Musician's Friend has the Fender Player Stratocaster Roasted Maple Fingerboard With Fat '50s Pickups Limited-Edition Electric Guitar in Surf Green or Black for $650, with free shipping and 8% Musician's Friend Rewards.
Update: no more black, but fiesta red is available at this price.
Unlike my recent post of the HSS Plus Top model (for $600), these are the traditional SSS configuration with the Fat 50's pickups, except for the tone controls. Tone 1 controls the neck and middle; tone 2 controls the bridge. The roasted neck should prevent/limit fret sprout in addition to feeling nice.
The Fat 50's pickups alone (if bought separately) retail for about $270 new.
These are
Made in Mexico.
Surf Green [musiciansfriend.com]
Black [musiciansfriend.com] OOS
Red [musiciansfriend.com]
Body- Body Type: Solid, double cutaway
- Body wood: Alder
- Body finish: Gloss Polyester
Neck- Neck shape: Modern C
- Neck wood: Roasted maple
- Joint: 4-bolt
- Scale length: 25.5"
- Truss rod: Standard
- Neck finish: Satin Urethane
Fingerboard- Material: Pau ferro on black model. Maple on the green.
- Radius: 9.5"
- Fret size: Medium jumbo
- Number of frets: 22
- Inlays: Black dot
- Nut width/material: 1.650"/Synthetic bone
Electronics- Configuration: SSS
- Neck: Custom Shop Fat '50s Stratocaster pickup
- Middle: Custom Shop Fat '50s Stratocaster pickup
- Bridge: Custom Shop Fat '50s Stratocaster pickup
- Control layout: Master Volume, Tone 1 (neck/middle pickups), Tone 2 (bridge pickup)
- Pickup switch: 5-way
Hardware- Bridge type: 2-point synchronized tremolo with bent-steel saddles
Other
https://www.musiciansfriend.com/g...ric-guitar
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For me, the pau ferro is a feature.
For me, the pau ferro is a feature.
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I saw a surf green one and the roasted maple in store at Guitar Center and it had an almost grayish, sickly hue to it. Probably depends on the batch, but it was disappointing. Roasted maple I'm sure feels good, and the words sound good as copy — reminds me of Don Draper saying lucky strikes are "toasted" — but I think Pau Ferro looks fine on the black axe.
I updated the OP to include a link to the red. See if that works?
https://www.musiciansfr
I updated the OP to include a link to the red. See if that works?
https://www.musiciansfr
EDIT: Looks like they got it together and now all three colors are available. Nice!
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