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WORK OF ART MEETS

PURITY OF DESIGN

FOR THE 2016 ARTISAN SERIES, THE FENDER CUSTOM SHOP PUSHES THE ENVELOPE IN THE NAME OF ART AND STILL REMAINS TRUE TO ITS ROOTS. ARTISAN SERIES INSTRUMENTS ARE CUSTOM-BUILT MASTERPIECES, OUTFITTED WITH SPECIAL APPOINTMENTS AND FEATURES UNLIKE ANY OTHER CUSTOM SHOP INSTRUMENTS. YET WITH VINTAGE DESIGN TOUCHES, THE FOUNDATION AND SPIRIT IS AUTHENTICALLY FENDER. NO DOUBT, EVERY ARTISAN SERIES INSTRUMENT IS A BEAUTY TO BEHOLD—A CULMINATION OF SONIC PERFECTION, PASSION AND PURITY OF DESIGN, WITH CLASSIC FENDER AT THE CORE.

CLARO WALNUT

ARTISAN STRATOCASTER®

Neck Material:

Neck Shape:

Scale Length:

Fingerboard Radius:

Number of Frets:

Fret Size:

String Nut:

Nut Width:

Neck Plate:

 

 

Neck Finish:

 

 

 

Fingerboard:

Position Inlays:

AAA Bird's-Eye Maple

10/56 Large "V"

25.5" (648 mm)

9.5" (241 mm)

21

Narrow Jumbo

Bone

1.650" (42 mm)

4-Bolt Custom

 

 

Nitrocellulose Lacquer

 

 

 

Maple

Black Dot

NECK

#1521020821

ELECTRONIC

Bridge Pickup:

Neck Pickup:

 

 

Middle Pickup:

 

 

 

 

Controls:

 

 

 

Pickup Switching:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pickup Configuration:

 

Custom Shop Hand-Wound Fat '50s Single-Coil Strat

 

Custom Shop Hand-Wound Fat '50s Reverse-Wound/Reverse-Poliarity Single-Coil Strat

 

Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck/Middle Pickups), Tone 2. (Bridge Pickup)

 

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

 

BODY

Body Shape:

Body Material:

 

 

 

Body Finish:

Stratocaster®

Roasted Butternut Body with Claro Walnut Top

 

Lacquer

HARDWARE

6-Saddle Vintage-Style Synchronized Tremolo 

 

Vintage-Style 

Right-Hand

1-Ply Gold Anodized

White Plastic

 

Bridge:

 

 

Tuning Machines:

Orientation: 

Pickguard: 

Control Knobs:

MISCELLANEOUS

NPS, .010-.046 Gauges

 

Strings:

 

 

 

ROASTED MAPLE FINGERBOARD, NATURAL

SSS

The Claro Walnut Artisan Stratocaster features a beautifully crafted roasted butternut body with a Claro walnut top and lacquer finish, paired with a one-piece medium-roast AAA birdseye maple neck with a 10/’56 “V” profile, 6105 frets and 9.5” fingerboard radius. Other highly distinctive features include three hand-wound Fat ’50s pickups (reverse-wound/reverse-polarity middle pickup), five-way switching and Vintage Modified wiring with Tone-Saver treble bleed circuit, gold anodized pickguard and gold hardware, Custom Shop certificate of authenticity and black case.

CLARO WALNUT

ARTISAN TELECASTER®

Neck Material:

Neck Shape:

Scale Length:

Fingerboard Radius:

Number of Frets:

Fret Size:

String Nut:

Nut Width:

Neck Plate:

 

 

Neck Finish:

 

 

 

Fingerboard:

Position Inlays:

AAA Bird's-Eye Maple

10/56 Large "V"

25.5" (648 mm)

9.5" (241 mm)

21

Narrow Jumbo

Bone

1.650" (42 mm)

4-Bolt Custom

 

 

Nitrocellulose Lacquer

 

 

 

Maple

Black Dot

NECK

#1521120821

ELECTRONIC

Bridge Pickup:

 

 

 

Neck Pickup:

 

 

 

 

Controls:

 

 

 

Pickup Switching:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pickup Configuration:

 

Custom Shop Handwound '58 Single-Coil Tele

 

 

Custom Shop Handwound '58 Single-Coil Tele

 

 

 

Master Volume, Master Tone

 

 

3-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup

 

BODY

Body Shape:

Body Material:

 

 

 

Body Finish:

Telecaster®

Roasted Butternut Body with Claro Walnut Top

 

Lacquer

HARDWARE

RSD Telecaster

 

 

Vintage-Style 

Right-Hand

1-Ply Gold Anodized

Knurled Dome

Bridge:

 

 

Tuning Machines:

Orientation: 

Pickguard: 

Control Knobs:

MISCELLANEOUS

NPS, .010-.046 Gauges

 

Strings:

 

 

 

ROASTED MAPLE FINGERBOARD, NATURAL

SS

The Claro Walnut Artisan Telecaster features a beautifully crafted roasted butternut body with a Claro walnut top and lacquer finish, paired with a one-piece medium-roast AAA birdseye maple neck with a 10/’56 “V” profile, 6105 frets and 9.5” fingerboard radius.Other highly distinctive features include dual hand-wound 1958 Telecaster pickups with three-way switching and modern wiring, gold anodized pickguard, gold hardware and gold RSD bridge, Custom Shop certificate of authenticity and black case.

FIGURED

MAHOGANY

ARTISAN STRATOCASTER®

ROASTED MAPLE FINGERBOARD, NATURAL

SSS

The Figured Mahogany Artisan Stratocaster features a beautifully crafted roasted okoume body with a figured mahogany top and lacquer finish, paired with a one-piece medium-roast AAA birdseye maple neck with a 10/’56 “V” profile, 6105 frets and 9.5” fingerboard radius.Other highly distinctive features include three hand-wound Fat ’50s pickups (reverse-wound/reverse-polarity middle pickup), five-way switching and Vintage Modified wiring with Tone-Saver treble bleed circuit, gold anodized pickguard and gold hardware, Custom Shop certificate of authenticity and black case.

Neck Material:

Neck Shape:

Scale Length:

Fingerboard Radius:

Number of Frets:

Fret Size:

String Nut:

Nut Width:

Neck Plate:

 

 

Neck Finish:

 

 

 

Fingerboard:

Position Inlays:

AAA Bird's-Eye Maple

10/56 Large "V"

25.5" (648 mm)

9.5" (241 mm)

21

Narrow Jumbo

Bone

1.650" (42 mm)

4-Bolt Custom

 

 

Nitrocellulose Lacquer

 

 

 

Maple

Black Dot

NECK

#1521030821

ELECTRONIC

Bridge Pickup: 

Neck Pickup:

 

 

Middle Pickup:

 

 

 

 

Controls:

 

 

 

 

Pickup Switching:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pickup Configuration:

 

Custom Shop Hand-Wound Fat '50s Single-Coil Strat

 

Custom Shop Hand-Wound Fat '50s Reverse-Wound/Reverse-Poliarity Single-Coil Strat

 

Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck/Middle Pickups), Tone 2. (Bridge Pickup)

 

 

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

 

BODY

Body Shape:

Body Material:

 

 

 

Body Finish:

Stratocaster®

Roasted Okoume Body with Figured Mahogany Top

 

Lacquer

HARDWARE

6-Saddle Vintage-Style Synchronized Tremolo

 

 

Vintage-Style 

Right-Hand

1-Ply Gold Anodized

White Plastic

Bridge:

 

 

 

Tuning Machines:

Orientation: 

Pickguard: 

Control Knobs:

MISCELLANEOUS

NPS, .010-.046 Gauges

 

Strings:

 

 

 

FIGURED

MAHOGANY

ARTISAN TELECASTER®

ROASTED MAPLE FINGERBOARD, NATURAL

SS

The Figured Mahogany Artisan Telecaster features a beautifully crafted roasted okoume body with a figured mahogany top and lacquer finish, paired with a one-piece medium-roast AAA birdseye maple neck with a 10/’56 “V” profile, 6105 frets and 9.5” fingerboard radius.Other highly distinctive features include dual hand-wound 1958 Telecaster pickups with three-way switching and modern wiring, gold anodized pickguard, gold hardware and gold RSD bridge, Custom Shop certificate of authenticity and black case.

Neck Material:

Neck Shape:

Scale Length:

Fingerboard Radius:

Number of Frets:

Fret Size:

String Nut:

Nut Width:

Neck Plate:

 

 

Neck Finish:

 

 

 

Fingerboard:

Position Inlays:

AAA Bird's-Eye Maple

10/56 Large "V"

25.5" (648 mm)

9.5" (241 mm)

21

Narrow Jumbo

Bone

1.650" (42 mm)

4-Bolt Custom

 

 

Nitrocellulose Lacquer

 

 

 

Maple

Black Dot

NECK

#1521130821

ELECTRONIC

Bridge Pickup: 

Neck Pickup:

 

 

 

 

Controls:

 

 

 

 

Pickup Switching:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pickup Configuration:

 

Custom Shop Handwound '58 Single-Coil Tele

 

 

 

 

Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck/Middle Pickups), Tone 2. (Bridge Pickup)

 

 

3-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup

BODY

Body Shape:

Body Material:

 

 

 

Body Finish:

Telecaster®

Roasted Okoume Body with Figured Mahogany Top

 

Lacquer

HARDWARE

RSD Telecaster

 

 

 

Vintage-Style 

Right-Hand

1-Ply Gold Anodized

Knurled Dome

Bridge:

 

 

 

Tuning Machines:

Orientation: 

Pickguard: 

Control Knobs:

MISCELLANEOUS

NPS, .010-.046 Gauges

 

Strings:

 

 

 

HARMONIC

GROUP

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