2000 Fender American Vintage '62 Jazzmaster Yamano, Ice Blue w/ Matching Headstock, G&G Case

Up for sale, a 2000 Fender American Vintage '62 Jazzmaster Yamano limited edition model in 100% original condition, complete with a G&G hardshell case. An extremely rare example of the American Vintage series Jazzmaster offered exclusively via Fender's distribution deal with Yamano in Japan, this guitar features a custom color Ice Blue Metallic gloss nitro lacquer finish and matching headstock. This finish has aged and greened to a shade that splits the difference between Sage Green and Inca Silver.The production totals for the American Vintage Jazzmaster models were notably small in the first years of production (Jazzmasters were first added to the line in 1999), and this instrument captures the feel and tonal properties of a Pre-CBS example with a tonewood complement comprising an alder body, maple neck, and thick slab rosewood fretboard, yielding an extremely resonant, detailed, and broad natural acoustic tone.The American Vintage '62 pickups are constructed with black fiber bobbins and beveled alnico magnets, wound with a bit more midrange push than vintage Jazzmaster pickups, lending these coils a certain presence and a touch more fullness than many other Jazzmaster winds. The bridge pickup has ample sparkle, twang, and percussive cut, while also offering more inherent warmth than any other Fender single coil. Complimenting the bridge position single coil, the neck pickup is rich and nuanced, with more low end oomph on tap via the Rhythm Circuit, ideal for articulating darker chord voicings or thickening up your favorite fuzz pedal. The guitar weighs 8lbs 5oz, professionally setup here at Mike & Mike's Guitar Bar (where we specialize in Fender Offset instruments) with fresh 11-49 strings, low action, and accurate intonation.The maple neck has a medium C-shaped profile carve with nicely rounded shoulders and lightly rolled fretboard edges, measuring .830" deep at the 1st fret and .905" at the 12th. The guitar conforms to traditional Fender spec with a 7 1/4" fretboard radius, 1.650" nut width, and full 25 1/2" scale length. The slab rosewood fretboard retains the stock slender fretwire which shows light wear beneath the plain strings on the crowns of frets 1-3, with wear extending even more faintly beneath the G and B strings to fret 6. The guitar plays well in every register up the straight neck with a responsive, optimally adjusted truss rod. The Ice Blue-finished headstock boasts a Pre-CBS style "spaghetti" Jazzmaster logo, with Kluson-style tuning machines that turn smoothly and hold pitch well. The neck heel and pocket have numerous factory stamps dating between June and August of 2000.Electronically, everything works as it should, with the pickups wired to a three-way pickup selector, Volume and Tone knobs, and the "Rhythm Circuit" with on/off selector and Volume and Tone rollers. The vibrato has a smooth and responsive feel, the vibrato arm sits nice and tight in the collet, and the chrome plating on the hardware is bright and clean. Even the original bridge cover is intact. Plastics include a pale mint green pickguard with some requisite pick scuffing on the treble side, with aged parchment pickup covers and knobs.The gloss Ice Blue Metallic nitro lacquer finish has naturally aged and greened, with a bit of oxidation in the metallic finish where the forearm crosses the top and a shade of fractionally deeper yellowing at the treble side waist. There is extremely tight lacquer checking on the instrument's face, with various dings on the body perimeter, and some chipping through the clear coat on the bass-side body edge exposing the un-aged Ice Blue. The neck profile retains its smooth ambered nitro gloss with light guitar stand wear on the bass-side shoulder of the profile from frets 10-11.A replacement brown tolex G&G Deluxe hardshell case is included.***We are dealers for the Mastery M1 Bridge, OMV-P Offset Vibrato, and Lollar Jazzmaster pickups, any or all of which can be installed prior to shipment for an additional charge***