2011 American Vintage Jazzmaster question

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2011 American Vintage Jazzmaster question

Post by NJBuck » Sun Mar 19, 2023 4:49 am

Hi - I have my eyes on what is being represented as an American Vintage 2011 Jazzmaster. The guitar is sunburst, with a good anodized type pickguard and gold tuners with white plastic buttons. I can’t find anything online that verifies this guitar as being original with those attributes. The only thing close is a Made in Japan model. This one has a V serial number. I really like this guitar, but am skeptical. Does anyone have any idea if Fender offered this guitar in 2011? Thanks.

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Re: 2011 American Vintage Jazzmaster question

Post by NJBuck » Sun Mar 19, 2023 4:50 am

Correction - that was “gold” anodized pickguard

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Re: 2011 American Vintage Jazzmaster question

Post by NJBuck » Sun Mar 19, 2023 4:50 am

Correction - that was “gold” anodized pickguard

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Re: 2011 American Vintage Jazzmaster question

Post by BoringPostcards » Sun Mar 19, 2023 7:34 am

There were special runs through Wildwood with those specs, but I believe the serials began with LE.
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Re: 2011 American Vintage Jazzmaster question

Post by Zeus » Sun Mar 19, 2023 12:21 pm

Could be a regular sunburst AVRI 62 that someone changed the tuners and pickguard on, without photos it's impossible to know.

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Re: 2011 American Vintage Jazzmaster question

Post by jdr1014 » Sun Mar 19, 2023 7:34 pm

I have an AV62 JM of similar vintage but don't remember any with gold bits like that. Obviously someone could easily add them. Perhaps look up the serial number - I think there is a place on Fender's website to do that....under "customer service" perhaps. I know that I have done that in the not too distant past to verify some AV/AVRI Fenders I own.

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Re: 2011 American Vintage Jazzmaster question

Post by NJBuck » Thu Mar 23, 2023 4:06 pm

Mystery solved - the dealer eventually told me that the previous owner replaced the guard/tuners/jack and vol/tone knobs. Wanted it to look more 59 apparently.

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