The Fender Custom Jazz Telecaster - Single Pickup is a Fender electric guitar. Close alternatives include the Epiphone 1961 50th Anniversary Casino Reissue and the Fender Telecaster. It pairs well with the Fender Prosonic and the Orange Matamp.
Fender Custom Jazz Telecaster - Single Pickup
Fender · electric guitar
Ritchie Blackmore has been photographed and filmed playing a black custom Fender Telecaster with only a single pickup and a vintage bridge cover, most notably during Rainbow's 1997 Shadow of the Moon tour in Yokohama. Blackmore is overwhelmingly a Stratocaster player, so this stripped-down Jazz-bodied Telecaster is an outlier in his rig rather than a mainstay, and detailed build records for the instrument are sparse compared to his numbered Strats. The single-pickup layout and vintage-style ashtray-style bridge cover give it a leaner, more direct output than a standard two-pickup Tele. It surfaces in his live history as a change-of-pace instrument rather than a guitar tied to any particular studio recording.
- jazz
- live
- platform
- pick attack
- cutting
- twangy
- bright
- vintage bridge cover
Genres the Fender Custom Jazz Telecaster - Single Pickup is commonly used in
- Jazz
- Blues
- Jazz Fusion
cited
Inferred from shared tonal signals, not a stated genre tag.
Amps that pair well with the Fender Custom Jazz Telecaster - Single Pickup
Fender Prosonic
amplifier
23% matchWhere this leans bright, Fender Prosonic answers back warm
Orange Matamp
Orange
22% matchRun Orange Matamp after it and the bright edge settles into something more smooth
Revv Generator 100R MkIII 3-Channel Head
Revv
20% matchRun Revv Generator 100R MkIII 3-Channel Head after it and the bright edge settles into something more smooth
Marshall 2245 JTM45 Head
Marshall
tonal matchVoiced for Fender-style amps
Fender Vibrolux 6G11
amplifier
tonal matchVoiced for Fender-style amps
Dumble Steel String Singer
Dumble
tonal matchWhere this leans bright, Dumble Steel String Singer answers back smooth
Gibson GA-50
Gibson
tonal matchGibson GA-50's warm balances out the bright tone
Fender '68 Custom Princeton Reverb 12W 1x10 Tube Guitar
Fender
tonal matchVoiced for Fender-style amps
Pedals that stack with the Fender Custom Jazz Telecaster - Single Pickup
One Control Lingonberry Overdrive
One Control
15% matchRun One Control Lingonberry Overdrive after it and the bright edge settles into something more warm
One Control Strawberry Red Overdrive
One Control
14% matchOne Control Strawberry Red Overdrive's smooth balances out the bright tone
ThorpyFX The J Tweed-Style Overdrive was
ThorpyFX
tonal matchVoiced for Fender-style amps
Lovepedal Super Six standard
Lovepedal
tonal matchVoiced for Fender-style amps
BBE Tremor V2
Bbe
tonal matchVoiced for Fender-style amps
Orange - Vintage Distortion
Orange
tonal matchRun Orange - Vintage Distortion after it and the bright edge settles into something more warm
Death By Audio Echo Master Black Plate
Death By Audio
tonal matchVoiced for Fender-style amps — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)
Death By Audio Echo Master
Death By Audio
tonal matchVoiced for Fender-style amps — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)
Alternativessee all similar tone character →
Epiphone 1961 50th Anniversary Casino Reissue
Epiphone
94% similaritysimilar tone character
Fender Telecaster
Fender
94% similaritysimilar tone character
Fender Danny Gatton Telecaster
Fender
94% similaritysimilar tone character
Roy Buchanan "Nancy" 1953 Telecaster
Fender
92% similaritysimilar tone character
Gibson ES-350T
Gibson
92% similaritysimilar tone character
Gretsch G6120 Brian Setzer
Gretsch
92% similaritysimilar tone character
Fender John 5 Signature Telecaster
Fender
92% similaritysimilar tone character
Gibson Es 335 Dot
Gibson
92% similaritysimilar tone character
Fender Stratocaster American Standard
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91% similaritysimilar tone character
Fender Jaguar
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91% similaritysimilar tone character
Harmony Rocket Guitar
Harmony
91% similaritysimilar tone character
1955 Gibson Les Paul Goldtop
Gibson
91% similaritysimilar tone character
See all alternatives to the Fender Custom Jazz Telecaster - Single Pickup (cheaper + boutique) →
Questions people ask
What are good alternatives to the Fender Custom Jazz Telecaster - Single Pickup?+
The closest matches in character are the Epiphone 1961 50th Anniversary Casino Reissue, the Fender Telecaster, the Fender Danny Gatton Telecaster.
What pairs well with the Fender Custom Jazz Telecaster - Single Pickup?+
Strong matches from rig and tone-complementarity evidence: Fender Prosonic, Orange Matamp, Revv Generator 100R MkIII 3-Channel Head — Where this leans bright, Fender Prosonic answers back warm.
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- vs Epiphone 1961 50th Anniversary Casino Reissue
- vs Fender Telecaster
- vs Fender Danny Gatton Telecaster