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Publié le 13/08/11 à 00:35
(contenu en anglais)
Eric Johnson has been a long time user of Fender guitars, and it was only natural that he'd get his own signature guitar. This combines both modern and classic features into one guitar. The guitar features an alder body, a maple neck with a rosewood fretboard, 21 frets, dot inlays, vintage tremolo, three single coil pickups, one volume, two tones and a five way switch.
UTILIZATION
The main thing about this guitar is that the radius has been changed from a 9.5'' radius to a 12'' radius. This helps a ton when it comes to playability, in my opinion. I'm not somebody who likes small radius guitars, so this was right at home with me. The neck on this is extremely huge, so keep that in mind. If you like smaller necks, look elsewhere in the Fender lineup because this is really a baseball bat of a neck. The finish on the neck itself is also a touch thick. That aside, the rest of the guitar was pretty much spot on in every way.
SOUNDS
The pickups in these are awesome. The bridge works great for that strat style rhythm tone. It's bright, but it's not so bright that it knocks you off your feet. By turning the tone knob, you can get a super fat rhythm tone, or you can even use this as a cutting lead tone. The in between positions were really the star of the show as they continued to deliver some of those great, funky lines that worked glorious for clean tones. The neck position delivered that classic Fender tone that is pretty much unbeatable. The only real issue with these is that they're slightly underpowered for anything other than rock/blues/jazz/funk. Granted, that covers a good bit of styles, but I wouldn't play Malmsteen on this thing.
OVERALL OPINION
This is my new go-to Fender. They really knocked it out of the ballpark with this one. The only thing I'd change is that I'd add a maple board to this. Thankfully, they have maple board versions of these, so it's pretty much the perfect classic strat in every way. The 12'' radius is really a life saver on this thing.
UTILIZATION
The main thing about this guitar is that the radius has been changed from a 9.5'' radius to a 12'' radius. This helps a ton when it comes to playability, in my opinion. I'm not somebody who likes small radius guitars, so this was right at home with me. The neck on this is extremely huge, so keep that in mind. If you like smaller necks, look elsewhere in the Fender lineup because this is really a baseball bat of a neck. The finish on the neck itself is also a touch thick. That aside, the rest of the guitar was pretty much spot on in every way.
SOUNDS
The pickups in these are awesome. The bridge works great for that strat style rhythm tone. It's bright, but it's not so bright that it knocks you off your feet. By turning the tone knob, you can get a super fat rhythm tone, or you can even use this as a cutting lead tone. The in between positions were really the star of the show as they continued to deliver some of those great, funky lines that worked glorious for clean tones. The neck position delivered that classic Fender tone that is pretty much unbeatable. The only real issue with these is that they're slightly underpowered for anything other than rock/blues/jazz/funk. Granted, that covers a good bit of styles, but I wouldn't play Malmsteen on this thing.
OVERALL OPINION
This is my new go-to Fender. They really knocked it out of the ballpark with this one. The only thing I'd change is that I'd add a maple board to this. Thankfully, they have maple board versions of these, so it's pretty much the perfect classic strat in every way. The 12'' radius is really a life saver on this thing.