Leo Fender introduced the Jazzmaster intending that it would take off and replace the Telecaster and Stratocaster; despite its qualities, it didn’t quite work out that way. This is one of the nicest Jazzmasters we’ve seen as far as playability. Everything you want a Jazzmaster to be!
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The first time I ever encountered a Jazzmaster in person, it was in the hands of a great guitarist by the name of Stan Gadziola, who was one of two guitarists slinging their axes in the service of an amazing R&B band called Sounder. They played around the Georgian Bay area in the 1980s, and I managed to misspend a fair chunk of my misspent youth at their gigs. I thought the Jazzmaster was just about the coolest looking thing on the planet, especially in an era that was overpopulated by Kramer and Charvel wannabes.
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