Fender goes dark for Black Friday with limited edition new Eclipse Strat and Precision Bass
Limited to just 400 pieces worldwide: The American Professional II Anniversary Stratocaster HSS HT and Precision Bass. PLUS: the entire range has seen $200 price drops
Fender has gone dark for Black Friday 2024 with a luxurious new high-end Stratocaster and Precision Bass in a gold and black Eclipse finish.
Limited to just 400 pieces each, American Professional II Anniversary Stratocaster HSS HT and Precision Bass also offer some unique features compared with the rest of the AmPro range.
Fender American Professional II Eclipse models: from $1,649
Fender’s Black Friday exclusives this year are absolute show-stoppers, with a custom Eclipse finish that’s limited to 400 units of each model. The Strat in particular is a unique proposition, with a hardtail bridge, roasted maple neck and HSS pickup configuration.
The Strat features a hardtail bridge configuration – a relative rarity, especially on higher-end models, and perfect for maximum tuning stability – and a roasted maple neck, for increased resonance and resistance to temperature and humidity changes. And then of course there's the HSS pickup configuration, utilizing Fender’s V-Mod II single coils and DoubleTap humbucker, with a coil-split for extra flexibility.
It also looks killer.
The Precision Bass sticks to the AmPro II formula, with an alder body and maple neck and HiMass Vintage Bridge, while the V-Mod II split-coil pickup aims to occupy the middle ground between vintage and modern.
At $2,099 for the Stratocaster and $1,649 for the P-Bass they're not cheap. But as an added bonus, Fender has slashed $200 off its entire American Professional II guitar and bass range, including their left-handed models.
Fender American Professional II range: $200 off
The American guitar giant’s premium range aims to capture the best of vintage and modern Fender features. For Black Friday 2024, the company has slashed $200 off the price tags of every core guitar and bass in the range, including Stratocaster, Telecaster, Jazzmaster, Precision Bass, Jazz Bass and left-handed models.
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