The Guitar That Wouldn’t Die: Fender’s Vintage ‘62 Jazzmaster

Disclosure Policy | Fri, Jan 27, 2006 | 51 |

Fender 62 JazzmasterFender’s distinctive looking Jazzmaster is one of those guitars that goes in and out of style, but never seems to disappear…and good thing – it’s a truly unique instrument with a history dating back to 1958, and a short but illustrious heyday during the surf-guitar days of the ‘60s, and then again during the indie-rock days of the ‘90s.

In spite of its rather “surfy” looks, the American Jazzmaster actually provides a rather warm tone, due to its dual Vintage Jazzmaster Single-Coil Pickups. It’s also notable for sporting a cool floating tremolo with “Trem-Lock,” so it actually *gasp* stays in tune if you use it!

Oh yeah, and it just plain looks cool.

The American Vintage ‘62 Jazzmaster Features–

  • Alder Body
  • Maple Neck
  • Rosewood With 21 Vintage Style Frets
  • Dual Special Design Jazzmaster Single-Coil Pickups
  • Lead-Circuit Volume & Tone Controls
  • Rhythm-Circuit Volume & Tone Controls
  • 3-Way Pickup Switching
  • Floating Tremolo with Trem-Lock
  • Chrome Hardware
  • Brown Shell Pickguard
  • Deluxe Hardshell Case

Comes in a plethora of cool colors, including: 3-Color Sunburst, Olympic White, Black, Ocean Turquoise, Surf Green, and Ice Blue Metallic.

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2 Comments For This Post

  1. RC Says:

    I had a question, you might be able to answer…I heard that electric guitar sales because really popular in the 1960s (especially in ’64 w/ the Beatles playing Fenders)

    Do you have any idea where I could find a year by year list of the number of electric guitars sold year by year in the 60s.

    –RC of strangeculture.blogspot.com

  2. Cary Says:

    Thanks for the comment RC…I’m not sure I know the answer off the top of my head, but I’d be happy to look into it when I get a chance.

    I’ll see what I can dig up.