 1964 Fender JazzMaster Candy Apple Red VINTAGEBeauty  US $5,950.00
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 1965 Fender Jazzmaster wiring harness no pickups US $126.50
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 One pair original 1960s Fender Jazzmaster pickup covers US $79.00
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 Original 1960s Fender Jazzmaster bridge complete unit US $112.00
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 Original 60s Fender Jazzmaster brass shielding complete US $49.95
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 1961 Fender JAZZMASTER Olympic White 100 ORIGINAL US $10,500.00
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 1963 FENDER JAZZMASTER PICKUP US $299.00
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 1963 Fender Jaguar Jazzmaster Hardshell Case 1964 US $10.50
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 1965 Fender Jazzmaster Refin Player w Brown Tolex Case US $1,005.00
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 Vintage 1965 Fender Jazzmaster Electric Guitar US $3,400.00
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 FENDER 1958 1968 JAGUAR JAZZMASTER BRIDGE COVER VINTAGE US $50.00
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 1965 FENDER JAZZMASTER OLYMPIC WHITE NICE US $6,888.88
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 Fender Jazzmaster 1962 Shell Pink US $2,995.00
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 1966 FENDER JAZZMASTER MINI ROLLER POT NOS US $99.00
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 1963 FENDER JAZZMASTER TREMOLO ARM US $225.00
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 1963 FENDER JAZZMASTER BODY US $450.00
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 FENDER Jazzmaster Wont Part With Yours Ad Porsche US $7.99
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 1960 FENDER JAZZMASTER TREMOLO US $299.00
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 Fender 1963 Jazzmaster Vintage Guitar Blonde Case US $3,299.99
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 1970 Fender Jazzmaster Jaguar Tremolo Parts US $70.00
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Vintage Fender Jazzmaster Electric Guitar
The Fender Jazzmaster Electric Guitar was brought into production in 1958. It was a solid body guitar, which followed on from the popular Stratocaster and its body shape was specifically designed to snugly fit the contours of the player’s torso. It had many positives to its design, including a stunning finish, but unfortunately it was slightly heavy in weight and bulky in size.
The Jazzmaster name was coined as a key part of the marketing campaign to target Jazz guitarists. In actual fact, although it enjoyed some popularity on the Jazz scene, it was essentially the Surf-Band and later Indie Rock guitarists who really took a shine to the Jazzmaster.
Jazz guitarists traditionally played hollow-body guitars because they produced an echo-like, hollow tone, which resonated the Jazzy sound in a particularly effective way. Although the Jazzmaster did sound pretty nice playing Jazz, it just didn’t ever quite match up to the mellow tones of the hollow-body guitars and that’s maybe why it never fully took off in the same way as the Strat or Telecaster.
One of the focal aspects to the Jazzmaster design was the introduction of a “floating” vibrato system complete with “trem-lok”, which meant that if one string broke, it wouldn’t automatically put all the other strings out of tune. The Jazzmaster also featured a full 25 1/2” scale length and lead and rhythm circuit switching, fully inclusive of independent volume and tone controls. The original Jazzmaster featured a maple wood neck and tortoise shell pickguard. The fingerboard on the Jazzmaster was made of a stunning rosewood and had clay dot position inlays glued onto the neck. It was the first Fender to carry a separate fingerboard.
It was truly an innovative model of its time, but at the end of the day, its bulk and weight got in the way of it ever gaining the popularity enjoyed by the Stratocaster and Telecaster. It was discontinued in 1980, by which time it had really plummeted in popularity and just before being discontinued quite a lot of students and budding guitarist’s picked them up cheaply.
The Japanese Fender company brought out a 1962 reissue model of the Jazzmaster in 1986 and American Fender followed suit with their vintage series version in 1999. Nowadays, the Jazzmaster has an eclectic following and is considered one of the ‘greats’ of the Fender family. Vintage Fender Jazzmasters pre-1980 are considered highly sought after collector’s items.
Although slow to take off, The Jazzmaster ended up being played by many renowned musicians. It was a much-loved guitar of Elvis Costello’s and bands including Nine Inch Nails, My Bloody Valentine and Radiohead.