Originally marketed as a high-end guitar aimed squarely at jazz cats, the Jazzmaster instead charted its own unexpected course as a boldly original instrument. In the hands of surf, rock, punk/postpunk and alt/indie guitarists who preferred a more distinctive sound and style, it has endured as a creatively prized stage-and studio preference ever since. The 1966 Jazzmaster Deluxe Closet Classic is a nod to one of the last great original Leo Fender-era designs of the mid 1960s. A hand-selected two-piece alder body wears a Deluxe Closet Classic lacquer finish for a slightly worn but well-taken-care-of look. The rift-sawn maple neck has a ’62-style Jazzmaster “C” profile, topped by a comfortable vintage compound-radius (7.25”-9.5”) round-lam rosewood fingerboard with pearl-dot position markers and 21 medium vintage frets.
Hand-wound vintage Jazzmaster pickups are wired to the model’s signature rhythm and lead circuits, with master volume, master tone and three-way switch. Other features include six-saddle vintage-style adjustable bridge with “floating” tremolo tailpiece, vintage-style tuning machines, bone nut and wing string tree with nylon spacer. A deluxe hardshell case, strap and certificate of authenticity.
SERIES: Time Machine
BODY MATERIAL: 2-Piece Select Alder
BODY FINISH: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
NECK: Rift Sawn Maple
NECK FINISH: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
FINGERBOARD MATERIAL: Round-Laminated AAA Rosewood
NUMBER OF FRETS: 21
FRET SIZE: Medium Vintage
POSITION INLAYS: Mother of Pearl Dot - 7mm
NUT MATERIAL: Bone
NUT WIDTH: 1.650" (42 mm)
TUNING MACHINES: Vintage-Style
SCALE LENGTH: 25.5" (648 mm)
BRIDGE: Vintage-Style Floating Tremolo with Tremolo Lock Button and Push-In Tremolo Arm
PICKUPS:
Neck: Custom Shop Hand-Wound Jazzmaster
Bridge: Custom Shop Hand-Wound Jazzmaster
PICKUP SWITCHING: 3-Position Toggle: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge And Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup
CONTROLS: Lead Circuit Controls (Slide Switch Down): Master Volume, Master Tone; Rhythm Circuit Controls (Slide Switch Up): Two Thumbwheel Controls for Neck Pickup Volume and Tone
CONTROL KNOBS: Parchment "Witch Hat"
HARDWARE FINISH: Nickel/Chrome
STRINGS: Nickel Plated Steel (.010-.046 Gauges)
PICKGUARD: 4-Ply Tortoiseshell
CASE/GIG BAG: Deluxe Hardshell
