Why Jaguar?

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Re: Why Jaguar?

Post by Futuron » Mon Nov 11, 2019 11:03 pm

And when there's also mustang basses, amps & bridges... but "deluxe" must be the worst, what with the American line, the Mexican line, the amps, the cases, the Telecaster models and sellers' inability to put items under the correct category :D

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Re: Why Jaguar?

Post by Trout » Mon Nov 11, 2019 11:50 pm

Search Fender Mustang and get that crappy amp... :whistle:
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Re: Why Jaguar?

Post by Downsideup11 » Tue Nov 12, 2019 6:51 am

Thanks everyone 👍

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Re: Why Jaguar?

Post by leokula » Tue Nov 12, 2019 10:17 am

I think it just goes with the racing / car themes that shows up in Fender's line... Mustang, Bronco, Cyclone, Toronado, and some of them even with competition stripes.
Jaguar > Jazzmaster :)

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Re: Why Jaguar?

Post by Ceylon » Tue Nov 12, 2019 10:40 am

I might be wrong but I've heard the Stratocaster was named after the B-52 Stratofortress.
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Re: Why Jaguar?

Post by Danley » Tue Nov 12, 2019 10:52 am

Ceylon wrote:
Tue Nov 12, 2019 10:40 am
I might be wrong but I've heard the Stratocaster was named after the B-52 Stratofortress.
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Re: Why Jaguar?

Post by s_mcsleazy » Tue Nov 12, 2019 11:50 am

im guessing it was a "glamour by association" kinda thing. the e-type was a aspiration car at the time and conjured images of glamorous couples jet setting off to the rivera. i think leo fender wanted to very much capture that idea. i think that's also why the guitar was styled with as much chrome as it was. at that period in car design, chrome was considered fancy.

i'm glad fender dont name their guitars after current cars. i dont think we need a fender juke.
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Re: Why Jaguar?

Post by Telliot » Tue Nov 12, 2019 12:24 pm

JVG wrote:
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Because sometimes you just need to pull over to the roadside and give your acoustic guitar a good pounding in the breeze.....while your girlfriend watches.

That guy really loves his guitar! :P

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Re: Why Jaguar?

Post by Embenny » Tue Nov 12, 2019 1:27 pm

s_mcsleazy wrote:
Tue Nov 12, 2019 11:50 am
i'm glad fender dont name their guitars after current cars. i dont think we need a fender juke.
I dunno, I'd love a guitar named the qashqai. That's a fun word. It apparently means "a horse with a white face."

Maybe I need to build a Mustang project with a white headstock and get a qashqai decal made ;)
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Re: Why Jaguar?

Post by Downsideup11 » Tue Nov 12, 2019 1:53 pm

So if the consensus is that the guitar is named after a British car then the correct pronunciation is "jag-you-are" as opposed to "jag-wah", correct? 😉

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Re: Why Jaguar?

Post by Danley » Tue Nov 12, 2019 2:27 pm

Downsideup11 wrote:
Tue Nov 12, 2019 1:53 pm
So if the consensus is that the guitar is named after a British car then the correct pronunciation is "jag-you-are" as opposed to "jag-wah", correct? 😉
Neither. Still normal old “Jag-waR” :)
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Re: Why Jaguar?

Post by leokula » Wed Nov 13, 2019 3:52 am

Everybody knows Jaguar is pronounced "Jag-WIRE" 8) anything else and I don't even consider that person's opinion :whistle:
Jaguar > Jazzmaster :)

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Re: Why Jaguar?

Post by s_mcsleazy » Wed Nov 13, 2019 3:53 am

Downsideup11 wrote:
Tue Nov 12, 2019 1:53 pm
So if the consensus is that the guitar is named after a British car then the correct pronunciation is "jag-you-are" as opposed to "jag-wah", correct? 😉
every american. when you are about to pronounce jaguar. play the opening lines to this song THEN say it.
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Re: Why Jaguar?

Post by Don B » Thu Nov 14, 2019 3:24 pm

For an American to say Jag-u-ar smacks of pretentiousness. Here it is Jag-war. On the other hand, if I heard a Brit not pronounce it that way, it would sound strange.

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Re: Why Jaguar?

Post by JVG » Thu Nov 14, 2019 5:01 pm

You guys are in for a treat if you visit Australia (aka Straya).

Here, Stratocaster sounds like “street-cars-tyre”, Telecaster sound like “tally-cars-tyre”, and Jazzmaster sounds like “jizz-muster”.
We can’t pronounce Jaguar at all, so we just point at it and grunt.

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