About This Listing

This is a fantastic Fender Jazzmaster, made in the USA in 1963. It shows play wear but there is no serious or structural damage, just honest wear from use. The guitar is all original except the pots on the rhythm circuit, and it has been refretted. Neck date is February 1963, and it weighs 7 pounds and 13 ounces. This guitar has been pro-setup and is in excellent playing condition. It comes with the original case.

Listeda year ago
Condition
Brand
Model
  • Jazzmaster
Finish
  • Sunburst
Categories
Year
  • 1963
Made In
  • United States
Fretboard Material
  • Rosewood
Color Family
  • Brown
Pickup Configuration
  • SS
Body Shape
  • Double Cutaway
Right / Left Handed
  • Right Handed
Model Family
Number of Strings
  • 6-String
Neck Material
  • Maple
Wood Top Style
  • Plain
Finish Pattern
  • Sunburst
Finish Style
  • Gloss
Body Type
  • Solid Body
Body Material
  • Alder
Offset Body
  • Yes
Bridge/Tailpiece Type
  • Tremolo Tailpiece
Series
Scale Length
  • 25.5"
Fretboard Radius
  • 7.25"
Neck Construction
  • Bolt-On
Number of Frets
  • 21

About the Seller

Southside Guitars

Brooklyn, NY, United States
(2,705)
Joined Reverb:2012
Items Sold:3,541
Product Overview
Fender announced the Jazzmaster at the 1958 NAMM show as a high-end jazz guitar with an array of innovative features and sleek sports-car inspired curves. Though the model never really caught on with jazz players, it was quickly embraced by surf rock players due to its unique floating tremolo system and mellower sounding pickups. Later, the Jazzmaster would find new life as an iconic instrument for a range of indie rock players.

Years of Production:
 1958 - 1980

Unique to this Year: First full year of veneer fingerboard. Fingerboard gets thinner going forward.

Body Style: Offset solidbody 

Wood Composition: Alder body, Maple neck with veneer Brazillian Rosewood fingerboard

Design Elements: Bolt-on neck, clay dot inlays, 2 single-coil soapbox pickups, 3-way pickup selector, 25 1/2-inch scale length, treble and bass roll knobs, floating tremolo system, lead/rhythm circuit switch

Finish Specifications: Sunburst was the standard finish for the Jazzmaster in the '60s. 

Notable Players:  J Mascis, Elvis Costello, Lee Ranaldo, Kevin Shields
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