Fender FSR '13 American Vintage Models

Fender has launched two new guitars in their American Vintage Series that are FSR Models.  See below for summaries and pictures!

FSR American Vintage '70s Stratocaster®

This hybrid “best of the ’70s” Stratocaster® guitar features all of the best elements of the classic models from that decade, including an alder body, "U"-shaped maple neck with improved three-bolt neck and Micro-Tilt™ neck adjustment, vintagestyle bridge, “F” tuners, specially voiced pickups, large matching painted headstock with ’70s-style decal, and bullet truss rod adjustment nut.

Key Features
Series: Special Edition
Body Material: Alder
Body Finish: Gloss Urethane
Neck: Maple, "U" Shape
Neck Finish: Gloss Urethane
Fingerboard: Rosewood
Fingerboard Radius: 7.25" (18.41 cm)
Frets: 21, Vintage-Style
Scale Length: 25.5" (64.8 cm)
Nut Width: 1.650" (42 mm)
String Nut: Synthetic Bone
Truss Rod: "Bullet" Style
Pickups: American Vintage Single-Coil Strat® (Bridge, Middle and Neck)
Pickup Switching: 3-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Middle Pickup
Position 3. Neck Pickup
Controls: Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck Pickup), Tone 2. (Middle Pickup)
Hardware: Nickel/Chrome
Tuning Machines: Fender® Vintage "F" Stamped
Bridge: 6-Saddle Vintage-Style Synchronized Tremolo
Strings: Fender® USA Super 250L, NPS (.009-.042 Gauges)

FSR American Vintage '72 Telecaster® Custom

Fender's American Vintage '72 Telecaster Custom guitar authentically evokes a historic member of the Telecaster family. Periodcorrect early-'70s details include a three-bolt neck plate with Micro-Tilt™ adjustment, bullet truss rod nut and vintage-style "F" tuners; with touches including a Fender Wide Range humbucking neck pickup redesigned and re-voiced to sound even more like a 1970s pickup.

Features include a solid ash (721) or alder (706) body with gloss lacquer finish, "C"-shaped maple neck with gloss lacquer finish, rosewood fingerboard with 7.25" radius and 21 vintage-style frets, American Vintage single-coil Telecaster bridge pickup, threeposition switch with aged white tip; vintagestyle three-saddle strings-through-body Telecaster bridge; skirted amp control knobs and chrome hardware. Available in Black and Natural.

Key Features
Series: Special Edition
Body Material: Alder (706), Ash (721)
Body Finish: Gloss Lacquer
Neck: Maple, "C" Shape
Neck Finish: Gloss Lacquer
Fingerboard: Rosewood
Fingerboard Radius: 7.25" (18.41 cm)
Frets: 21, Vintage-Style
Scale Length: 25.5" (64.8 cm)
Nut Width: 1.650" (42 mm)
String Nut: Synthetic Bone
Truss Rod: "Bullet" Style
Pickups: American Vintage Single-Coil Tele® (Bridge)
Fender® "Wide Range" Humbucking (Neck)
Pickup Switching: 3-Position Toggle: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and
Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup
Controls: Volume 1. (Middle Pickup), Volume 2. (Bridge Pickup), Master Tone
Hardware: Nickel/Chrome
Tuning Machines: Fender® Vintage "F" Stamped
Bridge: 3-Saddle American Vintage Strings-Through-Body Tele® with
Grooved Steel Barrel Saddles
Pickguard: 4-Ply Tortoiseshell on Black (706), 3-Ply B/W/B on Natural (721)
Strings: Fender® USA 250R NPS, (.010-.046 Gauges)

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SPOTLIGHT: Squier by Fender® USB Stratocaster Guitar

The Squier by Fender Stratocaster guitar offers bi-directional audio streaming and includes a high-quality headphone amp so that you can monitor the processed guitar signal right from the guitar itself. Thanks to the guitar's own audio interface, you can record audio straight to your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, or Mac—no additional hardware needed. And the analog output means you're also free to use this as a standard guitar.

Key Features

• Pickup select switch
• Pickup volume control
• Pickup tone control
• Headphone volume control
• 1/4-inch passive guitar output
• 1/8-inch (3.5mm) stereo headphone jack
• Type Mini-B USB connector offering bi-directional audio streaming
• Pickup configuration: H/S/S
• Basswood body, rosewood fretboard, and maple neck 

In The Box, You Get ...

• Squier by Fender USB Stratocaster guitar
• USB Mini-B – USB Type A cable
• USB Mini-B – 30-pin iOS cable
• User manual (Basic setup guide)

System Requirements

Mac

Mac OS v10.7 or later

Windows

Windows 7 or later

Other

iOS 5.1 or later 

 

 

 

 

 

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JUST IN: Fender Custom Shop 1956 Relic Stratocaster Melon Candy

The Fender Custom Shop reached new heights of craftsmanship with its acclaimed Time Machine series—artfully “relic-ed” guitars and basses that revolutionized the entire concept of “reissue” instruments. The Custom Shop has since ventured even higher by crafting meticulous replicas using the same techniques and tooling used to create the originals all those years ago.

A historic instrument with a custom twist. Fender Custom Shop has taken one of Fender’s greatest instruments and added color and features to make the 2013 version something that could have been built in 1956 but wasn’t.

Key Features

• Lightweight ash body
• Most requested neck shapes (the 10/'56)
• Fat '50s pickups 
• Flatter 9.5" fingerboard radius
• Taller 6105 frets

One of the most requested wiring and tone-control circuits, which lets the player control the middle and bridge pickups with one tone knob. Finished with gold hardware and an anodized gold pickguard, the 1956 Relic Strat® is a beauty to hear, see and play. Available (for the first time) in three new colors: Melon Candy (pictures above), Lake Placid Blue and Candy Tangerine.

Technical Specs

Body Material:  Select Lightweight Ash

Body Finish:        Nitrocellulose Lacquer

Body Shape:       Stratocaster®

Neck Material:  1-Piece Maple

Neck Finish:        Nitrocellulose Lacquer

Neck Shape:       10/56 Large "V"

Scale Length:     25.5" (648 mm)

Fingerboard Radius:        9.5" (241 mm)

Number of Frets:             21

Fret Size:             Jumbo

Nut Width:          1.650" (42 mm)

Position Inlays:  Black Dot

Neck Pickup:      Custom Shop Fat '50s Single-Coil Strat®

Middle Pickup:  Custom Shop Fat '50s Single-Coil Strat®

Bridge Pickup:   Custom Shop Fat '50s Single-Coil Strat®

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:     S/S/S

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

Hardware Finish:              Gold

Bridge:  6-Saddle Vintage-Style Synchronized Tremolo

Pickguard:           Gold Anodized Aluminum

Included Accessories:    Case, Cable, Strap and Certificate of Authenticity

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June 2013: Top Picks From the Latest Releases

For the past couple of months, the music industry has been inundated with an outstanding array of gear.   We have chosen 10 of these products as our 'top picks.'  If you want to know why we picked them and what makes these releases truly unique and innovative, then keep on reading.

(In no particular order)
 

1. Roland V-Combo VR 09 Keyboard

 Why it rocks:

• Professional keyboard with instant-access operation for performing musicians
• Light and mobile; battery or AC power
• Pro-quality acoustic and electric pianos, including grand piano with 88-note stereo multi-sampling
• SuperNATURAL-powered Virtual Tone Wheel organ with nine harmonic bars, plus newly developed transistor-type ‘60s organ tone
• Wide range of synth tones, from vintage classics to modern essentials

2. Fender Japan FSR Strat and Bass

Why the Strat Rocks:

• Alder Body
• One Piece Maple C Neck
• Japan ST Single "Vintage" Pickups
• Only 252 available in North America

Why the Bass Rocks: 

• Alder Body
• Vintage Size Frets
• Japan "JG" Vintage Pickups
• Original Wiring
• Only 90 Available For All of North America  

3.  TC-Helicon Harmony Singer

 Why It Rocks:

• All-in-one, compact pedal featuring Vocal Harmony, Tone and Reverb
• Up to two harmony voices guided automatically by the guitar via the In/Thru connection
• Adaptive Tone “sweetens” overall vocal quality
• 3 high-quality Reverb styles with adjustable level

4.  Yamaha DGX650 Keyboard

Why It Rocks: 

• CF Sampling for pure concert grand piano tone
• Big box speakers for powerful and dynamic sound
• Smart Chord function automatically detects the appropriate chord
• Easy-to-read score and lyric display
• USB and Aux-In Ports

 5.  Fender Classic Series With High Gloss Nitro Lacquer

Why It Rocks:

• Features: '60s Strat; '50s Strat; '60s Jazz Bass; '50s Tele; '50s Precision Bass
• Coated with Nitrocellulose Lacquer
• Vintage Style Pickups
• Era Specific Neck Profiles, Fingerboard Radii and Fret Sizes
• Authentically styled tuners, controls and other specific features of '50s and '60s

6.  Yamaha DTX-502 Electronic Drums

Why It Rocks:

• Similar kit configurations to their proven DTX500 series 
• Improved sound quality, expressive playability and user-friendly functionality
• Textured cellular silicone snare head 
• All-new TP70 tom pads

7.  Gibson Les Paul Custom Lite Electric Guitar Ebony

Why It Rocks:

• Thinline, weight-relieved version of the classic Les Paul Custom
• Thinner, lighter body is incredibly comfortable to play over long gigs
• 490R and 498T humbucking pickups serve up classic LP tone
• Coil-split switch lets you access single-coil tones too
• Quartersawn mahogany neck is more rigid than plain-sawn necks, for more sustain and durability
• Bound rosewood fretboard feels and plays smooth
• Chunkier '50s-style neck profile satisfies Les Paul purists 

 8.  Roland FR-8X V-Accordions

Why It Rocks:

• Flagship V-Accordion, filled with many enhancements requested by pro accordionists
• Newly developed Dynamic Bellows Behavior technology emulates the true bellows response of an acoustic accordion in every register
• Simple and convenient onboard battery charging with an AC adapter
• A large selection of accordion sounds from around the world, plus 180 orchestra and percussion sounds and world-class Virtual Tone Wheel organs
• Four powerful multi-effects engines (MFX), with dedicated MFX for Accordion, Orchestra 1, Orchestra 2, and Orchestra Chord sections
• Available in Black and Red Finishes; also in Piano and Button Type

9.  TC Electronic Ditto Looper

Why It Rocks:

• The guitar player's looper - made for guitarists by guitarists 
• Dirt simple looping - and nothing but looping 
• True bypass and Analog-Dry-Through  5 minutes of looping 
• Undo / Redo function 
• Unlimited overdubs  
• 24 bit uncompressed high qualityaudio
• Ultra-small footprint

 10.  Electro-Voice ZLX Passive Loudspeaker

Why It Rocks:

• 15" woofer for extended low-frequency response and 1.5" high-frequency titanium compression driver
• 44 Hz – 20 kHz frequency range
• 250 W continuous and 1000 W peak power handling
• 96 dB SPL sensitivity; 126 dB max SPL

 Bonus Feature: Deal of the Day!

L.A. Music has recently introduced a new 'Deal of the Day' program.  Check back often for your chance to get a discount on amazing products.

 

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JUST RELEASED: Fender Standard Stratocaster and Standard Telecaster Satin!

Fender is offering the new satin finish standard models in Strats and Teles.  Keep reading for an overview of both!

Which one do you like better?

Fender Standard Stratocaster Satin Rosewood Fingerboard Ocean Blue Candy

The Standard Stratocaster Satin Electric Guitar offers legendary Fender tone with classic styling and more exciting finishes. Features include three single-coil pickups, synchronized tremolo with high-mass bridge block, tinted neck, shielded body cavities, medium jumbo frets, parchment pickguard and 70s-style headstock logo.

Features

Body

• Body Material: Alder
• Body Finish: Polyester
• Body Shape: Stratocaster®

Neck

• Neck Material: Maple or Rosewood
• Neck Finish: Satin Urethane Finish on Back of Neck, Gloss Finish on the Face of the Headstock
• Neck Shape: Modern "C"
• Scale Length: 25.5" (648mm)
• Fingerboard Material: Maple
• Fingerboard Radius: 9.5" (241mm)
• Number of Frets: 21
• Fret Size: Medium Jumbo
• Nut Material: Synthetic Bone
• Nut Width: 1.650" (42mm)
• Position Inlays: Black or White Dot
• Truss Rod Nut: 3/16" Hex Adjustment

Electronics

• Neck Pickup: Standard Single-Coil Strat
• Middle Pickup: Standard Single-Coil Strat
• Bridge Pickup: Standard Single-Coil Strat
• 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: S/S/S
• Controls: Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck Pickup), Tone 2. (Middle Pickup)

Hardware

• Hardware Finish: Chrome
• Bridge: 6-Saddle Vintage-Style Synchronized Tremolo
• Tremolo Arm: Vintage-Style Tremolo Arm
• Tuning Machines: Standard Cast/Sealed
• Switch Tips: Parchment
• Pickguard: 3-Ply Parchment
• Control Knobs: Parchment Plastic

 Fender Standard Telecaster Satin, Rosewood Fingerboard Arizona Sun

The Standard Telecaster Satin casts our workhorse Standard Telecaster model in a whole new light, wrapping it in four radiantly beautiful new satin urethane body finishes.

Other features include an alder body, maple neck with “modern C” profile and satin urethane back finish, 9.5”-radius rosewood fingerboard with 21 medium jumbo frets, dual single-coil pickups with three-way switching, three-ply black-whiteblack pickguard and black plastic control knobs, and a six-saddle string-throughbody bridge. 

Features

Body

• Body Material: Alder
• Body Finish: Satin Urethane

Neck

• Neck: Maple, Modern "C" Shape
• Neck Finish: Satin Urethane
• Fingerboard: Rosewood, 9.5" (241 mm) Radius
• Frets: 21, Medium Jumbo
• Position Inlays: White Dot
• Scale Length: 25.5" (64.8 cm)
• Pickguard: 3-Ply Black/White/Black
• Nut (Material/Width): Synthetic Bone, 1.650" (42 mm)

Hardware & Electronics

• Hardware: Chrome
• Bridge: 6-Saddle Strings-Through-Body Tele®
• Tuning Machines: Standard Cast/Sealed
• Pickup Configuration: S/S
• Pickups: Standard Single-Coil Tele® (Bridge and Neck)
• Pickup Switching: 3-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge
• and Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup
• Controls: Master Volume, Master Tone
• Control Knobs: Knurled Chrome

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New for 2013: Two Fender® Japan FSR Guitars & Basses

Fender recently released two new limited edition  guitars as FSR.  These guitars are Made in Japan.  Here is an overview of them.

2013 Limited Edition '58 Stratocaster® MN 3-Color Sunburst

Key Features:

• Alder Body
• One Piece Maple C Neck
• Vintage Size Frets
• 7 1/4" Radius Fingerboard
• Japan ST Single "Vintage" Pickups
• Only 252 available in North America

2013 LTD Edition Fender Bass VI 3-Color Sunburst

 

 Key Features:

• Alder Body
• Maple C Shape Neck
• Rosewood Fingerboard
• Vintage Size Frets
• Vintage Button Style Machine Heads
• Japan "JG" Vintage Pickups
• Original Wiring
• Only 90 Available For All of North America

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Fender Custom Shop Says Goodbye to Abigail Ybarra 'Queen of Pickups'

To commemorate the retirement of one of Fender's Master Technician Abigail Ybarra, who has been in the Fender Family for over 50 years, Fender has created this special plaque and hosted a retirement party for her.  Fender also arranged for multiple Grammy Award-winning band Los Lobos to play at her private event.

Ybarra came to Fender in 1956 and in 1958 began hand-winding and hand-building guitar pickups for the fledgling Southern California musical instrument company (pickups convert string vibrations into electric signals, creating the “voice” of an electric guitar). Ybarra’s hand-wound pickups have been included in Fender’s most popular instruments from the late-’50s to today, and were most likely found on instruments played by legends such as Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Buddy Holly, Stevie Ray Vaughan and countless others. Her pickups have become highly desirable and sought after by artists and collectors alike.

“Abby is one of the many individuals, like George Fullerton, Freddie Tavares and Forrest White, who have set our course as a company and leader in our industry,” said Mike Eldred, Fender Custom Shop Marketing Director.

                         “She has literally ‘set the tone’ for Fender, 
                  and we will continue to carry on her legacy 
                  in the Fender Custom Shop.”

 L.A. Music would like to thank Abigail Ybarra for her contribution to the music-making industry and offer our most sincere congrats on the lengendary career.

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Fender Custom Shop 1956 Relic Stratocaster - White Blonde

Sam, our guitar specialist, with the Fender '56 Relic Strat

A historic instrument with a custom twist. One of Fender’s greatest instruments with added color and features to make the 2013 version something that could have been built in 1956 but wasn’t .This is a special run and only a small handful of this guitar was made in the White blonde. We started with a lightweight ash body, picked one of our favorite and most requested neck shapes (the 10/’56) and rounded the instrument off with a set of Fat ’50s pickups. Built with the player in mind, it also has the flatter 9.5” fingerboard radius, taller 6105 frets and one of our most requested wiring and tone-control circuits, which lets the player control the middle and bridge pickups with one tone knob. Finished with gold hardware and an anodized gold pickguard, the 1956 Relic Strat® is a beauty to hear, see and play.

	Features Body Body Material: Select Lightweight Ash Body Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer Body Shape: Stratocaster® Neck Neck Material: 1-Piece Maple Neck Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer Neck Shape: 10/56 Large "V" Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm) Fingerboard Radius: 9.5" (241 mm) Number of Frets: 21 Fret Size: 6105 Nut Width: 1.650" (42 mm) Position Inlays: Black Dot Electronics Neck Pickup: Custom Shop Fat '50s Single-Coil Strat® Middle Pickup: Custom Shop Fat '50s Single-Coil Strat® Bridge Pickup: Custom Shop Fat '50s Single-Coil Strat® 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: S/S/S Controls: Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck Pickup), Tone 2. (Bridge/Middle Pickup) Hardware Hardware Finish: Gold Bridge: 6-Saddle Vintage-Style Synchronized Tremolo Pickguard: Gold Anodized Aluminum Accessories     Included Accessories: Case, Cable, Strap and Certificate of Authenticity

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