Description
Description
Signature Fender Circuits
With its comfort-contoured offset body, this futuristic electric guitar is about as far from a boxy archtop as can be imagined. Yet, the design was originally intended to provide a luxury playing experience and tempt jazz guitarists into playing solid-body electric guitars.
First advertised as a guitar that contained 'all the well-known Fender developments, where 'every convenience is provided, the Jazzmaster model introduced in 1958 was seen as a top-of-the-line-instrument in the Fender catalog. It was also the first Fender model to feature the innovative rhythm and lead circuit dreamed up by Plant Manager Forrest White, which was added to expand the tones of Jazzmaster.
While it may have failed to catch on with the jazz crowd, the American Vintage II 1966 Jazzmasters featured a more dolled-up look' including bound necks with pearloid block fingerboard inlays, as well as matching painted headstocks' all of which appealed to surf players in the '60s, and later, indie-rock, alternative, and even country players.
With its comfort-contoured offset body, this futuristic electric guitar is about as far from a boxy archtop as can be imagined. Yet, the design was originally intended to provide a luxury playing experience and tempt jazz guitarists into playing solid-body electric guitars.
First advertised as a guitar that contained 'all the well-known Fender developments, where 'every convenience is provided, the Jazzmaster model introduced in 1958 was seen as a top-of-the-line-instrument in the Fender catalog. It was also the first Fender model to feature the innovative rhythm and lead circuit dreamed up by Plant Manager Forrest White, which was added to expand the tones of Jazzmaster.
While it may have failed to catch on with the jazz crowd, the American Vintage II 1966 Jazzmasters featured a more dolled-up look' including bound necks with pearloid block fingerboard inlays, as well as matching painted headstocks' all of which appealed to surf players in the '60s, and later, indie-rock, alternative, and even country players.
Specs
Specs
General
| Series: | Fender American Vintage II |
| Country of Manufacture: | Made in the USA |
| Product Color: | Lake Placid Blue |
| Case Type: | Hardshell Case Included |
| Factory Setup: | E Standard (E-A-D-G-B-E) |
Body
| Body Material: | Alder |
Neck
| Neck Material: | Maple |
| Fingerboard Material: | Rosewood, Round-Laminated |
| Nut Material: | Bone |
| Nut Width: | 1.65" (42mm) |
| Fingerboard Radius: | 7.25" (184.1mm) |
| Scale Length: | 25.5" (647.7mm) |
| Number of Frets: | 21 Frets |
| Neck Joint: | Bolt-On |
| Fingerboard Inlay: | Pearloid Blocks |
| Inlay Shape: | Blocks |
Electronics
| Bridge Pickup: | Pure Vintage '66 Single-Coil Jazzmaster |
| Neck Pickup: | Pure Vintage '66 Single-Coil Jazzmaster |
| Controls and Switching: | Volume, Tone, Two thumbwheel Controls for Neck Pickup Volume and Tone, 3-Way Toggle |
| Electronics Notes: | Switching Bwetween Lead and Rhythm Circuits |
Hardware
| Hardware Color: | Nickel/Chrome |
| Bridge: | Pure Vintage Jazzmaster with Threaded Steel Barrel Saddles |
| Tailpiece: | Pure Vintage Floating Tremolo with Tremolo Lock Button and Push-In Tremolo Arm |
| Tuning Machines: | Pure Vintage Single Line "Fender Deluxe" |
| Pickguard: | 3-Ply Parchment |