Photography Olly Curtis & Phil Barker
Nobody disputes the fact that the Jazzmaster was designed for jazz guitarists, so it’s hard to understand why Leo Fender imagined all those ‘one tone for everything ’ archtop huggers would be drawn to complex control layouts and a floating vibrato mounted on a plank. And if anything, the Jaguar is an even more baffling proposition. Like so many of Leo Fender’s products, these instruments ended up being wildly successful at producing sounds that ran contrary to his intentions and that would not have met his approval. That’s why, first of all, we’re going to take a deep dive into the radical design features, ingenious hardware and innovative electronics that make Fender’s finest offsets more popular than ever and continue to inspire guitar players and builders alike.
Offset Bodies