Fender Johnny Marr Signature Jaguar
Fender Johnny Marr Signature Jaguar
Mint condition, ships with everything original including hardshell case. Whitepickguard has been replaced with red tortoiseshell for aesthetics. (The Whitepickguard will still be included)
Fender is very proud to introduce the Johnny Marr signature Jaguar® guitar. Marr is best known, of course, as the strikingly dynamic and influential anti-heroguitarist-arranger-all-around-musical-wunderkind behind Manchester quartet the Smiths, which virtually redefined and ruled U.K. pop throughout the 1980s. A master of melody, layering and texture, Marr has always brought his own instantly identifiable ringing, jangling genius to the proceedings, as he has done in post-Smiths stints with The The, Electronic, the Pretenders andJohnny Marr and the Healers, and right up to the present with Modest Mouse, the Cribs and innumerable guest appearances.
The Johnny Marr signature Jaguar is a fantastically non-standard version of the model that is as distinctive as the sounds Marr wrings from it, with a wealth of highly specialized features including custom-wound Bare Knuckle Johnny Marrsingle-coil neck and bridge pickups; custom-shaped maple neck based on Marr's 1965 Jaguar, with vintage-style truss rod, lacquer finish and Marr's signature on the front of the headstock; four-position blade-style pickup switch mounted to the lower-horn chrome plate (bridge, bridge and neck in parallel, neck, bridge and neck in series); two upper-horn slide switches (universal bright and pickup switch position four bright); Jaguar bridge with Mustang saddles, nylon bridge post inserts for improved stability, chrome cover and vintage-style floating tremolotailpiece; and "taller" tremolo arm with arm-sleeve nylon insert to prevent arm swing.
SPECIFICATIONS
Fender Musical Instruments, fender.com
MODEL
Fender Johnny Marr Jaguar
PRICE $2,419 retail/$1,649 street
NUT WIDTH
1.65”
NECK
Maple, bolt-on (based on Marr’s ’65 Jaguar)
FRETBOARD
Rosewood, 24” scale, 7.25” radius
FRETS
22
TUNERS
Vintage style
BODY
Alder
BRIDGE
Jaguar with Mustang saddles and vintage-style “floating” tremolo
PICKUPS
Two custom-wound Bare Knuckle Johnny Marr pickups
CONTROLS
Master Volume, Master Tone, 4-way selector, universal Bright switch, Brightswitch for pickup-selector position 4
FACTORY STRINGS
Fender Nickel-Plated Steel Super 250R, .010-.046WEIGHT
8.5 lbs
BUILT
USA
KUDOS
Stunning finish. Bold, articulate tones. Comfy player. Wonderfully idiosyncratic.
CONCERNS
Wonderfully idiosyncratic.