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Fender Jim Adkins JA-90 Telecaster Thinline - Rosewood Fingerboard, Natural

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Jim Adkins JA-90 Telecaster Thinline - Rosewood Fingerboard, Natural
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When Jimmy Eat World guitarist and frontman Jim Adkins collaborated with Fender in designing his perfect guitar, the result was his signature JA-90 Telecaster Thinline guitar. Fender craftsmen sat down with Adkins and went over his old Fender TC-90 spec by spec, making several important changes that subsequently produced this unique model. Features include a maple neck set into a semi-hollow ash body, Seymour Duncan soap-bar pickups, independent volume and tone controls, Adjusto-Matic bridge and anchored tailpiece. Sweetness

Body
Body Material: Semi-Hollow Ash
Body Finish: Urethane
Body Shape: Telecaster

Neck
Neck Material: Maple
Neck Finish: Gloss Urethane
Neck Shape: Modern "C"
Scale Length: 24.75" (628 mm)
Fingerboard: Rosewood
Fingerboard Radius: 9.5" (241 mm)
Number of Frets: 22
Fret Size: Medium Jumbo
String Nut: Synthetic Bone
Nut Width: 1.650" (42 mm)
Position Inlays: Pearloid Dot
Headstock: Matching Painted Headcap

Electronics
Bridge Pickup: Seymour Duncan SP90-3B Vintage P-90
Neck Pickup: Seymour Duncan SP90-1NRWRP Vintage Reverse Wound/Reverse Polarity P-90
Controls: Volume 1. (Neck Pickup), Tone 1. (Neck Pickup), Volume 2. (Bridge Pickup), Tone 2. (Bridge Pickup)
Pickup Switching: 3-Position Toggle: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup
Pickup Configuration: SS

Hardware
Bridge: 6-Saddle Vintage-Style Adjusto-Matic with Anchored-Tailpiece
Hardware Finish: Chrome
Tuning Machines: Standard Cast/Sealed
Pickguard: 3-Ply Black
Control Knobs: Skirted Amp Knobs
Switch Tips: Black

Miscellaneous
Strings: Fender USA 250L, NPS, (.009-.042 Gauges)
Unique Features: Matching Painted Headstock, Jim Adkins Signature on Back of Headstock, Black Plastic Parts, Knurled Dome Knobs, White Pearloid Dot Position Inlays, Oversized Strap Buttons

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Closest Store   Kamloops, British Columbia
Awesome tone. The p-90's are killer! One cool thing of note when both the bridge and the neck are on, because one of the P-90 is reverse polarity and reverse wound... no single coil hum. This guitar feels like a cross between a single coil Gibson Les Paul and a Fender telecaster with the best of both worlds. The Seymour Duncan's really compliment this guitar. I like the growl and bite a bit more than Fenders PS-90's The semi hollow ash body really opens up the tone. I also have a 72 fender thin line and this is the perfect complement. My only minor note to Fender would be use nitro lacquer instead...
Posted by Ray on Jan 24, 2019
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Great guitar with unique configuration 1 of 2 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store   Waterloo, Ontario
Personally, I love the look of the Fender Telecaster Thinline, I love the sound of quality P90 pickups, and really like the idea of independent volume and tone controls for each pickup. So when the JA-90 came out, I was sold. The gloss finish is great, even on the neck. Coming from a guitar that did not have a gloss neck finish, I was worried that this might slow down my playing, but I was wrong about that. The pickups sound great, all the electronics were perfectly fine, the setup an intonation was great, good build quality around. I've owned this guitar for over a year and a half now, and I'm still really happy with this purchase. One thing to note about this guitar that makes it quite different from what one would expect from a typical fender: The neck/body/bridge configuration is much more like a Les Paul than a typical telecaster. The bridge is a typical Gibson style tune-o-matic style, meaning the strings lift higher off the body then with the typical telecaster bridge. This of course also means that the neck has a back angle against the body to ensure that the string action across the fret board is still quite low. This isn't really called out anywhere that I've seen. So if you're not familiar with this, I'd recommend picking up a Les Paul with P90s to check out the feel for this configuration. Previously playing a Strat, which has no neck back angle, this really weirded me out at first, but after I had a chance to play it and get used to it, I really started to like this configuration. Definitely happy that I have this type of guitar now.
Posted by Jamison on Mar 17, 2017
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Closest Store   Vancouver, British Columbia
Although the wood part of the guitar was well done.. Bad installs of bridge and tailpiece posts, low quality hardware (same machine heads as the Affinity series), very thick poly finish kinda muffled the tone. Not a $1100 guitar, returned it.
Posted by anonymous on Jan 23, 2017
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Most unique growl and feel 1 of 2 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store   Winnipeg (Pembina), Manitoba
I played this guitar in store and was blown away by the crips, but heavy growl of the pickups. Looking at the guitar first hands I did not expect to hear power like that when I plugged it in. It's super light weight too. The only thing I didn't love was the heavy gloss on the neck. But you can always sand that down.
Posted by Parker on Jun 23, 2015
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