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Tom Morello “Soul Power” Stratocaster

Fender Tom Morello “Soul Power” Stratocaster

Soul Power Strat

Tom Morello “Soul Power” Stratocaster

Fender has launched the all new Tom Morello “Soul Power” Stratocaster. Developed in collaboration with Morello, of Local 47 (Los Angeles, CA), and to his exact specifications, the model features an alder bound-top slab body, a “Deep-C” maple neck with rosewood fingerboard, 22 medium-jumbo frets and matching painted headstock, a kill switch that creates Morello’s signature “Stutter” effects, a Seymour Duncan Hot Rails bridge humbucker pickup, and a Floyd Rose Locking Tremolo System. 

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american ultra series

Fender American Ultra Series Guitars and Basses

american ultra series

Fender has launched its new lineup of electric guitars and basses, the American Ultra Series, which boasts all-new modern features, state-of-the-art craftsmanship, and nuanced design. American Ultra offers a new body design and contours—featuring the all-new “Modern D” neck with a compound-radius fingerboard—noiseless pickups, the HiMass bridge on American Ultra basses, a redesigned preamp with active/passive switching, and advanced electronics. This is the most-advanced modern guitar from Fender.

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fender zuma

Fender Zuma Concert Ukulele

New in Fender’s California Coast Series, the Zuma concert ukulele is crafted from sapele with an open-pore finish for a balanced earthy tone that blends well with other instruments. Its easy-play, 16-fret neck extends the range, while the no-tie bridge makes changing strings quick and easy. A striking abalone rosette, bound top, back and fingerboard and 4-in-line Tele headstock stand out.

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Fender Custom Deluxe Reverb Amplifier

Fender Custom Deluxe Reverb Amplifier

Fender Custom Deluxe Reverb AmplifierRecreate the timeless, classic Fender sound heard on countless hits with this hard-wired ’64 Custom Deluxe Reverb Amplifier from Fender Musical Instruments Corporation. With 20 Watts of output power, the ’64 Custom also features bright and normal channels, Fender Vintage Blue tone capacitors, 12AX7 and 12AT7 preamp tubes, 5AR4/GZ34 rectifier tube, 6V6 output tubes, and 12-inch Jensen C-12Q speaker.

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The Bass Book

The Bass Book: A Complete Illustrated History of Bass Guitars

The Bass BookWhen Fender introduced the world’s first electric bass guitar in the early ’50s they couldn’t have foreseen the impact the Precision Bass would have on the world of music. It would help start a revolution in the sound of popular music. Bass guitar has provided the solid foundation on which much of modern music is built. This third edition of The Bass Book follows the evolution of bass guitar from its introduction to today with a full lowdown of the most important bass players and makers. Brands featured in the book include Alembic, Danelectro, Epiphone, Fender, Fodera, Gibson, Hofner, Ibanez, Lakland, Line 6, Music Man, Peavey, Rickenbacker, Sadowsky, Spector, Squier, Steinberger, Warwick, and Yamaha. There are exclusive interviews with bass guitar makers and players, including Paul McCartney, Jack Bruce, Stanley Clarke, John Entwistle, James Jamerson, and Jaco Pastorius. The book includes dozens of high quality photos of rarely seen basses plus reference section.

The Bass Book: A Complete Illustrated History of Bass Guitars, 3rd Edition, by Tony Bacon and Barry Moorhouse, Backbeat Books,
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Brad Paisley’s Signature Fender Guitar

Brad Paisley’s Signature Fender Guitar

Brad Paisley’s Signature Fender GuitarThis year’s Summer NAMM show saw the launch of Local 257 (Nashville, TN) member Brad Paisley’s signature Fender guitar. The Brad Paisley Road Worn Telecaster body is custom-made from lightweight and resonant paulownia center core with spruce top and back. A custom wound ’64 Tele Bridge Pickup expands the sonic palette. The “V” neck provides a comfortable grip, while medium jumbo frets allow quick picking and over-the-neck bends. The guitar has a Road Worn silver sparkle finish, aged hardware, and a paisley pickguard.

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Agave Stratocaster

Cuervo x Fender Agave Stratocaster

Agave StratocasterFender has partnered with Jose Cuervo to create the Cuervo x Fender Agave Stratocaster, made from the agave plant. With a 21-fret neck and fingerboard, the two-piece ’56 Stratocaster features genuine Fender hardware, a custom-engraved neck plate with Jose Cuervo inscription, hand-wound Fat ’50s neck, RWRP middle, and bridge pickups. The unique art guitar was designed and constructed by Fender Custom Shop Builder Paul Waller who traveled to Tequila, Mexico, in 2016 to tour the Jose Cuervo distillery and harvest agave materials. The beautifully crafted guitar weighs just 6.5 pounds and has a “quackiness” to its sound that make it a perfect tonal fit for surf music.

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Acoustic Amps

Fender-Acoustic-AmpFender’s Acoustic Pro and Acoustic SFX amps offer unique capabilities for acoustic players in venues large and small. Aesthetically pleasing, the bent plywood construction combines high-grade materials and modern curvature. Built for larger venues, Acoustic Pro is a 200-watt amp that has two universal channels designed for guitars or microphones, each with its own quarter-inch XLR combo jack and hall reverb. It features an integrated handle, tilt-back stand, 12-inch neodymium woofer, high performance tweeter with crossover network, feedback-reducing phase switches, balanced line output, effects loop, and aux-in jack. Acoustic SFX is a great grab-and-go rig for small venues. It offers lightweight design, as well as onboard hall reverb, echo, delay, chorus, and Vibratone effects. One handy perk is an integrated handle that doubles as a convenient cradle for mobile playback devices that can be connected via the aux-in jack. Other features include feedback-reducing phase switches, line output, tow universal channels, and a footswitch jack for an optional two-button effect bypass footswitch.

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