Fender Custom Shop Time Machine 1961 Jazz Bass Heavy Relic Aged Shoreline Gold

This item is in great condition and is barely used, showing only minor signs of usage from display on our showroom floor.

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.

Weight: 9lbs 13.4oz

Body: 2-Piece Select Alder
Body Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Body Material: 2-Piece Select Alder
Body Shape: Jazz Bass

Fingerboard Material: Flat-Laminated AAA Rosewood
Fingerboard Radius: 9.5" (241 mm)
Neck Butt Width: 2.500"
Neck Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Neck Material: Quartersawn Maple
Neck Shape: 1960 Jazz Bass "U"
Neck Thickness: .790"
Neck Thickness 12 Fret: .990"
Number of Frets: 20
Nut Material: Bone
Nut Width: 1.5" (38.1 mm)
Position Inlays: Micarta White Dot
Side Dots: White
String Nut: Bone
Truss Rod Nut: Vintage-Style Slotted
Truss Rods: Vintage-Style Heel Adjust

Bridge: 4-Saddle Vintage Style with Threaded Steel Saddles
Control Knobs: Black "Witch Hat"
Hardware Finish: Nickel/Chrome
Neck Plate: 4-Bolt with Custom Shop "V" Logo
Pickguard: 4-Ply Tortoiseshell
Tuning Machines: Vintage-Style

Bridge Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound Single-Coil Jazz Bass®
Controls: Volume 1. (Neck Pickup), Volume 2. (Bridge Pickup), Master Tone
Neck Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound Single-Coil Jazz Bass®
Pickup Configuration: SS

Included Accessories: Deluxe Hardshell Case, Strap and Certificate of Authenticity.