2007 Fender Japan '62 Jazzmaster Reissue JM66-80 (2007-2010) w/ Tune-O-Matic Bridge (MOD) - PRO SETUP - DEMO
Fender JM66-80
2007-2010
Sunburst Finish
Made in Japan
Weight: 8lbs
SN#: T053917
Nut Width: 1.650
1st Fret: 0.820
12th Fret: 0.910
Comes in a Squier Gig Bag
Luthier Notes: Three new frets. There is a ding repair on the back left corner of the neck pocket. At least 1 post was plugged and moved over to accomodate intonation. Modified to have a Tune-O-Matic bridge.
Here is a killer playing and sweet sounding tone monster from Japan. It has classic looks, vintage sound and a top tier professional set up. It has a round and full C profile neck with a 7.25 radius with a 25.5 inch scale. These are seldom sold outside of Japan and are highly sought after. Originally, the Fender Jazzmaster was an electric guitar designed as a more expensive sibling of the Fender Stratocaster. First introduced at the 1958 NAMM Show, it was initially marketed to jazz guitarists, but found favor among surf rock guitarists in the early 1960s. Its appearance is similar to the Jaguar, though it is tonally and physically different in many technical ways, including pickup design, scale length and controls. This beautiful JM66-80 comes from the fine luthiers of Fender Japan and was crafted between 2007 and 2010. It is a work horse is ready to blow you away with stunning looks, vintage vibe and incredible tone/playability. It is in perfect playing condition with nice, smooth action and a straight neck. It has a comfortable and perfectly straight maple neck with a dark, rich rosewood fretboard that has dot inlays. The headstock features the iconic "Spaghetti" Jazzmaster logo with Fender-style tuners.
This guitar is in GREAT shape and has a light, natural relic look with scattered dings, dents, scuffs and scratches that are mainly along the edges. All of these battle scars comes with the territory when you find a guitar that is fun to play and hard to put down. Don't pass on the chance to bring this Jazzmaster home!
Features:
The Jazzmaster's contoured "offset-waist" body was designed for comfort while playing the guitar in a seated position, as many jazz and blues artists prefer to do. A full 25½" scale length, 'lead' and 'rhythm' circuit switching with independent volume and tone controls, a 'floating tremolo' with tremolo lock, and a uniquely designed bridge, unique indeed, were other keys to the guitar's character. The tremolo lock can be manually activated to keep the entire guitar from going out of tune if one string breaks. The Jazzmaster also had an extra-long tremolo arm. The bridge and tremolo construction is very different from that of the Stratocaster, and gives the Jazzmaster a different resonance and generally less sustain. The bridge sits on two fulcrum points and moves back and forth with the tremolo motion. The functionality of the bridge is a topic that is widely discussed. Some consider the clipped sustain as part of the Jazzmaster sound, whereas others argue that the design is flawed. Aftermarket versions that provided more sustain and less buzz were created during the 2000s by companies such as Mastery, Staytrem and Halon.
The body is larger than that of other Fender guitars, requiring a more spacious guitar case. The Jazzmaster had unique wide, white 'soapbar' pickups that were unlike any other single coil guitar pickup. Jazzmaster pickups are often confused with Gibson's P-90 pickups. Although they look similar, they are constructed differently. Whereas the polepieces of the Jazzmaster pickups are magnets, the P-90 has its magnets placed underneath the coil. The JM coil is wound flat and wide, even more so than that of the P-90. This is in contrast to Fender's usual tall and thin coils. This 'pancake winding' gives them a warmer thicker tone without losing their single coil clarity. Additionally, due to the pickups being reverse-wound, the pickups provide a 'hum cancelling' effect in the middle pickup position. This position eliminates the typical 60-cycle mains hum that is inherent in most single-coil pickups. The Jazzmaster has a mellower, 'jazzier' tone than the Stratocaster, although it was not widely embraced by jazz musicians. Instead, rock guitarists adopted it for surf rock. The Ventures, The Surfaris, and The Fireballs were prominent Jazzmaster users.
One of the Jazzmaster's notable features is the pickup circuit featuring unusual "roller" thumbwheel controls and slide switch at the upper neck end of the pickguard. The slide switch selects between two different pickup circuits, the "lead" and "rhythm" circuits. When the switch is in the lead position, the guitar's tone is controlled by the conventional tone and volume knobs and the pickup selector switch. When it is in the rhythm position, it selects the neck pickup only with the brightness rolled off slightly due to different values of the potentiometers, and the volume and tone are controlled by the two thumbwheels; the other controls are bypassed. The intention was that this circuit would allow the performer to quickly switch to a "preset" volume and tone setting for rhythm playing. As a concession to its more conservative audience, the Jazzmaster was the first Fender guitar carrying a rosewood fingerboard instead of maple. The fingerboard had “clay dot” position inlays and was glued onto the maple neck.
Some early pre-production/prototype examples came with a one-piece maple neck, others with an ebony fingerboard and/or a black painted aluminum pickguard. Longtime Fender associate George Fullerton owned a 1957 Fiesta Red pre-production body coupled with an unusual and experimental fretboard manufactured in 1961 using vulcanised rubber – reportedly one of two ever made. Rosewood became a standard fretboard material on other Fender models around 1959. Due to the way these necks and fingerboards were assembled, the walnut 'skunk stripe' found on the back of Fender necks with maple fingerboards was absent. This was due to the truss rod being installed in the neck prior to the rosewood fingerboard being installed.
It has just been professionally set up for optimal tone and playability. The action is smooth and the intonation is spot on. It has been deep cleaned. All guitars will arrive looking and playing great. The frets have been dressed/polished and the fingerboard was cleaned. (Unfinished Rosewood and Ebony boards get treated with Fret Doctor - a proprietary all natural oil that is the best on the market) It was professionally set up and has brand new strings, the action was adjusted, the intonation is dialed in and it plays excellent. All the electronics work as they should.
* Neck is Straight and the Truss Rod Works
* Intonation is Perfect
* Professionally Set Up With Nice Action & New Strings
* Frets Dressed & Polished - Shine Like New
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