Vintage 1959 Fender Jazzmaster, Slab Board, Tortoise Guard, £6850 OBO

jumping@shadows

Hi all, up for sale is my player grade 1959 Jazzmaster, beautifully refinished to an aged nicotine blonde, and retaining all the key components of original pickups, electrics, key hardware and plastics.

It weighs an excellent 7.2lbs with extremely resonant alder body and typically slim and comfortable ‘59 neck profile, with the coveted thicker ‘slab board’ Brazilian rosewood fretboard, recently refretted and playing beautifully. 

This is a truly soulful guitar! Lightweight and resonant with a stunning range of sounds- bell tone clarity, chime and twang from the original black bottom pickups, with a custom wiring of the rhythm circuit allowing use in all three positions.

Here’s a rough and ready demo:

https://youtu.be/bGEoMTSYiO4

When this arrived with me it had been modified with a Gibson style ABR bridge and stoptail, so the additional holes were plugged and the original tremolo reinstated along with the vastly superior Mastery bridge, which offers superb resonance and playability. 

A cool detail I found was a hand inscribed message dating from 1967 dedicating this guitar to ‘Sandy Brett, Class of ‘69’, so inevitably I dubbed it ‘Sandy’

chris78

Nice - people need a price though

munckee

chris78 said:

Nice - people need a price though

Leave it off, I can pretend I'm considering it for a few minutes...

nero1701

Oh my

jumping@shadows

Sorry! Price added

freakboy1610

jumping@shadows said:

Sorry! Price added

Eh?

Offset

freakboy1610 said:

jumping@shadows said:

Sorry! Price added

Eh?

I think it's free :-)

jumping@shadows

Ah balls… perhaps too long a description.

Lemme finish it here:

All in all this is the ultimate player grade slab board JM, retaining all the key vintage  parts with no breaks/conspicuous mods, finished in a beautifully weather checked and patina’d nitro finish, offering the best of the era at about half price of the next comparable refin on Reverb, or even a lone slab board JM neck! 

Price is £6850 OBO, and I’m happy to ship worldwide in a quality modern case, pro packed and tracked, and can supply additional pics as needed.

Thanks for looking and please DM with any questions and offers.

Paolo_ray

Shouldn't it have a pat. pend tremolo?

Koa

Sigh…..another used to have wish I’d kept moment. Nice refinish, a good colour and overall a great looking Jazzmaster.

bobacco

And here I was thinking I wasn’t a fan of Jazzmasters…that’s awesome. GLWTS!