A quick email with photos was dispatched to Mr. Jim Shine in Maine. He responded quickly, obviously excited to see it. He knew that Fender was experimenting with multi piece bodies around this timeframe. The front and back were single sheets of veneer on the sunburst models, for obvious reasons. I just happened to have one of these!
The experiment lasted through '66 and '67. I wonder if anyone knows how many of these are out there? Foolishly, I did not record the serial number. I probably noted it in email correspondence with Jim, but it's lost in cyberspace now.
After taking more photos, I pressed on with the refin. It was one of my first using professional equipment. I did it in Charcoal Frost, and it came out pretty well, if I may humbly say. Last I knew, this Jag resides in the UK:
