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Fender American Elite Strat HSS Shawbucker Olympic Pearl MN

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Fender American Elite Strat HSS Shawbucker Olympic Pearl MN
Product no: 9000-0022-9096 Bax Music Warranty: This product comes with a 3-year warranty.

General

This Fender American Elite Stratocaster HSS Shawbucker has an Olympic Pearl finish and a maple neck that gives it a great look. It also has an incredibly versatile tonal palette thanks to its humbucker and single-coil pickups. This guitar is full of significant details like handy locking machine heads and a modern 2-point tremolo, which shows how much effort has gone into the development of this legendary electric guitar. It even comes complete with a case!

American Elite: broad tonal palette

This Stratocaster is equipped with an HSS pickup configuration, which means you get a potent ShawBucker in the bridge position and Deluxe Noiseless single-coil Strat pickups in the middle and neck positions. Thanks to a built-in S-1 switch, you've got a number of possible pickup combinations at your fingertips. What's more, you can use the push/pull potentiometer to bypass the bridge pickup's tone circuit. This is especially handy when you want to add some extra attitude to your performance.

Neck innovation

One of the most important parts of an electric guitar is its neck. For a truly great-sounding guitar that feels great too, Fender gave this American Strat an innovative compound neck profile that goes from a modern C to a D and a compound fretboard radius that goes from 9.5 to 14 inches. The result is nothing short of sublime playing comfort!

Specifications

Product features

Number of frets 22
Number of strings 6
Bridge type vintage-style tremolo
Pickup configuration HSS
Pickup type humbucker (passive), single-coil (passive)
Neck connection bolt on
Fretboard wood maple
Includes cover no
Includes case yes
Colour white
Country of origin USA
Left-handed no
Body material alder
Scale length 25.5 inches (648mm)
Body type ST

Weight and dimensions including packaging

Weight (incl. packaging) 10,5 kg
Dimensions (incl. packaging) 113,0 x 47,5 x 15,0 cm

Product specifications

  • Fender electric guitar
    • model: Stratocaster
    • series: American Elite
    • colour: Olympic Pearl
  • body
    • material: alder
    • finish: high-gloss polyurethane
    • shape: Stratocaster
  • neck
    • joint: bolt-on
    • material: maple
    • finish: satin-gloss urethane
    • profile: Compound Neck Back Shape (C to D)
    • scale length: 25.5 in
    • fretboard: maple
    • fretboard radius: 9.5 - 14 in
    • number of frets: 22
    • fret type: medium jumbo
    • string nut material: synthetic bone
    • string nut width: 1.685 in
    • position markers: large pearloid dots
    • truss rod: Double Action
  • hardware
    • bridge: 2-Point Deluxe Synchronised Tremolo with 6 block saddles
    • hardware finish: chrome plated
    • machine heads: Fender Short Post Locking
    • pickguard: 3-ply tortoise
    • strings: Fender USA NPS, .009 - .042
  • electronics
    • bridge pickup: Shawbucker humbucker
    • middle pickup: Deluxe Noiseless single-coil Strat
    • neck pickup: Deluxe Noiseless single-coil Strat
    • controls: 1x volume with push/pull function, 2x tone (with No-Load control), 5-way pickup switch
  • included:
    • Fender case
    • cable
    • guitar strap
    • straplocks
  • special features:
    • with Shawbucker humbucker featuring automatic maximum resistance switching
    • neck profile goes from modern C to D
    • adjustable truss rod at top of fretboard
    • newly angled heel for easy access to the higher frets
    • compound radius from 9.5 to 14 inches
    • modern redesigned string tree
    • black chrome Fender decal on the headstock
    • deeper body contours for a good fit and slimmer look
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Eigenlijk bijna een superstrat, deze gitaar. Zo'n beetje alles wat je je maar wensen kunt. Prachtig afgewerkt en helemaal niets mis mee. Blijft alleen de vraag of je deze Stratocaster lekker vindt klinken. Je hebt toonmogelijkheden te over. Dus dat kan bijna niet missen!

NAMM 2016: Big Fender Name Change: Deluxe Is Now Elite!

Thursday 21 January 2016

Fender knows like no other that you never change a winning team. Besides a few little adjustments here and there, they usually don't mess with their successful models too much. Until now. The famous manufacturer decided to get rid of the Deluxe name and re-brand it with the slightly classier Elite moniker. Of course, this also goes with a few adjustments for the various Teles and Strats, as well as the Jazz, Precision and Dimension bass guitars.

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