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Fender has been bolstering its Mod Shop with enticing options recently - most notably Silverburst finishes - and now the company has announced the addition of an American Professional rosewood neck offering to five models.
The new necks are available for Stratocaster, Telecaster and Jazzmaster electric guitars, as well as P-Bass and Jazz Bass designs.
The necks sport ultra-cool laser-etched headstock logos, a modern “C” shape profile, 9.5-inch radius and vintage-tall frets, as well as, we presume, that desirable warm, rich rosewood tone.
The Mod Shop is Fender’s online custom guitar designer, allowing users to spec an instrument to personalized configurations, covering everything from necks and bodies to pickguards and hardware.
(Image credit: Fender)
A rosewood-necked Strat will run you $1,699.99 through the Mod Shop, while a Tele or P-Bass costs $1,749.99. A Jazzmaster, meanwhile, totals $1,799.99, with the Jazz Bass clocking in at $1,849.99.
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.
