Some guitars whisper. Some shout. And then there’s the Fender Japan JM-Champ, which quite literally screams — through its own built-in speaker. Yes, this little mutant Jazzmaster from 1996 doesn’t just plug into your amp, it is its own amp. It’s loud, proud, and ready to embarrass any sensible, well-behaved Strat hanging nearby.
 
 
Born in the mid-’90s during Fender Japan’s most experimental phase, the JM-Champ is the lovechild of a Jazzmaster, a Jaguar, and a slightly unhinged practice amp. With its 24-inch scale neck and 3-tone Sunburst gloss finish, it looks like a shrunken offset that’s been raiding the candy drawer — but once you hit that built-in fuzz circuit, it becomes a fuzzed-out firecracker that sounds like it’s been raised on Big Muff and battery acid.
 
 
The basswood body hides a 3-inch speaker and a preamp that can either send your signal to an external amp or blast straight from the guitar itself. It’s the ultimate couch guitar — plug in if you want, or just annoy your neighbours straight from the body cavity. The End Rox tremolo bridge and Gotoh tuners keep everything solid, while the upgraded TUSQ nut ensures things stay friction-free when you’re whammying your way through the apocalypse.
 
 
The C-shape maple neck (22.3 mm at the first fret, 24.2 mm at the 12th) feels every bit as comfortable as a full-sized Fender, and the rosewood board with a 9.5” radius keeps the playability modern. The single humbucker is all original and ready to bark — especially when that built-in fuzz is engaged.
 
 
Cosmetically, it’s worn in all the right places — a few dings and scratches, a bit of scuffing on the tort guard, but nothing that gets in the way of the fun. At just 2.8 kg, it’s light enough to throw around, though probably don’t — they don’t make many of these.
 
 
The JM-Champ isn’t a gimmick; it’s proof that Fender Japan occasionally got drunk on creativity and accidentally invented something brilliant. It’s part guitar, part amp, part chaos machine — and all charm.
 
 
Plug it in, or don’t. Either way, it’ll make noise. Beautiful, fuzzy, rebellious noise!
 
 
This instrument received a full professional setup with deep body cleaning, body polish, neck deep clean, lemon oil fretboard treatment, full electronics check, truss-rod and action and intonation adjustment. Restringed with D'addario 11-49 Nickel-plated steel strings.
 
 
This guitar will be shipped around UK with Parcelforce courier, safely packed into a sturdy guitar cardboard box. 24h courier service provided to UK customers. We also ship to USA, Canada, Japan, Australia and many other places, but at the moment we don't ship to EU or Northern Ireland.