The Guitar Magazine – September 2019

KEY FEATURES

VINTERA ’60S JAZZMASTER MODIFIED

PRICE £899 (inc. gigbag)

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respectively and the wiring is sensibly the ‘modern’

circuit that has been standard on Telecasters since

late 1967.

The six Modified instruments throw even more

modernity into the mix, as evidenced by our review

Jazzmaster. Like the 2008 Classic Player guitar from

which it evolved, the Vintera ’60s JM Modified shifts

the vibrato tailpiece closer to the bridge, increasing

the break angle and therefore sustain, while the

bridge itself is Fender’s ABR-1-style Adjusto-Matic.

The Modified model’s neck is finished in satin

urethane and in combination with medium-jumbo

frets, a Modern ‘C’ neck profile and 9.5-inch/241mm

fingerboard radius, it offers a less old-school playing

experience than its more vintage-faithful sibling, the

Vintera ’60s Jazzmaster (£899).

The third guitar of our review trio is a love letter

to the 1970s with its ‘bullet’ truss-rod nut and

F-stamped tuners adorning a suitably oversized

headstock on a three-bolt neck. At a hair under

8lb, our review model sadly doesn’t offer the

unadulterated late-70s boat-anchor experience,

but that’s almost certainly a good thing.

Once again, we have cause to reminisce about

a long-lost and truly wonderful sunburst ’74 Strat

with a seemingly never-ending stream of songs in it,

but that’s a story for another day. Back here in

2019, in similar fashion to the Jazzmaster, the ’70s

Stratocaster’s fingerboard is a CITES-friendly slab

of pau ferro, although the offset model’s ’board is

slightly redder in hue.

The Classic Player Jazzmaster returns rebadged

8 /10 with a host of inspirational tones

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