Fender jaguar

Fender Jaguar was released in 1962. The construction of the guitar almost completely repeats the construction of the 1958 Jazzmaster - the same “sloping waist” of the deck , the same “floating” tremolo system. Of the differences, a shortened scale (24 inches), 22 frets ^[1] (Jazzmaster has 21) and not so wide singles , which provides a great shielding of the guitar.

In the first 13 years of release, the guitar has undergone a number of minor modifications. They concerned mainly coloring and materials. However, Jaguar was not widely popular and in 1975 it was decided to discontinue production of this model.

In 1985 - 1986 in Japan, the model was reissued. Then Jaguar was noticed by many alternative rock and grunge performers, such as “ Sonic Youth ”, “ Nirvana ”, “ Bush ”, “ My Bloody Valentine ” and others. This was due to the good quality of the guitars at a very low price - these guitars, because of their unpopularity, could often be found in run-off and second-hand with a price tag of $ 50-100.

In 1999, Jaguar is republished in the United States as part of the American Vintage series . The guitar is constantly modified - in particular, in one of the versions, the singles were replaced with humbuckers, the “Adjusto-Matic” bridge was installed.

• Small scale (610 mm), which makes playing on this guitar more comfortable than on other models. Guitar is great for musicians with small hands.
• Just like Jazzmaster, the guitar has 2 independent modes of operation - “Lead” and “Rhythm”. In the “Rhythm” mode, the sensor at the neck functions, its volume and tone are regulated by potentiometers placed on a metal plate on the upper part of the guitar body. In the “Lead” mode, one of the sensors, or both, is working on the choice of a musician.
• The Jaguar has a filter button that allows you to cut off the low-frequency range in the “Lead” mode, and thus make the sound more vivid and distinct, or simply remove unnecessary “bottoms”.
• Unique sound pickups with an external metal screen that resembles teeth along the outer edges of the sensor. Which in turn helps to avoid unnecessary pickups on the pickup. These pickups are not used on any other Fender tools.
• Unlike Jazzmaster, Jaguar is much better screened, which makes it possible to use this guitar in more “heavy” styles, but factory shielding does not at all solve the “ microphone effect ” problem of high-frequency background when the guitar is located next to the combo amplifier speakers.

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Began to be produced since 1986. The earliest specimens were made of lime, later made of alder. In addition to Sunburst, available in many color schemes. The main difference from AVRI (American reissue in 1999) in electronics. In Japanese guitars, it is cheaper and less consistent with the original sound of vintage Jaguar. Until 1996, acoustic pickups were also present in Japanese guitars, as in AVRI models. The sound, among other things, it can be noted that the Japanese Jaguar is much more resonant, especially on the bridge pickup.

• Fender Jaguar on the Fender official website
• Fender Jaguar on Jag-Stang.com