Fender Custom Shop 1959 Jazzmaster Journeyman Relic Texas Tea

Designed expressly for jazzers (but adopted by surfers) and introduced in 1958, the Jazzmaster combined refined looks with a warm, mellifluous voice and new tremolo system. It evolved over the years, but the 1959 Jazzmaster is known as the most influential model that helped define new musical genres.  That's what we went for with this Custom Shop recreation, but with a few twists for modern players....and in a color that you've never seen on a Jazzmaster before.

The two-piece alder body sports the iconic offset curves designed for guitarists who usually played seated, and also wears a Journeyman Relic lacquer finish, giving it the look and feel of a guitar that’s survived over six decades of playing.  Our friends at the Custom Shop picked out light pieces, and the result is a Jazzmaster at just 8.2 lbs.  And for the color, we chose something rarely seen: Texas Tea.  By "rarely", we mean "never".  Texas Tea is a color that Fender debuted a few years ago for the American Ultra series, and proved to be a hit.  We've done a few Custom Shop builds with this finish, but just Strats and Teles - this is the first Jazzmasters to exist like it.