A reverse Jazzmaster with Gretsch pickups, Telecaster neck and a Firebird body. Reason for sale; I need something with tremolo. The Custom Shop luthiers started with a period-correct nitro finish nickel hardware, then applied their proprietary relic process for a truly vintage look. TV Jones Powertron pickups. Solid body, but lighter in weight than a jazzmaster or a telecaster. Strung through for superior sustain. Baseball Bat necks: Massive tuning stability; Less warp. A chunky neck gives you something to hold onto. More experienced players like Jeff Beck prefer them. Beginners don’t like fat necks. (source: Chappers & the Captain). Nitrocellulose laquer finish has tonal value. The Fender Custom Shop Limited Edition Relic La Cabronita “Boracha” Jazzmaster wears a relic’d nitrocellulose laquer finish. Nitro finishes – standard back in the’60s and’70s – are significantly thinner than today’s polyurethane finishes, allowing the guitar to breathe. Nitro finishes not only look authentically vintage (particularly when they’re relic’d) – they also enhance the instrument’s tonal qualities. The Relic treatment – more than just a worn look. Fender Custom Shop’s Relic treatment creates instruments that are spittin’ images of the originals as they might look today. Without sneaking a look at the neck heel stamps, you’d be hard-pressed to distinguish the Limited Edition Relic La Cabronita “Boracha” Jazzmaster from the real deal. Custom Shop luthiers have painstakingly re-created the wear patterns from decades of nightly professional use on this guitar’s nitrocellulose laquer finish. But they didn’t stop there. The Custom Shop luthiers juiced the Heavy Relic Jazzmaster’s playability with a 9.5 radius and taller 6105 frets – giving you a modern guitar that’s perfect for bending and shredding. It only looks likes it’s been around for a half-century! Fender Custom Shop Limited Edition Relic La Cabronita “Boracha” Jazzmaster Features. Limited edition Jazzmaster with vintage “Relic” look and modern playability and components. Nitrocellulose lacquer finish is thinner than most modern finishes, for enhanced resonance and tonality. 1-piece maple neck and fingerboard, with 9.5″ radius for a “just right feel. 6105 medium-jumbo frets allow bigger string bends without fretting out. Two TV Jones Powertron humbucking pickups have a rich, powerful sound, with exceptional bite and chime too. Sophisticated S1 switching gives you a wider range of tones to play with. The item “Fender Custom Shop Telecaster La Cabronita BORACHA jazzmaster Relic” is in sale since Tuesday, October 04, 2016. This item is in the category “Musical Instruments\Guitars & Basses\Electric Guitars”. The seller is “durrique” and is located in Bow, London. This item can be shipped to North, South, or Latin America, all countries in Europe, all countries in continental Asia, Australia.
- Brand: Fender
- MPN: Does Not Apply
- Body Type: Solid
- Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
- Body Colour: Black