Product Overview
The Fender American Vintage II series presents a remarkably accurate take on the revolutionary designs that altered the course of musical history. Built with period-accurate bodies, necks and hardware, premium finishes and meticulously voiced, year-specific pickups, each instrument captures the essence of authentic Fender craftsmanship and tone.
The Jazzmaster was originally advertised as a guitar that contained "all the well-known Fender developments," where "every convenience is provided." Intended to provide a luxury playing experience and tempt jazz guitarists into playing solidbody electric guitars, this futuristic and comfort-contoured offset is about as far from a boxy archtop as can be imagined. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the guitar failed to catch on with the jazz crowd, but instead gained early acceptance with '60s surf, and later, indie-rock, alternative, and even country players.
The instruments in the American Vintage II series are direct descendants of the original Fenders: designed for players with a fine appreciation for vintage Fender tone and feel and built with unmatched quality, down to the last screw. These are Fender electrics in their purest form: Fender American Vintage II, the stuff of legends.
- Body: Alder
- Body Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
- Body Shape: Jazzmaster
- Control Knobs: White "Witch Hat"
- Fingerboard: Bound Round-Laminated Rosewood
- Hardware Finish: Nickel/Chrome
- Pickguard: 3-Ply Parchment
- Position Inlays: Pearloid Block
- Neck Finish: Satin Nitrocellulose Lacquer with Gloss Matching Headstock
- Neck Construction: 4-Bolt
- Neck Shape: 1966 "C"
- Neck Pickup: Custom Shop Fat '60s Single-Coil Jazzmaster
- Side Dots: Black
- Headstock: Jazzmaster
- Bridge Cover/Tailpiece: Pure Vintage Floating Tremolo with Tremolo Lock Button and Push-In Tremolo Arm
- Orientation: Right-Hand
- Configuration: SS
- Refinement Pickups: Custom Shop
- Scale Length: 25.5" (64.77 cm)
- Number of Frets: 21
- Fret Size: Medium Jumbo
- String Nut: Bone
- Nut Width: 1.650" (42 mm)
- Bridge Pickup: Custom Shop Fat '60s Single-Coil Jazzmaster
- Controls: Lead Circuit Controls (Slide Switch Down): Master Volume, Master Tone; Rhythm Circuit Controls (Slide Switch Up): Two Thumbwheel Controls for Neck Pickup Volume and Tone
- Pickup Switching: 3-Position Toggle (Lead Circuit)
- Pickup Configuration: SS
- Bridge: Pure Vintage Jazzmaster with Threaded Steel Barrel Saddles
- Tuning Machines: Pure Vintage Single Line "Fender Deluxe"
- Strings: Fender USA 250R Nickel Plated Steel (.010-.046 Gauges), PN 0730250406
- Case/Gig Bag: Black Tweed Hardshell
- Auxiliary Switching: 2-Position On/Off Slide Switch for Switching Between "Lead" and "Rhythm" Circuits
- Fingerboard Radius: 9.5" (241 mm)
- Refinement Fingerboard Radius: Modern
- Neck Material: 3A Flame Maple
- Refinement Neck Material: Maple
- Refinement Neck Shape: C Shape
- Nut Material: Bone
- Truss Rod: Vintage-Style Butt Adjust
- Truss Rod Nut: Vintage-Style Butt Adjust
