Description
Johnny Marr is best known as the strikingly dynamic guitarist-arranger-songwriter behind the Smiths, who redefined and ruled U.K. pop in the 1980s. A master of melody, layering and texture, Marr has brought his own instantly identifiable genius to the proceedings ever since, in stints with The The, the Pretenders, Modest Mouse and the Cribs, to say nothing of his solo career and innumerable guest appearances. The Johnny Marr Jaguar is a fantastically non-standard model that is as distinctive as the sounds he wrings from it.
Cosmetic Condition: Great shape overall with a few minor nicks & dings along with various surface scratches.
Neck: Maple neck based on Marr’s 1965 Jaguar, with custom profile and vintage-style heel truss rod adjustment. 7.25" radius rosewood fingerboard with 22 vintage-style frets. Frets show some wear, but have plenty of life in them. Vintage-style tuners are in perfect working condition. 1 5/8" nut width; 24" scale length. Neck is straight & truss rod is in perfect working condition.
Body: Contoured, solid alder body finished in Metallic KO. Vintage-style floating tremolo tailpiece and “taller” tremolo arm with nylon sleeve insert to prevent arm swing.
Jaguar bridge with Mustang saddles, nylon post inserts for improved stability. 3-ply white pickguard & chrome hardware. Guitar weighs 8 lbs 9 oz.
Electronics: Dual custom-wound Bare Knuckle Johnny Marr single-coil pickups. Four-position blade pickup switch mounted in lower-horn chrome plate. The switch cap is unoriginal & is glued on. Dual upper-horn slide switches (universal bright and pickup-switch position four bright). Master volume & tone controls. All electronics are in good working condition.
Case: Original hardshell case included along with accessories.
