Fender Jack White Triplecaster Chambered Electric Guitar, Maple Fingerboard, Black
Manifesting as an instrument of eccentric yet refined musicality, the Fender Jack White Triplecaster is a perfect match for the guitar legend and all the boundary-breaking sound he represents. This specially-designed piece from Fender wraps up so much of what makes White a compelling guitarist in a package that is unmistakably a product of one of modern rock’s most influential.
Guitar design and customization are storied pastimes of White. From his iconic, modified, red department store pieces to the Triplecaster, there are no areas too strange to bring the electric guitar’s design. This ethos culminates in the many outside-the-box features this guitar bears. Starting out simply, however, the Jack White Triplecaster begins with a Telecaster single-cutaway body made of chambered ash. This body, summoning a more resonant and punchy response right off the bat, lays the runway for an extensive series of intriguing musical features. The chambered ash body is paired with a Mid-’50s Soft “V”-shaped maple neck decked in a sleek, satin urethane finish, imparting a silky and easily played texture across its length. Filling out to the fingerboard, this maple is adorned with twenty-two Medium Jumbo frets set into an exceptionally modern twelve-inch-radius fingerboard. Across the entirety of this instrument’s physical form, one will find a seamless entry point to partake in White’s signature guitar acrobatics.
From this juncture, the true musical fireworks start. Electronically, this guitar is equipped with three signature pickups that hearken to White’s iconic tonality. Across the pickup positions, the Triplecaster bears a Jack White CuNiFe Wide-Range Humbucker pickup in the neck, a JW-90 Single-Coil in the middle and a Jack White Humbucker in the bridge. Each pickup is voiced for maximized fidelity and expressive character to result in a robust suite of humbucking and single-coil voices. Roll through this configuration using the Triplecaster’s three-way pickup selector switch and hear the bluesy, amplified tonality come to life.
These pickups act as the sonic engine behind this signature experience, however, the show is far from over. A built-in arcade-style “Stutter” switch enables players to incorporate Morse Code-style cutoffs in signal flow, reminiscent of the punchy killswitching White has employed in his work with the Raconteurs, as well as in his solo act. To compound on this added electronic functionality, a three-position toggle switch offers extra options in routing as players can elect to either play with volume and tone controls enabled, disabled, or totally muted altogether. Disabling the volume and tone control routes the guitar “Direct-to-Jack”, passing the guitar’s signal straight to its output jack and opening a different mode of playing.
Finally, a number of interesting hardware specifications enhance the overall presentation of the piece. A 3-Saddle Custom Chrome “Cut-Off” Tele Bridge lands on this body with tapered side walls. Alongside this bridge, a Bigsby B5C Vibrato Tailpiece joins in to employ wild vibrato bends in playing. Fender sealed tuning machines line the matching black headstock with an added Hipshot Xtender drop D tuner. Through this addition, players can access lower tunings on their low E string easier than ever while retaining stable intonation and tuning accuracy. Further, a white armrest appears on this guitar along with white powder coated hardware for an impressive visual sum. A Custom Jack White Triplecaster neck plate stamps the back of this guitar for a final signature element.
Few guitarists occupy a space similar to Jack White. As one of the great bluesmen of time, White’s mastery of artsy aesthetics and homegrown guitar heroism make him among the most versatile and interesting of the electric guitar’s pantheon of legends. This is not a conclusion, however. For White, a new, groundbreaking sonic experiment and aesthetic flourish is just another day – but for everyone else, what a day it is.
- Limited edition signature Jack White Telecaster model
- Chambered ash body with black gloss urethane finish
- Satin-finished maple neck in a Mid-’50s Soft “V” profile
- Maple fingerboard with 12″ fingerboard radius
- Twenty-two Medium Jumbo frets with Black Dot inlays
- Custom Jack White humbucking and single-coil pickups
- Built-in arcade-style “Stutter” switch
- Auxiliary three-way routing switch for mute and “Direct-to-Jack”
- Fender sealed tuning machines with Hipshot Xtender drop “D” tuner
- Fender 3-Saddle Custom Chrome “Cut-Off” Tele bridge
- Bigsby B5C Vibrato tailpiece
- Custom Jack White Triplecaster neck plate
- Fender Vintage Style Black hardshell case with amber interior included
