Fender Jaguar Bass

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Fender Jaguar Bass
Manufacturer Fender
Period 2005 — present
Construction
Body type Solid
Neck joint Bolt-on
Woods
Body Alder
Neck Maple
Fretboard Rosewood
Hardware
Bridge Standard 4-Saddle
Pickup(s) 2 Vintage Jazz Bass Single-Coil Pickups
Colors available
(as of 2006) Black, Hot Rod Red, (3-Tone Sunburst and White, Japan only)

The Fender Jaguar Bass is an electric bass guitar manufactured in Japan by the Fender Musical Instruments Corporation. It features a unique combination of the styling and electronics of a standard Fender Jazz Bass and the Fender Jaguar electric guitar. The Jaguar-shaped alder body contains two active/passive Jazz Bass pickups controlled via a variety of switching and tone options. In addition to large rotary master volume and tone knobs in the typical Jazz Bass position, the Jaguar Bass has an active/passive switch located in the upper bout and two adjacent roller knobs which control bass and treble cut when the bass is in active mode. In the lower bout are three additional switches: an on/off switch for each of the pickups and a switch for choosing between series and parallel wiring of the pickups. The thin, C-shape one-piece maple neck (similar to that of the Geddy Lee Jazz Bass) has a rosewood fingerboard and aged pearloid block inlays. The bass also has a standard chrome vintage-style top-load 4-saddle bridge and vintage-style chrome tuners.

The Jaguar Bass debuted in the U.S. at the January 2006 NAMM show. It had an original list price of $999.99 US though it was typically offered for retail sale at just under $700 US. The Jaguar bass was made available only in Hot Rod Red (with matching headstock) and Black (without matching headstock) in the United States. Olympic White and Sunburst were available in the Japanese market; neither with the color-matched headstock of the Hot Rod Red version.

Not to be confused with the Fender Jaguar Baritone Custom (aka Fender Jaguar Bass VI Custom) or the Fender Bass VI.

Some Spotlight Fender artists that use this bass include Asian dance/rock band, The Slants; indie rockers Motion City Soundtrack; and Sally Hope. Colin Greenwood of Radiohead also plays a black Jaguar bass. Pino Palladino played one (equipped with flat-wound strings) while touring with The Who during 2007.

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