Fender Blacktop Jazzmaster HS - Rosewood - 3-Color Sunburst

Drive your sound with raw humbucking power. Fender's innovative Blacktop™ guitar series expands the sonic horizon of classic Fender Stratocaster®, Telecaster®, Jazzmaster® and Jaguar® guitars by powering them with high-gain humbucking pickups. The Blacktop series delivers on modern player demands for a thick and heavy sound. These guitars drive a wide array of deep, rich and aggressive tones that match the intensity of any playing style.

Sleek and supercharged, the Blacktop Jazzmaster HS has a Duncan Designed™ single-coil Jazzmaster neck pickup and a humbucking bridge pickup, with other distinctive touches including skirted black amp knobs, a Jazzmaster tremolo tailpiece and a lean control layout featuring a tonally convenient single three-way toggle switch. Other features include an alder body, maple neck with 9.5"-radius rosewood fingerboard, 21 medium jumbo frets, gloss polyester finish and chrome hardware.

Body

Body Material:        Alder

Body Finish:            Polyester

Body Shape:            Jazzmaster®

Neck

Neck Material:        Maple

Neck Finish:            Gloss Urethane

Neck Shape:            Modern "C"

Scale Length:          25.5" (648 mm)

Fingerboard:           Rosewood

Fingerboard Radius:               9.5" (241 mm)

Number of Frets:    21

Fret Size: Medium Jumbo

String Nut:              Synthetic Bone

Nut Width:              1.650" (42 mm)

Position Inlays:        White Dot

Truss Rod Nut:        3/16" Hex Adjustment

Neck Plate:              4-Bolt Vintage-Style

Electronics

Bridge Pickup:         Hot Vintage Alnico Humbucking

Neck Pickup:            Duncan Designed™ Single-Coil Jazzmaster®

Controls:  Master Volume, Master Tone

Pickup Switching:    3-Position Toggle: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup

Pickup Configuration:              HS

Hardware

Bridge:    6-Saddle Vintage-Style Adjustable with “Floating” Tremolo Tailpiece

Hardware Finish:    Nickel/Chrome

Tremolo Arm Handle:             Vintage Jazzmaster® Tremolo Arm

Tuning Machines:   Standard Cast/Sealed

Pickguard:               3-Ply Black

Control Knobs:         Skirted Amp Knobs

Switch Tips:            Black

Miscellaneous

Strings:    Fender® USA 250L, NPS (.009-.042 Gauges)

Unique Features:    HS Pickup Configuration, Simplified Controls/Switching, Black Skirted Amp Knobs

Included Accessories:             Truss Rod Adjustment Wrench