The 1965 Fender Jaguar Electric Guitar is a popular one amongst collectors. The first Fender Jaguar was released in 1962 and was based off of the Fender Jazzmasters from the 1950′s. The body of the Jaguar is alder and a maple neck with rosewood fretboard and may have pearl or clay dot markers.

Fender Jaguars come in a variety of custom color styles, though the most popular is the sunburst design. Other colors included olympic white, shell pink, black, candy apple red, lake placid blue, sonic blue, burgundy mist, fiesta red, shoreline gold, surf green, inca silver, blonde, and charcoal frost. These colors are extremely rare and difficult to find today.

In 1965, the price for a Fender Jaguar Electric guitar was around $430-$500 for one brand new. Today these collector vintage electric guitars value anywhere between $2000-$5000 depending on style and condition. Left handed Jaguars did exist in the 1960′s and are very rare now.

Here are some of the signature characteristics of Fender Jaguar Electric Guitars:
Brighter pickups with a shorter (24″) scale length.
Sliding pickup selector switches
Rotary volume wheels on the upper bout
Chrome hardware
Tremolo lock
Removable Fender Mute

Nirvana’s Kurt Cobain used a 1965 Fender Jaguar on several occasions as well as many other popular recording artists. The Jaguar was discontinued by Fender in 1975.

Many Fender Jaguars and parts and accessories are available on eBay. Some of the most recent listings are below for the Fender Jaguar: