Key Features
- Unbelievable range of sounds to suit any playing style
- Drove the sound of Led Zep, Chili Peppers, The Who, and many more
- Includes deluxe Fender hardshell case and Fender strap
- The only bass guitar you'll ever need
Fender Custom Shop 1960 Journeyman Relic Jazz Bass, Lake Placid Blue Overview
As smooth as they come. The Fender Custom Shop 1960 Journeyman Relic Jazz Bass, Lake Placid Blue gives you the sleekest, most polished sound you're ever likely to find in a jazz bass.
A slab rosewood fingerboard is responsible for incredible warmth, as well as affording superb playing comfort. Experience perfectly silky, mellow jazz tones with the Journeyman's hand-wound Fender Jazz Bass pickups to give your sound an authentic, vintage feel. Make your basslines growl with dynamism thanks to the added, eight-polepiece bridge pickup.
The 1960 Jazz Bass took bass guitars to the next level upon its debut, building upon Fender's earlier Precision Bass to create a more versatile, devilishly stylish instrument. The model is still the Ferrari of the bass guitar world. Consider the names mentioned when you discuss the best bass guitarists of all time: The Who's John Entwistle, John Paul Jones of Led Zep, Flea from the Chili Peppers. Now consider that every single one of them played a '60 Fender Jazz Bass. Embrace the pinnacle of bass guitar artistry.
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View Full DescriptionComplete freedom in sound
Utilise an amazing range of tonal possibilities. The sky is the limit when it comes to the variety of sounds you're able to get out of the Journeyman Jazz Bass. Dual hand-wound, vintage Fender Jazz Bass pickups provide you with endless possibilities in style.
It is the bridge pickup, though, that truly unleashes this guitar's potential. Thanks to this second pickup, spiky, energising highs can give an exciting, funky edge to any song, meanwhile the guitar's ability to produce guttural, growling lows is essential when you want to channel your inner rock god. The Journeyman Relic is a vital all-rounder for any bassist's arsenal.
User-friendly, slender maple neck
Every bassist hates being held back by a clunky, difficult-to-play neck. Experience the ultimate aid to your playing with the Journeyman's slender maple neck and free your creativity. Fender's original bass, the Precision, essentially had a gigantic tree trunk for a neck. With the 1960 Jazz Bass, the company set out to create an instrument with increased playability, which involved significantly narrowing the guitar's neck. The development was a roaring success, and remains a standard in bass guitar manufacturing to this day. This was the original, and the best.
The perfect tonewood body
Open up the midrange, regardless of playing style. The Journeyman's 2-piece select alder wood body is the quintessential tonewood to give your basslines outstanding resonance and bite. The original 1960 Jazz Bass was painstakingly developed with even the tiniest details focused upon to ensure the end result was the ultimate bass guitar, and this Journeyman Relic edition is no different.
The wood was chosen for its extreme versatility, allowing notes at both ends of the scale to sizzle and sparkle as they cut through the mix. This was especially notable for the Jazz Bass' ability to open up the midrange, which had long been an issue for bass guitars of the time. Ensure that every single note you play bursts with crystal-clear clarity.
Eye-catching, authentic vintage style
Fender instruments are synonymous with style. When they first crafted the 1960 Jazz Bass six decades ago, Fender gave birth to the most alluring, tantalising bass guitar model the world has ever laid its eyes upon. This Journeyman Relic model has managed to accurately capture that original, vintage style that made the instrument so aesthetically desirable in the first place.
The body is resplendent in a faded, aged Lake Placid blue colour. A 4-ply tortoiseshell pickguard applies a touch of '60s class. A metallic shine is created by the chrome and nickel hardware finish, and signature Fender Custom Shop aged lacquer ensures that the Journeyman Relic lives up to its title, resembling a precious musical artefact from a golden age. Simply stunning.
The greatest bass in music history
Bass guitars really do not come much more celebrated than this. The 1960 Jazz Bass is a legend, pure and simple. Upon its release in 1960, Fender already had a supremely successful bass model in the shape of the Precision. But the company wanted to do more, to innovate further and create an even higher quality instrument. That's exactly what they did. So it's no surprise that the very best and most successful artists of all-time all seem to have employed one of these in their music at some stage.
Paul McCartney used a left-handed model to cut The Beatles' White Album. John Entwistle gave us the electrifying, breathtaking bassline to The Who's "My Generation" using a Fender Jazz Bass. One of the most iconic basslines of all time was played on one by John Paul Jones for Led Zeppelin's "Dazed and Confused". Bowie's "Space Oddity". Bootsy Collins' revolutionary funk with Parliament-Funkadelic. "White Rabbit" by Jefferson Airplane. Pretty much everything Red Hot Chili Peppers' Flea has ever put to record. The guitar's history is as illustrious as it is long. Be a part of its next chapter.
Specifications
Body
- Model Name: Fender Custom Shop 1960 Journeyman Relic Jazz Bass, Lake Placid Blue
- Series: Time Machine
- Body Material: 2-Piece Select Alder
- Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
- Body Shape: Jazz Bass
Neck
- Neck Material: Quartersawn Maple
- Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
- Neck Shape: '60's "U"
- Fingerboard: Rosewood
- Fingerboard Radius: 9.5 inches
- Inlays: Clay Dot
- Nut: Bone
- Nut Width: 1.5 inches
- Scale Length: 34 inches
- Frets: 6105 Narrow Jumbo
- No. of Frets: 20
Hardware & Electronics
- Finish: Nickel/Chrome
- Bridge: 4-Saddle American Vintage Bass
- Tuners: Vintage-Style Open Back
- Pickguard: 4-ply Tortoiseshell
- Knobs: Black Plastic
- Neck Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound Single-Coil Jazz Bass
- Bridge Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound Single-Coil Jazz Bass
- Truss Rods: Vintage-Style Heel Adjust
- Controls: Volume 1 (Neck Pickup), Volume 2 (Bridge Pickup), Tone 1 (Neck Pickup, Tone 2 (Bridge Pickup)
- Pickup Switching: None
- Pickup Configuration: SS
Miscellaneous
- Extras: Fender Deluxe Hardshell Case, Fender Strap, and Certificate of Authenticity
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