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 fretboard, 22 medium jumbo frets, gloss polyester finish and chrome hardware.

Features

General

• Model Name: Blacktop™ Jazzmaster® HS
• Series: Blacktop™
• Color : 3-Color Sunburst, Black

Body

• Body Material: Alder
• Body Shape: Jazzmaster®

Neck

• Number of Frets: 21
• Fret Size: Medium Jumbo
• Position Inlays: White Dot Position Inlays
• Fingerboard Radius: 9.5" (24.1 cm)
• Fretboard: Rosewood
• Neck Material: Maple
• Neck Finish: Gloss Urethane
• Nut Width: 1.650” (42 mm)
• Scale Length: 25.5" (64.8 cm)
• Neck Plate: Vintage Style 4 Bolt
• Truss Rod Nut: 3/16" Adjustable Hex Nut

Electronics

• Pickup Configuration: H/S
• Bridge Pickup: Hot Vintage Alnico Humbucking Pickup (Bridge)
• Neck Pickup: 1 Duncan Designed™ Single-Coil Jazzmaster® Pickup (Neck)
• Pickup Switching: 3-Position Toggle: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup
• Controls: Master Volume, Master Tone

Hardware

• Hardware Finish: Nickel/Chrome
• Bridge: Vintage Style Adjustable 6-Saddle Bridge with “Floating” Tremolo Tailpiece
• Tuning Machines: Standard Cast/Sealed Tuning Machines
• String Nut: Synthetic Bone
• Switch Tips: Black Switch Tip
• Tremolo Arm Handle: Vintage Jazzmaster® Tremolo Arm

Tools

• Truss Rod Wrench: 0.1875"

Miscellaneous

• Strings: Fender® USA Super 250L’s, NPS (.009-.042 Gauges)
• Unique Features: HS Pickup Configuration, Simplified Controls/Switching, Black Skirted Amp Knobs

Accessories

• Pickguard: (500) 3-Ply Black, (506) 3-Ply Mint Green
• Included Accessories: Truss Rod Adjustment Wrench
• Control Knobs: Skirted Amp Knobs

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