1962 Fender Jaguar - do you know this colour?

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Re: 1962 Fender Jaguar - do you know this colour?

Post by FrankRay » Mon Jun 21, 2021 2:02 pm

If it's genuine, it's a blonde, but; the Jaguar lettering on the transfer looks wrong, and the custom bit is at the wrong angle; and secondly the pickguard is too pale for a blonde. They're darker, almost brown. I'd need more photos, but I'd guess a sunburst refinished, probably.

Could be a blonde though. That's the colour they often end up.

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Re: 1962 Fender Jaguar - do you know this colour?

Post by bterry » Mon Jun 21, 2021 3:42 pm

FrankRay wrote:
Mon Jun 21, 2021 2:02 pm
If it's genuine, it's a blonde, but; the Jaguar lettering on the transfer looks wrong, and the custom bit is at the wrong angle; and secondly the pickguard is too pale for a blonde. They're darker, almost brown. I'd need more photos, but I'd guess a sunburst refinished, probably.

Could be a blonde though. That's the colour they often end up.
? That’s just not true, I’ve owned at least 4 100% original blond Fenders 1962 or earlier that had the same type of guard, and I’ve also owned a few Oly White ones as well.

When it comes to Fender, especially 1962ish or earlier, never say never - devil is in the details.

Chances are it’s a refin based on the one pic but I have seen original non-matching headstock offsets from 1962 and 1963, you could order whatever you wanted and dealers could as well.
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Re: 1962 Fender Jaguar - do you know this colour?

Post by Embenny » Mon Jun 21, 2021 3:50 pm

Tort fades to lighter red with UV exposure, that's a pretty well-established phenomenon at this point. Judging by the colour of the finish and pickup covers, this guitar has seen a lot of light, so it would actually be a lot weirder if it had a dark brown guard.
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Re: 1962 Fender Jaguar - do you know this colour?

Post by greg-r » Mon Jun 21, 2021 11:04 pm

Hey guys!!

Thank you so much for all tge replies! Incredible how much knowledge all of you got! So much fun to read and so much to learn!! I see more pictures would help... i will open up the guitar to take pictures from the routing and electrics. But it will take me a week since my wife is away for a whole week and imm allone with the kids and cant spend the night at the studio ;D
Wow im excited for what we can find out! If you like give me instructions for the details i have to take pictures of.
Cheers!

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Re: 1962 Fender Jaguar - do you know this colour?

Post by whitewatersky » Mon Jun 21, 2021 11:59 pm

greg-r wrote:
Mon Jun 21, 2021 11:04 pm
Hey guys!!

Thank you so much for all tge replies! Incredible how much knowledge all of you got! So much fun to read and so much to learn!! I see more pictures would help... i will open up the guitar to take pictures from the routing and electrics. But it will take me a week since my wife is away for a whole week and imm allone with the kids and cant spend the night at the studio ;D
Wow im excited for what we can find out! If you like give me instructions for the details i have to take pictures of.
Cheers!
good luck with the kids ~!!!! :( :ph34r:

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Re: 1962 Fender Jaguar - do you know this colour?

Post by MrFingers » Tue Jun 22, 2021 12:11 am

greg-r wrote:
Mon Jun 21, 2021 11:04 pm
and cant spend the night at the studio ;Ds
Cheers!
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Re: 1962 Fender Jaguar - do you know this colour?

Post by FrankRay » Tue Jun 22, 2021 1:03 am

bterry wrote:
Mon Jun 21, 2021 3:42 pm
FrankRay wrote:
Mon Jun 21, 2021 2:02 pm
If it's genuine, it's a blonde, but; the Jaguar lettering on the transfer looks wrong, and the custom bit is at the wrong angle; and secondly the pickguard is too pale for a blonde. They're darker, almost brown. I'd need more photos, but I'd guess a sunburst refinished, probably.

Could be a blonde though. That's the colour they often end up.
? That’s just not true, I’ve owned at least 4 100% original blond Fenders 1962 or earlier that had the same type of guard, and I’ve also owned a few Oly White ones as well.

When it comes to Fender, especially 1962ish or earlier, never say never - devil is in the details.

Chances are it’s a refin based on the one pic but I have seen original non-matching headstock offsets from 1962 and 1963, you could order whatever you wanted and dealers could as well.
Apologies; I stand corrected.

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Post by greg-r » Tue Jun 22, 2021 1:30 am

haha thanks or the good luck wishes and the really helpfull suggestion for the kids accommodation lol :D
they're cool, i just have to set my mind right and not expect to sleep much. haha. actually, it might sound like hard days, but then i tell myself i dont get to spend so many days just with the kids and me alone so i want to make those some good days and enjoy them! i'll post some pics asap next week!

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Re: 1962 Fender Jaguar - do you know this colour?

Post by greg-r » Tue Jun 22, 2021 1:31 am

(from the guitar, not the kids haha)

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Re: 1962 Fender Jaguar - do you know this colour?

Post by fortytwo » Tue Jun 22, 2021 4:27 am

greg-r wrote:
Sat Jun 19, 2021 10:20 am
neck date is august 1st 1962.
I know I'm nitpicking here, but the neck stamp might say Aug 1 62, but that's August 1962, Neck model 1 = Jaguar, and then a letter for the width of the neck. :)
So it's not August 1st, but just some time in August 62.
Nitpicking I know. :whistle:

I'd say OLY white too, but we'd have to see under the pickguard/plates to be sure.

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Re: 1962 Fender Jaguar - do you know this colour?

Post by greg-r » Tue Jun 22, 2021 9:25 am

The previous owner tells me that there is isolation foil in the pickup routing which cant be removed without damaging it, which would be a waste really... i will open it nonetheless and take pictures. He also told me that the guitar was bought in new york and the seller said it once belonged to ryan adams :mellow:

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Re: 1962 Fender Jaguar - do you know this colour?

Post by Sweetfinger » Tue Jun 22, 2021 5:13 pm

fuzzjunkie wrote:
Sat Jun 19, 2021 5:16 pm
Could it be Desert Sand? That was used on Duo Sonics in ‘58-59. Might have still been a custom color available in ‘62, for Tele or Strat at least. If not it might have been refined to match another guitar like a Strat?
Desert Sand and Desert Fawn, which might be the same, look nothing like that. OTOH, I refinished an old Kay years ago in white, sold it to a friend, and within three years it had yellowed to what you see in the photo. I own a 1970 Tele that for a long time I thought was butterscotch. Nope. Olympic white, just yellowed to a brownish gold.

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