2012 fender® acoustics "personal day" brochure

Personal Day.Fender Acoustics

Vintage photo taken circa 1963 by: Bob Perine

Fender’s acoustic guitar history dates back to the early 1960s, when the company injected a much-needed dose of modernity and youthfully exuberant Southern California sun-and-fun culture into the old world of acoustic guitar design.

Fender acoustic guitars were innovative, great-sounding, ingeniously built and eminently affordable instruments. They weren’t delicate and expensive museum pieces for the hushed concert stage—they were sweet-sounding, sturdy, smooth-playing guitars designed to be thrown in the car and brought to the beach, the party, the campout and the coffeehouse. They were for everybody, and above all, they were fun.

It’s a great Fender tradition that continues to this day with a full line of fine acoustic guitars perfect for any occasion, any budget and any player. And it looks like a beautiful day outside, so let’s grab a great-sounding Fender acoustic and go …

Fender® Acoustics

CD220 SCE

Fender® Classic Design series instruments present great traditional steel-string and nylon-string sound, feel and performance in time-honored acoustic design forms and sizes for everyone from beginners to gigging musicians. For quintessential acoustic guitar vibe with a dash of Fender style and innovation, look no further than the Classic Design series.

Classic Designseries

CD-60 CESunburst

CJ-290 SCE JUMBOMaple

CD-160 SE-12 String

CD-110CEBlack

CJ-290 SCE JUMBOMaple

CD-110CEBlack

CD-220 SCENatural

CD-280SNatural

Fender® California series acoustic guitars evoke the good-vibration days of the 1960s, when we introduced our sun, fun, sand and surf-styled instruments and shook up the stodgy old world of acoustic guitar design. From Stratocaster® headstocks to custom colors and more, the California series resonates with Fender’s innovative ’60s-era acoustic legacy.

Californiaseries

Sonoran™ SCE

Lake Placid Blue

California

Sonoran™ SCEOlympic White

Sonoran™ SCE

Lake Placid Blue

Kingman™ SCE

Natural

Kingman™ SCE

Natural

Malibu™ SCE3-Tone Sunburst

Sonoran™ SCEBlack

Villager™ 12-StringNatural

Sonoran & Villager Series

Flashy and fun, the Fender® Hot Rod Design series is for the acoustic guitarist who’s after something a little different in a guitar with smooth feel and full sound. From exotic woods and striking finishes to distinctive graphics and modern electronics, the Hot Rod Design series puts a lot more Fender mojo under the hood of your acoustic guitar.

Hot Rod Designseries

T-Bucket™ 400 CENatural

T-Bucket™ 400 CENatural

T-Bucket Bass EExotic Top

T-Bucket 300 CE3-Tone Sunburst

T-Bucket 300 CETrans Blue

T-Bucket 200 CETrans Black

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Artist Design

The Fender® Artist Design series brings you highly distinctive sound and styling from a diverse world of acoustic artists, including Dick and Jimmy Dale, Rancid’s Tim Armstrong, Alkaline Trio, Flogging Molly’s Robert Schmidt, and the great Elvis Presley. For great acoustic sound, style and performance with a distinctive signature stamp, look no further than the Fender Artist Design series. Artist Design

series

Photo: Justice Howard

Jimmy Dale Signature Kingman™

NaturalDick Dale Signature Malibu™

Red

Tim Armstrong Hellcat Acoustic Photo: Rob Naples

Photo: Rob Naples Robert Schmidt Flogging Molly Mandolin Matt Skiba

Alkaline Trio Signature Malibu™Robert Schmidt Photo: Billy Siegle

Photo: Michael Schulz

© 2012 FMIC. Fender®, Make History™, Villager™, Kingman™, Malibu™, Sonoran™, T-Bucket™, Stratocaster®, Strat®, Stratacoustic™, Telecaster®, Tele®, Telecoustic™ and the distinctive headstock designs commonly found on these guitars are trademarks of Fender Musical Instruments Corporation. All rights reserved.

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