I am more than blown away. Compared to the few early 60s strats I’ve played, this has all the tone and look with a nicer feel and a lovely glassiness. Honestly a beautiful guitar!
JAMes
JST’62 VS
Our JST’62 Vintage Series, is authentically aged from the hardware and plastics to the nitro finish. Choose the degree of ageing - ‘Pristine’, ‘Relic’ or ‘Heavy Relic’. Traditional tonewoods are used to capture the sound - solid alder body, quartersawn maple neck and rosewood fingerboard. The neck has a comfy soft V profile with a slab fingerboard inlayed with vintage clay dots. The 3 ply mint green pickguard looks great with the vintage ivory pickup covers and knobs. A 3 tone sunburst is applied to the body, first a transparent vintage yellow followed by a dark brown burst (appears black on the edges) then a red burst. Thin coats of clear nitro cellulose lacquer are applied and after a minimum of two weeks drying time the guitar is cut back to 800grit then 1200grit and finally polished.
All hardware is high quality, and as standard, includes a Gotoh vintage tremolo with a steel sustain block. The Gotoh vintage tuners allow fine tuning and smooth operation. The guitar is fitted with a high quality 250k CTS pots giving nice even tapers and a Sprague Orange Drop capacitor.
Bare Knuckle ‘Mother’s Milk’ single coils come as standard and are bright and punchy mid '60s voiced Strat coil set; solid bass response, a dynamic, woody character and with a fantastic snap in the high-end. Other brands of pickups can be fitted if preferred.
From £3,550
S P E C I F I C A T I O N
BODY One or two piece alder
NECK Maple, quarter sawn
SCALE LENGTH 25.5''
FINGERBOARD 10'' radius, dark rosewood / slightly rolled edges
NUT 42mm Bone
FRETS 22 Dunlop 6105 (medium / high) or Dunlop 6100 (Wide /high)
MARKERS Vintage clay dots (hand cast)
TRUSS ROD Adjustable double action, access headstock
LOGO Case gold with black outline - wetslide
HARDWARE Chrome/Nickel plated
TREMOLO Gotoh vintage, steel sustain block
TUNERS Gotoh vintage
PICKUPS Bare Knuckle ‘Mother’s Milk’ single coils
PICKUP COVERS & KNOBS Vintage ivory
PICKGUARD 3 ply mint green
CONTROLS CTS 250k pots, 5 way switch
CAPACITOR Sprague Orange Drop 022
FINISH Body: 3 tone sunburst, Neck: Vintage yellow/amber tint, high gloss nitrocellulose.
CASE Hiscox Hard shell
Fretwire, Neck dimensions, controls, hardware, pickups and colour can all be specified