Fender’s Acoustasonic series testifies to their willingness to innovate. The guitar market offers a great deal of granular brand choice, but doesn’t really mess with the fundamentals of classic guitar design too often. New instruments that don’t merely play to a consumer niche, but attempt to open up some unexplored creative spaces, are rare. The initial American Acoustasonic Series showed remarkable technical and design aptitude via its unique reimagining of the acoustic/electric guitar binary. But with its very high price point, these US-made instruments were not available to everybody.
The Acoustasonic Player Telecaster,
