The Third Dimension
FENDER AMERICAN ACOUSTASONIC JAZZMASTER £1,879
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What You Need To Know
1 We didn’t see this one coming…
Nor us! Fender distributed samples to the world’s media a couple of weeks before its launch, and when the embargo was lifted on the news first-look videos and the like were everywhere. The internet nearly broke. Fender should be used to opinion, though: when the brand launched its American Acoustasonic series with the Telecaster back in 2019, the model received a lot of negative response but went on to sell plenty well enough for Fender to launch the Stratocaster version the following year.
2 Is it just a digital modelling guitar?
No. It’s an acoustic platform first, on which the Fishman-designed ‘sound engine’ creates some realistic acoustic voices and electric ones, too. The technology, based on Fishman’s Aura concept, remains totally unique – the result of a huge amount of R&D.
3 And is this new offset version just a different shape?
