Fender is very proud to introduce the Johnny Marr signature Jaguarᆴ guitar. Marr is best known, of course, as the strikingly dynamic and influential anti-hero guitarist-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 and Johnny 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 Marr single-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 Mustangᆴ saddles, nylon bridge post inserts for improved stability, chrome cover and vintage-style floating tremolo tailpiece; and "taller" tremolo arm with arm-sleeve nylon insert to prevent arm swing.
Body: Alder
Body Finish:Lacquer
Body Shape:Jaguarᆴ
Neck Material:Maple
Neck Finish:Lacquer
Neck Shape:Custom Shape Based on Johnny's '65 Jaguarᆴ
Scale Length:24" (61 cm)
Fingerboard Material:Rosewood
Fingerboard Radius:7.25" (18.41 cm)
Number of Frets:22
Fret Size:Vintage-Style
Nut Material:Synthetic Bone
Nut Width:1.650" (42 mm)
Truss Rods:Original Vintage Style
Neck Pickup:Custom Wound Bareknuckleᆴ Johnny Marr
Bridge Pickup:Custom Wound Bare Knuckleᆴ Johnny Marr
Pickup Switching:4-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups (In Parallel), Position 3. Neck Pickup, Position 4. Neck and Bridge
Pickups (In Series)
Pickup Configuration:S/S
Controls:Master Volume, Master Tone
Miscellaneous:2 Slide-Switches: Universal Bright Switch; Bright Switch for Blade Position 4
2 Slide-Switches: Universal Bright Switch; Bright Switch for Blade Position 4
Hardware Finish:Chrome
Bridge:Jaguarᆴ Bridge with Mustang Saddles and Vintage Style "Floating" Tremolo Tailpiece
Bridge Cover:Includes Chrome Bridge Cover
Tuning Machines:Vintage Style
Pickguard:3-Ply White/Black/White
Neck Plate:4-Bolt Vintage Style
Auxiliary Switching:2 Slide-Switches: Universal Bright Switch; Bright Switch for Blade Position 4
Included Accessories:Strap, cable, set of flatwound strings
Strings: Fenderᆴ USA Super 250R, NPS, (.010-.046 Gauges)
Other Features:Custom Wound Pickups, Artist Signature on front of headstock, Nylon Bridge Post Inserts for improved stability; Nylon Insert in Trem Arm Sleeve to prevent arm swing