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The Fender Bullet was an electric guitar originally designed by John Page [1] and manufactured and marketed by the Fender Musical Instruments Corporation. It was first introduced as a line of "student" guitars to replace the outgoing Mustang and Musicmaster models.
Fender itself advises to only use serial numbers as a guidance to determine the manufacturing date and gives a more detailed explanation in their knowledge base. [1] The Fender USA serial format was used on the Fender Japan guitars that were exported to the USA while Fender was undergoing a transitional period.
In 2021, Fender released "Made in Japan Limited Run Fender '51" for Japan market only. This model was sold only at Fender Online Shop [7] and FENDER SHOP in MIKI GAKKI AMERICAMURA. [8] The price was JP¥132,000. Specifications: Vintage-Style Single-Coil Tele pickup (Bridge), Vintage-Style Single-Coil Tele pickup (Neck), Basswood body, Gloss ...
[a] More recently, Fender themselves introduced a Stratocaster with Seymour Duncan designed lipstick-tube pickups for their Squier line, called the Surf Stratocaster and a Fender factory special run (FSR) American Standard Stratocaster with Seymour Duncan SLS-1 lipstick pickups, as well as offering the same SLS-1 pickups as a Custom Shop option.
The first production model was called the American Standard B-Bender Telecaster. This guitar included two American Standard pickups and a 3-way selector switch. The guitar body was solid alder wood with a 1952-style sharp radius, a 1-piece maple neck and maple fretboard with rolled edges, 25.5 inch (648 mm) scale with 22 medium-jumbo frets, die-cast tuners and a 3-ply pickguard.
The Wolfgang pickups are made in-house at Fender; they were chosen after trying out 80 prototypes made by Seymour Duncan and DiMarzio. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] They have Alnico 2 magnets and are direct mounted to the body with two screws on each leg, with foam rubber underneath, which allows the top of the pickup to be adjusted parallel to the strings. [ 7 ]
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The Fender Musical Instruments Corporation (FMIC, or simply Fender) is an American manufacturer and marketer of musical instruments and amplifiers.Fender produces acoustic guitars, bass amplifiers and public address equipment; however, it is best known for its solid-body electric guitars and bass guitars, particularly the Stratocaster, Telecaster, Jaguar, Jazzmaster, Precision Bass, and the ...