Now, the company has introduced instruments in six new finishes to the line: an Ice Blue Metallic '60s Jazzmaster; an Inca Silver '50s Strat; a Daphne Blue '60s Jaguar; a Burgundy Mist Metallic '60s Tele; an Aztec Gold '50s Precision Bass; and a Vintage White '70s Jazz Bass.
Like all American Original models, the new guitars and basses are inspired by some of Fender's most-successful '50s, '60s and '70s designs and include vintage-style hardware, vintage-tall frets, body radii and neck shapes, lacquer finishes, original-spec pickups and vintage-style cases.
Rich is the co-author of the best-selling Nöthin' But a Good Time: The Uncensored History of the '80s Hard Rock Explosion. He is also a recording and performing musician, and a former editor of Guitar World magazine and executive editor of Guitar Aficionado magazine. He has authored several additional books, among them Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck, the companion to the documentary of the same name.