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The Fender Jaguar Baritone Custom is a 
The Jaguar Baritone Custom is a Crafted-In-Japan model, meaning the master has different switches and an unusual internal wiring. It includes a fuzz switch.
In 2006, Fender USA changed the name of the instrument to Jaguar Bass VI Custom. At the end of 2006, Fender discontinued the model entirely.
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six-string electric guitar
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manufactured by Fender from 2004 to 2006. It is based on the 1962 Fender Jaguar
The Fender Jaguar is an electric guitar by Fender Musical Instruments characterized by an offset-waist body, a relatively unusual switching system with two separate circuits for lead and rhythm, and a short-scale 24" neck. Owing some roots to th ...
electric guitar
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and the 1961 six-string Fender Bass VI
The Fender Bass VI, originally known as the Fender VI, is a six-string electric bass guitar made by Fender. The instrument is tuned an octave below a standard electric guitar.
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electric bass guitar
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.
The term baritone guitar
The baritone guitar is a guitar with a longer scale length, typically a larger body, and heavier internal bracing, so it can be tuned to a lower pitch. Gretsch, Fender, Gibson, Ibanez, ESP Guitars, PRS Guitars, Music Man, Danelectro, Sche ...
refers to one tuned B to B, between the tunings of a standard guitar and a bass. The tuning for the Baritone Custom is set one octave
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lower than a standard tuned guitar. It uses the same bass string set as the Bass VI model, but with a shorter scale length, giving the Baritone Custom less string
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tension. Despite the Bass VI being called a baritone for most of its production run, the Jaguar Baritone Custom was always designed as a bass.
The body shape, pickup, and switching setup are identical to the two-pickup Jaguar model. Its other electrics are similar to the four-string Jaguar Bass, which was issued in 2006 and is still in production today.
It has a fixed bridge
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rather than the Fender floating tremolo used on the Bass VI and all other Jaguar models. The Baritone Custom, its variant, and models of the Fender Jaguar Special HH
The Fender Jaguar is an electric guitar by Fender Musical Instruments characterized by an offset-waist body, a relatively unusual switching system with two separate circuits for lead and rhythm, and a short-scale 24" neck. Owing some roots to th ...
are the only guitars to lack a floating tremolo. They all have separate and similar belly-mounted bridges and tailpieces.
The Jaguar Baritone Custom is a Crafted-In-Japan model, meaning the master has different switches and an unusual internal wiring. It includes a fuzz switch.
In 2006, Fender USA changed the name of the instrument to Jaguar Bass VI Custom. At the end of 2006, Fender discontinued the model entirely.
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