About
The Jaguar is an electric guitar. It is manufactured since 1962 by the American musical instrument maker Fender.
History
It was issued in 1962 as a successor to the Jazzmaster on the market, came out in the late '50s. With a shorter neck, and "lots of chrome" (O-Ton Leo Fender) it should be the new top model. Compete with the Stratocaster and Telecaster, but it was no match. Lack of success put Fender ceases to manufacture 1975th In the year 1999 was taken with the "1962 Reissue Jaguar" back into production.
Construction
The Jaguar follows as before, the Jazzmaster the basic design principle of the company Fender: At a solid alder or ash body is screwed a maple neck. Unlike the Jazzmaster, the Jaguar has a short scale length of 24 ". The tuning gears are in a line on the upper side of the asymmetrical headstock. The electronics are usually mounted on an existing plastic pickguard which is located directly under the strings on the body .
The electrical system consists of two only, the Jaguar at the Jaguar and the Cyclone II built-up single coil pickups. Although visually similar to the Stratocaster pickups to make the pickups are custom products that generate a higher power and a warmer sound, similar to the Gibson Les Paul sound.
The Jaguar was probably the first electric guitar, the standard out-of-phase circuits possible. (Note: The results of two anti-phase switching, a bass PUs poor, brilliant and sharp sound; su, "Surf.") Each of the two 3-way pickup switch, provides the setting for this positive, Off, Negative.
Have the Jaguar and Jazzmaster bridge floating dock systems with many overtones, see Third-bridge guitar.
The Jaguar in the music
The Jaguar was popular at the beginning of production in the 1960s, especially among surf bands like the Beach Boys.
After the decline of the surf-wave and the cessation of production was the guitar in the late 80s and early 90s in the price fell sharply. Used models were available for 100 to 200 U.S. dollars. This was an incentive for young aspiring punk and grunge bands add itself guitars of the type Jaguar. Forefront of this trend were, among other things Kurt Cobain and Sonic Youth. In the music video for "Under the Bridge" by Red Hot Chili Peppers "we see how the intro is played on a Jaguar. Because of this new popularity Fender called 1999 the "1962 Reissue Jaguar" to life.
Kurt Cobain used the jaguar as a model for his own signature guitar: When asked how a possible "Kurt Cobain" should look like this special model, photographed Cobain's Fender Mustang and a Jaguar, cut the two pictures in half, stuck the top of the Jaguar at the bottom of the Mustang and presented the results with the word "Sun". Consequently, the guitar went with the name of art Jag-Stang (Jaguar and Mustang) in the production.