Fender
FENDER UNVEILED ITS Vintera series at Summer NAMM, and the guitars were so successful that several months passed before we could finally get our hands on a few test models. Situated between the American Professional and American Original series of the past couple of years, the Vintera line is designed, Fender says, to capture “Vintage style for the modern era.” The series acknowledges the specs and looks that so many players are chasing today, with clever new takes on the contemporary and vintage-inspired entrants in Fender’s USA-made lineup. The Vintera ’50s Stratocaster Modified, ’60s Jaguar and ’70s Telecaster Thinline reviewed here sneak a wealth of stealth modern features into creations that outwardly retain the desirable visual chic of their era-specific originals, to the end of delivering exactly what many guitarists seek in a functional 21st century Fender model.
SPECIFICATIONS
Vintera ’50s Stratocaster Modified
CONTACT fender.com
PRICE $999 street
NUT WIDTH 1.650" synthetic bone
NECK Maple, Modern “C” profile
FRETBOARD Maple, 25.5" scale, 9.5" radius
FRETS 21 medium-jumbo
TUNERS Locking vintage-style
BODY Solid alder
BRIDGE Two-point Synchronized Tremolo
PICKUPS Three Hot ’50s Strat single-coil pickups
Master volume,
