Fender Solid Body Electric Information

Jaguar

Introduced: 1962 to Present
Scale Length: 24 inches
Body: Alder three tone sunburst and custom colors
Hardware: Nickel or Chrome -
Jazzmaster like Tremolo Bridge assembly with 6 individual
Saddles - 2 knobs and 3 pickup swithes on lower front side
selector switch and 2 roller knobs on upper front side
Tuners: Nickel then 1964 chrome 6 individual Kluson
then 1967 Fender tuners
Pickups: 2 single coil strat style pickups
Neck: Maple Dot inlays unbound rosewood fingerboard -
white binding in 1966 and block inlays
Finish: Dark Brown Sunburst plus custom colors
tortoise colored plastic pickguard

Notes: Fender’s top of the line most expensive model until 1967.
Used widely with surf musicians.
Jazzmaster

Introduced: 1958 to Present
Scale Length: 25.5 inches
Body: Alder
Hardware: Chrome - white control knobs
Tremolo Bridge assembly with 6 individual
Saddles - 3 positon pickup switch -
Two master volume and two tone knobs
Tuners: Nickel then 1964 chrome 6 individual Kluson
then 1967 Fender tuners
Pickups: 2 single coil white pickups large rectangular covers
Neck: Maple Dot inlays unbound fingerboard
1959 rosewood fingerboard - 1966 white binding block inlays
Finish: Dark Brown Sunburst plus custom colors
gold anodized pickguard – 1959 plastic tortoise color


Notes: One of Fenders first surf guitars, original designed for
fender to compete in the jazz market. Not successful in that
area, but did very well for surf music.
Stratocaster

Introduced: 1954 to Present
Scale Length: 25.5 inches
Body: Ash or Alder
Hardware: Nickel or Chrome - white control knobs
Tremolo Bridge assembly with 6 individual
Saddles - 3 positon pickup switch -
Two tone and 1 volume control knobs
Tuners: Nickel then 1964 chrome 6 individual Kluson
then 1967 Fender tuners
Pickups: 3 single coil with staggered pole pieces
Neck: Maple Dot inlays unbound fingerboard
1959 rosewood fingerboard
Finish: Dark Brown Sunburst plus custom colors
White pickguard some with tortoise mid 60’s

Notes: One of the most used and popular electric guitars
of all time.

Telecaster

Introduced: 1951 to Present
Scale Length: 25 1 /2 inches
Body: Ash
Hardware: Two chrome plated brass knobs
3 individual brass Saddles - 3 position pickup selector
switch -
Tuners: 6 individual nickel Kluson then 1964 chrome
then 1967 Fender F tuners
Pickups: 2 single coil with 6 pole pieces
Neck: Maple - Dot inlays unbound fingerboard
1959 rosewood fingerboard
Finish: Clear plus custom colors
Black pickguard then White pickguard mid 1953

Notes: Was previously named Broadcaster, however,
that name was dropped in 1951 . For a short while
it was also known as a Nocaster because
no model logo was present on the headstock.