Fender Jazzmaster
Manufacturer	Fender
Period	1958 — 1977; 1993 — present
Construction
Body type	Solid
Neck joint	Bolt-on
Scale	25. Fender Musical Instruments Corporation of Quincy Illinois is a manufacturer of stringed instruments such as solid-body Electric guitars including the Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) 5"
Woods
Body	Alder
Neck	Maple
Fretboard	Rosewood
Hardware
Bridge	"Floating" Tremolo
Pickup(s)	2 wide Single-coil, specially designed
Colors available
(American Vintage Series, as of 2005) 3-Tone Sunburst, Olympic White, Black, Ocean Turquoise, Surf Green, Ice Blue Metallic (other colors may be available)

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Contents 1 Features 2 Influence 3 Imitations and Reissues 4 Modification 5 Colors 6 References

Features

The 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 25-1/2” scale length, lead and rhythm circuit switching with independent volume and tone controls, and a floating tremolo with tremolo lock, were other keys to the Jazzmaster'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. A tremolo arm or tremolo bar (also called a "whammy bar" or "wang bar" is a lever attached to the bridge and/or the Tailpiece of

The body is larger than that of other Fender guitars, necessitating a more spacious guitar case. The Jazzmaster had unique wide, white "soapbar" pickups that were unlike any other single coil. Jazzmaster pickups are often confused with Gibson's P90 pickups although their construction is similar but not identical. The coil is wound flat and wide, in contrast to Fender's usual tall and thin coils. This gives them a warmer tone that is without losing their single coil clarity. The Jazzmaster has a mellower, jazzier tone than the Strat, although it wasn't embraced by jazz musicians. (Joe Pass, however, used one during his stay at Synanon. Joe Pass (born Joseph Anthony Passalaqua, January 13, 1929, New Brunswick, New Jersey, U Synanon initially a Drug rehabilitation program was founded by Charles "Chuck" Dederich Sr ) Instead, rock guitarists used the instrument, especially for surf rock. Surf rock is a style of music that originated in the USA that mixes elements of Surf music and Rock music, and partially due to the number of Mexican The Ventures and The Fireballs were prominent Jazzmaster users. The Ventures are an American Instrumental rock band formed in 1958 in Tacoma, Washington. The Fireballs, sometimes billed as Jimmy Gilmer and the Fireballs, is an American Rock and roll group The Jazzmaster also played a part in the Indorock scene, with guitarist Andy Tielman creating a 10-string Jazzmaster using a red-hot nail to burn holes for the extra tuning pegs in his Jazzmaster's headstock. Indorock is a musical genre originating in the 1950s in the Netherlands and Europe The Tielman Brothers were the first Indonesian band that successfully went international in the 1950s ^[1]. This marked the beginning of a long tradition of often-unusual DIY Jazzmaster modifications throughout the next decades.

Fender recognized the need for a purpose-designed surf-guitar, and introduced the 24" scale Fender Jaguar, with a shorter scale, built-in mute, chrome decorations and more Strat-like pickups. The Fender Jaguar is an Electric guitar which was introduced in 1962 The main aspect that deterred jazz players was the Jazzmaster's tendency to produce feedback, especially if the body cavity were left without magnetic shielding. Audio Feedback (also known as the Larsen effect after the Danish scientist Søren Larsen who first discovered its principles is a special kind of Feedback More experimentally-minded rock artists like Sonic Youth and My Bloody Valentine later embraced this as a new way to color their music. Sonic Youth is an American Alternative rock band formed in New York City in 1981 My Bloody Valentine are an Alternative rock band formed in Dublin Ireland in 1984 and predominantly based in London. The Jazzmaster was also the first Fender guitar carrying a separate rosewood fingerboard with clay dot position inlays glued into a 2-piece maple neck and a 4-ply brown tortoise shell pickguard, although from 1958 to mid 1959 they came with a 1-ply gold anodized pickguard.

Some early pre-production/prototype examples came with a 1-piece maple neck, a rubber fingerboard and/or a black painted aluminum pickguard. Rosewood became a standard fretboard material on other Fender models around 1959. Binding was added to the Jazzmaster fretboard in 1965, and in 1966 the dot markings were replaced by pearloid blocks. An optional maple fingerboard with black binding and block inlays (black and painted, unlike the pearl inlays previously used) was briefly offered in the mid-1970s.

The Jazzmaster was officially discontinued in 1980, although some reports suggest no guitars were actually made after 1977 and guitars sold from 1977-1980 were old stock. The Jazzmaster was re-introduced in 1986 as a 1962 reissue model from Fender's Japanese factory. The American Vintage Series version was introduced in 1999. In 2007 Fender announced plans for a 'thin skin' Jazzmaster reissue with vintage nitrocellulose finish. Nitrocellulose (also cellulose nitrate, flash paper) is a highly flammable compound formed by Nitrating Cellulose through exposure to The finish on the AVRI series is also nitro, but sprayed over a modern polyurethane undercoat. A polyurethane, commonly abbreviated PU, is any Polymer consisting of a chain of organic units joined by urethane links

Influence

Jazzmasters, along with Jaguars and their imitators, fell out of fashion among players during the 1970s largely due to their "old-fashioned" appearance and sonic characteristics. The 70s rock sound meant "fat" humbucker tone and lots of sustain, so guitarists gravitated toward the Gibson Les Paul and its copies. Rock music is a genre of Popular music often though not necessarily employing Electric guitar, Bass guitar, and Drums. The Gibson Les Paul is a solidbody Electric guitar originally developed in the early 1950s The Jazzmaster's short sustain and warm piano-like tone was not favored. Fender continued to offer the Jazzmaster as part of its product line until 1980, however many collectors believe actual production ceased around 1976, with guitars sold after that period representing unsold inventory. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Due to the unwanted, pawn-shop status of the guitars, young musicians were able to purchase the instruments very cheaply, obtaining the high quality guitars for little money.

Just as Fender discontinued the Jazzmaster Tom Verlaine of Television, and Elvis Costello started giving the guitar a cult following. Tom Verlaine (born Thomas Miller, December 13 1949, in Morristown New Jersey) is a Singer, Songwriter and Guitarist Television, formed in New York City in 1973 is an American Rock music band Elvis Costello (born Declan Patrick MacManus 25 August 1954 is an English Musician and Singer-songwriter, with Irish ancestry Thus, they were later embraced by the American grunge and indie rock scene. Indie rock is genre of Alternative rock that primarily exists in the independent Underground music scene Sonic Youth are notorious for the hoard of Jazzmasters they acquired starting around 1988 while the guitars were still affordable, and for their unique customization jobs (e. g. Lee Ranaldo's "Jazzblaster" with Fender Wide Range pickups). Lee M Ranaldo (born February 3 1956) is an American Singer, Guitarist writer and record producer best known as a co-founder of the The Fender Wide Range Humbucker is a Humbucker Guitar pickup, designed by Seth Lover for Fender in the early 1970s S. Y. were also famous for playing on the strings below the bridge (near the tailpiece) to get church-bell-like tones; this is sometimes referred to as 3rd Bridge technique. The 3rd bridge is an extended playing technique used on mainly electric guitars such as the Fender Jazzmaster that has the strings continue through to the Other bands, such as Yes picked behind the nut to achieve similar sounds (on other guitar models), but in a Guitar World interview, Sonic Youth rejected this practice as "art rock". Yes are an English Progressive rock band that formed in London in 1968. Guitar World is a monthly Music Magazine devoted to Guitarists It contains original interviews album and gear Art rock is a term describing a subgenre of Rock music that tends to have "experimental or avant-garde influences" and emphasizes "novel sonic texture Ranaldo even has a pickup mounted behind the bridge on one of his guitars. With the increasing visibility of old Jazzmasters, and the prices of old Telecasters and Stratocasters soaring out of sight in the 1990s, Jazzmasters became highly valuable. Thefts of vintage Jazzmasters from Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr, and The Raveonettes in recent years illustrate this. Sonic Youth had nine Jazzmasters stolen from them in July 1999, along with dozens of other items.

Robert Smith of The Cure used two Jazzmasters (which he creatively named Black Torty & White Torty) for the majority of his band's early work. The Cure are an English rock band that formed in Crawley, West Sussex in 1976 J Mascis of Dinosaur Jr is a noted Jazzmaster devotee, and as of 2007 Fender produces a signature J Mascis Jazzmaster model. J Mascis (born Joseph Donald Mascis on December 10 1965) is an American Musician, perhaps best-known as the singer Guitarist Mascis uses a Tune-o-matic bridge, however. Tune-o-matic (also abbreviated to TOM) is a name of fixed bridge design for Electric guitars It was designed by Ted McCarty ( Gibson The stock Jazzmaster continues to have a cultlike following in the "shoegaze"/ "dream pop" community, which values the buzzing, otherworldly sounds made possible by Leo's bridge design. Shoegazing (also known as shoegaze or shoegazer) is a genre of Alternative rock that emerged from the United Kingdom in the late 1980s Kevin Shields of My Bloody Valentine uses them as his main guitars, and bandmate Bilinda Butcher used them in addition to her Jaguars. Kevin Patrick Shields (born Queens New York City, US on May 21, 1963) is a singer guitarist and producer who fronted the London My Bloody Valentine are an Alternative rock band formed in Dublin Ireland in 1984 and predominantly based in London. Bilinda Jayne Butcher (born September 16, 1961 in London) is the vocalist/guitarist for the rock band My Bloody Valentine. A closeup picture of a Jazzmaster is featured as the cover of their critically-acclaimed album, Loveless (1991). Loveless is the second Studio album by Alternative rock band My Bloody Valentine. One is also depicted on the cover of Band of Susans' Blessing And Curse EP (1987), although the band is more noted for their use of G&L guitars. Band of Susans was a Noise rock band formed in New York City in 1986. G&L is a Guitar design and production company founded by Leo Fender, George Fullerton and Dale Hyatt in the late 1970s Sean Eden of Luna used a Jazzmaster during his time with the band. LUNA was a computer product line of OMRON Tateishi Electric from the late 1980s and the beginning of 1990s Steven Page of Barenaked Ladies used a reissued Jazzmaster during the period of the band's second album, Maybe You Should Drive, and still occasionally uses it in studio. This article is about the Canadian musician for the Australian choreographer see Stephen Page. Barenaked Ladies (often abbreviated BNL or occasionally BnL) is a Juno -winning and Grammy -nominated Canadian Alternative Maybe You Should Drive (commonly abbreviated MYSD) was the second full-length album by Barenaked Ladies.

Ira Kaplan of Yo La Tengo favors a Jazzmaster as well as other vintage Fender guitars, often playing behind-the-back solos in concert. Yo La Tengo is an American Indie rock band based in Hoboken, New Jersey. Nels Cline, solo artist and current (2007) lead guitarist of Wilco, has also used the Jazzmaster as his main guitar for decades. Nels Cline (born in Los Angeles in 1956 is an American Guitarist and Composer. Wilco is an American rock band based in Chicago, Illinois. The band was formed in 1994 by the remaining members of Alternative country group Jazzmasters are popular with many other alternative and indie rock bands - Adam Franklin of Swervedriver, Emma Anderson of Lush, Wayne Coyne and Steven Drozd of The Flaming Lips, Tim Gane and Mary Hansen of Stereolab, Thom Yorke of Radiohead, Aaron North of Nine Inch Nails and Mike Einziger of Incubus all have used Jazzmasters. Swervedriver is an English Alternative rock band from Oxford. Lush were an English Shoegazing band formed in 1988 and disbanded in 1996 The Flaming Lips (formed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in 1983 is an American rock band Mary Hansen ( 1 November 1966 &ndash 9 December 2002) was a guitarist and singer with Stereolab. Stereolab are an Alternative music band formed in 1990 in London, England Radiohead Aaron Wright North, born March 22, 1979, is the singer and guitar player for Jubilee, and the former guitarist of The Icarus Line and Incubus is a Grammy -nominated Alternative rock band based out of Calabasas, California.

Ric Ocasek of The Cars played a distinctive pink 1974 model. The Cars were an American rock band that emerged from the early New Wave music scene in the late 1970s Jimi Hendrix regularly played a Jazzmaster in blues bands before becoming famous, and on his hit "Fire"; this guitar is now owned by actor Steven Seagal. James Marshall Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix) (November 27 1942 – September 18 1970 was an American Guitarist, Singer and Songwriter Steven F Seagal (born April 10 1951 is an American Action movie Actor, producer, writer director, Martial artist

In 1958 or 1959 Leo Fender sent a white Jazzmaster to Luther Perkins (Johnny Cash's lead guitar player) who used it for a few years. Clarence Leonidas Fender ( August 10, 1909 - March 21, 1991) also known as Leo Fender, was an American inventor who Luther Monroe Perkins ( January 8, 1928 – August 5, 1968) was an American Country music Guitarist renowned for his Johnny Cash (born J R Cash; February 26 1932 - September 12 2003 was a Grammy Award -winning American country Singer-songwriter.

Ex-Babyshambles guitarist Patrick Walden usually performed using an Olympic White 1960 Fender Jazzmaster, with a 1985 Jazzmaster as backup. This article is about the band Babyshambles For the song see Babyshambles (song Babyshambles are an English Patrick George Walden (born October 5 1978) is best known as the former guitarist for Babyshambles.

Imitations and Reissues

There are a wide array of budget-priced overseas Jazzmaster imitations, particularly from the 1960s and '70s. Dillion, Yamaha, Framus, Teisco, Aria, Jansen, Harmony, National, and Demel are some of the companies who indulged, mainly to capitalize on the surf rock sound of the 1960s. Surf rock is a style of music that originated in the USA that mixes elements of Surf music and Rock music, and partially due to the number of Mexican Many of the modern copies replace the Jazzmaster's bridge and tremolo setup with a Stratocaster-derived assembly, altering the character of the guitar considerably but making it more palatable to players used to the Strat. The vintage copies are rising in price, with guitars costing under $100 as little as 5 years ago now selling for as much as $600. Fender eventually got the offset-waist body shape patented, putting an end to the 'copy era'.

Fender's Japanese facility is noted for the high quality of its offset-waist guitars. These MIJ or CIJ (Made or Crafted In Japan) reissues have been sporadically available outside Japan since the late 1980s, either from Japanese dealers willing to ship overseas, or from US dealers who have imported them. However, the "C. I. J. " Jazzmasters are often criticized for essentially having narrow Stratocaster pickups inside the wide soapbar Jazzmaster housings, thus giving the guitar a Strat/Jaguar "honk" rather than the classic, mellow Jazzmaster sound. Since 1996, its Squier offshoot has manufactured a budget version called the Jagmaster, though its humbucker pickups and Stratocaster-style bridge give it a much different, "hard rock" sound. The Squier Jagmaster is an Electric guitar marketed by the Fender Musical Instruments Corporation under their Squier budget brand A conventional humbucker (or Humbucking pickup) is a type of Electric guitar pickup that uses two coils both generating string signal The Fender Stratocaster, often referred to as the Strat, is a model of Electric guitar designed by Leo Fender, George Fullerton and Freddie Tavares

In May 2008 Fender introduced the Classic Player Series Jazzmaster, which is made in Mexico and sells for under $1000. Fender have made numerous changes to the classic design, however, replacing the bridge with a Tune-o-matic type, giving it a 9. 5" fretboard radius, moving the tremolo plate closer to the bridge and installing high output pickups. [2]

The same month saw also the introduction of the Elvis Costello Jazzmaster, the second signature Jazzmaster model made at the Corona facility - a faithful replication of Elvis Costello's heavily modified late-1960s Jazzmaster used during his 1977 debut album, My Aim is True. Elvis Costello (born Declan Patrick MacManus 25 August 1954 is an English Musician and Singer-songwriter, with Irish ancestry Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays My Aim Is True is the debut album by Elvis Costello. The album was recorded at Pathway Studios in Islington, London, over This signature Jazzmaster guitar features a solid walnut body and a modified tremolo bridge for Costello's trademark "spy movie" sound.

Modification

Many guitar players find fault with the design of the bridge, which features saddles that have many grooves cut into them (similar to screw threads). The idea behind this design was that you could space your strings to best suit your needs. In reality, the strings may jump out of the grooves when playing with force. The problem is worse on Japanese-made (reissue) Jazzmasters. The saddles on the Japanese Jazzmasters have more shallow grooves than their American-made counterparts (vintage or reissue). The cheap and easy solution to this problem is to deepen the string grooves with a file.

Rattling saddles can also be an issue with stock Jazzmaster bridges. However the saddles can be locked in place by setting the bridge baseplate relatively close to the body while adjusting the individual saddles upward, and using the posts to adjust action. Many Jazzmaster players as a solution replace the Jazzmaster bridge with a Fender Mustang-style bridge which is more solid in construction, however with some setups the strings can rattle against or contact the back of the Mustang bridge, meaning that buzz will not be reduced. The Fender Mustang is an Electric guitar by the Fender Musical Instruments Corporation, introduced in 1964 as the basis of a major redesign of Fender's One remedy for buzzing saddles while keeping the stock bridge is to dip the entire bridge assembly in melted wax, similar to how microphonic pickups are treated. The wax fills the screw threads and dries holding the metal parts in place. The excess wax will fall off over time as the guitar is played.

The rocking action of the bridge is often misunderstood; the unit is mounted on pointed screws resting in metal cups. These cups rest in holes drilled into the body, the entire assembly held in place by string pressure alone. The bridge pivots at its base when the tremolo is used, causing the saddles to move back and forth with the slackening strings. When the bridge is adjusted too high up or during heavy palm muting, it occasionally can be knocked in one direction or another causing tuning problems. Some players fixed the bridge posts with tape or silicone tubing, which sacrificed some tuning stability under trem use. The original bridge works well when properly set up, as long as the player's style doesn't involve heavy palm muting or extremely hard picking.

It must be remembered that the Jazzmaster was designed to play in a Jazz style, in an era when . 12 gauge strings were considered light, and the 3rd (G) string was wound. The bridge works well under these conditions. It is only when players fit modern . 10-. 09 light gauge strings and play in a Rock style that involves far more string bending and palm muting than is common in Jazz that the problems arise. Those guitarists who do use Jazzmasters for rock tend to use heavy strings and play in a chordal or arpeggiated style.

Another Jazzmaster modification is the addition of a "Buzz Stop", a bar that mounts above the tremolo system and increases the angle of the strings behind the bridge which supposedly decreases string buzz. Some players claim that such implements are not necessary, and will force the bridge forward on some examples, as well as cause string binding. Some players however enjoy the increase in string tension and tonal change on a guitar equipped with this device.

A more radical modification is to replace the Fender bridge entirely with a Tune-o-matic bridge intended for a Gibson guitar. Tune-o-matic (also abbreviated to TOM) is a name of fixed bridge design for Electric guitars It was designed by Ted McCarty ( Gibson The Gibson-style ABR bridge is a relatively simple replacement, but has saddles curved for a 12" fingerboard radius, which is flatter than the Jazzmaster's traditional 7. 25" radius, but some players consider the benefits of increased string tension, less buzzing and a more solid feel to be worth it.

Colors

The Jazzmaster is currently produced in the following colors:

• 3-Color Sunburst
• Olympic White
• Black
• Ocean Turquoise
• Surf Green
• Ice Blue Metallic

Their pickguards come in Mint Green or Brown Shell colors. A Sunburst is a design or figure commonly used in architectural ornaments and design patterns It consists of parts radiating out from a central disk in the manner

Jazzmasters featured bound necks with block pearloid inlays from 1966 until the end of their original run in 1977; the headstocks were also larger ("CBS-style") in this era.

They have featured matching headstocks (headstocks painted the same color as the body) at several points, on and off, throughout the guitar's history. Matched-headstock versions generally fetch a higher price and are currently not in production.

In July of 2007, Fender released the J Mascis signature Jazzmaster, in honour of the Dinosaur Jr frontman. J Mascis (born Joseph Donald Mascis on December 10 1965) is an American Musician, perhaps best-known as the singer Guitarist This model is much the same as previous Jazzmaster models aside from its Adjust-o-matic bridge (the Fender equivalent of the Gibson Tune-o-matic bridge), and its unusual purple sparkle finish. The Gibson Guitar Corporation of Nashville Tennessee, USA is a manufacturer of acoustic and Electric guitars The company's most popular guitar Tune-o-matic (also abbreviated to TOM) is a name of fixed bridge design for Electric guitars It was designed by Ted McCarty ( Gibson It is currently the only model of Jazzmaster in production with a matching headstock. ^[2] In the past, a Nokie Edwards (of The Ventures) signature model was produced in Japan, without rhythm circuit. Nokie Edwards born Nole Floyd Edwards 9 May, 1935, in Lahoma, Oklahoma. The Ventures are an American Instrumental rock band formed in 1958 in Tacoma, Washington. There is also a signature Elvis Costello model with a natural brown finish currently in production. Elvis Costello (born Declan Patrick MacManus 25 August 1954 is an English Musician and Singer-songwriter, with Irish ancestry

References

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