Fender California Series (USA)
- Fender California Series (USA)
Infobox Guitar model|title=Fender California Series (USA)
manufacturer=Fender
period=1997—1998
bodytype=Solid
necktype=Bolt-on
woodbody=Alder
woodneck=Tinted Maple
woodfingerboard=Rosewood or Maple
bridge=Vintage Tremolo
tuners= Vintage Kluson
pickups=Tex Mex, S/S/S, S/S/H
colors=Fiesta Red, Candy Apple Red, Brown Sunburst, Black, Vintage White
Fender California Series electric guitars were produced by Fender in 1997 and 1998.
General features
* Vintage style “C” profile neck with a 9 1/2" radius.
* 21 medium jumbo frets.
* Vintage tremolo, tuners and 4 bolt neck plate.
* 3 Ply WBW pickguard.
* 25 1/2" scale length.
History
Manufactured from 1997 to 1998 by Fender, the "California Series" Stratocaster, Telecaster and bass models were a joint effort between Fenders USA Corona plant and Fenders Mexican Ensenada plant.The body and neck parts were made in the USA Corona plant and then the finishing and painting was done at the Mexican Ensenada plant and then final assembly and quality control was done at the USA Corona plant.
Technical Information
The Fender "California Series" have USA vintage style tremolos and tuners and other hardware.The tremolo bridge spacing is the same as the Fender USA vintage bridge spacing 2 3/16".The Fender "California Series" Stratocaster bodies are routed for a single neck/single middle/bridge humbucking pickup configuration and have a polyester paint finish. They do not have the infamous "swimming pool" rout.The single coil pickups used on the Stratocaster model are Fender Tex Mex, in a usual 3 single coil arrangement or a 2 single coil and 1 Fender USA bridge humbucker Fat Strat arrangement.The "California Series" Telecaster model uses a Fat Tele pickup arrangement with a Fender USA humbucker neck pickup and a Tex Mex bridge pickup.The serial numbers are in an AMXN + 6 digits format.The Fender "California Series" have "Made in USA" on the headstock.
Sources
*Fender Catalogues.
External links
* [http://www.fender.com/support/manuals/instr_owners.php?title=Main Mr Gearhead] Fender Manuals.
* [http://news.harmony-central.com/Newp/SNAMM97/Fender/California-Series.html] Press Release.
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