Fender Jaguar HJG-66KC VI (Japanese Market Only)

estaban22 · Post by **estaban22** » Sun Mar 21, 2010 4:21 am

Hey,

Have you guys ever played one of those Japanese import Fender Jaguar's that are pretty much an exact replica of Kurt Cobain's Jaguar? I just bought one from a guitar shop in Japan and it's freaking sweeet! Here are the specs:

BODY : ALDER
NECK : MAPLE OVAL TYPE, 305-SCALE, Bound neck
FRET BOARD : ROSEWOOD, 22FRET (duh)
P.U : DIMARZIO PAF(Front), SUPER DISTORTION(Rear)
CONTROL : 2VOL, 1TONE / PRESET VOL&TONE, 3POINT TOGGLE SW
TREMOLO : TUNE-O-MATIC & FLOATING TREMOLO
YEAR OF MANUFACTURE : 2006-2008

Just wanted to get anyone's input who owns or plays one of these regarding effective mods etc... thanks!

Here is a link to the rest of the pics if you'd like to take a look: http://s953.photobucket.com/albums/ae12 ... 66KC%20VI/

SKC Willie · Post by **SKC Willie** » Sun Mar 21, 2010 5:25 am

From KC; sweet. Cool guitar - it is not exactly my cup of tea with the extra knobs, humbuckers, and different switch but it looks a fun guitar for sure.

Haze · Post by **Haze** » Sun Mar 21, 2010 5:41 am

I'm liking the bound and dot neck and that mid/late 60s almost bullseye burst look.

Narco Martenot · Post by **Narco Martenot** » Sun Mar 21, 2010 5:46 am

Were these actually made by Fender, or modified by someone else?

Haze · Post by **Haze** » Sun Mar 21, 2010 5:49 am

Good ol' Fender Japan!

estaban22 · Post by **estaban22** » Sun Mar 21, 2010 5:50 am

Narco Martenot wrote:Were these actually made by Fender, or modified by someone else?

Made by Fender Japan for japanese market only. They are not available in the US...

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Sun Mar 21, 2010 12:53 pm

needs more duck tape

clarkbar · Post by **clarkbar** » Sun Mar 21, 2010 2:34 pm

damn robroe beat me to it!

the burst looks slightly different from other jags (like more red maybe?) i dig the toggle setup though.

Gavin · Post by **Gavin** » Sun Mar 21, 2010 2:35 pm

Narco Martenot wrote:Were these actually made by Fender, or modified by someone else?

Fender. They make all kinds of interesting models and colour schemes etc that don't usually get exported outside of Japan.

clarkbar · Post by **clarkbar** » Sun Mar 21, 2010 2:38 pm

http://cgi.ebay.com/Fender-Japan-69-Kur ... 3a58f1d861

here's the mustang model. nothing especially fancy or different from what countless people did to their mustangs. still neat none the less.

Addam · Post by **Addam** » Sun Mar 21, 2010 3:17 pm

*To the best of my knowlege*
These are 'dealer modified' new CIJ guitars.
Ikebe sell (and mod?) these, I think.

I think this subject has been done a few times before, with the Jag and Mustang.

I would still love to have one though...

Gavin · Post by **Gavin** » Sun Mar 21, 2010 3:43 pm

Your knowledge is wrong. Fender Japan make them like that. It would be prohibitively expensive to put binding onto a non-bound neck that had already been fretted.

James · Post by **James** » Sun Mar 21, 2010 3:53 pm

These are defnitely stock. There are a few variations but they're all very close to this.

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Sun Mar 21, 2010 3:59 pm

im pretty sure the reason they don't sell these in the US is that they would have to pay courtney a boatload of cash

Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Sun Mar 21, 2010 5:33 pm

robroe wrote:im pretty sure the reason they don't sell these in the US is that they would have to pay courtney a boatload of cash

Why? To make a guitar that they make that her dead husband played, after Fender made it?

Fender should sell it in the US and make Courtney pay a boatload of cash. That would make as much sense.

Space_Expert · Post by **Space_Expert** » Sun Mar 21, 2010 6:05 pm

Sorta off topic here, but is there an easy way to get a 3 way switch like that on my Jaguar? I love my Jag, but I really think a 3 way toggle like that would make my life easier.

stewart · Post by **stewart** » Sun Mar 21, 2010 6:07 pm

Space_Expert wrote:Sorta off topic here, but is there an easy way to get a 3 way switch like that on my Jaguar? I love my Jag, but I really think a 3 way toggle like that would make my life easier.

some guy in france makes them. thom fitted one to his jag recently.

http://www.shortscale.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=33191

paul_ · Post by **paul_** » Sun Mar 21, 2010 8:24 pm

Neck pickup in wrong place on these, always bothers me.

Freddy V-C · Post by **Freddy V-C** » Sun Mar 21, 2010 8:33 pm

There's just something about that burst that makes me feel a little faint...

Earth · Post by **Earth** » Sun Mar 21, 2010 8:45 pm

This guitar is fender japan stock.
The mustangs with bridge humbucker are dealer modified. You can see the extra hole in the PG where they have just routed out the original PG. Also,they put the humbucker in the wrong place in the mustangs, its too close to the bridge. There should be a pickguard screw between the humbucker and bridge but the dealer modified ones dont usually have this as the placement is all fucked up.

The neck humbucker on this guitar should be closer to the neck too. Its a similar styled guitar to Cobain's, but a very different looking guitar indeed with the color tones and parts placement/type/materials etc. It wouldn't surprise me if it sounded basically identical though, not in the least, and it probably does!