Squier Vintage Modified Jazzmaster 3-Color Sunburst 3-colour sunburst RW

General

It's finally there; an affordable Squier version of the legendary Fender Jazzmaster. This Vintage Modified series electric guitar is based on the classic model from the early sixties. It has the same authentic looks but is modified with a set of wicked Duncan Designed pickups and a flatter fretboard for better playability. Although it looks a lot like the Jaguar, the Jazzmaster's larger single-coil pickups sound a lot warmer. It also has a longer neck with a 25.5-inch scale length like on the better-known Stratocaster and Telecaster guitars. The Vintage Modified Jazzmaster is available in four colours and this is the 3-tone sunburst version with red tortoise pickguard.

Squier Vintage Modified Jazzmaster: properly dressed

From its large vintage-correct headstock to its asymmetrical body, floating vibrato bridge and dual tone circuit, this Squier has all the distinctive Jazzmaster features. The Duncan Designed pickups have alnico 5 magnets and produce that famous full, clear jazzy sound that proved to be highly popular among rock guitarists in the surf scene. The Vintage Modified Jazzmaster has a lightweight basswood body for a tight, balanced tone. The vintage-tinted maple neck has a laurel fretboard with 21 medium jumbo frets and a modern 9.5-inch radius. The fretboard features cream-coloured position markers to replicate the look of the old clay dots.

Versatile dual tone circuit

Like the Jaguar, the Jazzmaster has a dual tone circuit. By using the small square switch you can choose between Rhythm and Lead mode. In Rhythm mode, only the neck pickup is used and the two horizontal disc knobs function as tone and volume control. In Lead mode, you use both pickups and the two white-knob potentiometers as volume and tone control. The three-way pickup switch is where the electronics of the Jazzmaster separate themselves from those of the Jaguar. It allows you to choose between the different sounds of the separate or combined pickups. The big advantage of the dual tone circuit is that you can quickly alternate between the two different sounds of the neck pickup without using the tone knobs.

The Squier brand

Ever since Fender introduced their first electric guitar in the fifties, many competing manufacturers have produced cheaper imitations of variable quality. To offer you the same reliability, sound and playability of the original at a reasonable price, Fender started a subsidiary in 1982: Squier, (not to be confused with the Fender Esquire!). Squier's guitars and bass guitars are built under supervision and by specifications of Fender itself, assuring you purchase an authentic, quality instrument.

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