Fender’s response is the Jazzmaster. Released in 1958, the new model combines important Fender trademarks (bolt-on maple neck, six-on-one-side tuner layout) with a recent addition to the Fullerton ...

Also making their debut are Fender’s ClassicGear tuners: vintage-style 18:1 machineheads combining classic styling and modern gear ratio. These features appear across nine new guitars and basses: the ...

The American Performer also introduces the classic Fender Jazzmaster and Mustang to the series, along with a PJ style Precision bass. For review we got our hands on an American Performer Stratocaster.

The new Jazzmaster. Fender Overall, the revamped American Performer range seeks to continue Fender's process of improving its classics for musicians who aren't as indebted to styles of the past ...

Fender is trying to bring the price point of its American made guitars down a bit and the American Performer Series Stratocaster is just over a grand at US$1099.99.