Description
original 80’s Fender Katana’ guitar!
This rarely seen model was made for a very short period of time, in 1985 as a response to the exotically shaped guitars marketed by Jackson, Dean and Kramer.
The venerable Dan Smith – Head of Fender Marketing was assigned to design Fender’s answer, and he came up with one of the most unique models in the long and illustrious history of Fender. Due to the very limited production period this unique model is now extremely rare, and hard to find !
A triangular body with a 24.75″ scale glued in maple neck, with a 22 fret bound fingerboard, capped with rosewood, and in keeping with the body shape, the fret markers are triangular. It features a string clamp, an arrow-head-shape headstock, and a neck, which is very fast and smooth that matches the body colour. The guitar is fitted with a pair of open-coil humbucking pickups with master volume and tone controls. The pickups are accessed through the 3-way pickup selector. It also had a 2-point Fender ‘System I’ locking tremolo unit. (tremolo arm present)
The finish is positively glossy, and rich save for some very light surface polishing swirls. Cosmetically, having been lovingly cherished and played, the guitar does present with some handling marks, and playing imperfections, but absolutely no rash, as can be seen in the condition photos.
This model has upgraded Seymour Duncan pickups.
The guitar is paired with its equally uber rare fender fitted case.