Come on people now! Smile on your brother. Everybody get together.
Try to love on another right now! To celebrate the 20th anniversary of
the launch of Nirvana’s Nevermind, Fender presents a reissue version of
the guitar bought by Kurt Cobain a short time before the recording of
this album.
Originally designed for surf musicians, the Fender Jaguar was
introduced as the leading product of Fender’s electric guitar range in
the 60′s. The guitar had two independent electrical circuits: a lead
stage with volume and tone controls plus three switches (two switches
for pickup on/off plus a low-cut filter to create a very sharp sound).
Accessible via a switch on the left part of the guitar body, the Rhythm
stage offered additional control for the neck pickup through the volume
and tone knobs. But the Jaguar had little success and disappeared from
Fender’s catalog in the 70′s. Even though this guitar had a vintage
touch already in the 90′s, the Jaguar (as well as the Jazzmaster and
Mustang) was still rather inexpensive then. But after the grunge wave,
and especially due to Kurt Cobain, its price went up and Fender
relaunched production. The famous Jagstang — an hybrid between the
Jaguar and a Mustang (Cobain loved it), that was actually developed by
Fender and Kurt himself — also comes to mind. But the musician wouldn’t
have too much time to enjoy this honor and decided to take his life some
time after receiving the first prototypes.
Now let’s take a closer look…
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A
collector lent the original guitar to Fender, who then decided to
manufacture it in Mexico. Before its launch, Kurt Cobain’s Jaguar got a
lot of people talking, especially due to the possible incompatibility
between the “grunge spirit” and the signature and relic guitars trend.
So… is this guitar a real instrument or a shameful business idea using
the name of one of the most popular lefty rock icons.
Some History…
Now let’s take a closer look…
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