I’m a guitarist. Like most guitarists, I have a favorite model of guitar: the Fender Jazzmaster. First, just a little history about the guitar. Fender first released the Jazzmaster in the late 1950s as a mode of reaching out to jazz musicians. However, most jazz musicians ended up still using the other brands due to the Jazzmaster’s innate ability to produce feedback, something that jazz doesn’t really call for. But the model gained a huge following among surf rock bands of the 1960s, the first place where the instrument came to prominence. Still, with a warm tone and a lack of sustain, most 70s rock guitarists favored the mighty Gibson Les Paul, while Fender purists went back to the Stratocaster. That left Jazzmasters as pawn shop guitars, cheap yet high quality. So, many notable bands have picked Jazzmasters up since the 1950s, and many guitarists use primarily Jazzmasters. Below are some of my favorite songs recorded using the model.