Description
Level up your playing with the American Professional II Stratocaster! Featuring Fender Custom Shop pickups for complete sonic clarity no matter what music style, and a sturdy roasted Maple neck, this Stratocaster draws from more than sixty years of innovation, inspiration and evolution to meet the demands of today’s working player. The American Pro II Stratocaster delivers instant familiarity and sonic versatility you’ll feel and hear right away, with broad ranging improvements that add up to nothing less than a new standard for professional instruments.
Key Features
- Fender Custom Shop Pickups – These pickups authentically recreate the clear tones and heightened sustain that made the Stratocaster the most revered guitar in rock history!
- Upgraded Bridge – The upgraded 2-Point Tremolo with a Cold-Rolled Steel Block enhances sustain and tonal clarity.
- Roasted Maple Neck with Rolled Fingerboard Edges – The Deep “C”-shaped roasted Maple neck with rolled fingerboard edges is sturdy, and
- Smooth Playing Experience – Featuring a Bone nut & 22 narrow-tall frets for easy bending
- Treble Bleed Circuit – Treble bleed circuit maintains highs when reducing volume
- Included Fender Hardcase – Includes Deluxe Molded hardshell case
Expert Craftsmanship, Pro-Level Appointments
The roasted Maple Deep “C” neck sports smooth rolled fingerboard edges, a “Super-Natural” satin finish and a newly sculpted neck heel for a supremely comfortable feel and easy access to the upper register. Fender Custom Shop ’69 Stratocaster pickups produce one of the most revered guitar sounds in popular music history—the full, punchy late-’60s blues rock tone that ruled the era from Monterey on the West Coast to Woodstock on the East Coast. An upgraded 2-point tremolo with a cold-rolled steel block increases sustain, clarity and high-end sparkle.
Auxiliary Switching Push-Push Tone Control
The auxiliary switching push-push tone control provides extra pickup combinations, such as adding the neck and bridge pickups or all three pickups, by activating a switch built into the tone knob. This offers new tonal options beyond the standard 5-way switch, allowing for a thicker, Telecaster-like sound or a fuller, all-three-pickup sound that isn’t normally available on a Stratocaster.
Rolled Fingerboard Edges
The main benefit of the rolled fingerboard edges is for a more comfortable playing experience – by smoothing the edges of the fretboard, this makes it more ergonomic so you can play for longer.
Specifications
Neck
- Neck Material: Roasted Maple
- Neck Finish: “Super-Natural†Satin Urethane Finish on Back of Neck with Gloss Urethane Headstock Face
- Neck Shape: Deep “C”
- Neck Construction: 4-Bolt
- Fingerboard Radius: 9.5″ (241 mm)
- Fingerboard Material: Rosewood
- Position Inlays: White Dot
- Side Dots: White
- Number of Frets: 22
- String Nut: Bone
- Nut Width: 1.685″ (42.8 mm)
- Nut Material: Bone
Body
- Body: Alder
- Body Finish: Gloss Urethane
- Body Shape: Stratocaster
- Body Style: Solid Body
- Body Material: Alder
Hardware
- Bridge: 2-Point Synchronized Tremolo with Bent Steel Saddles, Pop-In Tremolo Arm and Cold-Rolled Steel Block
- Pickguard: 3-Ply Mint Green
- Pickup Covers: Aged White
- Control Knobs: Aged White Plastic
- Switch Tip: Aged White
- Hardware Finish: Nickel/Chrome
- Tuning Machines: Fender Standard Cast/Sealed Staggered
- Strings: Fender USA 250L Nickel Plated Steel (.009-.042 Gauges), PN 0730250403
- Neck Plate: 4-Bolt
- Strap Buttons: Vintage-Style
Electronics
- Bridge Pickup: Custom Shop ’69 Strat Single-Coil
- Middle Pickup: Custom Shop ’69 Strat Single-Coil
- Neck Pickup: Custom Shop ’69 Strat Single-Coil
- Pickup Configuration: SSS
- Controls: Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck/Middle Pickups), Tone 2. (Bridge 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
- Auxiliary Switching Push-Push Tone Control Adds Neck Pickup
Miscellaneous
- Case: Deluxe Moulded Case (Included)
