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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:

T R A D E

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