Fender 60th Anniversary '58 Jazzmaster, 2 Tone Sunburst Overview
60th Anniversary Fender '58 Jazzmaster 2 Tone Sunburst Overview by GAK
Expected March 2018
Celebrating the 60th Anniversary of the Alt-Rock Classic, the Mighty Fender Jazzmaster. Originally bought to market in 1958 designed by Freddie Tavares to address Leo Fender's need for an affordable Jazz guitar, it boasts one of the mellowist Neck Pickup sounds out there. That, coupled with the smooth vibrato from the floating tremolo unit, made for some interesting sounds, but never really found it's feet with Jazz musicians. Instead, when coupled with the "new" Fender tube driven spring reverb, the sound of surf music was created!
By the 1970's the "top of the range" Jazzmaster hadn't caught on and could be picked up in pawn shops for next to nothing compared to a Strat or Tele. Just as New Wave broke, the likes of Television, Elvis Costello and The Cure were picking up these guitars and using them in a different way. By the time Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Junior and My Bloody Valentine got around to using them, it was about as far from Jazz as you could get.
In recent years this guitar has almost become so synonamous with "alternative" music that it's secured a place alongside the bigger brothers, Stratocaster and Telecaster. Celebrating 60 years of offset-contour-body, Fender bring to market this replica of Freddie Tavares Prototype with black pickup covers, gold annodised Guard and barrel Tele knobs. Get one before they're gone.
Overview by Fender
Sixty years ago, Leo Fender introduced the Fender Jazzmaster® as the top-of-the-line electric guitar. The original ’58 Jazzmaster boasted a revolutionary offset waist, distinctive- sounding pickups, a exible rhythm/lead circuit and was the rst Fender guitar to sport a rosewood ngerboard. An homage to the original prototype of this ground-breaking guitar, the 60th Anniversary ’58 Jazzmaster is your chance to experience this game-changing instrument in its original form.
