**UPDATE 1/17/2026--customer is not interested in lowering the price any more than it has at this point.***

Holy crap! We’ve got a 1966 Fender Jazzmaster in excellent, borderline very good condition with its original Fender Hard Case. This instrument is absolutely stunning and appears to be all original. Comes in a PERFECT Three-Color Sunburst with a lovely Tortoiseshell Pickguard, which is a little shrunken (as is common for real Tortoiseshell of this age, the good news is no cracks or real damage). If you can believe it, it weighs in at a perfectly balanced 8lbs on the nose. There is less cosmetic wear on this guitar than you would expect for an instrument that’s approaching its 60th (!!!) birthday, and we’ve tried to document it as well as we can in the photos. We’ve chosen to rate this instrument as excellent with the borderline vg caveat solely because it appears the high tuner suffered some kind of minor impact, pushing the two prongs at the top of the tuner closer together. Tuner is still completely functional, and since it seats the thinnest string, there’s no issue with usability. Please contact us with any questions. Thanks for stopping by!

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Fender announced the Jazzmaster at the 1958 NAMM show as a high-end jazz guitar with an array of innovative features and sleek sports-car inspired curves. Though the model never really caught on with jazz players, it was quickly embraced by surf rock players due to its unique floating tremolo system and mellower sounding pickups. Later, the Jazzmaster would find new life as an iconic instrument for a range of indie rock players.

Years of Production: 1958 - 1980
Unique to this Year: End of "transition era" to CBS management. Block inlays replace dots mid-year.
Body Style: Offset solidbody
Wood Composition: Alder body, Maple neck with veneer Rosewood fingerboard
Design Elements: Bolt-on neck, block inlays, 2 single-coil soapbox pickups, 3-way pickup selector, 25 1/2-inch scale length, treble and bass roll knobs, floating tremolo system, lead/rhythm circuit switch
Finish Specifications: Sunburst is the most common finish for vintage Jazzmasters.
Notable Players: J Mascis, Elvis Costello, Lee Ranaldo, Kevin Shields

Brand Fender
Model Jazzmaster
Finish Three-Color Sunburst
Year 1966 - 1969
Made In United States
Categories Solid Body Electric Guitars
Body Shape Double Cutaway
Body Type Solid Body
Bridge/Tailpiece Type Tremolo Tailpiece
Finish Pattern Sunburst
Finish Style Gloss
Fretboard Material Rosewood
Model Family Fender Jazzmaster
Neck Construction Bolt-On
Neck Material Maple
Number of Frets 21
Number of Strings 6-String
Offset Body Offset Body
Pickup Configuration SS
Right / Left Handed Right Handed
Scale Length 25.5"
Series Fender Vintage CBS Era

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