Fender Player Jaguar PF, Candy Apple Red

Full Description

Staggered Jaguar sound

Get funky. With two precisely tuned pickups, you're ready to rock. At the bridge sits an alnico III humbucker that has plenty of vintage attitude. With the thick, chunky sound backed up by the sweet musicality of alnico III magnets, you'll be rocking out retro riffs with supreme clarity. The smoothed-out highs they produce allow you to punch through a mix with ease, keeping your sound pristine. And when you need that extra detail in the lows, the neck pickup delivers. Constructed with an alnico II magnet, this single coil extracts all the sweet detail from your strings without ever becoming harsh. With rich, chunky bass and pronounced mids, this pickup will make chords stand out and solos sizzle.

Shaping this tone is completely intuitive, with an auxiliary switch for the bridge humbucker, toggle switch, tone controls and volume control, allowing you to completely master every essence of your sound. The 6-Saddle Vintage-Style Adjustable bridge with “Floating” Tremolo Tailpiece offers unique pitch bending possibilities, while the addition of a synthetic bone nut helps enhance the natural resonance and string stability.

Player perfected performance

This iconic model delivers optimised performance and exceptional playability, to create an instrument that feels luxurious to play. The modern “C” maple neck provides complete control of the guitar, ensuring that your hold on the neck is tight and comfortable, whilst also delivering enough freedom to rush from one extreme of the fretboard to the other. A pau ferro fretboard offers a luscious surface to effortlessly glide across.

A body built for brilliance

Alder is often favoured by guitarists for its incredibly balanced tone and unrivalled subtlety in its dynamics, meaning that it's ideal for use with a multitude of genres. Offering excellent sustain and vibrant resonance, each note soars, cutting through the mix with ease. Delivering bright, searing highs, a bold, beefy mid-range, and well-rounded lows, this wood builds an excellent foundation to the guitar’s overall tone, allowing it to suit any style.

History of the Jaguar

The Jaguar was a feature-laden instrument released in 1962 and designed to tempt players away from other guitar brands. It had a relatively unusual switching system, but during its 13-year production run it did not sell as well as the classic Stratocaster and Telecaster models. It became popular in the surf music scene, and later with punk and rock players of the '80s and '90s once production had been ceased. Fender began making a Japanese-made model in the '80s, and a USA reissue in 1999. It is now famed for its off-set design and unique tones.

Specifications

• Product Code: 0146303509

Body and Bridge

• Material: Alder
• Shape: Jaguar
• Colour: Candy Apple Red
• Finish: Gloss Polyester
• Bridge: 6-Saddle Vintage-Style Adjustable w/ “Floating” Tremolo Tailpiece

Neck and Fingerboard

• Neck Material: Maple
• Neck Shape: Modern C
• Neck Construction: Bolt-On
• Neck Finish (Back): Satin Urethane
• Neck Finish (Front): Gloss Urethane
• Scale Length: 24"
• Fingerboard Material: Pau Ferro
• Fingerboard Radius: 9.5"
• Frets: 22 Medium Jumbo
• Inlays: White Dot
• Truss Rod: Standard
• Truss Rod Nut: 3/16" Hex Adjustment
• String Nut: Synthetic Bone
• Nut: Synthetic Bone
• Nut Width: 42mm

Hardware and Electronics

• Bridge Pickup: Player Series Alnico 3 Jaguar Humbucking
• Neck Pickup: Player Series Alnico 2 Jaguar Single-Coil
• Pickup Configuration: HS
• Controls: Master Volume, Master Tone, 3-Position Blade
• Auxiliary Switch: 2-Position Slide for Bridge Humbucking Coil Split
• Control Knobs: Skirted Amp Knobs
• Switch Tip: Barrel Style
• Bridge Cover: Vintage-Style Floating Tremolo w/ Push-In Tremolo Arm
• Pickguard: 3-Ply Black
• Hardware: Nickel/Chrome
• Tuning Machines: Standard Cast/Sealed
• Tremolo Arm: Pop-In Vintage-Style
• Strap Buttons: Standard
• String Trees: Dual-Wing
• Strings: Fender USA 250L Nickel Plated Steel (.009-.042 Gauges)