Back in 1962 Fender introduced a new model and called it Jaguar! It was meant to be the top-of-the-range guitar alongside it's brother Jazzmaster. Both guitars were very much ahead of their times and so many players back then preferred Strats and Teles. It took around 20 years for these offsets to start gaining notoriety amongst the alt rock and indie guitarists and in 2025 they are most definitely in vogue.
Fender Japan has been very successfully producing vintage-accurate Jaguars since the 1980s. The Jaguar for sale is a glorious example of the revered Fender Japan craftsmanship. Made in 2006, this guitar comes in great condition, with only some small dings around the body and a couple on the back of the neck. Everything except the upgraded Mustang style bridge is original, no parts have been changed.
Fast and easy to play C-shape maple neck has a beautiful honey amber gloss finish on the back and the essential painted headstock. Jaguars as well as Mustangs come with a 24'' scale length as opposed to 25.5'' on a Jazzmasters, Strats and Teles, so all those weird chord voicings that you like so much are suddenly a bit easier to reach. Dark rosewood fretboard looks stunning and the vintage-correct 7.25-inch radius makes bar chording a breeze.
Resonant alder body has those vintage-correct deep contours that hug you when you play. Internal cavities have been factory-shielded with conductive paint and grounded, helping to curb any noise and interference.
Original pickups have a broad sonic palette, with plenty of variation depending on the settings. Neck pickup provides lovely warmth for those rhythm lines, while bright and twangy yet powerful bridge pickup is perfect for lead and arpeggios. Rhythm circuit located on the upper control plate allows to darken the neck pickup even further. Separate rhythm and lead circuits on Jags and Jazzmasters were originally designed to be pre-set to the desired volume and tone settings so a player can just toggle between them using the 2-way slider switch.
One cool feature of the Jaguar is the so-called "strangle" switch, located next to pickup selectors. This allows to remove a lot of bass from the output, which is particularly useful for all those fuzz and Big Muff aficionados. All wiring on this Jaguar is original and works smoothly after some thorough cleaning.
Original Jaguar bridges were meant for much thicker strings and much mellower jazz players. So in the best tradition of alt rock mods, a Mustang bridge was installed to improve the string stability and overall sustain. Original threaded saddle bridge will be included with the guitar.
This instrument received a full professional setup with deep body cleaning, body polish, neck deep clean, rosewood fretboard lemon oil treatment, full electronics check, truss-rod and action and intonation adjustment. Restringed with D'addario 10-46 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 for 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.
Fender Jaguar - 66 Vintage Reissue - Japan - 3-tone Sunburst (2006)
SPECS:
MODEL: Fender Japan Jaguar Vintage Reissue
YEAR: 2006
COLOUR: 3-tone Sunburst gloss finish
PICKGUARD: 3-ply tortoiseshell
NECK: medium C-shape maple neck, honey amber gloss finish, 24'' scale
NUT: bone
FRETBOARD: Indian rosewood, 7.25-inch radius
FRETS: 22 vintage frets with minimal wear
TUNERS: vintage-style Kluson slotted tuners, nickel finish
BODY: alder body, original SS body routing, full factory cavities shielding
TOTAL WEIGHT: 3.7 kg
BRIDGE: upgraded Fender Japan Mustang bridge
VIBRATO: Fender Japan Jaguar vibrato with lock and tension adjustment
WEAR: several small dings on the body and the back of the neck; scratches on the scratchplate
PICKUPS: original Fender Japan Jaguar single-coil pickups with flatpole Alnico V magnets
WIRING: original Fender Japan wiring with A1MEG pots in the Lead circuit, A1MEG and B50k roller pots in the rhythm circuit, ceramic tone capacitor, individual pickup switches and bass cut "strangle" switch
DISCLAIMER
Please note that although we put our heart and soul and also all our knowledge into every single guitar we sell, a setup is a personal preference. However, we try to get the best playability out of every guitar and set them up so you can play both rhythm and lead. We also pull them all apart to clean and check every single component and replace all unreliable parts with new ones, from dodgy pots to the whole wiring, tuners, string trees, nuts and etc. All the work done is described in detail in the listing.
We make sure that every guitar we sell is problem free and take full responsibility for the accuracy of our listing descriptions. All photographs are done by a professional photographer and processed on a calibrated monitor. Some colours might look slightly different on your monitor, but we will always put the official Fender colour name in the listing description, so please study pictures of other guitars with the same colour if you are unsure. We focus on finding great quality guitars and making them reliable and inspiring to play.