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Fender gives Kim Gordon a Jazzmaster with a JB humbucker and stripped-back controls

The limited Olympic White offset pairs a hot Seymour Duncan bridge pickup with a traditional Jazzmaster neck voice.

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Limited Edition Kim Gordon Jazzmaster in Olympic White on a dark studio background

Credit: Fender (via source)

Fender's Limited Edition Kim Gordon Jazzmaster puts an unusually direct pickup layout into a familiar offset platform. The Olympic White alder guitar pairs a Seymour Duncan JB TB-4 humbucker at the bridge with a Player Series Alnico V Jazzmaster pickup at the neck, giving Gordon a route from dense, forceful rhythm tones to the wider response associated with Fender's offset single-coil design.

The maple neck has a Modern C profile, a 9.5-inch-radius rosewood fingerboard, rolled edges and block inlays. Fender also specifies a Jazzmaster bridge with Mustang saddles, a floating tremolo and 18:1 ClassicGear tuners. A matching white headcap and four-ply white pearloid pickguard keep the visual treatment spare rather than turning the artist connection into a graphic-heavy tribute.

The model follows Gordon's long relationship with offset guitars, but it is not a replica of one famous instrument. Guitar World's launch coverage frames it instead as a production signature guitar designed around the way she moves between noise, texture and song structure. Fender's own launch film shows Gordon using the model and discussing the creative freedom she associates with the instrument.

For players, the most practical distinction is the pickup pairing: the JB is a proven high-output bridge humbucker, while the Jazzmaster neck pickup preserves a contrasting voice without adding a complicated switching system. Fender describes the guitar as a limited edition. The company announced regional list prices, but a verified US-store structured-data price was not available at publication time, so no single price is presented here as universal.

Kim Gordon holding her Fender signature Jazzmaster against a pink background

Credit: Fender (via source)

Credit: Fender (via source)

Why it matters

The mixed pickup layout gives Gordon's signature model a practical identity beyond its finish, combining high-output attack with a contrasting offset neck sound.

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