Fender American Professional Jaguar Rosewood Fingerboard Electric Guitar Candy Apple Red

First of all, the initial set up for this guitar was wrong from the get go. It came with 9s (too light for short scales) and the narrow tall frets made the whole thing get of tune very easily, especially when playing on the first few frets. Only solution for me was to replace the narrow tall frets with vintage frets (like johnny marr's signature jaguar). After fixing this issue and putting 11s, the guitar played perfectly! Great tone, neck feels really good, and short scale makes it an easy and fun guitar to play. Unfortunately, the guitar's initial set up was not the best for my style of playing. I would only recommend narrow tall frets on jaguars for people who play with a very (VERY) light touch.

In the time since Fender released their new American Professional Series, they have also released re-introductions and Vintage Reissues but this Jaguar certainly still stands out. While they did borrow some stylistic ideas from the Fender Johnny Marr Signature model, they couldn't sound more different. This American Pro Jaguar can do exactly everything the JM Jag does and more. Tonally, the variety of clean tones available from the switching alone never fail to amaze me. Fender is catering to the higher gain needs of modern guitarists with the amazing V-Mod pickups but it still offers that familiar jangle and brightness in the bridge (as well as with treble bleed at lower volumes) and the darker rhythm tones of the old surf days. The pickups of the American Professional Series definitely serve as the main treat. The out-of-phase switch when both pickups are in either series or parallel is interesting and a definitely welcome addition. The build quality is exceptional and the Olympic White finish looks stunning in any setting. The Deep C neck is a welcome change from the older American Standard necks and feel full and present in your hands without going overboard. The mustang bridge saddles are a welcome change for all the Jag fans who rushed for aftermarket parts in the past and gives it a fuller pleasant but tuning-wise stable sound. Other features such as the locking trem system only boost this guitars value. The rosewood fretboard on a maple neck with vintage tall frets wrap up the package for this great guitar. Definitely my new favorite Fender.

I was looking at the new Jazzmasters but when I arrived at the store the one in stock had just been sold. I played a Rickenbacker 620, which I really liked, but then I got a hold of the new Jaguar. The new pickups sound amazing. Position one allows you to play both single coils like one, big humbucker and the tone is incredible. In any other position the single coil sounds are miles ahead of the older Jags I've played. Gone is that brittle, piercing high end that used to make you have to roll of the tone on either your guitar or amp. This new Jaguar is no longer a one trick pony. Sounds amazing clean but dialed up with some overdrive this guitar really sings. Great bluesy type sounds, rock and beautiful jazz type chords. The vibrato with the new bridge is super solid and stays in tune perfectly. The new neck shape is super comfortable and makes chords easy to play all the way up and down the neck. Fit, finish are all top notch. The case is really nice, on par with a flight case. I have a lot of Gibsons equipped with humbuckers in my collection so I was looking something with single coils that didn't sound like my Telecaster for recording. This guitar fits the bill perfectly and I like the vibrato better than the Bigsby on my Chet Atkins Gretsch. Stays in tune amazingly well and is super sensitive to even the lightest touch, very expressive.