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POSTMODERN
SERIES
SIX DECADES
OF FENDER FIRSTS
NOT BOUND TO ANY PARTICULAR YEAR OR DESIGN ERA, REVERENTLY IRREVERENT CUSTOM SHOP POSTMODERN GUITARS REPRESENT SIX DECADES OF “FENDER FIRSTS” BASED SIMPLY ON OUR OWN SUBJECTIVE VIEW OF WHAT WORKS BEST IN A SINGLE INSTRUMENT. PLAYER FRIENDLY WITH ENHANCED SONIC AND ERGONOMIC FEATURES, THE POSTMODERNS OPEN THE DOOR TO AN EVEN WIDER RANGE OF INDIVIDUAL MUSICAL EXPRESSION AND CREATIVITY, WITH ELEGANTLY CRAFTED STRATOCASTER® AND TELECASTER® MODELS, AND A SPECIAL COMBINATION PRECISION/JAZZ BASS® MODEL.
NEW OLD STOCK
POSTMODERN TELECASTER®
MAPLE FINGERBOARD, FIREMIST SILVER
SSS
The 2016 Postmodern Telecaster is elegantly designed with a reappraisal of modern assumptions. A time-honored classic crafted with six decades of “Fender firsts,” it has a lightweight ash body with a comfortable cutaway heel, a tinted quartersawn maple neck with a finely sculpted mid-’60s “oval C” profile and Heavy Relic back finish, a fast compound-radius (9.5”-12”) fingerboard (round-laminated rosewood or one-piece maple) with a bone nut and 21 narrow jumbo frets, two hand-wound Twisted Tele® pickups with three-way switching, and modern wiring with Greasebucket™ tone circuit, which rolls off highs without reducing gain.
Neck Material:
Neck Shape:
Scale Length:
Fingerboard Radius:
Number of Frets:
Fret Size:
String Nut:
Nut Width:
Neck Plate:
Neck Finish:
Fingerboard:
Position Inlays:
Quartersawn Maple
Mid '60s Oval “C”
25.5" (648 mm)
9.5" to 12" Compound Radius (241mm-305mm)
21
Narrow Jumbo
Bone
1.650" (42 mm)
4-Bolt
Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Maple
Black Dot
NECK
#1503032835
ELECTRONIC
Bridge Pickup:
Neck Pickup:
Controls:
Pickup Switching:
Pickup Configuration:
Custom Shop Handwound "Twisted" Tele Single-Coil
Master Volume, Master Tone with Greasebucket™
Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck/Middle Pickups), Tone 2. (Bridge Pickup)
3-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup
BODY
Body Shape:
Body Material:
Body Finish:
Telecaster®
Lightweight Ash
Nitrocellulose Lacquer
HARDWARE
RSD Telecaster
Vintage-Style with Fender Logo
Right-Hand
1-Ply Parchment
Knurled Flat-Top
Bridge:
Tuning Machines:
Orientation:
Pickguard:
Control Knobs:
MISCELLANEOUS
NPS, .010-.046 Gauges
Strings:
The 2016 Postmodern Stratocaster is elegantly designed with a reappraisal of modern assumptions. A time-honored classic crafted with six decades of “Fender firsts,” it has a lightweight ash body with a comfortably deep contours and cutaway heel, a tinted quartersawn maple neck with a finely sculpted ’60s “oval C” profile and Heavy Relic back finish, a fast compound-radius (9.5”-12”) fingerboard (round-laminated rosewood or one-piece maple) with 21 narrow jumbo frets, and three scintillating Ancho Poblano single-coil pickups (reverse-wound/reverse-polarity middle pickup) with modern five-way switching, Vintage Modified #2 wiring and a special “Tone-Saver” treble-bleed network that keeps tone consistent at any volume (no loss of highs when decreasing volume).
ROSEWOOD FINGERBOARD, CANDY APPLE RED
POSTMODERN STRATOCASTER®
NEW OLD STOCK
Neck Material:
Neck Shape:
Scale Length:
Fingerboard Radius:
Number of Frets:
Fret Size:
String Nut:
Nut Width:
Neck Plate:
Neck Finish:
Fingerboard:
Position Inlays:
Quartersawn Maple
60s Oval "C"
25.5" (648 mm)
9.5" to 12" Compound Radius (241mm-305mm)
21
Narrow Jumbo
Bone
1.650" (42 mm)
4-Bolt
Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Rosewood
White Dot
NECK
ELECTRONIC
Bridge Pickup:
Neck Pickup:
Middle Pickup:
Controls:
Pickup Switching:
Pickup Configuration:
Custom Shop Handwound Ancho Poblano Single-Coil Strat
Master Volume with Treble-Bleed, Tone 1. (Neck/Middle Pickups), Tone 2. (Bridge Pickup)
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
BODY
Body Shape:
Body Material:
Body Finish:
Stratocaster®
Alder
Nitrocellulose Lacquer
HARDWARE
6-Saddle Vintage-Style Synchronized Tremolo
Vintage-Style Staggered
Right-Hand
3-Ply Parchment
White Plastic
Bridge:
Tuning Machines:
Orientation:
Pickguard:
Control Knobs:
MISCELLANEOUS
NPS, .010-.046 Gauges
Strings:
SSS
#1504020809
NEW OLD STOCK
POSTMODERN BASS
ROSEWOOD FINGERBOARD, 3-COLOR SUNBURST
The 2016 Postmodern Bass is a thoroughly contemporary combination of Fender’s two most time-honored basses. Its lightweight alder Precision Bass® body features a lacquer finish and comfortably contoured heel, paired with a tinted quartersawn maple Jazz Bass® neck with a 1960s “U” profile and Heavy Relic back finish. The compound-radius (9.5”-16”) round-laminated dark rosewood fingerboard has a bone nut and 20 medium jumbo frets.
Neck Material:
Neck Shape:
Scale Length:
Fingerboard Radius:
Number of Frets:
Fret Size:
String Nut:
Nut Width:
Neck Plate:
Neck Finish:
Fingerboard:
Position Inlays:
Quartersawn Maple
60s "U"
34" (864 mm)
:9.5"-16" Compound Radius (241 mm-406.4 mm)
20
Medium Jumbo
Bone
1.48" (37.59 mm)
4-Bolt
Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Rosewood
White Dot
NECK
ELECTRONIC
Middle Pickup:
Controls:
Pickup Switching:
Pickup Configuration:
Custom Shop Hand-Wound '62 Single-Coil Precision Bass
Master Volume, Master Tone
None
Split Single-Coil
MISCELLANEOUS
NPS, Gauges .045-.105
Strings:
#1500800800
BODY
Body Shape:
Body Material
Body Finish:
Precision Bass®
Lightweight Alder
Nitrocellulose Lacquer
HARDWARE
2-Saddle Vintage-Style Precision Bass
Vintage-Style
Right-Hand
3-Ply Parchment
Knurled Dome
Bridge:
Tuning Machines:
Orientation:
Pickguard:
Control Knobs:
HARMONIC
GROUP
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