Fender Blacktop Jazzmaster HS Electric Guitar (Rosewood)

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This Jazzmaster features a single-coil Jazzmaster neck pickup and a humbucking bridge pickup to give it a sonic boost. Other features include a tremolo tailpiece and black amp knobs.

Fender's innovative Blacktop guitar series expands the sonic horizon of the classic Fender Jazzmaster guitar by powering it with a high-gain humbucking pickup.

Sleek and supercharged, the Blacktop Jazzmaster HS has a single-coil Jazzmaster neck pickup and a humbucking bridge pickup (both Duncan Designed, with other distinctive touches including skirted black amp knobs, a Jazzmaster tremolo tailpiece and a lean control layout featuring a tonally convenient single three-way toggle switch. Other features include an alder body, maple neck with 9.5"-radius rosewood fretboard, 22 medium jumbo frets, gloss polyester finish and chrome hardware.

General

Model Name: Blacktop(TM) Jazzmaster(R) HS

Series: Blacktop(TM)

Body

Body Material: Alder

Neck

Number of Frets: 21

Fret Size: Medium Jumbo

Position Inlays: White Dot Position Inlays

Fingerboard: Rosewood

Fingerboard Radius: 9.5" Radius (241 mm)

Fretboard: Rosewood

Neck Material: Maple

Neck Finish: Gloss Urethane

Nut Width: 1.650" (42 mm)

Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)

Neck Plate: Vintage Style 4 Bolt

Truss Rod Nut: 3/16" Adjustable Hex Nut

Electronics

Pickup Configuration: H/S

Bridge Pickup: 1 Duncan Designed(TM) Humbucking Pickup (Bridge)

Neck Pickup: 1 Duncan Designed(TM) Single-Coil Jazzmaster(R) Pickup (Neck)

Pickup Switching: 3-Position Toggle: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup

Controls: Master Volume, Master Tone

Hardware

Hardware Finish: Nickel/Chrome

Bridge: Vintage Style Adjustable 6-Saddle Bridge with "Floating" Tremolo Tailpiece

Tuning Machines: Standard Cast/Sealed Tuning Machines

String Nut: Synthetic Bone

Switch Tips: Black Switch Tip

Tremolo Arm Handle: Vintage Jaguar(R)/Jazzmaster(R) Tremolo Arm

Tools

Truss Rod Wrench: 3/16"

Miscellaneous

Strings: Super 250L's, NPS (.009-.042 Gauges)

Unique Features: HS Pickup Configuration, Simplified Controls/Switching, Black Skirted Amp Knobs

Accessories

Pickguard: (500) 3-Ply Black
(506) 3-Ply Mint Green

Included Accessories: Truss Rod Adjustment Wrench

Control Knobs: Skirted Amp Knobs

For support or warranty questions, please contact the manufacturer:
Phone: 800-488-1818

Reviewers gave this product an overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars. (8 ratings)
Submitted December 29, 2010 by a customer from hotmail.com

"great guitar highly recomend this one!!"

Overall: 5 out of 5 stars
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i expect this one to stay in the collection for a while its a definate keeper with all that versitality and awsome vibe, i like it no less than any of my other jazzmasters and a little more than some, dont miss the opportunity to own a great guitar at an awsome price, get this one!

Sound
amazing tone!!the neck p/u has that classic jazzmaster jangle the bridge gives you gainy tones perfect for broken up blues licks to blistering rock solos you can dial in almost any tone you can think of, my favorite is both p/u's on for rich thick tone with high end bite, vey versitile with the two defferent p/u combo on this axe.

Features
not many features but in my opinion thats what makes this axe so great!! very simple and to the point one volume one tone and toggle switch for p/u selection. a great neck its thickon top but slim! and fast at base,with rosewood skunk stripe on back and covered in poly gloss! mine has a great finish on the body i choose the vintage sunburst, its absolute eye candy, gets alot of compliments at gigs!

Ease of Use
plays like butter i gave a 9 because it does have typical jazzmaster issues with the bridge, be prepered for the usual remedeys if your a jm owner you know about using locktite for loose screws due to vibration of bridge, i used ptft tape for (plumbing pipe) on my bridge component screws and restrung with 10-46, and no rattle whatsoever stays in perfect tune! read more the jm works awsome with pedals too!

Quality
very durable well made, my 2 yr old daughter droped it off a kitchen table on its neck, i cringed thinking for sure it had snaped!! but to my surprize not even a scratch and it didnt even come out of tune!! im sold on this one. i gig this without a backup only after the ptft tape on bridge screws. otherwise those saddles will move on you!

Value
a jazzmaster for 450 dollors, with amazing tone and quality build, fantastic deal its made in mexico (big deal) i guess theyre doing great builds in mexico these days

Manufacturer Support
cmon its fender need i say more!! my past expierence with fender has been awsome, very supportive crew

The Wow Factor
very sexy guitar, even if your the most uncool looking musician at least ur axe will be cool on stage! if it sounded terrible i would own it for its pure vibe alone!

Musical Background:
weekend warrior

Musical Style:
rock/psych
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