Fender Reverse Jaguar Bass
Those guys at Fender have announced the first ever bass to itsPawn Shop Series range of instruments, – the Reverse Jaguar.
It is billed to “offer bold personality, striking looks and daring tones”. It features a reverse body and reverse headstock (hence its name), a new pickguard shape, two Reverse Jaguar humbucking pickups and a streamlined control layout with a single three-way pickup toggle switch and two knobs for volume and tone.
Here’s all the salient deets for the Fender Reverse Jaguar Bass :
Pawn Shop Bass Model – The first bass to be released as part of this range
Reverse Jaguar Body – the solid alder body is a ‘mirrored’ Jaguar shape
Reverse headstock – Maple, bolt on neck features distinctive reversed headstock, with 20-frets and ‘C’ profile
Two humbuckers – powerful, Reverse Jaguar humbucker at the bridge, and Big Block humbucker in the neck position provide thick, punchy, warm tone
Contrasting pickguard – 3-ply, mint green, black, mint green, uniquely shaped pickguard.
Available in 3 finishes – 2-colour Sunburst, Black and Candy Apple Red
Visit www.fender.com for more info on the Fender Reverse Jaguar Bass, and checkout the demo video from Fender below for a quick look.
From the video, the tone of the reverse jag sounds nice ‘n’ grindy which is personally one of my particular favourite settings, however I’d like to have maybe a heard a tone variation or pickup select in the demo for this bass.
…still, I do want one now.
