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EUGENE EDWARDS: Hi.
This is Eugene Edwards.
We're taking a look at the Fender Vintera '50s
Stratocaster guitars, this one in a classic sea foam green.
The Vintera Series offers classic styling and playability
with the most authentic features of Fender's past.
The modified versions add upgraded features
and functionality to give modern players that classic style,
but with fresh tonal options under the hood.
For the play in, I was using a few pedals, some distortion,
a little bit of delay, some tremolo, and some reverb.
And then into the '68 Custom Deluxe Reverb Amp.
Lets hear the clean tone of the guitar with the pedals
bypassed before we get into the features.
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Key features on this model include alder body.
This one-- as I mentioned at top-- sea foam
green, a classic Fender color.
Also available on sonic blue and white blonde with an ash body.
Standard Stratocaster controls, master volume, tone for bridge,
and tone for neck and middle pickups.
The single-coil pickups revoice to be more '50s accurate,
bell-like, and crystalline, and the vintage style
synchronized tremolo.
The neck is a soft V shape.
It has a very comfortable feel that
takes the more pronounced sharpness of a '50s V profile
and softens it into a more rounded shape.
We have a 7 and 1/4 inch radius with vintage frets.
And at the headstock, we have vintage tuners.
Let's dig a little deeper on the tone of the guitar.
I've added back in a couple of pedals, some distortion,
a little bit of reverb.
Let's check it out.
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Now I've switched over to the '50s Stratocaster modified.
The guitar's available in alder.
This one is two tone sunburst, and it's also
available in Daphne blue.
The additional modded features include new hot '50s pickups
for increased output and punch.
It also has a modern two point tremolo.
And then the S1 switch in the volume knob
allows you to add in the neck pickup in positions one
and two.
You'll get the tele middle position tone
from position one of this guitar, which
I'll demo in a minute.
The neck has a modern C shape profile.
Works well with almost any playing style.
It also has a satin finish on the back,
so your hands won't stick to it.
It's a very cool feature.
It's modded to a 9.5 inch radius with medium jumbo frets.
Now let's check out some of the tones on this guitar.
We'll keep it clean, and I'll engage the S1 switch.
And I'll run through a few different positions.
Here we go.
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Thanks for checking out the Fender Vintera
'50s Stratocaster guitars.
Visit Fender.com for more information,
and stay tuned for more videos.
Cheers.
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