One of the Earliest Black Jaguars!

This early Black Jaguar weighs 8.30 lbs. and has a nut width of 1 5/8 inches and scale length of 24 inches. Solid alder body, one-piece maple neck, and curved veneer rosewood fretboard with 22 frets and clay dot markers. The neck is dated "1 JUL 63 B." In the neck cavity is a piece of masking tape with the number "1" on it. Individual Kluson Deluxe tuners with oval metal buttons. Two powerful white oblong Strat-like pickups with notched metal side plates and balanced outputs of 12.01k and 12.05k. Three-layer celluloid "green guard" 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. Some body checking on the top and back, some marking on the sides where the original plastic cover (still included) has been, slight surface wear to the back of the neck, particularly behind the third and seventh frets, the white plastic casing of the neck pickup is slightly cracked at one end, and the black sponge material on the mute has solidified. A couple of small chips on the top and two small screw holes on the back where two Mojave feathers were attached (also included). Overall, an excellent example of this totally original and very rare color Jaguar. Housed in its original Fender brown Tolex case with brown leather ends and dark orange plush lining (8.00).

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.