Fender Introduces New Deluxe Fat Strats
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| Deluxe Fat Strat |
Deluxe Double Fat Strat |
July 24, 1999
Fender introduces two new Stratocasters(R) this summer
that are guaranteed to deliver extreme tones with a definite 1970's vibe:
The Deluxe Fat Strat(R) and the Deluxe Double Fat Strat(R). For years,
guitarists have been adding humbucking pickups to their guitars as an
after-purchase modification, combining the punch of a humbucker with the
classic single-coil tone of a Strat. It is for this reason that Fender
now offers its newly designed humbucker as a standard feature on these
new Strats, resulting in a guitar that is best summed up with one word
... Fat!
For the Deluxe Fat Strat, the humbucker in the bridge position offers
even more power and versatility to Fender's signature guitar. On the Deluxe
Double Fat Strat, Fender has gone one step further by installing yet another
humbucker in the neck position. In addition, the Fat Strats special 5-way
switching allows for a broad spectrum of humbucking and single-coil tones,
making possible a number of different pickup combinations. Add to both
of these Fender's large headstock with the Fender "Transition"
logo, and you've got two guitars that recall the sound, look and feel
of the 1970's.
Both the Deluxe Fat Strat and Deluxe Double Fat Strat will be produced
at Fender's own state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Ensenada, Baja
California, Mexico, and will be the latest additions to Fender's Deluxe
series of guitars. These new Strats are made with a poplar body, and feature
a maple neck with rosewood fingerboard. The neck's radius is 9.5",
and comes with 21 medium jumbo frets. The Deluxe Fat Strat has an American-made
Fender Tex-Mex- humbucker pickup in the middle position, and Fender Tex-Mex
"flat" pole-piece single coil pickups in the neck and bridge
positions. The Deluxe Double Fat Strat has two American-made Fender Tex-Mex
humbucker pickups, one each in the neck and bridge positions. These new
Strats are also standard equipped with a black/white/black pickguard,
black plastic parts, Fender Super Bullet 3250L strings, and a deluxe gig
bag. Available colors are Black or Arctic White. U.S. MSRP for the Deluxe
Fat Strat is $599.99, and for the Deluxe Double Fat Strat is $649.99.
For more information, visit Fender's web site at www.fender.com. |
