Whitstable Guitars
A selection of good quality, used guitars and specialising in imports from Japan since 2008
1997-2000 Fender Japan JG-66-88 Jaguar Candy Apple Red & new hard case
£859.00 + shipping
Whitstable guitars will be closed for business from Friday 6th until Saturday 27th February 2026. All guitars will go into storage and I will be unable to handle any sales. Should you see a "must have" guitar on my website, please send me an email and I will be in touch on a "first come, first served" basis on my return to the UK.
Thanks for your understanding. Rob
JAPAN IMPORT
This 1997-2000 Fender Japan JG66-88 Jaguar in Candy Apple Red has a solid Alder body and a Maple neck with a Rosewood fretboard. It is a popular model with it's shorter 24" scale and colour matched headstock. Jaguars generally never hang around for long.
Overall condition of this guitar is good. It has excellent playability but cosmetically there are some scrapes resulting in missing paint. This is nearly all on the edges and the underside. I have photographed these areas and you can see the areas highlighted in the gallery pics. The frets are excellent with no indents. This Jaguar has also been modified and a USA Dimarzio blade replaces the Fender Japan bridge pickup. The neck pickup is original.
Fender Jaguars and Jazzmasters have become more popular over recent years with "offset" body guitars being used by various Surf and Indie bands. The shorter 24" scale and many switching & tonal options together with the tremolo system make them great fun to play.
There are a couple of photos in the gallery which explain the switching methods on the Jaguar & there's also an original catalogue photo showing the spec.
Here is some history relating to the Jaguar..
The Fender Jaguar is an electric guitar by Fender Musical Instruments characterised by an offset-waist body, a relatively unusual switching system with two separate circuits for lead and rhythm, and a medium-scale 24" neck. Owing some roots to the Jazzmaster, it was introduced in 1962 as Fender's feature-laden top-of-the-line model, designed to lure players from Gibson. During its initial 13-year production run, the Jaguar did not sell as well as the less expensive Stratocaster and Telecaster, and achieved its most noticeable popularity in the surf music scene. After the Jaguar was taken out of production in 1975, vintage Jaguars became popular first with American punk rock players, and then more so during the alternative rock, shoegazing and indie rock movements of the 1980s and 1990s. Fender began making a version in Japan in the mid-1980s
The Jaguar was built from ideas first incorporated in the Jazzmaster, with a similar "offset waist" body and vibrato unit. Unlike the Jazzmaster, the Jaguar was fitted with a shorter 24-inch scale, 22-fret neck and featured smaller single-coil pickups with notched side plates that improved RF shielding, making the Jaguar less prone to interference than the more popular Stratocaster and Telecaster.
The Jaguar and the Jazzmaster also shared a dual-circuit setup, one circuit for lead and another for rhythm, each with separate controls, allowing for two preset tone and volume settings between which the guitarist could rapidly switch. The Jaguar, however, had a more complex lead circuit consisting of three switches and two dials on the lower bout: the first two switches were on/off switches for the neck and bridge pickups, respectively, while the third switch engaged a capacitor that served as a high-pass filter (sometimes referred to as a "strangle" switch). The rhythm circuit, set into operation when the upper bout switch is flicked upwards, had individual volume and tone rollers but no option to choose between pickups. This rhythm circuit has a bassier, neck-pickup only range
SPECIFICATIONS
Body: Alder
Body Finish: Gloss Polyester (Candy Apple Red)
Body Shape: Jaguar
Bridge: 6-Saddle Vintage-Style Adjustable with “Floating” Tremolo Tailpiece
Bridge Pickup USA Dimarzio Blade pickup (mod)
Control Knobs: Black Plastic
Controls: Lead Circuit Controls (Slide Switch Down): Volume (Neck), Volume (Bridge), Master Tone; Rhythm Circuit Controls: (Slide Switch Up) Two Thumbwheel Controls for Neck Pickup Volume and Tone
Fingerboard: Rosewood
Fingerboard Radius: 7.5" (184 mm)
Fret Size: Vintage
Hardware Finish: Nickel/Chrome
Neck Finish: Gloss Urethane
Neck Material: Maple
Neck Pickup: Fender Vintage-Style Single-Coil Jaguar®
Neck Shape: "U" Shape
Number of Frets: 22
Nut Material: Bone
Nut Width: 1.578" (40 mm)
Pickguard: 3-Ply Parchment
Pickup Configuration: SS
Pickup Switching: 2-On/Off Slide Switches, One for Each Pickup
Position Inlays: Pearl Dot
Scale Length: 24" (610 mm)
Series: Made in Japan JG 66-88
Tuning Machines Vintage-Style MHG-SD91 Tuners
Weight 3.95kg
Comes with Thomann Black Hard Case
Hard Case
As with all my guitars, a hard case is included in the sale. Alternatively, if you are collecting the guitar and, like some buyers have cases coming out of their ears, that's no problem, I'll adjust the price (usually around a £50 discount) and I can usually find you an old gigbag to take the guitar away in. The only hard and fast rule I have is that I won't ship a guitar in a gigbag.
If you are further interested in this guitar, you can either email me with any queries & I'll do my best to get back to you within 24 hours.
Or, you can buy quickly and safely using the PayPal "buy now" button and I will ship to most UK addresses the next working day. Highlands and Islands can be slightly dearer but I'll keep the cost as low as I can.
I can accept credit card payments by phone and will also offer a small discount to purchasers using bank transfer payments.
Overseas customers are very welcome but please email me first for shipping quotes.