2022 Fender American Original '60s Jazzmaster Electric Guitar

May 28, 2023

2022 Fender American Original '60s Jazzmaster Electric Guitar

There's not much more to say about this guitar other than "hoo-baby!" It's a practically new USA-built Jazzmaster in Ocean Turquoise metallic with a tortoise pickguard and bound fretboard minus the obnoxious block inlay. It's a looker!

After a quick setup, it plays spot-on, too, and is fit for service. The neck profile is pretty-much classic Fender but the board has a hair less radius (9 1/2" vs vintage-correct 7 1/4") and is a little wider at the nut than the '60s ones I encounter a lot (1 11/16" vs 1 5/8"). Both those features give it a slightly more-modern feel which most folks will find a bit more homey.

The pickups are bright and clean-sounding and the neck does a lovely "whomp" for chord-chucking when dialed-in just-so at the amp. The trem works as it should and stays in tune, though the obsessive in me would love to see a Mastery bridge on there.

Repairs included: a quick setup.

Weight: 8 lbs 2 oz

Scale length: 25 1/2"

Nut width: 1 11/16"

Neck shape: medium C

Board radius: 9 1/2"

Body width: 13 3/4"

Body depth: 1 3/4"

Body wood: alder

Bridge: trad threaded saddles

Fretboard: rosewood

Neck wood: maple