![]() The A and B slugs are the shortest and only just protrude above the cover. ![]() The D and G slugs are highest, with the E slugs slightly shorter. These Jaguar pickups have the post-64 staggered magnets, but it’s a very different stagger to Fender’s previous designs. The foam on this particular specimen is most likely non-original, but if a wider strip replaced it, the foam would contact the bridge pickup when deactivated and this might help to dampen any unwanted vibration. When deactivated, which will probably be most of the time, it can rattle a bit. It’s a spring-loaded device, with a foam strip that lifts to butt up against the strings. Mechanically activated string ‘mutes’ or dampeners were a popular feature on many guitars at the time, but the Jaguar was the first Fender model to have one onboard. Individual pickup switches replace the three-way toggle selector and the third switch activates a bass frequency roll-off filter. The Jaguar shares the Jazzmaster’s offset body shape, vibrato design and the rhythm-circuit concept, but it’s a very different guitar. Both of these pairings demonstrate clear evolutionary steps, where the subsequent model carried some ideas over from the previous one, while addressing certain issues and introducing new features. ![]() ![]() In a sense, the Jaguar was to the Jazzmaster what the Stratocaster was to the Telecaster. Although Fender made several different types of guitar before the CBS takeover, four models are clearly more significant than all the others. ![]()
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