Fender Jaguar

Originally, the Fender Jaguar Guitar has been available since 1962. The design was based off the Jazzmaster. The way that it differed revolved around the offset waist and floating tremolo system. In addition, it was given a shorter 24 inch scale compared to the jazzmaster as well.

Overall, only small changes were made compared to the old Jazzmaster. Mostly, this had to do with small changes to the body, plus the scale length. The Jaguar came fitted with a 22 fret neck and became the first one to have this feature among the Fender guitars.

The overall design and assembly differed as well. The Jaguar featured an addition of a metal control plate and also changes bearing in mind components were installed. Wires now had to pass through drilled sections.

Now each section was drilled and wired through each of the sections for them to be able to pass through. Other additional features were also added so that up with the competition as well. This related to the addition of the flip switch which was offered by other competitors at the time.

More specifically, January 1962 marked the production of the Jaguar guitar. The guitar was originally thought to have been made for promotional purposes, since more guitars did not come out until march that year. Many of the guitars made, revolved around customizations with custom colors and headstocks that matched.

In April of that year, it was initially they were stamped with a code that identified the model, month, and year, besides the nut width on them. In the beginning of July in the same year, the veneer rosewood, replaced the slab type. Additionally, the pontentiometers started being consistently stamped with part numbers.

Other major changes occurred at the start of 1965 with the clay dots. These were replaced with pearloid dots. Soon after, the material of the pickguard changed as well, which related to changing the nitrate material for a vinyl one.

Many upgrades occurred over time to the Fender Jaguar Guitar. However, it never reached the popularity as hoped. Eventually, after producing the guitar for thirteen years, the guitar was taken out of production in 1975.