Fender JV Modified ’60s Custom Telecaster Electric Guitar Review
A review of the Fender JV Modified ’60s Custom Telecaster. Detailed information about the Fender Japanese Vintage Series Telecaster guitar. A deep dive into the origins and the differences of the Japanese Fender guitars. Please check out my music on these streaming services.
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YOU DONT NEED A SCREWDRIVER OR ANYTHING ELSE TO HOLD THE YOP OF THE TUNER, IN FACT YOU DO NOTHING WITH THAT BUT SLIDE THE STRING THREW, HOLD THE STRING WITH SLIGHT TENSION AND WIND THE TUNER UNTIL THE LOCK HAS THE STRING…. USE THE TUNER TO RELEASE TENSION FROM THE OLD STRING,SLIGHT TURN AND IT IS EASY TO REMOVE ! I LOVE THESE TUNERS, VERY FAST TO CHANGE STRINGS, ONCE NEW STRINGS HAVE BEEN STRETCHED PROPERLY WHEN TUNING, THESE TUNERS HOLD THEM PERFECT IN TUNE! I HAVE THE 50s TELE, YOU WILL NEED TO GET THE AMERICAN STANDARD TO COMPARE, ALL OTHER FENDERS NOT MADE IN US ARE WELL BENEATH MY JAPANESE JV. NO. COMPARISON! OH YEA , THAT PERFORMER TELE BY FENDER MADE IN US IS NOT MUCH BETTER IF ANY THAN THE MEXICAN PLAYERS.
I owned an American Strat in the 80ies and just bought a JV 60. the Japanese is a gem.
You don’t need to use a screwdriver. Just loosen the string until the lock loosens itself.
Find a used one…always.
I am considering the jv with rosewood.. but also considering the squier classic vibe 60s. I had a classic vibe 50s tele (China) years ago and sold it. I really regret letting that guitar go. A few months ago I repurchased the 50s cv tele made in Indonesia. Sadly, this one was not of the same quality.. the pickup cavities lacked shielding and the neck pocket was loose (gaps). I think I just got a bad one though.
How do you feel the jv modified stacks up vs your classic vibe 50s you’ve made vids with?
Btw… I enjoy your videos and you have a really good voice on your music videos (in addition to playing) Have you ever seen “on any given Sunday?” Your voice and delivery remind me of that movie (Bruce Brown).
Thanks for the vid
I was excited when I saw these appear because they are made in the Fujigen factory. I got really disappointed though when I saw that they installed these wonky locking tuners instead of the simple vintage Kluson tuners with the split posts. Too bad because that's a deal-breaker for me.
you know vintage Japanese Fender (anything) is still underpriced when they are getting reissued already
Hi. Just for help….I've got the same guitar and the locking tuners are way more simple than that.
Just unscrew till the point that you can retire the string easily……then, put the new string and screw to the point that the string os blocked. You'll hear it.
It's really simple, but nobody explains it anywhere….
Beautiful looking guitar but the locking tuners and poly finish are a deal breaker.
But what is the cost of a double bound American Custom 60's Tele ? More then this Japanese made one. That's where this model is a good buy. I've had the Squire Classic Vibe 60's Custom tele and while that's a great bargain, I like this one better. I've always ended up switching out the pickups and switching in nearly all my teles, but for some reason I'm happy with the components in this Japanese one.
Thank you so much for this review !
Price? C’mon dude, double bound firemist gold, DUH!
Man the tuners are a deal breaker for me. That’s really weird.
Nice review!
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I bought the JV 60's Firemist gold because it had the specs I wanted. I would find a Fender that have most and then it would have 6 bridge saddles. That's a tele deal breaker for me. The tension of 2 strings on brass saddles is the tele sound. I've been lucky enough to play, record, and gig my friends original 51 nocaster. 6 saddle Fender is a good sound, but it's not that sound. I love the wiring configuration, which I'm going to keep when I drop in Danny Gatton Bardens. The color and double binding are another selling point. Maybe a custom shop tele, but then the neck would be 7.25 radius. Also, a deal breaker. I can put vintage tuners on, shield it…which i usually do anyhow. Down the road, it'll get a Callaham bridge. So the quality of the neck, body, big frets, and bone nut adds up to a winner. Don't forget that back then, the dollar was crushing the yen in exchange rates. I don't have 4gs for a Custom shop tele, but this is going to get me there with a few inexpensive upgrades. The core guitar is good enough stock, but with some vision, it will be my dream come true.
Good video. I appreciate honest opinions.
Player Plus 12” radius ????????
21 frets? It's completely asinine to not use 22 to finish the B scale. And those locking style tuners are a joke.
Thank you for this review. I am evaluating the possibility for buy it. The most important for me it`s that I dont feel fine with jumbo or tall frets that usually features Fender. However JV model has medium jumbo, that I use to play. So, I will try this one.
Appreciate the honest review. I just pulled the trigger on this guitar on reverb. Got it for 800 mint. Will arrive in a couple days. Will return to leave some feedback after I get my hands and ears on it. Rock on!
I have one of these, first thing I did was change the tuners. I just couldn’t work the locking ones out. Other than that, it’s a fantastic guitar!
The performer USA has alder body and MIJ has basswood.
I would assume post war propaganda had a hand in discrediting the credibility of Japan's production capability.
Then William Deming came along, and the rest is history.
Could you possibly provide a link to the video showing how to install the strings because I'm having a hell of a job getting it right. Thank you so much.
Really dig your review and video! Please keep making such high quality video for us! ❤
Thanks for your honest and thoughtful reviews. We, musicians likes this kind of honesty.
But between 90s & early 2000s MIJ Fenders were made in the Tokai factory made to a very high standard are better than modern Fender custom shop and have ash bodies the ones I have come across I mainly buy Greco & Tokai strats. The rare N series Strats end of line Mij/cij when they were made in the Fujigen Factory. But the two factories merged into one called Fender MIJ.
A lot of good comments here and some useful info. I just bought this guitar yesterday from a local shop. I listened to all the demos online, found a shop that had this model and went straight there to check it out. I researched every kind of Tele from the Player to the AP II, tried to hunt down some out of production models too.. and ultimately decided this was THE one. Straight from the factory mine was damn near perfect. I replaced the strings with .10s, did a minor tweak and this guitar is absolutely going to be my go-to. In fact, I wouldn't replace anything, including the pickups. Plugged it into my Custom Reverb and a Twin and it just slayed on both. Neck is perfect, locking tuners were weird and I'm not sold on them, BUT… I like that they don't look like bulky, ugly locking tuners so once I get used to them I'm guessing I'll be happy with them.
I agree with you about the pickups, but I don't think you're making a valid point by pointing out that the American Performer is only $50. Yeah, that may be true, but the JV is superior to the AP in every way except the pickups. A better comparison would be to the American Professional II, which is $350 more, isn't double bound, and doesn't have that amazing neck.
I'm planning on getting a set of Yosemite pickups (the ones that come in the American Performer) to put in my JV. Then I'll get the best of both worlds, overcoming what is, IMO, the only serious flaw in the JV.
Nice and honest review but some tone and playing examples would have been nice too.
If you doubt about made-in-Japan guitars' quality, take a close look at ESP guitars. I'm talking about esp, not ltd.
Well made and executed video, the best thus far, thank you!!
Really well made video.
Now make one with a maple fretboard.