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Made in 1963-4 for about 18 months and the precursor for the more sought after 176 and Selmer exclusive "Galaxie" models, which are a 176 without the varitone circuit. Offset double cutaway body. Lacquered neck. 4-way pickup selector (1 pickup at a time or all "on") Differentiated tone cap values for each (essentially mini-humbucker) Franz Pix 511 Nova Sonic pickup (has a tone roller above each). Available in painted or vinyl-wrapped finishes. Originally with mute. There is also a 175 from the 70s that is a 2-pickup "tele" with blade pickups. This requires a separate entry as it's not the same guitar. Vibrato is very subtle. Later models are sometimes with the "adjustable glass saddle" type bridge used on the 176. Otherwise with compensated one-piece cast bridge.

Made in 1963-4 for about 18 months and the precursor for the more sought after 176 and Selmer exclusive "Galaxie" models, which are a 176 without the varitone circuit. Offset double cutaway body. Lacquered neck. 4-way pickup selector (1 pickup at a time or all "on") Differentiated tone cap values for each (essentially mini-humbucker) Franz Pix 511 Nova Sonic pickup (has a tone roller above each). Available in painted or vinyl-wrapped finishes. Originally with mute. There is also a 175 from the 70s that is a 2-pickup "tele" with blade pickups. This requires a separate entry as it's not the same guitar. The Hofner official website archive refers to that model as the 175T. Vibrato is very subtle. Later models are sometimes with the "adjustable glass saddle" type bridge used on the 176. Otherwise with compensated one-piece cast bridge.

Made in 1963-4 for about 18 months and the precursor for the more sought after 176 and Selmer exclusive "Galaxie" models, which are a 176 without the varitone circuit. Offset double cutaway body. Lacquered neck. 4-way pickup selector (1 pickup at a time or all "on") Differentiated tone cap values for each (essentially mini-humbucker) Franz Pix 511 Nova Sonic pickup (has a tone roller above each). Available in painted or vinyl-wrapped finishes. Originally with mute. Vibrato is very subtle. Later models are sometimes with the "adjustable glass saddle" type bridge used on the 176. Otherwise with compensated one-piece cast bridge.

Made in 1963-4 for about 18 months and the precursor for the more sought after 176 and Selmer exclusive "Galaxie" models, which are a 176 without the varitone circuit. Offset double cutaway body. Lacquered neck. 4-way pickup selector (1 pickup at a time or all "on") Differentiated tone cap values for each (essentially mini-humbucker) Franz Pix 511 Nova Sonic pickup (has a tone roller above each). Available in painted or vinyl-wrapped finishes. Originally with mute. There is also a 175 from the 70s that is a 2-pickup "tele" with blade pickups. This requires a separate entry as it's not the same guitar. Vibrato is very subtle. Later models are sometimes with the "adjustable glass saddle" type bridge used on the 176. Otherwise with compensated one-piece cast bridge.

Made in 1963-4 for about 18 months and the precursor for the more sought after 176 and Selmer exclusive "Galaxie" models, which are a 176 without the varitone circuit. Offset double cutaway body. Lacquered neck. 4-way pickup selector (1 pickup at a time or all "on") Differentiated tone cap values for each (essentially mini-humbucker) Franz Pix 511 Nova Sonic pickup (has a tone roller above each). Available in painted or vinyl-wrapped finishes. Originally with mute. Vibrato is very subtle. Later models are sometimes with the "adjustable glass saddle" type bridge used on the 176. Otherwise with compensated one-piece cast bridge.

The Galaxie was the Selmer simplified version of the 176 with no varitone. The pictured guitar is a non-Selmer Hofner 176.

LIMITED EDITION "Made in Japan Traditional Series is a reproduction of Fender's traditional instruments with Japanese craftsmanship. In this time, we put some special customizasion to that. The Made in Japan Traditional 60s Jazzmaster® HH Limited Run equipped with Wide-Range CuNiFe humbuckers with CuNiFe rod magnets that produce a rich, bell-like humbucker tone. Other features are a gloss-finish basswood body and a vintage-style 21-fret, 9.5"" radius ""U"" shaped neck. The rosewood fingerboard with neck binding and block inlays make this model so unique. A six-saddle vintage-style bridge with floating tremolo tailpiece provides classic playability. Completely limited quantities. (Text is the original product description from Fender's website - spelling mistakes, bad English and all)

NECK MATERIAL Roasted Maple NECK FINISH Gloss Urethane NECK SHAPE "U" FRETBOARD RADIUS 9.5" (241 mm) FRETBOARD MATERIAL Rosewood INLAYS Pearloid Block NUMBER OF FRETS 21 STRING NUT Bone NUT WIDTH 1.615" (41.02 mm) NUT MATERIAL Bone

BODY Basswood BODY FINISH Gloss Polyester BODY SHAPE Jazzmaster® BODY MATERIAL Basswood

BRIDGE 6-Saddle Vintage-Style Adjustable with “Floating” Tremolo Tailpiece PICKGUARD 3-Ply Tortoiseshell CONTROL KNOBS Vintage White Plastic HARDWARE FINISH Chrome TUNING MACHINES Vintage-Style STRINGS Nickel Plated Steel (.009-.042 Gauges) NECK PLATE 4-Bolt

BRIDGE PICKUP Wide-Range CuNiFe Humbucking NECK PICKUP Wide-Range CuNiFe Humbucking PICKUP CONFIGURATION HH CONTROLS Master Volume, Master Tone SWITCHING 3-Position Toggle: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge And Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup

First Japan-only limited run came out in October 2021 and was supplied with a hard case. Second run was available in Europe and appeared in July 2022, but was only supplied with a gig bag.

Approx 1971 "Jazzmaster" clone that actually has more in common with a Jaguar. Appears to be made by Matsumoku. The Maxon pickups are like small P90s. Pots are 250K audio. Neck (Gibson scale) and electronic parts appear similar to what Matsumoku was using on semi-acoustic archtops. Is as big as a Jazzmaster but same scale length as Jaguar.

Approx 1971 "Jazzmaster" clone that actually has more in common with a Jaguar. Appears to be made by Matsumoku. The Maxon pickups are like small P90s. Pots are 250K audio. Neck (Gibson scale) and electronic parts appear similar to what Matsumoku was using on semi-acoustic archtops. Is as big as a Jazzmaster but same scale length as a Les Paul.

Approx 1971 "Jazzmaster" clone that actually has more in common with a Jaguar. Appears to be made by Matsumoku. The Maxon pickups are like small P90s. Pots are 250K audio. Neck (Gibson scale) and electronic parts appear similar to what Matsumoku was using on semi-acoustic archtops. Is as big as a Jazzmaster but same scale length as Jaguar.

Body-Alder, Neck Maple Oval type 41mm nut, Rosewood fretboard, 22 vintage frets, Vintage style slotted tuners, Custom "Dragster" pickups, Vol/Tone (1 meg audio pots)/rhythm circuit (1 meg vol/50k tone, both linear), Tune-o-matic bridge, standard Jaguar circuit. Unique metal tone/volume controls, Colours 3 tone sunburst, black w. matching headstock and pickguard, black w. white pickguard and "natural" headstock,

Japanese-made Stratocaster copy. TD is the variant made of 5-7 pieces, with a full-thickness body apparently made of maple in two layers. There was also a painted version without the TD designation. Tuners are octagonal Gotoh type. Vibrato bridge is chrome plated copper or chromed copper-plated brass STC type as used by Tokai. Large 70s Fender type headstock on one-piece amber-painted maple neck with skunk stripe. Truss adjustment at heel. Production date about 1972-74. Seems to be a precursor for Aria's later Stagecaster series.

Japanese-made Stratocaster copy. TD is the variant with a full-thickness 5-7 piece body apparently made of maple in two layers and clear varnished. There was also a painted version without the TD designation. Tuners are octagonal Gotoh type. Vibrato bridge is chrome plated copper or chromed copper-plated brass STC type as used by Tokai. Large 70s Fender type headstock on one-piece amber-painted maple neck with skunk stripe. Truss adjustment at heel. Production date about 1972-74. Seems to be a precursor for Aria's later Stagecaster series.

Japanese-made Stratocaster copy. TD is the variant made of 5-7 pieces, apparently made of maple in two layers. There was also a painted version without the TD designation. Tuners are octagonal Gotoh type. Vibrato bridge is chrome plated copper or chromed copper-plated brass STC type as used by Tokai. Large 70s Fender type headstock on one-piece amber-painted maple neck with skunk stripe. Truss adjustment at heel. Production date about 1972-74.

Japanese-made Stratocaster copy. TD is the variant made of 5-7 pieces, with a full-thickness body apparently made of maple in two layers. There was also a painted version without the TD designation. Tuners are octagonal Gotoh type. Vibrato bridge is chrome plated copper or chromed copper-plated brass STC type as used by Tokai. Large 70s Fender type headstock on one-piece amber-painted maple neck with skunk stripe. Truss adjustment at heel. Production date about 1972-74. Seems to be a precursor for Aria's later Stagecaster series.

Japanese-made Stratocaster copy. TD is the variant made of 5-7 pieces, apparently made of maple in two layers. There was also a painted version without the TD designation. Tuners are octagonal Gotoh type. Vibrato bridge is chrome plated copper or chromed copper-plated brass STC type as used by Tokai. Large 70s Fender type headstock on one-piece amber-painted maple neck with skunk stripe. Truss adjustment at heel. Production date about 1972-74.

Standard colours vintage white, candy apple red and sunburst. Some models with colour matched headstocks. Custom colours apparently available.

Built by Matsumoku. Limited model for 1984-5. Carved top ash or alder body with maple neck and rosewood fingerboard. Brass nut. Bridge allows strings to be top mounted or through back of body. Dual Protomatic V humbuckers with a coil tap and phase switch. 630mm scale.

Mid-late 70s Matsumoku made Stratocaster copy with Mahogany body, 2-piece maple neck and three-way pickup selector.