Fender Palomino Vintage SSB
Product information "Fender Palomino Vintage SSB"
In the early 1960s a new creative culture flourished in Southern California, and Leo Fender set out to design a new range of acoustic instruments that captured the innovative spirit of the musicians around him. In collaboration with renowned luthier Roger Rossmeisl, Fender introduced several acoustic models that embodied the distinct musical character that made Fender a symbol of the rock'n'roll revolution. These featured unmistakable headstock shapes, easy-to-play neck profiles and a revolutionary design that would forever change the look of Fender acoustic models.
Today's Fender California models build directly on their mid-century origins, with a retro look that delivers a rich, modern sound – a true contemporary alternative with classic Fender tradition and unmistakable Fender style. The Palomino's auditorium body is fitted with innovative Performance-X bracing and features a solid Sitka spruce top and a solid Ovangkol body to effortlessly produce a layered, balanced tone with plenty of clarity. The Okoume neck has an ergonomic, modern V-profile; together with the solid body it provides optimal sustain. A 6-in-line maple headstock delivers a distinctive look and echoes Fender's famous electric guitars.
Other notable details include the bound Ovangkol fretboard with pearloid block inlays for a retro look, vintage-style tuners for precise tuning, and a bone nut and bridge for excellent intonation.
The integrated Fishman Sonitone Plus pickup system has controls conveniently reachable in the soundhole. A piezo on the underside of the guitar can be combined with an internal body transducer to faithfully reproduce the guitar's natural tone when plugged into an amplifier or recording device.
The Fender California instruments are bold, eye-catching and unique and make no compromises when it comes to style, tone and easy playability – for anyone who wants to play something special.
- Back / Sides: Ovangkol (Ovengkol, Mongoy)
- Binding: Black/Cream ABS
- Body Shape: Size O/OOO/OOO
- Body Shape: Auditorium
- Body finish: High Gloss
- Bridge: Ovangkol
- Bridge-Pins: White Plastic
- Color/ Finish: Sienna Sunburst
- Colour: Sunburst
- Construction / Acoustic: Solid
- Controls: 1x Volume, 1x Blend
- Cutaway: no
- Factory Stringing: Fender Dura-Tone Coated 80/20 Bronze
- Finish: high gloss (Body), Matt (Neck)
- Finish: Polyurethane ( Body), Urethane (Neck)
- Fretboard: Ovangkol
- Fretboard Inlays: Pearloid Block
- Fretboard radius: 15.75" (400 mm)
- Fret material: Nickel silver
- Frets: 20
- Headstock: Fender Strat-Style 6-in-Line
- Includes: Hardcase
- Neck: Okoume
- Neck Mount: Dovetail
- Neck Profile: Modern "V"
- Neck finish: Satin
- Nut Width: 43,0 mm
- Pickguard: Antique White
- Pickup Details: Fishman Sonitone Plus and Body Transducer
- Pre-amp system: Fishman Sonitone Plus
- Rosette: Black/Cream ABS
- Saddle/Cross piece inlay: Bone
- Scale Length: 25,5" (648 mm)
- Strings: 6 string
- Strings thickness ex factory: .012 - .052
- Top: Spruce
- Top Bracing: Scalloped X-Bracing
- Tuning Machines: Vintage-Style Nickel with Aged White Buttons
To make a Fender instrument available to everyone, they are offered in different price ranges. The subsidiary Squier sells affordable, Far East-made models built to original specifications with Fender know-how in the background. An affordable, "real" Fender can be found in the series made in Mexico. The classic original Fender instruments, such as the American Pro series, are made in the USA. For lovers of hand-built instruments and guitars with vintage flair there is the Fender Custom Shop, where you can even have a guitar built completely to your own specifications.
But Fender is not only known and appreciated for its instruments, it is also famous for various amplifiers such as the Deluxe Reverb, the Princeton, the Champion, the Blues Junior and the Fender Rumble bass amp range. Fender now also offers a wide range of guitar accessories like strings, picks, cables, straps, cases, tuners and care products, as well as spare parts and pickups, plus accessories and merchandising. You can of course find all of this at the music shop you trust – session in Frankfurt and Walldorf!
