Wildwood Guitars | 9 months ago

The year 1966 was quite a time to be alive if you were a music fan! The Beatles battled The Supremes, The Four Tops, and the Rolling Stones for supremacy at the top of the charts, and teenagers across the USA were starting garage bands left and right. Music was in the air, and the American rock and roll revolution had kicked into full swing after being jumpstarted by the British Invasion. It was also a banner year for the Fender Jazzmaster! Though Fender's first offset-bodied guitar never really took off with its intended audience--East Coast jazz snobs were still a little leery of solid-body guitars with sleek, futuristic designs--it found a whole new audience on the West Coast after The Ventures' rhythm guitarist, Don Wilson, adopted it as his main guitar in the early sixties (HERE is a cool clip of Don playing his Jazzmaster on the Saturday Night Beech-Nut Show).

By the mid-sixties, the surf craze had reached its peak, and the Jazzmaster had reached its first zenith of popularity. Surf music may seem like a period-specific novelty now, but back in the day surf music rivaled Motown and rock music in popularity, due in no small part to the captivating sound of the Jazzmaster.

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Serial Number: CZ556593
Brand Fender Custom Shop
Model 2021 Collection 1966 Jazzmaster - Lush Closet Classic
Finish Color Aged Charcoal Frost Metallic
Aging Lush Closet Classic
Finish Type Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Weight 8.07 lbs.
Body Wood Alder
Neck Wood Riftsawn Maple
Neck Shape '62 Jazzmaster
Neck Dimensions .840 1st - .920 12th
Fingerboard AAA Rosewood
Fingerboard Radius Compound 7.25"-9.5"
Nut Width 1.650"
Nut Material Bone
Frets 21 47095 Medium Vintage
Pickups 2 Hand-Wound Jazzmaster Flat-Pole
Controls 1 Volume, 1 Tone, 1/2 Blender, 5-Way
Hardware Nickel/Chrome
Tuners Vintage-Style
Bridge Vintage-Style Jazzmaster
Case Hardshell Case
COA Yes