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Expert Help for Jaszzmasters Made in Japan , also Help needed from a Mod.

There was a Jazzmaster already created , which I can not edit .... here: https://equipboard.com/items/fender-fsr-made-in-japan-traditional-60s-jazzmaster It does says "Traditional" 60s made in Japan and NOT "Traditional II" , but in the Specs it does say: Fretboard Radius 9.5"

I had a request to add the same Guitar , but with a Fretboard Radio has to be 7.25"

and correct me when I am wrong ... thats why I need an Expert here with japanese Guitars ...

I did research The Traditionals Made in Japan and as far I know now , the Traditional was build with an old vintage Ratio of 7.25" .... And the modern fredboard Ratio of 9.5" came with the Traditional II much later and there was no normal Traditional had the modern Fredboard Ratio , I think.

You find this also everywhere mentioned in the internet like: "Modern feel is provided by the New Modern “C” neck, 9.5" radius, 42mm nut and narrow tall frets. A 25.5" scale length allowing a certain level of twang, usually associated with Fender guitars." on the Traditional II or "The Fender FSR Made in Japan Traditional II ‘60s Jazzmaster in Sherwood Green Metallic stands out with its classic offset Alder body, beautiful Rosewood fingerboard and eye-catching ‘60s styled Sherwood Green Metallic finish. Its vintage-styled single-coil pickups offer authentic ‘60s Fender tones, while its U-shaped neck with 9.5” radius, medium-jumbo frets, and slightly narrower nut width ensures this guitar plays effortlessly!"

So there has be something wrong , the Name of the Guitar has to be Traditional II and not Traditional or The Name is right, but someone did add the wrong Specs of a Traditional II , so the whole specs can be wrong or just the modern Ratio 9.5" has to be 7.25"

So I did then add mine also wrong and made it Traditional II now , but with the Radio 7.25" what is for sure wrong... has to be just Traditional My Add is here: https://equipboard.com/items/fender-fsr-made-in-japan-traditional-ii-60s-jazzmaster-mh

So we need to find out now , what is wrong here ? The Name Traditional or the Specs with 9.5" , because I think both can not be right ?

And a mod might need to edit then this one: https://equipboard.com/items/fender-fsr-made-in-japan-traditional-60s-jazzmaster Because somehow I can not edit the discription, I can edit mine when needed or even delete it, but still there has to be clear what is wrong, so I did leave everything like it is for now.

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In the US, I know of no better experts on MIJ Fenders than Mike & Mike's Guitar Bar in Seattle.

Mike & Mike import very lightly-used MIJ Fenders that are otherwise not allowed to be sold in the USA. They measure EVERY dimension of every instrument they sell with really precise instruments. When I've had questions about neck width, neck depth and neck shapes, they've been kind enough to pull out calipers and re-measure things just to answer my email or Reverb(dot)com DM.

So, it looks like, at some point, Fender Japan changed the neck radius on the Traditional 60s Jazzmaster from 7.25" to 9.5", but kept the name the same. Regardless of whatever the "Traditional II" is, there are at least 2 distinct different generations of the guitar sold as "Traditional 60s Jazzmaster". See Mike's note here:

"this discontinued model features an upscale feature set with an alder body and vintage-spec 7 ¼” fretboard radius (in contrast to later models with basswood bodies and a modern radius)."

Update: It seems Fender Japan changed the radius on the Traditional from 7.25 to 9.5" in 2020, but didn't start labelling all models as "Traditional II" until around 2022. Even now, some FSR Traditional Jazzmaster models with 9.25" radius are still being sold as "FSR Traditional" not "FSR Traditional II".

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Ah Thanks a lot pkennethk , then we can leave the Jazzmaster like it is.

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