A Fabulous Lake Placid Blue Jaguar!

This fabulous Jaguar weighs 8.00 lbs. with a nut width of 1 5/8 inches and scale length of 24 inches. Solid alder body, one-piece maple neck, and rosewood fretboard with 22 frets and inlaid pearl dot position markers. Neck dated: "1 FEB 65 B." Individual Kluson Deluxe tuners with oval metal buttons. Two white oblong Strat-like pickups with notched metal side plates and balanced outputs of 6.19k and 6.20k. Three-layer (white/black/white) plastic pickguard. Four controls (two volume, two tone) plus four two-way selector switches (two knobs and three slide switches on the treble side, selector switch and two roller knobs on the bass side). Black plastic Jaguar knobs. Jazzmaster-type floating tremolo and bridge with adjustable mute and original cover. The neck is stamped: "1 FEB 65 B" and the pots are dated: "137 6519." This guitar is in exceptionally fine condition, with only minimal finish checking and a few tiny marks, a tiny cigarette burn on the headstock by the bass "E" tuner, and one small mark on the front of the guitar at the bottom. Housed in its original Fender black hardshell case with red plush lining (9.00). Complete with original hang tag.

In mid 1962 Fender introduced its most expensive "top-of-the-line" guitar called the Jaguar. The Jaguar’s pickups are more powerful and better shielded, which eliminated some of the hum problems associated with the Jazzmaster. The shorter (24 inch) scale was favored by some guitarists at that time, especially the surf music players. The Jaguar shared its unique rhythm circuit with the Jazzmaster. This allowed a pre-set tone for rhythm playing.