Ancient Jaguar | Dream Factory | Fender

Join us on a journey through time as we explore the beauty and craftsmanship of this one-of-a-kind Jaguar guitar by Andy Hicks. This Jag, made with 50,000-year-old Kauri wood from New Zealand and Mastodon tusk Ivory inlays, is truly a work of art. Experience the awe-inspiring resonance of this ancient beauty as Brent Hinds from Mastodon takes it for a spin in our latest episode of Dream Factory.

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[TruetoneMusicOnline]

We were so stoked to collaborate with Master Builder Andy Hicks on this project! It exceeded all of our expectations and came out great. Thank you Andy!

[greasyboykustoms]

My favorite part is " this wood wanted to be a guitar." Awesome work. !!!

[mycosten-]

This has got to be the coolest guitar ever built. Mastodon tusk inlays?! Petrified bog wood?!! Bravo.

[navyactor]

that’s the coolest guitar i’ve ever seen

[nicolasbeaudry]

Bret playing is just wow❤jag are sweets😮🎉

[schwartzz]

Mastodon inlays for a Mastodon guitarist. Great pairing.

[Funkybassuk]

Sounds and looks magnificent. Very cool to also get one of the guitar players from Mastodon to play on Mastodon tusk inlays!

[cavemanzach]

I saw the picking style in the first seconds of the video and knew it was Brent Hinds. Dude is an absolute monster

[tompoynton]

Happy to be corrected but FYI, Kauri is pronounced “koh-ri”, with a slightly rolled R (“au” in Māori is always an “oh” sound)

[joeferris]

Absolutely gorgeous. Love the jag. It's sooo dark sounding too! I was surprised to see he is playing the lead circuit with full tone and what appears to be like half volume for as dark as it sounded.
Id like to know what Jaguar pickups those are. 62 or 65? Also Im unclear on whether this thing is for sale or was a build for Brent.

[uncomely]

Great sory, nice filming and editing, you make craftmanship look great and cool! I want to learn how to make guitars myself after seeing this!

Thank you, Andy and Fender team! Hi from Leeds, UK! ❤

[williamhurrelbrink]

Really great playing! And what a stunning guitar. Please turn Micheal Lemmo loose on this beauty, through a cranked super amp.

[KarlKarsnark]

Gorgeous, delightfully silly, but gorgeous.

[michaelborn]

I like it Andy! Nice use of the Kauri!

[nohayguitarra]

Waiting for the Squier Version :) :) :) . . . this guitar is amazing, for the first moment I just thinked, has to be mine eheheeh joking, I wonder who's gonna buy it, or even, if Fender really will put her for sale . . . ?

[fuibeghardt]

I wonder if Fender's ever considered using the wood of the Methusela tree. It's ancient, and it grows in California.

[bleeknoir]

The story of the wood is reminiscent of the story of the infamous “the tree”, but that’s mahogany.

[andreazampieri]

Is the guitarist Brent Hinds from Mastodon? I recognized his picking technic and his hands tattoos!

[Tony]

So is this being sold? I’d imagine if the wood was so rare Fender would keep it as a legacy instrument for their collection

[christopherwatkins]

Congrats on creating a "One-of-a-kind" Strat Guitar. Did absolute 'justice' to the Kauri timber and the 'Tone' is mind blowing ! Nice pick-ups for sure, but that 'tree' is vocal. FYI. When one of those rare pieces of timber are pulled from the swamp in Northland, New Zealand, they weigh approx 10 Tons (after cutting into manageable pieces) and "ALL" involved logistically, take the greatest care, including truckers, dock workers etc... Very nice to 'see' a finished product ! (My Squier BulletStrat is 'Not For Sale', but I possibly could be persuaded to consider a 'swap' for the 'Jag')... 🤠 ...