Fender American Vintage '62 Jazzmaster Olympic White 2013
Fender AVRI '65 Jazzmaster, olympic white, made in USA 2013. What a looker! Fender's American Vintage line launched in 1982, offering accurate takes on their 'golden age' models to great critical and popular acclaim. The series got a reboot in 2012, and these 'New American Vintage' era models are super impressive in my books. This one recreates the original 1965 Jazzmaster: bound fretboard, dot inlays, tort guard, matching headstock. It looks super fly, especially in the faded white finish. It's faded to a creamy colour in some spots, and almost a mint green-ish hue under certain lights, it looks fantastic. The neck is on the fat side for a Jazzy: certainly notably thicker than the Japan models we're fond of around here. It's blessed with some gorgeous dark rosewood and super tightly grained maple, so if you like a moderate-to-beefy shape you'll be well rewarded for your trouble. The tone is great: heaps of chime, slice and clarity on the lead circuit, or a girthy warble on the rhythm. A previous owner swapped the knobs and installed a buzz-stop-bar, which we've left on board as I feel they're sensible mods. This looks a million bucks: put it to good use, friend!
Model: Fender American Vintage '62 Jazzmaster
Made: USA, 2013, Corona factory
Serial: V1312144
Finish: olympic white, gloss nitro
Body: alder
Neck: maple, rosewood fretboard, 7.25" radius, 25.5" scale, moderately fat D shape
Weight: 3.725kg
Mods: knobs replaced, Buzz Stop Bar installed, lead circuit pots replaced
Pickups: Fender American Vintage Jazzmaster single coil x2
Accessories: Fender hard case, original docs, trem arm and bridge cover
Cosmetic condition notes: minor finish wear. The headstock has dimples and scuffs on the end, dimples on both edges, light scuffs on the back and a couple of small chips on the bottom edge of the front. The neck is clean and smooth in the hands, minor dimples and some rub wear on the back only. The back has light scuffs on the horns, a decent patch of buckle rash along the belly carve, dimples and scuffs in the elbow area, back edge and bottom corner and some dimples in the middle of the body. The sides have dimples on the top horn, some dents and scuffs in the elbow area, back edge and near the jack and some rub wear on the bottom horn. The front has a scratch and some rub wear in the elbow area, dents behind the tailpiece, dimples around the jack and knobs and some play wear on the guard and horns. Note there's some fading and discolouration around the whole body too.
Overall: very good condition (7/10)
Playing condition notes: Action is low, neck is straight, intonation is good, truss rod works. All electronics tested and working properly. Wearing fresh 11/49 Moonshiners strings.
Fret life: 7/10,normal wear inc some minor pitting, playing evenly with no major buzz issues