Fender Jag-Stang

The Fender Jag-Stang is an electric guitar designed by Kurt Cobain, of the band Nirvana, intended as a hybrid of two Fender electric guitars: the Jaguar and the Mustang.

Cobain suggested his idea for an instrument to Fender, resulting in two left-handed prototypes built by former Custom Shop Master Builder Larry L. Brooks, only one of which was ever played by Cobain himself.

Originally produced in the fall of 1995, after Kurt Cobain's death, Fender Japan reissued the Jag-Stang two years after its 2001 cancellation due to popular demand. Fender once again discontinued importing the Jag-Stang as of 2005.



Fender Jag-Stang w/ EMG Pickups


Medley Nirvana / Kurt Cobain (Fender Jag-Stang)by Solino

Fender Mustang

The Fender Mustang is an electric guitar introduced in 1964 as the basis of a major redesign of Fender's student models then consisting of the Musicmaster and Duo-Sonic. It was produced until 1982 and reissued in 1990.

In the 60's, it was used in Surf music. It attained cult status in the 1990s largely as a result of its use by a number of alternative rock bands. Early examples are generally seen as the most collectible of all the short-scale Fender guitars.

The Fender Mustang features two single coil pickups with an unusual switching configuration, and a unique tremolo arm shared with only its derivative the Fender Jag-Stang. It was originally available in two scale lengths.



Fender Mustang 1965 Reissue


Fender Mustang 1964

Fender Jaguar

The Fender Jaguar is an electric guitar which was introduced in 1962. Whether the designers of the Fender Jaguar had intended the instrument to be used for Surf music or if it was a further attempt to break into the Jazz guitar market (as was the case with its predecessor the Jazzmaster) remains a topic of dispute among Jaguar aficionados.

Nevertheless, the Jaguar quickly caught on in the emerging surf music scene, joining the Fender Jazzmaster, Mosrite and Fender Stratocaster as the guitars most associated with the style. They both became popular again in the 1990s when they were used by a number of indie rock bands.

Intended as Fender's top of the line guitar upon its release in 1962, the Fender Jaguar never enjoyed the popularity that the Stratocaster and Telecaster did.

After several upgrades (custom finishes, a bound neck and pearloid block inlays), the entire Fender Jaguar range was given a maple fingerboard with black binding and block inlays before being discontinued in 1975 after a thirteen year production run.




Fender Jaguar HH guitar demo


Fender Jaguar Test

Fender Jazzmaster

The Fender Jazzmaster is an electric guitar that was first introduced at the 1958 NAMM Show and was designed as a more upmarket instrument than the Fender Stratocaster, which was originally to replace the Telecaster model. As its name indicates, it was initially marketed at jazz guitarists but was more commonly played by surf rock guitarists in the early 1960s and, more recently, by indie rock artists.

The Fender Jazzmaster was officially discontinued in 1980, although some reports suggest no guitars were actually made after 1977 and guitars sold from 1978–1980 were old stock. The Jazzmaster was re-introduced in 1986 as a 1962 reissue model from Fender's Japanese factory.

The American Vintage Series version was introduced in 1999. In 2007 Fender announced plans for a 'thin skin' Fender Jazzmaster reissue with vintage nitrocellulose finish. The finish on the AVRI series is also nitro, but a 'thin skin' has a thinner nitro coat than usual (hence the name).



Fender Jazzmaster Guitar 1963


Fender Jazzmaster AVRI Clean Sound


Vintage Fender Jazzmaster 1964 Demo

1951 Fender Telecaster

The Fender Telecaster, colloquially known as the Tele, is typically a dual-pickup, solid-body electric guitar made by Fender. Its simple yet effective design and revolutionary sound broke ground and set trends in electric guitar manufacturing and popular music.

Introduced for national distribution as the Fender Broadcaster in the autumn of 1950, it was the first guitar of its kind to be produced on a substantial scale. Its commercial production can be traced as far back as the spring of 1950, when the single- and dual-pickup Esquire models were first sold.

The Fender Telecaster has been in continuous production in one form or another since its first incarnation, making it the world's oldest solid-body electric guitar.



Larry DiMarzio's original 1951 Fender Telecaster

1954 Fender Stratocaster

The Fender Stratocaster, often referred to as the Strat, is a model of electric guitar designed by Leo Fender, George Fullerton and Freddie Tavares in 1954, and manufactured continuously to the present.

It is a double-cutaway guitar, with an extended top horn for balance while standing. The Stratocaster has been used by many leading guitarists, and thus can be heard on many historic recordings.

Along with the Gibson Les Paul, Gibson SG, and the Fender Telecaster, it is one of the most common and enduring models of electric guitar in the world. The design of the Stratocaster has transcended the field of music to rank among the classic industrial designs of all time; examples have been exhibited at major museums around the world.



1954 Fender Stratocaster


1954 Fender Stratocaster & 1954 50th Anniversary Masterbuilt