Key Features
- Based on Johnny Marr's '65 Jaguar for incredible sound & playability
- Jaguar bridge with Mustang saddles for improved stability
- Limited edition Lake Placid Blue finish for iconic appearance
- Bare Knuckle Pickups Project Signature Johnny Marr Sound
- Includes hardshell case
DISC Fender Johnny Marr Jaguar, Lake Placid Blue Overview
Craving an electric guitar based on Johnny Marr's 1965 Jaguar? The Fender Johnny Marr Jaguar is loaded with vintage-inspired design touches, including both aesthetics, and playability.
The neck features a custom profile with vintage frets for an incredibly authentic feel. The body is subtly altered from the standard Jaguar for a more refined feel and is finished in an authentic vintage nitrocellulose lacquer, providing excellent breath-ability and potential to age gracefully.
Loaded with custom wound Bare Knuckle pickups, you can achieve a melodic, textured sound with added clarity and brightness - perfect for the more unique player craving a distinct sound and appearance for use as a professional stage or studio instrument.
Product Ref: 119102
Full Description
View Full DescriptionAbout Johnny Marr
Johnny Marr is an iconic guitarist known for his dynamic guitar playing and arranging in The Smiths. He has transferred his playing into many other groups with stints performing with The The, the Pretenders, Modest Mouse and The Cribs. He has also developed a solo career and made numerous guest appearances.
Johnny demands a guitar capable of creating soundscapes and layered sounds with versatility and clarity. The Fender Johnny Marr Jaguar is based on Johnny's 1965 Jaguar with some highly thoughtful additions and attention to detail in its specifications.
Classic & Lightweight Alder Build
The Fender Johnny Marr Jaguar is constructed with a lightweight alder body, producing a resonant and balanced tone with plenty of clarity and body. The tonewood provides a decent amount of sustain, creating bright, sizzling highs, excellently rounded lows, and beefy mids. Fender have used alder as their tonewood of choice for electric guitars since the 1950s, as the balanced response and slight upper middle definition makes it perfect for rock and blues. A limited edition Lake Placid Blue finish also offers a pleasing aesthetic that is certain to look sublime on-stage, to the studio, and rehearsal room.
Jaguar Body
The Fender Johnny Marr features the classic Jaguar body with its distinct offset shape. The contours are subtly altered for a more comfortable playing feel, and the guitar is finished in true nitrocellulose lacquer; this was the original finish on vintage Fender guitars and had an ability of letting the wood 'breathe' and resonate more fully. The lacquer also aged gracefully rather than chipping and flaking with age.
Vintage Inspired Neck
The Fender Johnny Marr Jaguar includes a neck specification based on Johnny's '65 Jaguar. It has a custom-profile, along with vintage sized frets and 7.25'' radius. These specifications give it a comfortable and authentically vintage feel.
Bare Knuckle Pickups
The Bare Knuckle custom-wound single coil pickups are voiced for Johnny Marr's specific requirements. They provide brightness and clarity with the nuanced sweetness that can be only achieved through single coils. The pickups are the perfect platform for soundscape creation and for playing densely voiced chords whilst maintaining individual note focus.
Multiple Switching
The Johnny Marr Jaguar features a simpler version of the Jaguar 4-way switching to increase its practicality and ease of use. It gives the capability to use various combinations of pickups, both in series and parallel, providing a very wide range of tonalities to choose from. A master volume and tone provide an easy way to sculpt the overall sound, while two bright switches (one master and one for a single pickup position) give you even more tonal shaping options. These combinations really expand the potential of the Bare Knuckle pickups.
Vintage Hardware
This Fender Jaguar includes a re-designed Jaguar bridge, giving it the same looks but with a more reliable performance. It includes Mustang® saddles, nylon post inserts and a nylon tremolo arm sleeve. These additional features provide a more stable action with increased tuning stability. The nylon sleeve ensures that the tremolo will remain in position when un-touched. The tremolo arm is also taller than standard.
Resonant Synthetic Bone Nut
Featuring a carefully fitted synthetic bone nut, the Jaguar delivers an increased resonance and a bright tonality. When compared to traditional plastic and Tusq materials used to construct guitar nuts, synthetic bone improves the vibration transfer between the string and tuning machines without dampening the tone.
Reviews
Guitarist Magazine gave the Johnny Marr Jaguar 4.5 stars out of 5, saying it's "The most practical and best-sounding Jag we've ever played....
"There's Fender-aplenty in the sounds but, as Marr says, Grestch and Rickenbacker spring to mind, especially with a little tone roll-off. Above all though, the clarity, and the musical sweetness of the tones allow for complex chord voicings for jazzier rhythms or simpler soul and funk styles.... "it's faultlessly built for purpose, addresses five decades of 'Jaguar-ness' and puts a decidedly leftfield design squarely back in the mainstream."Read the full review on the Music Radar website.
Specifications
Body & Bridge
- Series: Artist Series
- Body Material: Alder
- Body Type: Jaguar
- Body Finish: Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer
- Colour: Limited Edition Lake Placid Blue
- Bridge Type: Jaguar Bridge w/ Mustang Saddles and Vintage Style 'Floating' Tremolo Tailpiece
Neck & Fingerboard
- Neck Material: Maple
- Neck Type: Custom Shape Based on Johnny's '65 Jaguar Guitar
- Neck Finish: Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer
- Fingerboard Material: Rosewood
- Fingerboard Radius: 22, Vintage Style
- Position Inlays: Pearloid Dots
- Nut Material: Synthetic Bone
- Nut Width: 42 mm
- Scale Length: 610 mm
Hardware & Electronics
- Hardware Colour: Nickel/Chrome
- Tuning Machines: 6-in-Line American Vintage
- Pickguard: 3-Ply Mint Green
- Pickup Bridge: Custom-Wound Bare Knuckle® Johnny Marr
- Pickup Neck: Custom-Wound Bare Knuckle® Johnny Marr
- Pickup Switching: 4 position blade
- Bridge pickup
- Bridge and neck in parallel
- Neck Pickup
- Neck and bridge pickup in series
- Controls: Master Volume/Master Tone
- Control Knobs: Black Plastic
- Strings: Fender® USA 250R, NPS, (.010-.046 Gauges)
- Case: Hardshell Case (Blue Interior)
- Other Features:
- Artist Signature on Front of Headstock
- Nylon Bridge Post Inserts for Improved Stability
- Nylon Insert in Trem Arm Sleeve to Prevent Arm Swing
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