1986 Fender Jaguar '62 Vintage Reissue JG66-75 Olympic White First-Year w/ Case, Japan MIJ Fujigen

Up for sale, a 1986 Fender Jaguar '62 vintage reissue electric guitar model JG66-75 in 100% original condition and in perfect working order, complete with a hardshell case. A first-year example of Fender Japan's Jaguar model, this notably early and rare "Made in Japan" instrument was produced at the famed Fujigen factory.For surfy snap and twang, it's hard to beat the Jaguar, a model adopted by a wide range of genres for its cutting Fender tone and easy playability. With a percussive clarity and snarl in the bridge position and warmer, darker tonalities at the neck, there's a surprisingly wide range of voicings available on the Jaguar, further enhanced by the Rhythm Circuit on the lower bout (for even darker tones) and a bass cut switch on the hexagonal switch plate (for more thinned out, treble-centric sizzle). This Jag weighs 8lbs 6oz, professionally setup with 11-49 strings here at Mike & Mike's Guitar Bar, where we specialize in Fender Offset instruments.The maple neck has a slender C-shaped profile carve with moderate shoulder and faintly rolled edges for a fast, effortless feel, measuring .790” deep at the 1st fret and .880” at the 12th. The rosewood fretboard has a vintage-spec 7 1/4" radius, featuring the stock slender fretwire. The frets retain their full factory height and well-rounded crowns, playing cleanly up the 24" scale length with a straight neck and optimally adjusted truss rod. The nut measures 1 5/8" in width. The headstock retains the original Gotoh, Kluson-style tuning machines which turn smoothly and hold pitch as they should. The "Made in Japan" text and E-prefix serial is present above the four-bolt Fender-embossed neck plate, and the neck heel and pocket have matching JG66-75 model stamps.All of the electronics work as they should, with individual on/off switches for each pickup on the Lead Circuit, in addition to the bass cut (or "strangle switch") on/off toggle and Master Volume and Tone knobs. The Rhythm Circuit has its own pair of Volume and Tone wheels in addition to the on/off toggle switch that engages this circuit, which adds a darker tone cap exclusively for use on the neck pickup. The original full-size pots in the Lead Circuit date between December of 1985 and January of 1986.The chrome control plates and vibrato have plenty of shine, with light patina across the spiral bridge saddles. The vibrato unit has a very smooth, easy-actuating response which works well for surfy warbles and dives, complete with its vibrato arm. Plastics include uniformly yellowed pickup covers and a distinctive brown tortoise pickguard seen only on Fender Japan's earliest examples of the Jaguar.The Olympic White gloss finish exhibits one large finish chip on the lower bout body edge, and cosmetic wear on the body is otherwise limited to a small area of light buckle rash at the treble side waist and some small nicks and finish scratches, largely relegated to the back and body perimeter. The neck profile retains its smooth ambered gloss, with a few small, shallow nicks mostly clustered behind frets 8-11 that don’t distract the palm while fretting.A modern black tolex hardshell case is included.***We are dealers for the Mastery M2 bridge and OMV-P Offset Vibrato, as well as Lollar Jaguar pickups, any of which can be installed prior to shipment for an additional charge***