If you’re a Fender fan I’m sure you already know about the Fender Select series. The Select Series was introduced to the market earlier this year as its new top-of-the-production-line best.
Select instruments for select individuals.
The Fender Select series includes five guitars and two basses. This series includes Fender’s experience and expertise in building great quality instruments, including high-end features and elegant design options for discerning musicians everywhere.
Incredible tone woods, figured tops, strikingly beautiful finishes, figured and quartersawn maple necks with compound-radius fretboards, specially voiced Fender Select pickups that deliver masterful tone, and other first-rate features, the U.S.-made Select Series presents Fender’s finest selection.
Fender can’t fail…
The new Fender Select series represents the culmination of more than 60 years of fine Fender instrument-building craftsmanship. To commemorate the introduction of the series, 100 instruments of each model include a certificate of authenticity signed by Jeff Allen, head of U.S. production at Fender’s Corona, Calif., manufacturing facility. An additional 50 of the first Fender Select instruments made are hand-numbered on the back of the headstock and include a certificate.
Both distinctions make this already-unparalleled family of guitars and basses even more exclusive. And because these extraordinary first-run instruments will find their way to randomly determined Authorized Fender Dealer locations worldwide, the lucky players who discover them will become part of a very special Fender experience akin to finding the proverbial “golden ticket.”
The Options – What Fender has to say about each model
All models sport a modern “C” shaped maple neck with a comfortable contoured heel, Bi-Flex™ truss rod system for rock-solid stability, a satin lacquer finish and rear-headstock “Fender Select” medallion. Each smooth-playing compound radius rosewood fretboard (9.5″-14″) has 22 medium-jumbo frets with each model having its own distinct inlays.
The Fender Select Stratocaster HSS takes the refined elegance of its triple-single-coil brother and amps it up through the roof with the extra power of a humbucking bridge pickup. Features include a striking Antique Burst gloss-lacquer finish on a sleek flame maple-top body. Full-throated sound roars from the Fender Select Stratocaster humbucking bridge pickup, with singing tone from new Fender Select Stratocaster single-coil neck and middle pickups-all combined with five-way switching and a no-load tone control that delivers the natural uncolored sound of the humbucking bridge pickup when dimed. The medium-jumbo frets have stylish white pearloid position inlays.
The Fender Select Stratocaster is the sonic embodiment of tone-machine elegance, featuring a stunning Dark Cherry Burst gloss-lacquer finish. Pure and soaring signature sound comes from the new Fender Select Stratocaster single-coil neck, middle and bridge pickups with five-way switching and a no-load tone control that delivers the natural uncolored sound of the bridge pickup when dimed. The medium jumbo frets have stylish black pearloid position inlays.
The Fender Select Carved Maple Top Telecaster is an elegantly crafted and sonically superior take on our first legendary guitar model, with a stunning Amber gloss-lacquer finish on a lightweight empress body with a carved flame maple top. Crisp, clear signature sound comes from Fender Select Telecaster single-coil neck and bridge pickups with three-way switching and a no-load tone control that delivers the natural uncolored sound of the bridge pickup when dimed.
The medium jumbo frets also have stylish black pearloid position inlays.
The Fender Select Telecaster elevates our very first legendary guitar model to the epitome of elegant style and formidable sonic substance, with a stunning Violin Burst gloss-lacquer finish and natural binding on a resonant honeycomb-chambered ash body with a solid flame maple top. Crisp, clear signature sound comes from the new Fender Select Telecaster single-coil neck and bridge pickups with three-way switching and a no-load tone control that delivers the natural uncolored sound of the bridge pickup when dimed. The medium jumbo frets also have stylish black pearloid position inlays.
The Fender Select Carved Koa Top Telecaster is a finely crafted, artfully captivating and sonically potent take on out first legendary guitar model, with a stunning Sienna Edge Burst gloss-lacquer finish on a lightweight empress body with a carved koa top. Crisp, clear signature sound comes from Fender Select Telecaster single-coil neck and bridge pickups with three-way switching and a no-load tone control that delivers the natural uncolored sound of the bridge pickup when dimed. The medium jumbo frets also have stylish white pearloid position inlays.
So, what else can I say? Beautiful looking guitars, great sounding…uhh, what do you think? If you have between USD2,000 and USD4,000 you can get one of them! What’s your favorite? I would go for the Strat!
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Cheers to All!
