The Fender Jag-Stang

Sign Now
petition image
When Kurt Cobain designed the Fender "Jag-Stang", he did it because he wanted a quality left-handed guitar that suited his needs. He was left-handed and thus knew the difficulty of trying to find a decent left-handed guitar. In 1993, he cut up a picture of a Fender Jaguar and a picture of a Fender Mustang and put them together to create one unforgettable and distinct guitar. He showed Fender Company his drawings for this left-handed cross between a Fender Jaguar and a Fender Mustang, thus creating a Jag-Stang. Fender made him two of these guitars and later they made some for the public, in both left- and right-handed design. Fender stopped production of the Jag-Stang in 2001 and now, in summer of 2003, they have reissued this wonderful guitar. This is brilliant news for anyone out there who is looking for a really great guitar.
From Fender.com - a description of the Jag-Stang:

And, in the end what transpired was an amazing guitar featuring a basswood body and a 24 short-scale maple neck with a rosewood fingerboard.
The Jag-Stang guitars tones come courtesy of one humbucker (bridge), a vintage-style single -coil (neck) and a Fender floating vibrato. The Jag-Stang comes complete with three-position slide on/off phase switch (neck pickup), three position slide on/off switch (bridge pickup) and its own gig bag. Rewrite your own chapter in musical history! Available in Fiesta Red (40) and Sonic Blue (72).

HOWEVER, when Fender re-released the Jag-Stang, they only re-released the right-handed model, completely leaving out the left-handed people in the world who would like a decent electric guitar. Left-handed people face challenges everyday, such as the difficulty of writing next to the binder on a notebook. Had left-handed people designed notebooks, the binder would be on the right hand side. The mouse on a computer is preset for left-click, and they are always set to the right of the computer which is extremely inconvenient for left-handed people who must move their mouse and reset the configuration of the buttons. While none of these things may seem exactly terrible and they in no way make a "lefty's" life miserable, they add up. All of these things cause such frustration! So we are doomed to frustration when completing menial tasks, and now we are denied the marvelous Jag-Stang!
It is one thing not to create a guitar in both left- and right-handed form, but it is completely another to take a guitar that was originally meant ONLY for a left-handed person and then turn around and make it available for only right-handed people! I am sure that Kurt Cobain would be terribly unhappy with this situation, as he designed the left-handed Jag-Stang for himself, so that he could have a magnificent left-handed guitar. He knew they were hard to find! Then there was one, and it was taken away from us. While the denial of this guitar may not seem like a very big deal to some people, to other people it means the world. Kurt Cobain wanted a good left-handed guitar, and he got one. He got his guitars. That doesn't mean there aren't still people in the world who would like to own a Jag-Stang. People who are not fans of Kurt Cobain still find this to be an exemplary guitar. Even people who are right-handed can sympathize with left-handed people and their desire for a Jag-Stang. This is practically prejudice. To make one design and not another, to deny a group of people something simply because they are the minority, is UNEXCEPTABLE. Fender should realize that what they are doing is wrong. Simply wrong! Please consider this.
Sign The Petition
OR

If you already have an account please sign in, otherwise register an account for free then sign the petition filling the fields below.
Email and password will be your account data, you will be able to sign other petitions after logging in.

Privacy in the search engines? You can use a nickname:

Attention, the email address you supply must be valid in order to validate the signature, otherwise it will be deleted.

I confirm registration and I agree to Usage and Limitations of Services
I confirm that I have read the Privacy Policy
I agree to the Personal Data Processing
Shoutbox
Sign The Petition
OR

If you already have an account please sign in

I confirm registration and I agree to Usage and Limitations of Services
I confirm that I have read the Privacy Policy
I agree to the Personal Data Processing
Goal
900 signatures
Goal: 5,000
Latest Signatures
4 April 2017
900. Jonathan Smith | I support this petition
25 February 2016
899. Phillip M | please bring it back lefty
11 February 2016
898. Brandon B | I support this petition
6 February 2016
897. Jay J | hey a gotta gets me 1 of dem guitars!!
4 February 2016
896. Jeff K | I easily have enough money to buy one if they were made lefty, but not nearly enough to have one made by Fender's Custon Shop. This situation is utter torture.
31 January 2016
895. Vasco Oneill | I support this petition
28 January 2016
894. Fruitcake J | Kurt was "Out of his MIND" Pardon the Pun!
27 January 2016
893. Tim B | I support this petition
24 January 2016
892. Marc D | Kurt Cobain Is my hero! i want a jagstang!
22 January 2016
891. Brandon P | go jag-stang!
17 January 2016
890. Mr Barryc | I support this petition
14 January 2016
889. Christopher P | I support this petition
14 January 2016
888. Tekyrka B | I support this petition
14 January 2016
887. Baker A | I support this petition
14 January 2016
886. Dan B | I am so mad that i cant even find a decent left handed guitar that's not a strat or tele the jagstang was meant for left handed people
12 January 2016
885. Brandon W | I love kurt and i love penis
12 January 2016
884. Benjamin R | I support this petition
9 January 2016
883. Tony H | I support this petition
14 December 2015
882. Victor Graves | I support this petition
13 December 2015
881. Shelly Hernandez | I support this petition
12 December 2015
880. Nils S | I support this petition
7 December 2015
879. Saubachflorian Drake | I love this guitar
2 December 2015
878. Melissa L | I support this petition
29 November 2015
877. Chris P | power to the j'stang
21 November 2015
876. Michael W | I'm a lefty
browse all the signatures »
Information
In: -
Petition target:
The Fender Company
Tags
No tags
Embed Codes
direct link
link for html
link for forum without title
link for forum with title
728×90
468×60
336×280
125×125