FENDER STRATOCASTER PROTONE GUITAR

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UP FOR SALE IS PERHAPS ONE OF THE BETTER KEPT SECRETS OF FENDER THE NOW INFAMOUS PRO TONE STRATOCASTER.PRODUCED UNDER THE SQUIRE SERIES FROM KOREA THIS GUITAR HAS A CULT LIKE FOLLOWING.FOR THOSE WHO KNOW ,NO EXPLANATION NECESSARY.PRODUCED IN THE LATE 1990'S BY FENDER KOREA. SWAMP ASH BODIES SAME AS THE LATE 50'S STRATS GIVES YOU THE TONE AND SUSTAIN,FENDER STAGGER POLE ALNICO MAGNETS WITH 500K POTS GIVE THESE GUITARS EXTRA STING AND TONE,THIS COMBINED WITH LARGE BLOCK TREMOLO STEEL SADDLES GOTOH CLOSED BACK TUNERS AND A SATIN SMOOTH SUPER FAST PLAYING NECK A GREAT PLAYER SO MUCH SO FENDER PRODUCED THEM FOR ONLY A COUPLE OF YEARS BECAUSE THEY WERE HURTING THE SALES OF THE AMERICAN VINTAGE AND STANDARD YOU GET ALOT OF BANG OUT OF YOUR BUCK WITH THESE PRO TONE STRATS,NOTE THE NAME PRO-TONE MANY PRO LEVEL PLAYERS USED THESE GUITARS AND STILL DO TODAY HARD TO COME BY A GREAT PLAYING STRAT THAT IS AFFORDABLE EVEN FOR THE DISCERNING MUSICIAN.VINTAGE SPEC 7.25 NECK RADIUS GUITAR IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. COMES WITH A GIG BAG. THIS SERIES OF FENDER GUITARS TOOK DOWN 23% OF THE USA FENDER STRATOCASTERS SALES IN 1996 SO FENDER USA DECIDED TO QUIT THE PRODUCTION. SO GOOD WERE THESE GUITARS, SWAMP ASH SAME AS THE 50'S STRATS AND EVEN THE CUSTOM SHOPS . THE INSIDERS KNOW THIS AND SINCE THEN THE HAVE BECOME VERY SOUGHT AFTER BY COLLECTORS AND PLAYERS. THIS ONE IS A SWAMP ASH BODY,SOLID ONE PIECE MAPLE NECK SUPER FAT PROFILE,21 FRETS,3 VERY GOOD AND STRONG SOUNDING PICKUPS,THE GUITAR PLAYS WONDERFUL AND SOUNDS GREAT,DON'T LET THIS ONE GO IN VERY RARE TRANSPARENT BLUE WITH GOLD HARDWARE A GREAT PLAYER EXCELLENT FOR THE COLLECTOR,COMES WITH GIG BAG..BABAR