The Fender American Performer Stratocaster combines Fender tradition with American-made quality and modern versatility, coming equipped with a trio of Yosemite single-coil pickups with shellac coating and flat-staggered pole pieces for hot output with minimal sustain. The Greasebucket circuitry offers rich, dynamic tone and push-pull tone control adds or subtracts the neck pickup in any switching position. The solid maple neck is carved to a “Modern C” profile and the 9.5-radius maple fingerboard with 22 jumbo frets offers excellent playability and easy bending no matter the playing style.
Founded by Leo Fender in 1938 as Fender’s Radio Service, what is now the Fender Musical Instruments Corporation began making electric guitars and amplifiers in 1945. The rest, as they say, is history. Creator of the world’s first mass-produced, and by far most popular, solid-bodied electric, Fender is now the world’s leading guitar manufacturer.
The Fender American Performer Series makes American-made quality accessible to every player. Six new models, handcrafted in Corona, California, highlight the traditional design of Fender’s most celebrated guitars, while adding new innovations and modern components to enhance tone, performance, and feel. Weight: 7lb 4oz
Body: Alder Body Finish: Satin Polyurethane Body Shape: Stratocaster Neck Material: Maple Neck Finish: Satin Polyurethane Neck Shape: Modern "C" Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm) Fingerboard: Maple Number of Frets: 22 String Nut: Synthetic Bone Nut Width: 1.685" (42.8 mm) Position Inlays: Black Dots Truss Rods: Standard Truss Rod Wrench: 1/8" Hex (Allen) Bridge Pickup: Yosemite™ Singe-Coil Stratocaster Middle Pickup: Yosemite™ Single-Coil Stratocaster Neck Pickup: Yosemite™ Single-Coil Stratocaster Controls: Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck & Middle Pickup), Tone 2. Greasebucket™ Tone Circuit (Bridge Pickup) Pickup Switching: 5-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge Pickup Position 2. Bridge and Middle Pickup Position 3. Middle Pickup Position 4. Middle and Neck Pickup Position 5. Neck Pickup Pickup Configuration: SSS Bridge: 6-Saddle Vintage-Style Synchronized Tremolo Hardware Finish: Nickel/Chrome Tuning Machines: Fender ClassicGear™ Pickguard: 3-Ply Mint Green Control Knobs: Aged White Case: Gig bag
Crafted with features like a GreaseBucket tone circuit, push-pull tone knob, and Yosemite pickups (making their debut), the Fender American Performer Stratocaster offers iconic howl in a reconceived, American-made instrument. The Yosemite pups sport staggered pole pieces to get even more output which you can round the highs off of thanks to the GreaseBucket circuit without losing body, and the comfortable Modern C-shape neck and alder body deliver that familiar Strat feel.
