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Fender Custom Shop 1961 Jazz Bass Heavy Relic Aged Olympic White
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Description
Only a year after its debut, the Jazz Bass received a new control configuration in 1961 that featured a volume knob for each pickup and a master tone knob—a classic control arrangement that endures to this day. The 1961 Jazz Bass Heavy Relic is a faithful recreation of the time-honored original, with a few custom features added. The two-piece alder body, hand selected for weight and grain, wears a Heavy Relic lacquer finish. The quartersawn maple neck features a ’60-style Jazz Bass “U” profile, topped by a 9.5”-radius flat-lam rosewood fingerboard with 20 medium jumbo frets for comfortable action along the entire length of the neck.
As with the now-familiar control arrangement that first appeared in mid 1961, the hand-wound vintage Jazz bass pickups each have their own volume control, with a master tone knob. Additional features include a four-ply brown shell pickguard, vintage-style bass bridge with threaded steel saddles, vintage-style tuning machines, bone nut and disk string tree. A deluxe hardshell case, strap, string mutes and certificate of authenticity are also included.
As with the now-familiar control arrangement that first appeared in mid 1961, the hand-wound vintage Jazz bass pickups each have their own volume control, with a master tone knob. Additional features include a four-ply brown shell pickguard, vintage-style bass bridge with threaded steel saddles, vintage-style tuning machines, bone nut and disk string tree. A deluxe hardshell case, strap, string mutes and certificate of authenticity are also included.
Features
- Alder body
- Bolt-on maple neck with '60s-style U profile
- Rosewood fingerboard with 20 medium-jumbo frets
- Hand-wound vintage Jazz bass pickups
- Hardshell case included
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Specs
Neck
- Shape: 60s-style U
- Wood: Maple
- Neck joint: Bolt-on
- Truss rod: Standard
- Pickup configuration: HH
- Neck: Proprietary Humbucker
- Bridge: Proprietary Humbucker
- Control layout: Master volume, Master tone
- Material: Rosewood
- Radius: 9.5"
- Fret size: Medium-jumbo
- Number of frets: 20
- Inlays: Dots
- Nut material: Bone
- Body Type: Solid Body Double Cutaway
- Body wood: Alder
- Body finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
- Tuning machines: Vintage-style
- Number of strings: 4 String
- Case: Hardshell Case
- Country of origin: United States
- Orientation: Right-handed