Model: Nashguitars JM63 Color: Vintage White Year: 2010s
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Used in...
- 2017-2024
- featured in the video of It's a Beautiful World
- Noel often plays it with the B string tuned down to A
- played live in It's a Beautiful World, The Right Stuff and Love Will Tear Us Apart
Details
Noel's go-to guitars for many tracks performed between 2017 and 2022 were two Jazzmasters, but not made by Fender: they are crafted by Bill Nash's company Nashguitars and named JM63.
Nashguitars is a small company from Olympia, WA that builds artificially aged/relic'd guitars inspired by Fender's traditional designs (Strats, Teles, etc). They are built to order and can be heavily customized.1
JM63s feature an increased neck angle for better sustain and stability,2 a roller bridge for tuning consistency, a buzz-stop tailpiece3 and specially designed Lollar pickups.
As said above, the JM63s were extensively used during the Who Built the Moon? and the EPs tours. They weren't played at the start of the Council Skies tour, but this JM63 and its black twin reappeared at the summer 2024 gigs.
Initially, only the black one was played; this white one was kept backstage as a spare until the Japan and Korea dates. During those shows, it was used for the cover of Joy Division's Love Will Tear Us Apart instead of the Edge Stratocaster.
Stickers Like its black sister, when it first appeared in 2017 it showed a large black star sticker above the tremolo plate (already seen on other guitars in the past, e.g. the white Telecaster). Between July and August 2018 another sticker (something that looks like a blue cross) was added below the tremolo plate.
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- It is not uncommon for vintage and modern Jazzmasters to need a neck shim to improve playability. ↩︎
- The buzz-stop is an ugly bracket that applies downward pressure to the strings and it purportedly removes buzz and rattle; its real utility is disputed. ↩︎
The Chief's Guitars - Noel Gallagher's guitars: a complete guide - Oasis and NGHFB 