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Edited January 8, 2024
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Amazon is selling Fender Duo-Sonic electric guitars with a Pau Ferro fingerboard in sea foam green for $513.88. Amazon's description says it includes a 2-year warranty. Fender.com lists the following highlights:
- 24" scale length; "C"-shaped maple neck
- Two Duo-Sonic single-coil pickups
- 9.5"-radius fingerboard with 22 medium jumbo frets
- Six-saddle string-through-body hardtail Strat® bridge with bent steel saddles
- Three-way pickup switch
As of this posting, this appears to be the lowest price for any new Fender electric guitar (with Fender by itself on the headstock). Looking back at previous frontpage Slickdeals for this guitar, it would often go as low as $300 from Adorama in 2018/2019 (in Adorama's Lake Placid blue). Now, five years later, this
~$514 $
462.49 price appears to be the bottom.
I do not own this guitar, but expect it to be pretty solid and fun to play. It is a short scale guitar: 24 inch scale length compared to 24.75-to-25.5 inches for most full-size electrics. The guitar is made in Mexico. My understanding is that the weakest part of the guitar is a cheap pickup selector switch.
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FYI -- for a few hours when first posted, some Amazon accounts got a coupon, so a lot of the discussion thread below is about Amazon coupons. That super-discounted price was ~$412. Amazon seems to have got rid of the coupon for everyone now.
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Update: Amazon lowered the price on 7 Jan 2024 from $513.88 to $462.49
OP Note: Showing 5% clip coupon, price now $439.37
Best wishes!
https://www.amazon.com/Fender-Duo...5938Z?th=1
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Thanks for the post!
player strats have 25.5" necks. even on that i feel my fingers crowded playing an open A.
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player strats have 25.5" necks. even on that i feel my fingers crowded playing an open A.
I agree with the others, best bet is to try out a 24" scale guitar. I'm 6'5" and love my 24" jaguars for lead/arpeggio stuff, but I have long skinny fingers. Thicker fingers may feel crowded especially above the 12th fret.