Fender Jaguar Baritone Custom
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| Fender Jaguar Baritone Custom | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer | Fender |
| Period | 2004 — present |
| Construction | |
| Body type | Solid |
| Neck joint | Bolt-on |
| Woods | |
| Body | Alder |
| Neck joint | Maple |
| Fretboard | Rosewood |
| Hardware | |
| Fretboard | Adjusto-Matic™ Bridge with Anchored-Tailpiece |
| Pickup(s) | 2 Special Design MIJ Single-Coil Jaguar Pickups (Neck & Bridge) |
| Colors available | |
| (as of 2006) 3-Color Sunburst | |
also known as "Fender Jaguar Bass VI Custom"
Fender's Jaguar Baritone Custom electric guitar is more or less a combination of the Fender Jaguar electric guitar and the Fender Bass VI electric bass guitar: Its pickup configuration and switching setup is identical to the Jaguar, but uses the same heavier string gauges as the Bass VI (25-35-45-55-75-95), with a 28.5" scale-length neck (as opposed to the Bass VI's 30" scale-length), and is tuned E-E one octave lower than a standard guitar. Unlike both the Jaguar and Bass VI however, the Jaguar Baritone Custom has a fixed (non-tremolo) bridge.
The Jaguar Baritone Custom is a Crafted-In-Japan (CIJ) model, and is almost identical to the Japanese-market "Fender Jaguar Bottom Master", though the Bottom Master has different switching options due to different internal wiring (including a "fuzz switch"). In 2006, Fender USA changed the name of the instrument to "Jaguar Bass VI Custom" in order to tie it more closely with its Bass VI heritage, and also probably to differentiate it more from the modern baritone guitar, which is usually tuned B-B (in between the tunings of a standard guitar and a bass).
Not to be confused with the Fender Jaguar Bass or the Fender Jaguar Baritone Special HH.
[edit] External links
- Fender.com - Manufacturer's Official Site
- The Higher Evolution of Off-set Waist Guitars - A good information site on the Fender Jaguar and Jazzmaster
- The Fender Discussion Page - An online community and information source.
- The Loyal Order of the Big Cat - A Fender Jaguar Baritone Custom user group mega-thread on the FDP.
