Fender Jaguar Solid Body Electric Guitar (1962)
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Fender Jaguar Model Solid Body Electric Guitar (1962), made in Fullerton, California, serial # 82135, sunburst lacquer finish, alder body, maple neck with rosewood fingerboard, original brown tolex hard shell case.
This nicely original, first-year Fender Jaguar shows a lot of wear from decades of play, but offers a super vibey feel and a world of classic twang. The Jaguar debuted in spring 1962 as Fender's top-of-the line; the flashy chrome-dazzled guitar was a serious status symbol for many types of combos in the early '60s, especially California teen bands. This one has a neck dated September 1962 with legible pot dates from the 32nd week of that year. Typical first-generation features include an unbound thick rosewood fingerboard with clay dot inlay, deep blended 3-color sunburst and gold "transition" Fender logo decal.
Despite a strong recent revival, the Jaguar remains a historically under-appreciated guitar with several interesting features. The model features the same vibrato unit and rhythm/lead circuit as the Jazzmaster with the addition of individual on/off switches for the pickups making the "Jag" a flexible guitar with a lot of sonic options. This one has a very bright and twangy bridge pickup and a particularly strong and deep neck pickup, giving it a wide range of sound.
The Jaguar's scale length at 24" is shorter than the other pro-grade Fender guitars, the same as the student-grade Mustang, Musicmaster and Duo-Sonic. Combined with the Jazzmaster floating tremolo unit this means the guitar is very supple to play but performs better with heavier gauge strings. The two single-coil pickups have metal "claws" underneath the coil and are optimized for clarity, punch and crispness. This combination of factors caused the Jaguar to fall from popularity in the late '60s as twang went out and string-bending with heavy distortion and crunch came in!
Nevertheless these are still the top-of-the line '60s Fenders; quite popular when new and extremely high quality guitars. This one includes a functional original mute...the foam has been replaced and it works exactly as intended. This is a very well-loved guitar, definitely someone's gigging instrument for some time and still a great-playing and sounding Jag. We often find 1962 Jaguars to usually be the pick of their litter and especially good instruments; this one is no exception.
Overall length is 40 in. (101.6 cm.), 13 7/8 in. (35.2 cm.) wide at lower bout, and 1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm.) in depth, measured at side of rim. Scale length is 24 in. (610 mm.). Width of nut is 1 5/8 in. (41 mm.).
This is a VERY well-played guitar, a true relic showing evidence of long use but still remaining nicely original. While there is quite a bit of wear overall, the finish does not have large areas missing as is sometimes found on heavily-used Fenders. The sunburst is not heavily faded and there is not too much checking, mostly lateral lines on the body. There is a large collection of mostly smaller dings, chips and scrapes overall.
There are deeper wear spots through the lacquer occasionally into the wood in numerous places, most heavily to the bottom edge of the body and upper armwear area. The face shows other signs of heavy play; there is a spot of wear through the finish into the wood on the cutaway from reaching for the highest notes and the pickguard has a spot worn down to the lower layer where the player rested their pinky just below the bridge. The mute lever has had the plating worn through in the adjacent area.
The back of the neck is heavily worn down mostly to the bare wood and feels fantastic, with that classic "old Fender" vibe. The headstock finish is somewhat "smoked" with some minor dings and dents; the decal is intact but darkened. The guitar has been nicely refretted with period correct wire, with just a little subsequent wear; there are some inconspicuous well-patched old divots in the rosewood fingerboard.
The chrome shows general wear overall but all hardware is complete and intact except for the trem arm, which is a correct modern repro and the snap-on bridge cover which is long gone. The original brown Tolex case is very battered but still functional, with the leather ends pretty much gone. All-in-all this is a GREAT-playing and sounding early Jaguar, a bit ragged but right, the sort of genuine relic you just can't create artificially, although folks are constantly trying these days. Overall Very Good + Condition.
This nicely original, first-year Fender Jaguar shows a lot of wear from decades of play, but offers a super vibey feel and a world of classic twang. The Jaguar debuted in spring 1962 as Fender's top-of-the line; the flashy chrome-dazzled guitar was a serious status symbol for many types of combos in the early '60s, especially California teen bands. This one has a neck dated September 1962 with legible pot dates from the 32nd week of that year. Typical first-generation features include an unbound thick rosewood fingerboard with clay dot inlay, deep blended 3-color sunburst and gold "transition" Fender logo decal.
Despite a strong recent revival, the Jaguar remains a historically under-appreciated guitar with several interesting features. The model features the same vibrato unit and rhythm/lead circuit as the Jazzmaster with the addition of individual on/off switches for the pickups making the "Jag" a flexible guitar with a lot of sonic options. This one has a very bright and twangy bridge pickup and a particularly strong and deep neck pickup, giving it a wide range of sound.
The Jaguar's scale length at 24" is shorter than the other pro-grade Fender guitars, the same as the student-grade Mustang, Musicmaster and Duo-Sonic. Combined with the Jazzmaster floating tremolo unit this means the guitar is very supple to play but performs better with heavier gauge strings. The two single-coil pickups have metal "claws" underneath the coil and are optimized for clarity, punch and crispness. This combination of factors caused the Jaguar to fall from popularity in the late '60s as twang went out and string-bending with heavy distortion and crunch came in!
Nevertheless these are still the top-of-the line '60s Fenders; quite popular when new and extremely high quality guitars. This one includes a functional original mute...the foam has been replaced and it works exactly as intended. This is a very well-loved guitar, definitely someone's gigging instrument for some time and still a great-playing and sounding Jag. We often find 1962 Jaguars to usually be the pick of their litter and especially good instruments; this one is no exception.
Overall length is 40 in. (101.6 cm.), 13 7/8 in. (35.2 cm.) wide at lower bout, and 1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm.) in depth, measured at side of rim. Scale length is 24 in. (610 mm.). Width of nut is 1 5/8 in. (41 mm.).
This is a VERY well-played guitar, a true relic showing evidence of long use but still remaining nicely original. While there is quite a bit of wear overall, the finish does not have large areas missing as is sometimes found on heavily-used Fenders. The sunburst is not heavily faded and there is not too much checking, mostly lateral lines on the body. There is a large collection of mostly smaller dings, chips and scrapes overall.
There are deeper wear spots through the lacquer occasionally into the wood in numerous places, most heavily to the bottom edge of the body and upper armwear area. The face shows other signs of heavy play; there is a spot of wear through the finish into the wood on the cutaway from reaching for the highest notes and the pickguard has a spot worn down to the lower layer where the player rested their pinky just below the bridge. The mute lever has had the plating worn through in the adjacent area.
The back of the neck is heavily worn down mostly to the bare wood and feels fantastic, with that classic "old Fender" vibe. The headstock finish is somewhat "smoked" with some minor dings and dents; the decal is intact but darkened. The guitar has been nicely refretted with period correct wire, with just a little subsequent wear; there are some inconspicuous well-patched old divots in the rosewood fingerboard.
The chrome shows general wear overall but all hardware is complete and intact except for the trem arm, which is a correct modern repro and the snap-on bridge cover which is long gone. The original brown Tolex case is very battered but still functional, with the leather ends pretty much gone. All-in-all this is a GREAT-playing and sounding early Jaguar, a bit ragged but right, the sort of genuine relic you just can't create artificially, although folks are constantly trying these days. Overall Very Good + Condition.