Fender FSR Japan Jazzmaster, Pink Paisley Overview
Fender Jazzmaster Pink Paisley Japan FSR Overview by GAK
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
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 synonymous with "alternative" music that it's secured a place alongside the bigger brothers, Stratocaster and Telecaster. Celebrating 60 years of offset-contour-body, Fender
- Body Finish: Polyester
- Body Material: Alder
- Bridge Pickup: Single-Coil Jazzmaster
- Neck Pickup: Single-Coil Jazzmaster
- Bridge: 6-Saddle Vintage-Style Adjustable & “Floating” Tremolo Tailpiece
- Case/Gig Bag: Gig Bag
- Fingerboard: Rosewood
- Radius: 7.25" (184.1 mm)
- Fret Size: Vintage Style
- Neck Finish: Polyester
- Neck Shape: "U" Shape
- Number of Frets: 21
- Nut Material: Bone
- Nut Width: 1.650" (42 mm)
- Strings: NPS, .009-.042 Gauges
- Machine Heads: Chrome Die-Cast