Fender announces a brand new series release for summer 2013. Dubbed as the Satin Series, it comes as a fresh and warm addition to an already potent Fender line-up. Available in new Flame Orange, Ocean Blue Candy, Arizona Sun and Blaze Gold.

Other features include an alder body, maple neck with “modern C” profile and satin urethane back finish, 9.5″-radius rosewood or maple fingerboard with 21 medium jumbo frets, three single-coil pickups with five-way switching, three-ply black-white-black pickguard and black plastic control knobs, and a vintage-style synchronized tremolo bridge.

Fender Standard Stratocaster Satin Blaze Gold

Fender Standard Stratocaster Satin Ocean Blue Candy

Fender Standard Stratocaster Satin Arizona Sun

The Fender Standard Stratocaster Satin casts the workhorse Standard Stratocaster model in a whole new light, wrapping it in four radiantly beautiful new satin urethane body finishes.

Fender Standard Stratocaster Satin features:

  • Body Material: Alder
  • Body Finish: Satin Urethane
  • Neck Material: Maple
  • Neck Finish: Satin Urethane Finish on Back of Neck, Gloss Finish on the Face of the Headstock
  • Neck Shape: Modern “C”
  • Scale Length: 25.5″ (648 mm)
  • Fingerboard Material: Rosewood or Maple
  • Fingerboard Radius: 9.5″ (241 mm)
  • Number of Frets: 21
  • Fret Size: Medium Jumbo
  • Nut Material: Synthetic Bone
  • Nut Width: 1.650″ (42 mm)
  • Position Inlays: Black or White Dot
  • Truss Rod Nut: 3/16″ Hex Adjustment
  • Neck Pickup: Standard Single-Coil Strat
  • Middle Pickup: Standard Single-Coil Strat
  • Bridge Pickup: Standard Single-Coil Strat
  • Pickup Switching: 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
  • Pickup Configuration: S/S/S
  • Controls: Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck Pickup), Tone 2. (Middle Pickup)
  • Hardware Finish: Chrome
  • Bridge: 6-Saddle Vintage-Style Synchronized Tremolo
  • Tuning Machines: Standard Cast/Sealed
  • Pickguard: 3-Ply Black/White/Black
  • Control Knobs: Black Plastic

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