NAMM 2013

The Fender Jazzmaster HH Select

We're gearing up (no pun intended) for the annual summer NAMM music trade show held each year in California. Expect to see many new instruments from the zillion manufactures to be unleashed on the world in just a few days. Fender have all sorts of goodies including new models from their 'Select' range of top-enders including the beauty pictured above. The Jazzmaster HH features among other things, a compound-radius (9.5"-14"). An inlaid rosewood fingerboard where the rosewood board is actually inlaid into the hand rubbed oiled maple neck. Some new humbuckers and fancy switching. The angle of the Adjusto-Matic™  bridge looks a bit radical to me? Pedals galore for the stompers and some new relics from the Fender Custom shop. But some sad new from the almighty Fender Musical Instrument Company (FMIC), one of their acquired brands 'Hamer' will be put out to pasture with other brands as yet un announced disappearing off the walls. Gibson are also firing on both barrels with a new line of, wait for it, Les Pauls. It's all happening in the next couple of weeks where we will get to see Pete Townsend receive his Les Paul award, I wouldn't have a clue what this would be for?