Name: Fender Custom Shop 1960 Jazz Bass NOS Santa Monica Sparkle Truetone Color Set
Brand: Truetone Music
SKU: fender-custom-shop-1960-jazz-bass-nos-santa-monica-sparkle-truetone-color-set
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Fender Custom Shop 1960 Jazz Bass NOS Santa Monica Sparkle Truetone Color Set

Truetone Color Set - Santa Monica Sparkle

As part of a close partnership with the Fender Custom Shop, Truetone Music cooked up an exclusive run of guitars, known as "Truetone Color Sets". It's where we do a quartet of instruments - Strat, Tele, Jazzmaster and Jazz bass - all in the same color, as a matching set. For the colors, we picked unique ones that are rarely ever seen. In this case, it's one never seen, as it's never been done. Officially, it's called Silver Natural Sparkle, but we're going with the moniker of "Santa Monica Sparkle", as it was dreamt up right here, and represents the beach city well.

This one of the coolest and most finishes we've seen. It's not shown in the list of Custom Shop colors, as it's never really existed. Credit goes to Truetone vet Louis Castillo, who made the suggestion for a "natural sparkle" while we were dreaming up unique guitars to do. At first, it elicited a laugh - and then we realized the potential. We worked directly with the Fender Custom Shop's paint expert, Jay Nelson, who ran several prototypes until we settled on the final version. It started as a single guitar - but once we saw it, we knew it had to be done as a full set. This is the first to arrive, and it's even better than we thought it would be.

We'll pause now to allow time for viewing of the photos - which came out great but don't truly represent how cool this finish is. Faced straight on, you don't see the sparkle that much, but at an angle or in certain light (especially when moving) it really comes out.

While the majority of Custom Shop instruments have some level of aging, from Closet Classic to Super Heavy Relic, we went in the opposite direction - we chose to do this guitar as an NOS (New Old Stock) piece. The reason is simple: this one is just too beautiful to do anything besides NOS! The wood grain looks great behind the clear finish, and the sparkle is the definition of eye-catching. The silver anodized pickguard ties it all together, and the Abalone inlays are the perfect finishing touch.

This Custom Shop 1960 Jazz Bass is a testament to their ability to pull off vintage recreations with modern playability. It features a period correct 60 "U" neck shape, classic vintage-voiced pickups, and a mostly otherwise traditional design. We went with a 9.5" radius and Narrow Tall (6105) frets - this is one of the most common and popular modifications to vintage-styled instruments out of the Custom Shop. So, you get a modern feel on a vintage style bass. For the pickups, we kept it real, going with the base model Custom Shop Vintage Jazz Bass pickup set. These recreate the sound of a classic mid-60's Jazz bass and are versatile enough for a variety of styles of playing. We also went with the old school stacked knob (concentric) knob set up. So it's a vintage styled bass, with a modern feel, in a totally unique finish.

Other features include a High Mass bridge, which is a favorite of ours and helps to improve tone & sustain. It's topped off with vintage tuning machines, bone nut and Silver Anodized pickguard, rarely seen on a bass. Also includes a Custom Shop black hardshell case, strap and certificate of authenticity.

This is an extra special Jazz bass, as part of a Truetone-exclusive color set called Santa Monica Sparkle. You haven't seen it before, because it's the first and only to ever exist! Come to Truetone Music to check it out, or order right here to have it shipped to your home.