Fender 0190170800 American Vintage II 1966 Jazz Electric Bass Guitar w/Vintage-Style Black (Orange Interior) Hardshell Case, 3-Color Sunburst

The Fender® American Vintage II series presents a remarkably accurate take on the revolutionary designs that altered the course of musical history. Built with period-accurate bodies, necks and hardware, premium finishes and meticulously voiced, year-specific pickups, each instrument captures the essence of authentic Fender craftsmanship and tone.

When Don Randall at Fender Sales requested a more sophisticated, high-end bass model, the now iconic Jazz Bass® was the result. The neck was narrower at the nut, providing a faster and more effortless feel and the sleek new body style mirrored the offset contoured style of the Jazzmaster®. By 1966, evolution of the instrument reached new heights with striking new features.

The American Vintage II 1966 Jazz Bass features a comfortable "U" shape hard rock maple neck, and it plays like a dream with a 7.25" radius round-lam rosewood fingerboard and vintage tall frets. Characteristic of production in 1966, this J-Bass® is offered with white neck binding, pearl dots, two volume controls with master tone, matching painted headstock and 4-ply tortoiseshell pickguard. The 4-saddle bridge with threaded saddles, vintage-style "lollipop" tuners and Pure Vintage '66 Jazz Bass pickups deliver classic thump and style.

The instruments in the American Vintage II series are direct descendants of the original Fenders: designed for players with a fine appreciation for vintage Fender tone and feel and built with unmatched quality, down to the last screw. These are Fender electrics in their purest form: Fender American Vintage II, the stuff of legends.

Size: Full Size

Number of Strings: 4

Type of Strings: Steel

Color: Sunburst

Body Finish: Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer

Top Wood: Alder

Back and Sides: Vintage-Style Black (Orange Interior) Hardshell Case

Binding:

Neck Material: Maple

Fingerboard Material: Bound Round-Laminated Rosewood

Inlay: White Pearloid Dot - 7mm

Number of Frets: 20

Scale Length: 34" (86.36 cm)

Body Length:

Total Length: 43.7

Tuning Machines: Pure Vintage ‘Lollipop’

Nut/Saddle Material: Bone

Nut Width: 1.5" (38.1 mm)

Bridge Material: Pure Vintage 4-Saddle with Threaded Steel Saddles

Factory Strings: Fender USA 7250M Nickel Plated Steel (.045-.105 Gauges), PN 0737250406

Pickups: Middle Pickup: Pure Vintage '66 Single-Coil Jazz Bass - Bridge Pickup: Pure Vintage '66 Single-Coil Jazz Bass

Case Included: Vintage-Style Black (Orange Interior)

Body Shape: Jazz Bass

Bracing:

Radius: 7.25" (184.1 mm)