The result is, it has to be said, a very odd-looking Jazzmaster that from the pictures looks eerily out of proportion to itself. Nevertheless, it could be another one of Fender Japan’s classic ...

Paul Kelly, who co-authored Fender: The Golden Age 1946-1970 with his brother Martin Kelly, recalls an all-too-familiar motivation for buying his first 50s Jazzmaster. In the late 70s, Paul and ...