Fender American Performer Stratocaster HSS RW, Aubergine

Full Description

Experimental tremolo sound

Craft your own distinctive voice. The American Performer Strat HSS comes equipped with a Fender Vintage-Style Synchronised Tremolo bridge. This allows you to experiment with the legendary tremolo effect in your music. You'll easily be able to inject a unique edge into your solos using the guitar's whammy bar. Create a sound that's entirely your own.

Top-class electronics

Incredible tone. Fender have fitted this American Performer Strat with a trio of pickups that will provide you with your most distinctive, exhilarating guitar sound ever. They've loaded expertly designed Yosemite pickups in the neck and middle positions.

These modern pickups have been developed to deliver vintage Strat sound with none of the hum or noise that single-coil pickups often suffer from. You can play at the very highest outputs thanks to volume-increasing flat-staggered pole pieces. The instrument's tremendous individuality is ensured by a DoubleTap humbucker at the bridge position. This unique, patent-applied-for design merges humbucking and single-coil pickup characteristics to create a voice the likes of which you've never heard on a guitar before.

Maximum playing comfort

A guitar that you can play for hours on end. The American Performer Stratocaster's maple neck has been designed to fit naturally into the palm of your hand. Thanks to this, the instrument will feel extremely comfortable when you're holding it. You'll be able to play on and on thanks to cramp not being an issue. Ideal for those shows that both you and your audience never want to end.

Tremendous tonewoods

All-conquering range. You'll never be limited in your style of play by the American Performer Strat. That's because Fender have constructed this guitar with a stunning blend of premium tonewoods, giving you an amazing, extensive tonal range. Alder wood used for the body brings depth and resonance, ideal for driving, invigorating power chords.

Brightness and sharpness in each note is added by the Strat's maple neck. And you'll have access to beautiful warmth and richness in tone courtesy of a rosewood fingerboard. It's this that will make open chord playing sound beautifully natural. This is a tonal palette that will never restrict you.

Specifications

Body

• Model Name: Fender American Performer Stratocaster HSS RW, Aubergine
• Dexterity: Right Handed
• Body Material: Alder
• Body Finish: Gloss
• Body Shape: Stratocaster
• Colour: Aubergine
• Construction: Bolt-On

Neck and Fingerboard

• Neck Material: Maple
• Neck Finish: Satin Polyurethane
• Fingerboard Material: Rosewood
• Fingerboard Radius: 9.5"
• Fret Size: Jumbo
• Neck Plate: 4-Bolt
• Neck Shape: Modern "C"
• No. of Frets: 22
• Inlays: White Dots

Hardware and Electronics

• Bridge: 6-Saddle Vintage-Style Synchronised Tremolo
• Bridge Pickup: DoubleTap Humbucking
• Middle Pickup: Yosemite Single-Coil Stratocaster
• Neck Pickup: Yosemite Single-Coil Stratocaster
• Configuration: HSS
• Controls: Master Volume, Tone 1 (Neck & Middle Pickup), Tone 2 (Greasebucket Tone Circuit - Bridge Pickup)
• Switching: 5-Position Blade: Postion 1 - Bridge Humbucking Pickup, Position 2 - Middle Pickup and Bridge Humbucking Pickup, Position 3 - Middle Pickup, Position 4 - Neck and Middle Pickup, Position 5 - Neck Pickup
• Special Electronics: Push-Pull Pot on Tone 2 for Coil-Split
• Control Knobs: Aged White
• Hardware Finish: Nickel/Chrome
• Nut Material: Synthetic Bone
• Nut Width: 1.685"
• Pickguard: 3-Ply Mint Green
• Truss Rod Nut: 0.125" American Series
• Truss Rod Wrench: 0.125" Hex (Allen)
• Truss Rod: Standard
• Tuning Machines: American Performer

Miscellaneous

• Strings: Fender USA 250L, NPS (.009 - .042 Gauges)
• Case: Deluxe Gig Bag