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Fender American Vintage 65 Jaguar 3-Color Sunburst

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Fender American Vintage 65 Jaguar 3-Color Sunburst
Product no: 9000-0004-5881 Bax Music Warranty: This product comes with a 3-year warranty.

General

Fender has expanded its American Vintage series with several new and presently most historically accurate guitar models ever. One of which is this 3-tone Sunburst '65 Jaguar that looks exactly like the old Fender Jaguar guitar from 1965. This was the year that the neck of the Jaguar first featured a thin, round-laminated rosewood fretboard with white bindings and large mother-of-pearl position markers. The Fender Jaguar is characterised by its striking asymmetrical body, its shorter (24-inch) scale length and its special tremolo tailpiece as well as its bright, clear sound that made it such a popular guitar among the more alternative punk and surf guitarists.

Fender American Vintage '65 Jaguar: classic details

The '65 Jaguar Reissue was hand-made in America according to the original specs. It features a lightweight alder body with Fender's new Flash Coat nitrocellulose lacquer and an accurate style and colour Sunburst. The American Vintage '65 Jaguar has two authentically voiced single-coil pickups with two independent tone circuits. Fender also took notice of the smaller details, like the chrome-plated Claw Shield pickup covers, the string vibration damper next to the bridge and the floating tremolo tailpiece with locking button. The accessory black case is also vintage styled with replicas of the original case candy such as the manual, a guitar strap and an instrument cable.

American Vintage series: more accurate than ever before

Along with the American Standard series, Fender decided to give the 2012 American Vintage series a massive update. It has been expanded with new, iconic '50s and '60s models that have a minute vintage accuracy. To get to this point, the guitar giant tracked down and studied specs and details of numerous original vintage guitars. Fender even brushed off the tools of the period to make the result as authentic as possible. Every model has been fitted with new pickups, especially wound after the specifications and sound of the vintage reference models. There's a good reason that these new models represent Fender's famed, 60-year long history in music.

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this guitar is also available in Candy Apple Red.

Specifications

Product features

Number of frets	22
Number of strings	6
Bridge type	tune-o-matic + vibrato
Pickup configuration	SS
Pickup type	single-coil (passive)
Neck connection	bolt on
Fretboard wood	rosewood
Includes cover	no
Includes case	yes
Colour	burst
Country of origin	USA
Left-handed	no
Body material	alder
Scale length	24 inches (610mm)
Body type	offset

Weight and dimensions including packaging

Weight (incl. packaging)	11,8 kg
Dimensions (incl. packaging)	113,0 x 44,0 x 15,0 cm

Product specifications

solid-body electric guitar
colour: 3-tone sunburst
finish: Fender Flash Coat, nitrocellulose lacquer
body: lightweight alder
neck: maple, bolt-on, modern C-shape
fretboard: rosewood, laminated with the radius
position markers: large mother-of-pearl dots
fretboard radius: 7.25-inch (184.1mm)
frets: 22, vintage-style (low and narrow)
string nut: 42mm, bone
scale length: 24 inches (610 mm)
tuners: Fender Deluxe single-line vintage-style
bridge: adjustable bridge with vintage style floating tremolo and Tremolo-Lock knob.
hardware: chrome / nickel
pickups: 2x new Fender American Vintage '65 Jaguar single-coil
2 independent tone and relay circuits, switchable, see below
strings: Fender USA Super 250R, NPS .010 - .046

Includes:

luxury vintage style black case with orange plush interior
vintage-style black leather guitar strap
vintage-style grey instrument cable
polishing cloth
chrome-plated bridge cover
set of flatwound strings
hex key for bridge saddle adjustment
classic and modern manual

Details:

authentic reproduction of the 1965 Jaguar
hand-made in America according to original vintage specifications
new, specially voiced pickups with Claw Shield covers
improved dimensions and curves of the body, neck and headstock
new hardware with improved accuracy
authentic string dampening between the bridge and the bridge pickup
full-nitrocellulose lacquer finish for improved tone and resonance
new vintage-correct case
replica 'case candy' (original paperwork and accessories)
more accurate colour and Sunburst style
vintage-style three-layer tortoise pickguard and chromed parts
vintage-style single-line Fender Deluxe machine heads
more accurate distance between the tuners making the strings run straighter down the string nut

Rhythm circuit (neck pickup only):

switchable via slider switch above the neck pickup
2 horizontal disc knobs for volume and tone control

Lead circuit:

1x volume potentiometer, 1x tone potentiometer (below the bridge)
slider switch neck pickup on/off
slider switch bridge pickup on/off
slider switch for an alternative circuit (high-pass filter)

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Cor B. 15 June 2016

Wrote the following about Fender American Vintage 65 Jaguar 3-Color Sunburst

Prachtige gitaar en mooie sound. Het is jammer dat Fender na jaren de brug niet heeft vervangen, want dat is een onding. Er zijn mensen die gaan dan voor een Mustang Bridge (ca. 50,--) maar dat is ook geen oplossing, omdat de snaarhouders niet in hoogte verstelbaar zijn en de gleuven vrij ondiep zijn, zodat de snaren er alsnog naast lopen. Ik heb een goed alternatief gevonden en heb in de USA de
Mastery Bridge gekocht (ca. US$ 200,--) en moet hier nog enkele weken op wachten. Er zijn 2 soorten,
de M1 voor Amerikaanse Fenders en de M2 voor Japanse Fenders. Ik hoop dat jullie hier iets aan hebben.
Best regards,
Cor

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