Description
Fender American Original ’60s Jazz Bass Candy Apple Red
Fender American Original ’60s Jazz Bass Candy Apple Red – Released in 1960, the upscale Jazz Bass quickly found favor among working bassists thanks to its premium appointments and versatile sound. The narrower neck seemed tailor-made for fast, dexterous playing, while the pair of single-coil pickups added a bold new dimension to Fender bass tone. The American Original ‘60s Jazz Bass has all the tone and style of its earliest incarnation, with modern playability.
Features
- Alder body with lacquer finish
- Two Pure Vintage ‘64 single-coil Jazz Bass pickups
- Slim “’60s C”-shaped neck profile; 9.5”-radius round-lam rosewood fingerboard
- Vintage-style hardware; four-saddle bridge
- Includes vintage-style hardshell case
LACQUER FINISH
The nitrocellulose lacquer finish not only lets the body breathe with its true tonal character, it also ages and wears in a distinctively personal way.
PURE VINTAGE ‘64 JAZZ BASS PICKUPS
American Original instruments feature specially voiced pickups crafted to reproduce authentic Fender sound.
“’60s C” NECK SHAPE
This Jazz Bass features a “C”-shaped neck profile delivered straight from the ‘60s to your hands. Remarkably comfortable, it suits any playing style.
VINTAGE-ACCURATE BODY AND NECK RADII
Original-era fans can rest assured every curve and line of the body and neck are accurate to the historic originals.
VINTAGE-CORRECT HARDWARE
From the bridge to the string tree and tuning machines, every piece of hardware is just like the original.
FINGERBOARD & FRETS
This 9.5”-radius fingerboard is slightly flatter than a vintage-style 7.25” radius, providing a comfortable fret-hand feel. Vintage-tall frets make it easier to add vibrato to your basslines.
Fender American Original ’60s Jazz Bass Features:
- Made to be played offset-waist body design sits comfortably whether sitting or standing
- Fender Pure Vintage ’64 single-coil pickups provide a wide range of low and midrange tone
- Slim ’60s C-shaped neck profile has a feel and response that lets you explore your style
- Pure Vintage reverse open-gear tuners look great and keep you in tune
Tech Specs
- Body Shape: Jazz
- Left-/Right-handed: Right-handed
- Number of Strings: 4
- Color: Candy Apple Red
- Body Finish: Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer
- Body Material: Alder
- Neck Material: Maple
- Neck Shape: ’60s C
- Radius: 9.5″
- Fingerboard Material: Round-laminated Rosewood
- Fingerboard Inlay: Vintage Clay Dot
- Number of Frets: 20, Vintage Tall
- Scale Length: 34″
- Nut Width: 1.48″
- Nut Material: Bone
- Bridge/Tailpiece: 4-Saddle Vintage Style, Threaded Steel Saddles
- Tuners: Pure Vintage Reverse Open-Gear
- Neck Pickup: Pure Vintage ’64 Single-Coil
- Bridge Pickup: Pure Vintage ’64 Single-Coil
- Controls: 2 x volume, 1 x master tone
- Strings: Fender USA 7250M, .045-.105
- Case Included: Vintage-Style Hardshell
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