Guitarist | February 2017
FENDER'S NEW BREED
Can it really be thirty one years since the American Standard range
relaunched the Fender ship and laid the foundation for today’s über brand? Well, yes, but as of 2017, the American Standards are dead. Long live the all-new American Professional series. There are nine guitars in the new guitar range: Strat, Tele, Strat HH, Strat HSS, Telecaster Deluxe, Jazzmaster and Jaguar, plus Strat and Tele lefties. But while the name is new, there’s plenty here that’s inherited from the Standard platform, such as the flattened 241mm (9.5-inch) fingerboard radius and the two-post vibratos. The Professionals, just like the Standards before them are designed to appeal to a wide range of players with a wide range of styles.
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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in Guitarist February 2017.