Fender Custom Shop Time Machine 1961 Jazz Bass Heavy Relic Aged Olympic White (Serial #CZ569135)

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 prized by players worldwide. 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 comfort and perfect 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. Other 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. Also includes deluxe hardshell case, strap, string mutes and certificate of authenticity.

Serial #: CZ569135
Weight: 9lbs 9oz

Body: 2-Piece Select Alder
Body Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Body Material: 2-Piece Select Alder
Body Shape: Jazz Bass

Fingerboard Material: Flat-Laminated AAA Rosewood
Fingerboard Radius: 9.5" (241 mm)
Neck Butt Width: 2.500"
Neck Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Neck Material: Quartersawn Maple
Neck Shape: 1960 Jazz Bass "U"
Neck Thickness: .790"
Neck Thickness 12th Fret: .990"
Number of Frets: 20
Nut Material: Bone
Nut Width: 1.5" (38.1 mm)
Position Inlays: Micarta White Dot
Side Dots: White
String Nut: Bone
Truss Rod: Vintage-Style Heel Adjust
Truss Rod Nut: Vintage-Style Slotted

Bridge: 4-Saddle Vintage Style with Threaded Steel Saddles
Control Knobs: Black "Witch Hat"
Hardware Finish: Nickel/Chrome
Neck Plate: 4-Bolt with Custom Shop "V" Logo
Pickguard: 4-Ply Tortoiseshell
Tuning Machines: Vintage-Style

Bridge Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound Single-Coil Jazz Bass
Controls: Volume 1. (Neck Pickup), Volume 2. (Bridge Pickup), Master Tone
Neck Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound Single-Coil Jazz Bass
Pickup Configuration: SS

Included Accessories: Deluxe Hardshell Case, Strap and Certificate of Authenticity