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 …

• Semi-hollow ash body with matching headstock
• Maple set neck with modern "C"-shaped profile
• 9.5"-radius laurel fingerboard with 22 medium jumbo frets
• Dual Seymour Duncan® SP90 single-coil pickups
• Three-way toggle pickup switch on upper bout
• Four control knobs (volume and tone for each pickup)
• Adjusto-Matic™ bridge and anchored tailpiece

Product Specs

Model Name: Jim Adkins JA-90 Telecaster® Thinline, Laurel Fingerboard, Natural
Model Number: 0262354521
Series: Artist
Country of Origin: ID
Color: Natural
Body: Semi-Hollow Ash
Body Finish: Urethane
Body Shape: Telecaster®
Neck Material: Maple
Neck Shape: Modern "C"
Neck Finish: Gloss Urethane
Neck Shape: Modern "C"
Scale Length: 24.75" (629 mm)
Fingerboard: Indian Laurel
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: White Pearloid Dot
Truss Rod: Standard
Bridge Pickup: Seymour Duncan® SP90-3 Custom P-90
Neck Pickup: Seymour Duncan® SP90-1N RWRP Vintage 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
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