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Fender Troy van Leeuwen Jazzmaster Oxblood
From the early nineties to the present day, Troy van Leeuwen continues to resonate in our ears with his extraordinary guitar work, especially playing in bands like A Perfect Circle, Queens of the Stone Age and the Eagles of Death Metal. Reason enough for Fender to produce another signature instrument for him, the Fender Troy van Leeuwen Jazzmaster Copper Age! His Jazzmaster consists of an alder body with a bolt-on maple neck and offers a vintage-style maple fingerboard with 21 frets. For the signature sound, two classic Fender American Vintage 1965 Jazzmaster pickups are used, which with their extremely wide winding conjure up a raw and powerful sound in P-90 style. Of course the Troy van Leeuwen Signature, as a genuine Jazzmaster, has the famous "floating" tremolo with matching American Standard bridge.
Fender Troy van Leeuwen Jazzmaster Copper AgeOverall, the guitar is great: the neck is comfortable, sounds good clean and with distortion and crunch, great weight balance, the Mustang bridge is a good improvement.
The finish is very nice also but has some imperfections: the black neck binding's edges look worn out on some parts (binding missing), which is unacceptable for a USD 1'500 instrument !
Also, the toggle switches (the rhythm one in particular) are wobbly and need tightening.
Finally, the high E string was not aligned properly with the neck, but this was resolved with a quick little adjustment.
I will see how it goes in the following weeks of playing it but I can say I am overall satisfied by the guitar and would recommend it to anyone looking for something with a bit of a vintage flavor (sound-wise).
The communication with Music Store by phone and email (UK and Germany) was great and I received the guitar in 8 days via DHL.
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