You won’t find it listed on their website, and you certainly won’t stumble onto one while perusing the guitar racks down at your local “big box” guitar store, but if you look in the right places you’ll find that a few select retailers are now carrying this Limited Edition “Thin Skin” ‘62 Jaguar decked out it Shoreline Gold.
So what makes this thing so special? Well, in many ways the “Thin Skin” models that Fender’s been putting out recently are really a best-of-both-worlds kind of package.
Besides the obvious addition of a sublimely thin Nitrocellulose finish (hence the Thin Skin moniker,) most of these guitars are spec’d out to historical standards, albeit with a few popular modifications thrown in for ease of use.
Case in point: the Limited Edition instrument shown here boasts all the vintage vibe and workmanship of its brethren in the ‘62 Jaguar reissue line, but with a much flatter 9.5“ fretboard radius (reducing fret-buzz and allowing for lower action,) along with a more comfortable set of medium jumbo 6105 frets… a mod that many vintage guitars will see after-market.
It doesn’t hurt any that both the body and headstock are dressed entirely in Shoreline Gold––a classic Fender finish circa the late 1950s.
Other features include an alder body, maple ”C“ shaped neck (with nitro finish,) rosewood fretboard, a pair of Special Design American Vintage Jaguar single-coil pickups, and of course the Jaguar’s famously retro control layout, which really deserves more space than I’m willing to give it here.
The Limited Edition ”Thin Skin“ ‘62 Jaguar In Shoreline Gold also sports a ”Limited Edition“ backplate, and a deluxe brown hardshell case. The guitar is selling for a street price of around $1600.00.
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August 21st, 2007 at 4:06 pm
Always loved this guitar’s profile (my first Fender was a ‘66 Candy Apple Red Jazzmaster), love Shoreline Gold, and think the Jaguar/Jazzmaster whammy bar is the greatest feat of engineering ever pulled off by human hands (sod yer suspension bridges, Brunel).
August 21st, 2007 at 7:08 pm
I see five of them for sale here: http://musicmachineguitars.com/1-888-NICE-GTR/Category.aspx?CategoryID=165
But again lefties are forgotten.
August 21st, 2007 at 7:23 pm
I recently bough a fairly expensive instrument through Music Machine, and their support is phenomenal.
Highly recommended :)
I have to admit that when it comes to guitars I really take it for granted that I’m right handed… I mean, there’s a helluva’ lot of left-handed guitarists in the world––seems like a massively under served market.
August 21st, 2007 at 7:48 pm
Yes, we are screwed. :(
I’ve got about three grand burning a hole in my pocket and all I want is a Les Paul GT. But NOOOOOOOO. Evil devil hands don’t get to play.
I live in DFW, so I’ll probably go to the Arlington Guitar Show in October. Hopefully SouthPaw “jack up the price” Guitar will be there. I swear those guys used to be used car salesmen.
August 22nd, 2007 at 3:09 am
Rick, if you’ve got that kind of money you should check out a few luthier’s and get a guitar custom built to your specs.
Not that this helps the average leftie, of course.
August 22nd, 2007 at 6:41 am
Or even the Gibson custom shop.
August 24th, 2007 at 10:23 am
oh mannnn…I am going nuts! I want ‘em in all the colors especially Seafoam Green. Fender has been quietly doing some cool things like bringing back colors and doing guitars in 24.75” scale. Renovating this classic while retaining the good looks is a super idea. Just in time for the peak of the Shoegaze resurgence.
Now how about a Strat and Tele in 24.75 and 24? And mid-line and high-end 30” basses? And really, a Strat’s vibrato is a truck next to PRS’s Ferrari Trem. And maybe a new design vibrato for the Tele? How about new silkscreen fonts for the SuperSonic and other amps with that stupid block font? I’m just saying…