Only a year after its debut, the Jazz Bass received a new control configuration in 1961 that featured a volume knob for each pickup and a master tone knob—a classic control arrangement that endures to this day. The 1961 Jazz Bass Heavy Relic is a faithful recreation of the time-honored original, with a few custom features prized by players worldwide. The two-piece alder body, hand selected for weight and grain, wears a Heavy Relic lacquer finish. The quartersawn maple neck features a ’60-style Jazz Bass “U” profile, topped by a 9.5”-radius flat-lam rosewood fingerboard with 20 medium jumbo frets for comfort and perfect action along the entire length of the neck.
As with the now-familiar control arrangement that first appeared in mid 1961, the hand-wound vintage Jazz bass pickups each have their own volume control, with a master tone knob. Other features include a four-ply brown shell pickguard, vintage-style bass bridge with threaded steel saddles, vintage-style tuning machines, bone nut and disk string tree. Also includes deluxe hardshell case, strap, string mutes and certificate of authenticity.
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General
- Model Name: 1961 Jazz Bass® Heavy Relic®, Rosewood Fingerboard, Aged Olympic White
- Model Number: 9231012907
- Series: Time Machine
- Color: Aged Olympic White
Body
- Body Shape: Jazz Bass®
- Body Material: 2-Piece Select Alder
- Body Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Neck
- Neck Material: Quartersawn Maple
- Neck Shape: 1960 Jazz Bass® "U"
- Scale Length: 34" (864 mm)
- Fingerboard Radius: 9.5" (241 mm)
- Number of Frets: 20
- Fret Size: Medium Jumbo
- String Nut: Bone
- Nut Width: 1.5" (38.1 mm)
- Truss Rod Nut: Vintage-Style Slotted
- Neck Plate: 4-Bolt with Custom Shop "V" Logo
- Neck Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
- Fingerboard: Flat-Laminated AAA Rosewood
- Position Inlays: Micarta White Dot
Electronics
- Bridge Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound Single-Coil Jazz Bass®
- Neck Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound Single-Coil Jazz Bass®
- Controls: Volume 1. (Neck Pickup), Volume 2. (Bridge Pickup), Master Tone
- Pickup Switching: N/A
- Pickup Configuration: SS
Hardware
- Bridge: 4-Saddle Vintage Style with Threaded Steel Saddles
- Tuning Machines: Vintage-Style
- Orientation: Right-Hand
- Hardware Finish: Nickel/Chrome
- Pickguard: 4-Ply Tortoiseshell
- Control Knobs: Black "Witch Hat"
Miscellaneous
- Strings: Nickel Plated Steel (.045-.105 Gauges)
- Instrument Weight: 9.5 lbs
Condition | New |
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SKU | FEN-9231012907 |
UPC | 885978877874 |