Another iconic instrument celebrating its 60th birthday this year is Fender’s Jazzmaster. Launched in 1958 as a successor to the Telecaster and Stratocaster, one of the new offset Fender’s missions ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fender Jazzmasters Released as Fender’s top-of-the-line electric Spanish guitar in 1958, the Jazzmaster was an instant misnomer.

How did a guitar that failed to grab its intended market – the market it was literally named after – end up becoming the instrument of choice across surf-rock, post-punk, new wave, power pop, shoegaze ...