About This Listing

Now available on consignment is this well played early 1965 Fender Jaguar in its original Fiesta Red custom colour finish with matching headstock! This example having been in Australia for some decades...

This transitional guitar still features a nitrate celluloid pickguard, L serial plate and no binding on the neck. It remains in largely original condition except for 2 pickguard screws, replaced foam under the pickups, and a replaced upper horn strap button.

There is significant buckle rash and finish wear on the back of the body showing the correct desert sand undercoat. There is also flaking to the matching headstock as pictured, this is stable.

The electronics appear all untouched with the solder looking undisturbed throughout. The lower volume and tone pots date to the 8th week of 1965, and the guitar features a pair of black bottom pickups reading at 6.3k ohms in the bridge position, and 6.5k in the neck. The guitar weighs just under 3.7.kg.

The original frets are very worn, so a refret is recommended for everyday playing. However the guitar still plays up and down the neck.

Comes in its original white tolex case in rough condition with its original mute (replaced foam) and tremolo arm.

Instrument on consignment.

Call/email for FREE Australia wide shipping.

Shipped Worldwide!

Listed5 months ago
Condition
Brand
Model
  • Jaguar
Finish
  • Fiesta Red
Categories
Year
  • 1965
Made In
  • United States
Series
Fretboard Material
  • Rosewood
Pickup Configuration
  • SS
Scale Length
  • 24"
Body Shape
  • Double Cutaway
Right / Left Handed
  • Right Handed
Number of Strings
  • 6-String
Neck Material
  • Maple
Color Family
  • Red
Finish Style
  • Gloss
Body Type
  • Solid Body
Model Family
Offset Body
  • Yes
Bridge/Tailpiece Type
  • Tremolo Tailpiece
Finish Features
  • Matching Headstock
Neck Construction
  • Bolt-On
Number of Frets
  • 22

About the Seller

Joel's Vintage Guitars

Sydney, Australia
(89)
Joined Reverb:2017
Items Sold:73
Product Overview
The Fender Jaguar was introduced as a high-end model guitar four years after the Jazzmaster. Though similar to the Jazzmaster in its offset body and lead/rhythem circuits controls, the Jaguar differed in two key ways. For one, the Jaguar used a shorter 24-inch scale length compared to the 25 1/2-inch of most Fender guitars. Additionally, the Jaguar used two thinner single-coil pickups compared to the feedback-prone soapbox pickups of the Jazzmaster. The Jaguar was not as popular as the Telecaster or Strat in its initial run, but has found some popularity with punk, grunge and indie rockers since. 

Years of Production:
 1962 - 1974

Unique to this Year: CBS purchase of Fender in 1965 brings new headstock decal, three-ply plastic pickguard, and pearloid dot inlays.

Body Style: Offset solidbody 

Wood Composition: Alder body, Maple neck with veneer Rosewood fingerboard

Design Elements: Bolt-on neck, dot inlays, 2 single-coil pickups with notched side-plates, individual pickup selectors, 24-inch scale length, treble and bass roll knobs, floating tremolo system, lead/rhythm circuit switch

Finish Specifications: Sunburst was the standard finish for the Jaguar in 1965. Rarer colors are more prized by collectors. 

Notable Players:  Kurt Cobain, Johnny Marr, Carl Wilson
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Vintage Fender Jaguar 1965 Fiesta Red Custom Colour L Plate
Vintage Fender Jaguar 1965 Fiesta Red Custom Colour L Plate
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About This Listing

Now available on consignment is this well played early 1965 Fender Jaguar in its original Fiesta Red custom colour finish with matching headstock! This example having been in Australia for some decades...

This transitional guitar still features a nitrate celluloid pickguard, L serial plate and no binding on the neck. It remains in largely original condition except for 2 pickguard screws, replaced foam under the pickups, and a replaced upper horn strap button.

There is significant buckle rash and finish wear on the back of the body showing the correct desert sand undercoat. There is also flaking to the matching headstock as pictured, this is stable.

The electronics appear all untouched with the solder looking undisturbed throughout. The lower volume and tone pots date to the 8th week of 1965, and the guitar features a pair of black bottom pickups reading at 6.3k ohms in the bridge position, and 6.5k in the neck. The guitar weighs just under 3.7.kg.

The original frets are very worn, so a refret is recommended for everyday playing. However the guitar still plays up and down the neck.

Comes in its original white tolex case in rough condition with its original mute (replaced foam) and tremolo arm.

Instrument on consignment.

Call/email for FREE Australia wide shipping.

Shipped Worldwide!

Listed5 months ago
Condition
Brand
Model
  • Jaguar
Finish
  • Fiesta Red
Categories
Year
  • 1965
Made In
  • United States
Series
Fretboard Material
  • Rosewood
Pickup Configuration
  • SS
Scale Length
  • 24"
Body Shape
  • Double Cutaway
Right / Left Handed
  • Right Handed
Number of Strings
  • 6-String
Neck Material
  • Maple
Color Family
  • Red
Finish Style
  • Gloss
Body Type
  • Solid Body
Model Family
Offset Body
  • Yes
Bridge/Tailpiece Type
  • Tremolo Tailpiece
Finish Features
  • Matching Headstock
Neck Construction
  • Bolt-On
Number of Frets
  • 22

About the Seller

Joel's Vintage Guitars

Sydney, Australia
(89)
Joined Reverb:2017
Items Sold:73
Product Overview
The Fender Jaguar was introduced as a high-end model guitar four years after the Jazzmaster. Though similar to the Jazzmaster in its offset body and lead/rhythem circuits controls, the Jaguar differed in two key ways. For one, the Jaguar used a shorter 24-inch scale length compared to the 25 1/2-inch of most Fender guitars. Additionally, the Jaguar used two thinner single-coil pickups compared to the feedback-prone soapbox pickups of the Jazzmaster. The Jaguar was not as popular as the Telecaster or Strat in its initial run, but has found some popularity with punk, grunge and indie rockers since. 

Years of Production:
 1962 - 1974

Unique to this Year: CBS purchase of Fender in 1965 brings new headstock decal, three-ply plastic pickguard, and pearloid dot inlays.

Body Style: Offset solidbody 

Wood Composition: Alder body, Maple neck with veneer Rosewood fingerboard

Design Elements: Bolt-on neck, dot inlays, 2 single-coil pickups with notched side-plates, individual pickup selectors, 24-inch scale length, treble and bass roll knobs, floating tremolo system, lead/rhythm circuit switch

Finish Specifications: Sunburst was the standard finish for the Jaguar in 1965. Rarer colors are more prized by collectors. 

Notable Players:  Kurt Cobain, Johnny Marr, Carl Wilson
Shop 38 options from $5,499
Product Reviews

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