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Fender Aerodyne Special Electric Guitars & Basses: Stratocaster (Bright White) Expired

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Guitar Center has Fender Aerodyne Special Guitars & Basses on sale for $699.99. Shipping is free.

You can price match these at Musician's Friend as well if you want 8% back in rewards.

Note: GC/MF may sell you a floor model as "brand new" -- I would recommend calling and asking if this bothers you.

Available:The Franklin Guitar Works Reverb has Used-Mint Aerodyne Special Guitars & Basses on sale for $649 as well. The selection is a bit smaller but will be a slightly better deal if you don't mind having no warranty.

https://reverb.com/shop/franklin-...ition=mint

https://www.guitarcenter.com/Fend...0377685.gc
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These Aerodynes caused me to break my recent vow of no more guitars.

If you can get over the looks, the flatter neck radius (12") than typical fenders (7.5-9.5), and locking tuners, which traditionalists will not like, these are a screaming buy.

These are very nice and have in my experience have perfect fit and finish. I have 4 of them from reverb/FGW (when the price was $599, it's now $649) and all were perfect out of the box. Neck relief was perfect (nearly flat), intonation correct, no high frets. I only had to lower the action slightly, which is a personal preference.

I did not intend to get 4 but after being gobsmacked by the perfection of my first, and noticing that used examples were selling for more, I decided to get more (1 HSS/RW grey strat, 1 burst/RW SSS strat, 1 blue RW tele, 1 grey/RW jazz bass). They were all of similar quality, perfect.

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02-17-2024 at 02:23 AM.

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02-17-2024 at 02:23 AM.
Nice deal

MF has the jazz bass for $699 new, rewards members in cart price: https://www.musiciansfriend.com/b...ingerboard
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stasis
02-17-2024 at 02:30 AM.
02-17-2024 at 02:30 AM.
Thanks. That white strat looks nice.
I'd definitely call if I was ordering from GC. I saw a floor model aerodyne with dents before. I was so worried when I ordered the tele classic vibe from MF and got an email saying they will ship from my local GC. I actually received a brand new one shipped from a MF warehouse (the local store probably had none in stock).
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02-18-2024 at 06:28 AM.

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02-18-2024 at 06:28 AM.
These Aerodynes caused me to break my recent vow of no more guitars.

If you can get over the looks, the flatter neck radius (12") than typical fenders (7.5-9.5), and locking tuners, which traditionalists will not like, these are a screaming buy.

These are very nice and have in my experience have perfect fit and finish. I have 4 of them from reverb/FGW (when the price was $599, it's now $649) and all were perfect out of the box. Neck relief was perfect (nearly flat), intonation correct, no high frets. I only had to lower the action slightly, which is a personal preference.

I did not intend to get 4 but after being gobsmacked by the perfection of my first, and noticing that used examples were selling for more, I decided to get more (1 HSS/RW grey strat, 1 burst/RW SSS strat, 1 blue RW tele, 1 grey/RW jazz bass). They were all of similar quality, perfect.
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02-18-2024 at 04:27 PM.
02-18-2024 at 04:27 PM.
Quote from frunobulax :
These Aerodynes caused me to break my recent vow of no more guitars.

If you can get over the looks, the flatter neck radius (12") than typical fenders (7.5-9.5), and locking tuners, which traditionalists will not like, these are a screaming buy.

These are very nice and have in my experience have perfect fit and finish. I have 4 of them from reverb/FGW (when the price was $599, it's now $649) and all were perfect out of the box. Neck relief was perfect (nearly flat), intonation correct, no high frets. I only had to lower the action slightly, which is a personal preference.

I did not intend to get 4 but after being gobsmacked by the perfection of my first, and noticing that used examples were selling for more, I decided to get more (1 HSS/RW grey strat, 1 burst/RW SSS strat, 1 blue RW tele, 1 grey/RW jazz bass). They were all of similar quality, perfect.
I second this. Areodyne anything are my new favorite guitars
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02-19-2024 at 06:38 AM.
02-19-2024 at 06:38 AM.
I also bought this same white aerodyne strat from the recent $599 reverb sale. Although mine was not set up perfect out of the box, the overall fit and finish was impeccable. It is a beautiful instrument, and frankly worth it even at $699. With all the lackluster QA coming out of Fender recently, these MIJ models are a refreshing exception.
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NeatMammoth617
02-20-2024 at 03:03 AM.
02-20-2024 at 03:03 AM.
I have the California blue Strat and green p-bass. These are great guitars. Way better than the MIM models.
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dchang0
02-21-2024 at 11:56 AM.
02-21-2024 at 11:56 AM.
I love the Aerodyne series, but I wish they would round off the corners on the fronts of the bodies (same profile as with the normal models).

Ah well, I'll stick with the MIM Player series for now.
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DirkBelig
02-21-2024 at 05:43 PM.
02-21-2024 at 05:43 PM.
Some of the links are dead; can't find the HSS Strat; selection seems to be very slim now with bad colors.
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CalebC5754
02-21-2024 at 09:05 PM.
02-21-2024 at 09:05 PM.
I have a few American Fenders and these MIJ are of similar quality. I was really impressed.
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