Fender Jaguar

tpgwade · **Joined:** April 29th, 2020, 2:50 am **Posts:** 2

Didn’t realise these were a thing until I picked one up a few weeks ago. Saw one advertised on my local free ads. Was being used upside down by a right hander.

Japanese, 2006/07 as far as I can tell.

ch willie · **Joined:** February 22nd, 2017, 5:58 pm **Posts:** 412

Wow! I've never seen one of those.

Matt R. · **Posted:** May 2nd, 2020, 5:18 am

I used to have one. Wish I could snag another

pjmuck · **Posted:** May 2nd, 2020, 8:08 am

Nice score! Yes, these were only made for the Japanese market. What was additionally cool about them was they had active electronics, though I seem to recall they were pretty noisy. Shield up your control cavity and under the pick guard and it should help greatly.

tpgwade · **Joined:** April 29th, 2020, 2:50 am **Posts:** 2

Yeah surprised I managed to score one. Think I’ve used up all my bass finding
luck (still chasing an ATK).

Agreed, is noisy with the active pick ups turned on but will be getting that sorted out soon. Still sounds good in passive mode though.

boostlee · **Joined:** July 13th, 2019, 8:28 pm **Posts:** 15

tpgwade wrote:

Yeah surprised I managed to score one. Think I’ve used up all my bass finding
luck (still chasing an ATK).

Agreed, is noisy with the active pick ups turned on but will be getting that sorted out soon. Still sounds good in passive mode though.

I owned an 97 ATK brand new, cool bass but SUPER heavy!!

Carmine · **Joined:** October 5th, 2008, 9:45 am **Posts:** 788

tpgwade wrote:

Yeah surprised I managed to score one. Think I’ve used up all my bass finding
luck (still chasing an ATK).

Nice find! Now, I could solve your ATK problem (and you could solve my Jaguar problem)

!

reynoldbot · **Posted:** May 11th, 2020, 9:38 am

Congrats!!! I imported one directly from Japan in CAR, which was a color not available in the states. I took out the pup switches and converted to stacked knobs, and threw in some aguilar pups and preamp. She's a looker!

Matt R. · **Posted:** May 11th, 2020, 9:49 am

Man I really hope to acquire another.

tim · **Posted:** May 11th, 2020, 3:56 pm

reynoldbot wrote:

She's a looker!

Oh my God she is.

fivebass52 · **Posted:** May 11th, 2020, 6:00 pm

reynoldbot wrote:

Congrats!!! I imported one directly from Japan in CAR, which was a color not available in the states. I took out the pup switches and converted to stacked knobs, and threw in some aguilar pups and preamp. She's a looker!

Seems somewhat blasphemous... but it looks great, and probably sounds better too. Still.....

reynoldbot · **Posted:** May 12th, 2020, 2:51 pm

fivebass52 wrote:

reynoldbot wrote:

Congrats!!! I imported one directly from Japan in CAR, which was a color not available in the states. I took out the pup switches and converted to stacked knobs, and threw in some aguilar pups and preamp. She's a looker!

Seems somewhat blasphemous... but it looks great, and probably sounds better too. Still.....

The switch system had a fatal flaw - two of the switches were for the pickups, and one was for series/parallel, and it was in a perfect spot for me to accidentally hit the switches when I played with a pick. If I either had only one pickup on and accidentally switched the pickup off, or hit the series/parallel switch with only one pickup on, all sound would cut out. It happened enough times at shows that I decided it had to go. I believe the newer Squier Jaguars use a similar control layout but with a P/J pup configuration.

fivebass52 · **Posted:** May 12th, 2020, 5:17 pm

reynoldbot wrote:

fivebass52 wrote:

reynoldbot wrote:

Congrats!!! I imported one directly from Japan in CAR, which was a color not available in the states. I took out the pup switches and converted to stacked knobs, and threw in some aguilar pups and preamp. She's a looker!

Seems somewhat blasphemous... but it looks great, and probably sounds better too. Still.....

The switch system had a fatal flaw - two of the switches were for the pickups, and one was for series/parallel, and it was in a perfect spot for me to accidentally hit the switches when I played with a pick. If I either had only one pickup on and accidentally switched the pickup off, or hit the series/parallel switch with only one pickup on, all sound would cut out. It happened enough times at shows that I decided it had to go. I believe the newer Squier Jaguars use a similar control layout but with a P/J pup configuration.

Thanks for clarification... I KNEW there had to be a legitimate reason!

BrocoCed · **Joined:** May 18th, 2020, 6:26 am **Posts:** 5

These basses are awesome!!
How did you guys get to it?
I'm actively looking for one.
Thanks.

Bootsy · **Posted:** November 16th, 2021, 5:42 am

Would like to rediscuss the Jaguar Japan Bass.
I am also looking for one for ages now. Unbelievalbe although there were 2 years of production in left handed, so few are around compared e.g. to the Aerodynes
Let me know if anyone wants to sell or trade, thanks

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