NR Jaguar

NR Jaguar Well, Fender asked Gibson politely to stop making the non reverse Firebird because they said it looked too much like a Jaguar, so it seemed obvious. Make the two together and see how close they were ? Pretty close it seems........ This guitar takes on the shape and scale length of the Gibson NR Firebird, the controls, scratchplate and vibrato of the Fender Jaguar but with three pick ups, like the Bass VI and an old 60's Maton headstock. This one pictured is the completely hand made prototype of a VERY limited number of these models I will be offering.
	The body is made from a laminated middle section of dark honduran mahogany with light bunya wings to give the impression of the raised middle section of Gibson Firebirds. The very thin neck is made from maple with a un inlaid rosewood fretboard and topped off with the half classical Maton headstock. The whole thing is finished in vintage tobacco burst. The pick ups standard Fender Jaguar as is all the switching and control plates. The three mini switches turn each pick up on or off giving any or all pick ups working together. The top switch does the standard Jaguar rhythm circuit.
The vibrato is the famous Jaguar/Jazzmaster set up with a tune-o-matic bridge. The Gibson scale length and mahogany centre gives the guitar more deep, woody tones while keeping some of that Jaguar "jangle" and having the middle pick up gives more mids to the bridge or more treble to the neck pick up. This model will be available soon in VERY limited quantities.
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