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.
About Fender American Performer Series:
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.
Body: Alder
Body Finish: Gloss
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 Black
Control Knobs: Aged White
Case: Gig bag