Fender Classic Player Jaguar Special HH Electric Guitar (Used)
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A blast from the past — updated with humbuckers!
The Fender Classic Player Jaguar Special HH guitar turbocharges Fender's iconic Jaguar model with some thoroughly modern improvements. Dual humbucking pickups add a whole new sonic dimension. The Classic Player Jaguar guitar features revolutionary electronics that include blendable coil-splitting for more tones than ever. The Jaguar's 9.5" fingerboard radius and a neck pocket with increased back angle improve stability and sustain. The Jaguar guitar's tremolo plate has been moved closer to the bridge to increase break angle and sustain. The Fender Classic Player Jaguar Special HH Electric Guitar has a screw-in tremolo arm that increases stability and control when executing dive-bombs, and a master cut switch to provide cool effects.
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Features
- Body: Alder
- Finish: Polyester
- Neck: Maple
- Fingerboard: Rosewood, 9.5" (241mm)
- Frets: 22, Medium-jumbo
- Scale Length: 24" (610mm)
- Nut Width: 1.650" (42mm)
- Hardware: Chrome
- Tuning Keys: Fender Vintage Style Tuning Machines
- Bridge: Fender Adjusto-Matic Bridge With Floating Tremolo Tailpiece
- Pickguard: 4-Ply Brown Shell
Pickups
- Neck: Enforcer Humbucking Neck Pickup
- Bridge: Enforcer Humbucking Bridge Pickup
- Pickup Switching 2-On/Off Slide Switches, One for Each Pickup, Master Kill Switch
Controls
- "Lead" Circuit: 2-Position Tone Switch, Volume, Tone,
- "Rhythm" Circuit: Cut switch, Humbucker/Single Coil Blend - One for Each Pickup
- Strings: Fender Standard Tension ST250R, Nickel Plated Steel, Gauges: (.010, .013, .017, .026, .036, .046),
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Jaguar HH
Fantastic, to me there is nothing more perfect in a guitar. If you want something that the other guys don't have this is it. Its not a strat, tele, les paul, none....Read complete review
Fantastic, to me there is nothing more perfect in a guitar. If you want something that the other guys don't have this is it. Its not a strat, tele, les paul, none. It is a jag. & thats what i love about it.
I've had my jag for almost a year, it is perfect. Seems that some folks find it complex well, its not a strat, or a tele, or a les paul, but lets face it...thats why you are looking at it. But if this is worried you, fear not, it comes with a sweet diagram. I love this guitar, i've had a couple of guitars that do the coil splitting, but no a single one have done it this well. You roll the top rollers to humbucker or single coil, or somewhere inbetween. The bridge is pickup is tough, especially through distortion, to me its everything that i want out of a bridge pickup. The neck pickup is bassy, like most neck pickups, roll it into single coil & it sounds fantastic & the humbucker is just as good. I can get so many sounds out of this guitar, its crazy. Then there is that tone cut switch down at the bottom, by the on-off pickup switches, that is really cool, just to add/take some dynamic to whatever you are playing. Last but not least you have the kill switch up at the top next to the humbucker/single coil rollers, i didn't really think that i would use that very much, but sure as heck i do. When you're getting some good feedback, you can flip it on & off to some really cool stuff, sometimes you want to just make you sound suddenly stop & that volume knob doesn't get there quick enough..haha never fear, kill switch is here.
Some say its not setup well, the bridge, the neck, action ect.... Personally i loved it. Sure it may not come set to your desired set up....(i suppose fender should apologize for not reading your mind, & knowing exactly what you wanted) You take it & get it setup. The single thing that i would change, if i could change anything.......a roller bridge. The bridge that is on it, is ok, but eventually i'll probably swap for a roller, nothing else. This is my main guitar, i don't play everyday, but everyday that i can, i do. i've gone & played other guitars, but nothing brings as much joy as this sweet flippin' jag.
Build quality was fantastic, extemely happy to pay some mexican wages, for this bad boy.
I would buy it again, now given i'm kinda cheap (wife might say to drop the kinda part), when it comes to buying....any & everything. I have a day job, that is not playing music. I play music for fun & enjoyment & because i find music to be the greatest thing ever. That being said, I don't have money to go & blow & buy 87 different guitars, so i make sure that my money is wisely spent. This guitar, is amazing, & doesn't look like all the other strats & teles & les pauls. Its goofy, but that is why its perfect.
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Numerous defects...
I still haven't decided if I'll send this guitar back yet, mainly because there are a few things very right about it that could go very wrong on another or even another. The things ...Read complete review
I still haven't decided if I'll send this guitar back yet, mainly because there are a few things very right about it that could go very wrong on another or even another. The things that ARE wrong, I can correct. In order of discovery, the action was way too high, and lowering the bridge all the way down left it still much too high. The bridge studs weren't all the way in, but seating them further in would not yield enough change, and the bottom of the bridge base will have to be ground down about 1/4" on each end, that's a lot and will require a heavy-duty power grinder. I have one and can do that, but shouldn't have to work that hard. The trussrod adjustment screw is completely inaccessible, there is less than 1/8" cut out of the pickguard, so no screwdriver of any kind/size can touch the screw's slots, but worse, the body itself covers more than half the screw. Again, I can remove material to correct the problem, but shouldn't have to. Anyone without my decades of experience & shop tools would have no choice but to return it, but also may not even notice these defects until well after 45 days, then only hopeful of a warranty repair by a luthier, if there is one near them. The tremelo (whammy bar) lock only locks in one direction, you can still bend the thing down (dive bomb), and if a string breaks, it won't do the job intended for it without your (my) fiddling around. That appears to be the design, not a good one. My first brand new guitar I bought for myself was a Jaguar in 1962. It had zero defects. This thing requires work, if I send it back, I might not get a neck as well made as this one's. It's nearly perfect, the fret ends are well dressed, no sharp ends. That's a first on an unbound neck in many years. The next one might not be right. The electronics are great, no noise, works as designed. Another might be noisy. since the two main things I care about are right, I'm still thinking about keeping it. If I send it back, I'll report on the new one. If this review is the only one you see from me, I decided to keep it and make it perfect, myself. What you do as a customer is up to you, MF.com will make it right for you, whatever you do. This, I also have many years of experience with, MusiciansFriend is simply the best!
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Pros
- Fun To Play
- Good Feel
- Good Pick Up
- Good Tone
- Looks Frakin Awesome
- Solid Electronics
- You Wish It Was Yours
Cons
- no cons
Best Uses
- Blowing minds
- Jamming
- Making Butts Bleed
- Melting faces
- Practicing
- Recording
- Rock Concerts
- School Bands
- Small Venues
Comments about Fender Classic Player Jaguar Special HH Electric Guitar:
This guitar is absolutely incredible! I find myself leaving my American Strat in the case a lot!! if your like me and always wanted a Jag but don't really have the means to fork over almost two grand for an American this is what you need!!!
Pros
- Fun To Play
- Good Feel
- Good Tone
- Solid Electronics
Cons
Best Uses
- Jamming
- Practicing
- Recording
Comments about Fender Classic Player Jaguar Special HH Electric Guitar:
I have been playing guitar for about 5 years now and this was my first guitar. I have been in love with this guitar and still love it even after 5 years of playing.
I have seen alot of other reviews essentially just talking smack about this guitar.
Well, let me tell you. There is nothing wrong with this guitar and in my opinion this is the best guitar fender has made.
the fact that this guitar has coil-tapping means that you essentially get 6 guitars in one because of the different combinations of single coil and humbucker you can do.
The pickups are absolutely perfect for anything from RHCP to Nirvana and everything in between.
Would recommend this guitar to ANYONE. Absolutely love it and will probably never sell it.
Comments about Fender Classic Player Jaguar Special HH Electric Guitar:
Great guitar. The finish and build quality is excellent. This guitar is very versatile as well. You can get a variety of tones out of it from warm and clean to dirty and crunchy. Therefore, it really works well for any type of music one wants to play. The shorter scale neck is a little different at first but its fine once you get used to it. Also, the guitar is a little heavy when compared to a strat or tele but I think this just helps add to it's tone. Overall, I would definitely purchase this guitar again and I would recommend it to anyone thats on the fence about getting one.
Comments about Fender Classic Player Jaguar Special HH Electric Guitar:
Fantastic, to me there is nothing more perfect in a guitar. If you want something that the other guys don't have this is it. Its not a strat, tele, les paul, none. It is a jag. & thats what i love about it.
I've had my jag for almost a year, it is perfect. Seems that some folks find it complex well, its not a strat, or a tele, or a les paul, but lets face it...thats why you are looking at it. But if this is worried you, fear not, it comes with a sweet diagram. I love this guitar, i've had a couple of guitars that do the coil splitting, but no a single one have done it this well. You roll the top rollers to humbucker or single coil, or somewhere inbetween. The bridge is pickup is tough, especially through distortion, to me its everything that i want out of a bridge pickup. The neck pickup is bassy, like most neck pickups, roll it into single coil & it sounds fantastic & the humbucker is just as good. I can get so many sounds out of this guitar, its crazy. Then there is that tone cut switch down at the bottom, by the on-off pickup switches, that is really cool, just to add/take some dynamic to whatever you are playing. Last but not least you have the kill switch up at the top next to the humbucker/single coil rollers, i didn't really think that i would use that very much, but sure as heck i do. When you're getting some good feedback, you can flip it on & off to some really cool stuff, sometimes you want to just make you sound suddenly stop & that volume knob doesn't get there quick enough..haha never fear, kill switch is here.
Some say its not setup well, the bridge, the neck, action ect.... Personally i loved it. Sure it may not come set to your desired set up....(i suppose fender should apologize for not reading your mind, & knowing exactly what you wanted) You take it & get it setup. The single thing that i would change, if i could change anything.......a roller bridge. The bridge that is on it, is ok, but eventually i'll probably swap for a roller, nothing else. This is my main guitar, i don't play everyday, but everyday that i can, i do. i've gone & played other guitars, but nothing brings as much joy as this sweet flippin' jag.
Build quality was fantastic, extemely happy to pay some mexican wages, for this bad boy.
I would buy it again, now given i'm kinda cheap (wife might say to drop the kinda part), when it comes to buying....any & everything. I have a day job, that is not playing music. I play music for fun & enjoyment & because i find music to be the greatest thing ever. That being said, I don't have money to go & blow & buy 87 different guitars, so i make sure that my money is wisely spent. This guitar, is amazing, & doesn't look like all the other strats & teles & les pauls. Its goofy, but that is why its perfect.
Comments about Fender Classic Player Jaguar Special HH Electric Guitar:
A very good looking guitar. I owned the Olympic White for a few years and it turned many heads. The neck is beautiful and I love the 60s styling. But I wasn't a huge fan of how the guitar actually sounds. It has so many switches and knobs but it's hard to actually dial into more than 3 useful tones. The bridge pickup sounded mean on overdrive... it growled!! That is where the guitar shines. But besides that... the neck pickup didn't do anything for me. And overall the guitar sounded too bassy and not bright enough. Swapping the pickups might give it better tones, but I never tried that. Overall a sweet guitar but lacking in tonal variety.
Comments about Fender Classic Player Jaguar Special HH Electric Guitar:
Overall, this is a nice guitar, but like many Jaguars before it there are some quirks that some may not be able to look past. .
The action was terrible when it arrived, to the point that I had to shim the neck to get it to a reasonable height after many adjustments. After shimming it with a credit card piece and a few more minor adjustments it plays great. If yours is like mine, start with the shim and save yourself some time. The neck plays great so I was happy to get it setup right.
The saddle screws do not sit tight and buzz. I had some locks put in to help but they did not solve the problem. As far as I can tell, it does not put the guitar out of tune, but it is still a problem. In the long term, a better bridge would be the only solution.
The versatility of this guitar with all the pickup variations is great, and the responsive tremolo make it a very fun and unique guitar to play. I've still not gained full confidence in it as my first choice on stage, but in my studio it's been a welcome addition. As long as you understand that Jaguars can be finicky guitars, and that you might have to do a little tweaking, I don't think you'll be disappointed in it.
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Just a little hint from a friendly luthier. This guitar is too complex. It took two hours just to study out the wiring diagram to understand it fully. You need a schematic to just learn the controls. The pivoting bridge will really mess with your intonation over time, who knows where it will be each time you pick up this guitar? Also, the string tree is at the butt of the whammy bar mechanism, it cannot help keep your strings in alignment with the fingerboard. So they depend on the little threaded saddles. A good strum can dislodge any or all strings, it's pitiful. Plus with so many electric controls, time will be your enemy. The one in my shop convinced me to recommend everyone stay away from this over-engineered Model by Fender. If it were a car it would be named the Edsel. I think you could modify the setup and toss a bunch of switches, and maybe make a guitar out of it, but why re-engineer it, just buy a Strat or a Tele and be happy. My buddy who has a large bass collection echoed these sentiments on the Jag Bass, just don't do it and you'll have a better day.
Comments about Fender Classic Player Jaguar Special HH Electric Guitar:
Best guitar I own! Sounds great clean, distorted, phased, you name it! ONE PROBLEM: The switches located directly in your path of strumming are at risk of being broken. If you strum like I do. WIDE! Then you will hit those switches and crush the wiring causing you some serious headaches!
Comments about Fender Classic Player Jaguar Special HH Electric Guitar:
I picked up this guitar the other day at my local shop, and could not put it down. I mean the palette of sounds you can get from this guitar is amazing. I have been a strat player most of my 30 years of playing, playing classic rock, 80's hair band stuff, etc. I never ever thought I would ever be interested in a Fender Jag, ever. They have always just looked to wierd to me. I dont know why, but they did. Now, I cant put the thing down. Now in my older age, I am loving free jazz, avant garde type stuff(think Nels Cline, etc) I know, not popular with people, but I dont care. I have paid my dues. This Jag fits the bill in every aspect of that type of music. Love it....Oh yeah, the white looks great.
Comments about Fender Classic Player Jaguar Special HH Electric Guitar:
I had a jap jaguar with two single pickup sold it regreted tryed the HH model that was being sold so I ordered one as I really liked some of the features like the low cut off would like three position pickup switch instead of the two dip switches and seperate volume and tone for each pickup plenty of room for them had mine for a month now pretty happy I will say when got mine the set up was the worse than a chinese piece of crap and volume knob make a ton of noise after fixing those problems couldn't be happer unless it were made here if it were probley wouldn't ever had these problems
