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Up for sale, a 2012 Fender Jazzmaster model JM66G in 100% original condition and in perfect working order. This ultra-rare “Made in Japan” Jazzmaster is a non-catalog, limited edition model, with purportedly only 30 instruments produced to celebrate the 30th year of Fender Japan production. It sports a unique tonewood complement that hearkens back to the original 1958 Jazzmaster prototypes, with a one-piece maple neck and ash body, finished in Blonde and accented by a gold anodized pickguard and gold-plated hardware.
Weighing 8lbs 2oz, the ash body and maple neck yield a resonant, articulate acoustic response with a certain woody, midrange-forward cut faithfully captured by the stock pickup complement. The instrument has plenty of sparkle on tap, with a range of defined and powerful tones from the two single coil pickups, and warm, wooly sounds when switched to the Rhythm Circuit on the guitar's lower body horn. This JM66G has been professionally setup here at Mike & Mike’s Guitar Bar with 11-49 strings, low action, and spot-on intonation.
The one-piece maple neck has a slender C-shaped profile carve with prominent shoulders and lightly rolled fretboard edges, measuring .820” deep at the 1st fret and .900” at the 12th. The fretboard has a vintage-spec 7 1/4“ radius, and the slender fretwire exhibits wear beneath the plain strings on the crowns of frets 1-13 that becomes progressively lighter approaching the octave. This guitar plays cleanly up the 25 1/2“ scale with a straight neck and a responsive, optimally-adjusted truss rod, and the bone nut measures 1.650” (42mm) in width. On the headstock, the gold Kluson-style tuning machines turn smoothly and hold accurate pitch. The “Made in Japan” text and JD12-prefix serial are present above the gold four-bolt neck plate.
All of the electronics function as they should, and the gold-plated hardware shows moderate patina on the bridge and vibrato unit. The vibrato functions smoothly, and the anodized gold pickguard ensures ideal shielding for the single coils. Plastics include uniformly aged pickup covers and knobs.
Cosmetic wear includes one sizable finish chip the lower bout perimeter adjacent to the rear strap button, some light buckle rash central to the back, and just a scant few tiny marks on the body as a whole. The smooth ambered gloss on the neck profile is immaculate.
The first era of Fender Japan began in 1982, when domestic market Japanese Fenders started rolling out of factories. While Fender Japan is popularly known for some of their more extravagant aesthetics, the bulk of domestic Japanese production was focused on reissues of historic American Fender models. These reissue models were labeled by a two letter/two number model code for the model and reissue year, followed by a suffix that indicated the price in Yen, and any unique specifications the model had. While a given model might come in a variety of price points during a given model year, from entry level to the near Custom Shop quality of Fender Japan's ExTrad series, all the models would broadly follow the aesthetic and technical specifications of the original American models. Reissue models would follow this naming convention until 2015, when Fender Japan revamped their product line to more closely mirror the organizational structure of the Mexican and American made Fender lines. Models on this page represent the 1982 - 2015 era of Fender Japan production, and typically feature the old style Fender Japan serial number at the base of the neck, as opposed to the contemporary "JD-" serial number format found on the back of the headstock. The original model codes (and frequently the value suffix) can usually be found in the neck pocket of the body, and at the base of the neck where the mounting holes are.
2012 Fender Jazzmaster '58 Vintage Reissue FSR Gold Guard JM66G Blonde w/ Maple Fretboard, Japan MIJ
$2,799.99
$2,799.99
About This Listing
Up for sale, a 2012 Fender Jazzmaster model JM66G in 100% original condition and in perfect working order. This ultra-rare “Made in Japan” Jazzmaster is a non-catalog, limited edition model, with purportedly only 30 instruments produced to celebrate the 30th year of Fender Japan production. It sports a unique tonewood complement that hearkens back to the original 1958 Jazzmaster prototypes, with a one-piece maple neck and ash body, finished in Blonde and accented by a gold anodized pickguard and gold-plated hardware.
Weighing 8lbs 2oz, the ash body and maple neck yield a resonant, articulate acoustic response with a certain woody, midrange-forward cut faithfully captured by the stock pickup complement. The instrument has plenty of sparkle on tap, with a range of defined and powerful tones from the two single coil pickups, and warm, wooly sounds when switched to the Rhythm Circuit on the guitar's lower body horn. This JM66G has been professionally setup here at Mike & Mike’s Guitar Bar with 11-49 strings, low action, and spot-on intonation.
The one-piece maple neck has a slender C-shaped profile carve with prominent shoulders and lightly rolled fretboard edges, measuring .820” deep at the 1st fret and .900” at the 12th. The fretboard has a vintage-spec 7 1/4“ radius, and the slender fretwire exhibits wear beneath the plain strings on the crowns of frets 1-13 that becomes progressively lighter approaching the octave. This guitar plays cleanly up the 25 1/2“ scale with a straight neck and a responsive, optimally-adjusted truss rod, and the bone nut measures 1.650” (42mm) in width. On the headstock, the gold Kluson-style tuning machines turn smoothly and hold accurate pitch. The “Made in Japan” text and JD12-prefix serial are present above the gold four-bolt neck plate.
All of the electronics function as they should, and the gold-plated hardware shows moderate patina on the bridge and vibrato unit. The vibrato functions smoothly, and the anodized gold pickguard ensures ideal shielding for the single coils. Plastics include uniformly aged pickup covers and knobs.
Cosmetic wear includes one sizable finish chip the lower bout perimeter adjacent to the rear strap button, some light buckle rash central to the back, and just a scant few tiny marks on the body as a whole. The smooth ambered gloss on the neck profile is immaculate.
The first era of Fender Japan began in 1982, when domestic market Japanese Fenders started rolling out of factories. While Fender Japan is popularly known for some of their more extravagant aesthetics, the bulk of domestic Japanese production was focused on reissues of historic American Fender models. These reissue models were labeled by a two letter/two number model code for the model and reissue year, followed by a suffix that indicated the price in Yen, and any unique specifications the model had. While a given model might come in a variety of price points during a given model year, from entry level to the near Custom Shop quality of Fender Japan's ExTrad series, all the models would broadly follow the aesthetic and technical specifications of the original American models. Reissue models would follow this naming convention until 2015, when Fender Japan revamped their product line to more closely mirror the organizational structure of the Mexican and American made Fender lines. Models on this page represent the 1982 - 2015 era of Fender Japan production, and typically feature the old style Fender Japan serial number at the base of the neck, as opposed to the contemporary "JD-" serial number format found on the back of the headstock. The original model codes (and frequently the value suffix) can usually be found in the neck pocket of the body, and at the base of the neck where the mounting holes are.
