Fender Blacktop™ Jazzmaster® HS Model
Drive your sound with raw humbucking power. Fender’s new and 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 fretboard, 22 medium jumbo frets, gloss polyester finish and chrome hardware.
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.
Specifications:
General | |
| Model Name: | Blacktop™ Jazzmaster® HS |
| Series: | Blacktop™ |
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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" Hex Adjustment |
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 |
