2024 Solomon Islands Fender Jaguar Guitar 1 oz Silver Coin
 
Introducing the stunning 2024 Solomon Islands Fender Jaguar Guitar 1 oz Silver Coin, a must-have for any music and coin enthusiast. This beautiful coin features a detailed engraving of the iconic Fender Jaguar guitar, known for its unique sound and sleek design. The coin is minted in 1 oz of 99.9% pure silver, making it a valuable addition to any collection. With a limited mintage, this coin is a rare find and is sure to appreciate in value over time. Whether you're a musician or a coin collector, this exquisite piece is a perfect way to celebrate the timeless legacy of the Fender Jaguar guitar.
 
THE RUNDOWN
Fender introduced the Jaguar guitar in 1962 as the fourth and last instrument in its original standard guitar lineup. Preceded by the Telecaster (1951), the Stratocaster (1954) and the Jazzmaster (1958), the Jaguar was the only one of Fender’s big-four guitars born in the 1960s, and it was in several ways the most distinctive among them.
 
Introduced as Fender's high-end model, the Jaguar was initially adopted by surf guitarists just as that fad was running out of wave. Jaguars everywhere began collecting dust until the punk explosion of the '70s and its subsequent mutations took it from relic to iconic.
 
THE GUITAR
The Jaguar had 22 frets and a significantly shorter 24-inch scale length, which was deliberately closer to the standard Gibson scale length of 24.75-inches rather than the standard 25.5-inch Fender scale length of the 21-fret Telecaster, Stratocaster and Jazzmaster. The Jaguar’s shorter scale and extra fret made for what Fender billed as “faster, more comfortable” playing.
 
Its relatively smaller size notwithstanding, the Jaguar was indeed billed as Fender’s new top-line guitar and was nothing if not feature laden. It had an offset body—distinct from the Jazzmaster’s offset shape—and featured separate bridge and floating vibrato units. And if the Jaguar’s distinctive shorter scale length and extra fret weren’t all that obvious on first glance, the sheer amount of chrome and controls were.
 
The Jaguar had the most elaborate circuitry of any Fender instrument. Although it and the Jazzmaster were dual-circuit guitars (lead and rhythm), the Jaguar’s lead circuit was more complex, with three slide switches on a chrome plate on the lower horn (compared to the Jazzmaster’s single toggle switch). The first two were on-off switches for each pickup; the third engaged a capacitor that served as a low-end filter, producing a more cutting treble tone (informally known as the “strangle” switch). The Jaguar’s rhythm circuit consisted of a single slide switch on the upper horn that delivered a more bass-heavy neck-pickup-only sound, with its own adjacent volume and inset tone wheels (all mounted to, of course, a chrome plate).