Jazzmaster -57 -59

Jazzmaster -59 -60

Jazzmaster -60 -66

Jazzmaster -67 -70

Fender Jazzmaster (1957-)

the Fender Jazzmaster was introduced in 1957 as a top of the line instrument. Tom Wheeler writes: "the Jazzmaster was still another well-thought-out Fender, an impressively cohesive design that marked a significant turn from the stratocaster. Though its historical significance and long-term commercial success were thoroughly eclipsed by the Telecaster and Strat, it enjoyed a substantial popularity through the surf music era of the early 1960s. /.../ The earliest Jazzmasters had small pegheads, anodized aluminum pickguards, black pickup covers, and chrome barrel knobs. The next model, late 1959, also with a metal pickguard, had white pickup covers and white plastic knobs. The tortoise-shell pickguard appeared by 1960." In 1966 the Jazzmaster recieved neck binding, and 1967 block markers replaced the dots. The Jazzmaster is now manufactured in Japan, and is based on the -60 -66 version.