Fender Jaguar Baritone Custom

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Fender Jaguar Baritone Custom
Manufacturer	Fender
Period	2004 — 2006
Construction
Body type	Solid
Neck joint	Bolt-on
Woods
Body	Alder
Neck	Maple
Fretboard	Rosewood
Hardware
Bridge	Adjusto-Matic Bridge with Anchored-Tailpiece
Pickup(s)	2 Special Design MIJ Single-Coil Jaguar Pickups (Neck & Bridge)
Colors available
(as of 2006) 3-Color Sunburst

Not to be confused with the Fender Jaguar Bass or the Fender Jaguar Baritone Special HH.

Fender's Jaguar Baritone Custom electric guitar, also known as Fender Jaguar Bass VI Custom is more or less a combination of the Fender Jaguar electric guitar and the Fender Bass VI electric bass guitar: Its pickup configuration and switching setup is identical to the Jaguar, but uses the same heavier string gauges as the Bass VI (25-35-45-55-75-95), with a 28.5" scale-length neck (as opposed to the Bass VI's 30" scale-length), and is tuned E-E one octave lower than a standard guitar. Unlike both the Jaguar and Bass VI however, the Jaguar Baritone Custom has a fixed (non-tremolo) bridge.

2005 Fender Jaguar Baritone Custom, in a Fender Jazz Bass case

The Jaguar Baritone Custom is a Crafted-In-Japan (CIJ) model, and is almost identical to the Japanese-market "Fender Jaguar Bottom Master", though the Bottom Master has different switching options due to different internal wiring (including a "fuzz switch"). In 2006, Fender USA changed the name of the instrument to "Jaguar Bass VI Custom" in order to tie it more closely with its Bass VI heritage, and also probably to differentiate it more from the modern baritone guitar, which is usually tuned B-B (in between the tunings of a standard guitar and a bass).

Fender discontinued this model at the end of 2006.