Fender Jazzmaster Solid Body Electric Guitar (1961)
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Fender Jazzmaster Model Solid Body Electric Guitar (1961), made in Fullerton, California, serial # 58318, sunburst lacquer finish, alder body, maple neck with rosewood fingerboard, original brown tolex hard shell case.
This is a beautifully weathered, played in but all-original slab-board Fender Jazzmaster from the early 1960s complete with the original brown tolex case and loaded with a bevy of classic pre-CBS Fender features. These include the first-generation thick slab unbound rosewood fingerboard with "clay" dot inlay, beautifully faded almost 2-color sunburst lacquer finish on the body and gold "Spaghetti" logo headstock decal. The pickguard is the tortoiseshell pattern nitrocellulose that was a newer Fender feature at the time, having just replaced the gold anodized guard over the summer of 1959.
This guitar has a pencil date 12-60 on the neck heel so the guitar was likely assembled and sold in the first months of 1961. These early Jazzmasters are usually very fine instruments, then sitting at the top of the Fender line with a unique feel and sound. While they never did catch on much with the jazz artists Leo intended them for this was a radically new and quite successful guitar at the time, seen with many period players across a variety of musical genres. 1960s instrumental Surf'n'twang players took to them in droves, as did many R&B and Country musicians.
After a long period in the shadows the Jazzmaster has been increasingly popular over the last couple of decades with new generations of performers re-discovering its particular charms. This guitar has been heavily played but remains largely original and sounds exactly as it should, with the bright but slightly deeper wide-range tone character specific to the Jazzmaster. The original pickups are rich and strong, and the supple trem arm still bends notes and chords with the best of 'em.
The infamous heavily played Jazzmaster that has been Nels Cline's longtime signature instrument has become a beacon for many players over the last couple of decades. This one once belonged to a band named "Dale Hutchison and the Uniques" (the ghost of the name is visible on the upper case edge) and likely served them well for some years; it is well-worn but unbowed, ready for its next 60+ years of service.
Overall length is 41 in. (104.1 cm.), 14 in. (35.6 cm.) wide at lower bout, and 1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm.) in depth, measured at side of rim. Scale length is 25 1/2 in. (648 mm.). Width of nut is 1 5/8 in. (41 mm.).
This is a pretty well-worn but a complete and all original old Jazzmaster; well used but never abused. There is a LOT of wear to the body edges but not so much on the face, which has a lovely faded sunburst that almost looks 2-tone. The neck lacquer is surprisingly clean and the frets are low but still have some life in them, there is some wear to the fingerboard up to the 7th-8th fret area with a couple of random deeper divots but nothing too serious. There is a small filled chip on the bass edge of the fingerboard between the 2nd and 3rd frets.
The trem arm is original with considerable plating wear, and half of the upper split barrel on the high E tuner is broken off which does not affect the tuner's function. There is a spot of undefined schmutz on the upper area of the headstock face that resists easy removal, but the original decal is nearly all intact. This is just a very nice worn-in old Fender, a great feeling genuine relic of a guitar that many modern builders attempt to artificially replicate. It still rests in the solid if also somewhat worn brown Tolex OHSC. Very Good + Condition.
This is a beautifully weathered, played in but all-original slab-board Fender Jazzmaster from the early 1960s complete with the original brown tolex case and loaded with a bevy of classic pre-CBS Fender features. These include the first-generation thick slab unbound rosewood fingerboard with "clay" dot inlay, beautifully faded almost 2-color sunburst lacquer finish on the body and gold "Spaghetti" logo headstock decal. The pickguard is the tortoiseshell pattern nitrocellulose that was a newer Fender feature at the time, having just replaced the gold anodized guard over the summer of 1959.
This guitar has a pencil date 12-60 on the neck heel so the guitar was likely assembled and sold in the first months of 1961. These early Jazzmasters are usually very fine instruments, then sitting at the top of the Fender line with a unique feel and sound. While they never did catch on much with the jazz artists Leo intended them for this was a radically new and quite successful guitar at the time, seen with many period players across a variety of musical genres. 1960s instrumental Surf'n'twang players took to them in droves, as did many R&B and Country musicians.
After a long period in the shadows the Jazzmaster has been increasingly popular over the last couple of decades with new generations of performers re-discovering its particular charms. This guitar has been heavily played but remains largely original and sounds exactly as it should, with the bright but slightly deeper wide-range tone character specific to the Jazzmaster. The original pickups are rich and strong, and the supple trem arm still bends notes and chords with the best of 'em.
The infamous heavily played Jazzmaster that has been Nels Cline's longtime signature instrument has become a beacon for many players over the last couple of decades. This one once belonged to a band named "Dale Hutchison and the Uniques" (the ghost of the name is visible on the upper case edge) and likely served them well for some years; it is well-worn but unbowed, ready for its next 60+ years of service.
Overall length is 41 in. (104.1 cm.), 14 in. (35.6 cm.) wide at lower bout, and 1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm.) in depth, measured at side of rim. Scale length is 25 1/2 in. (648 mm.). Width of nut is 1 5/8 in. (41 mm.).
This is a pretty well-worn but a complete and all original old Jazzmaster; well used but never abused. There is a LOT of wear to the body edges but not so much on the face, which has a lovely faded sunburst that almost looks 2-tone. The neck lacquer is surprisingly clean and the frets are low but still have some life in them, there is some wear to the fingerboard up to the 7th-8th fret area with a couple of random deeper divots but nothing too serious. There is a small filled chip on the bass edge of the fingerboard between the 2nd and 3rd frets.
The trem arm is original with considerable plating wear, and half of the upper split barrel on the high E tuner is broken off which does not affect the tuner's function. There is a spot of undefined schmutz on the upper area of the headstock face that resists easy removal, but the original decal is nearly all intact. This is just a very nice worn-in old Fender, a great feeling genuine relic of a guitar that many modern builders attempt to artificially replicate. It still rests in the solid if also somewhat worn brown Tolex OHSC. Very Good + Condition.