out so it was stuck in his old bedroom at his parents' place. When he found out I was playing guitar on a crappy acoustic he suggested 'lending' it to me. Strat body, JM trem (yuk, never worked well for me), 24.75" scale, rosewood fretboard, maple neck, Jaguar switch plate which allowed all 3 on or neck & bridge combos, so it was unique in that regards. I handed it back to him when I got a Fender Strat. Took a while for me to understand that the Fender was harder to play due to it's longer scale.I suppose a valid question is, why would there need to be an option for a JM tremolo on a Strat body when there are many suitable alternatives?