Fender Toronado

My toronado was made in Mexico, approx 2 years ago, it has the standard Fender atomic humbucker pups, which I have to say are great, It's black with a purple scratch plate, All the other features have been covered by other reveiws !

The sound I can acheive through my Line6 212 150w combo with this guitar is awesome, I play mostly britpop oasis, etc. The sound is a full bodied, all out kick in the teeth with distortion, yet played clean it also has a lovely tone, to cover almost all genres

The action, and finish on my axe is spot on, the only negative I could say is that, after a while the tone pots get a little crackly, and require a bit of spray on them to bring them back to life !

This is a fender, so it is built to last forever, I gig with this as my sole guitar, and so far I have no complaints at all. If this guitar was ever lost or stolen, I would rush out and buy another, these guitar are really underated, I would never go back to a strat or LP.

No conatct, no need to !

I have been playing for more years than I care to remember, and I have always been a die hard Les Paul fan, I stumbled across the toronado by accident, and boy am I glad I did, this guitar ticks all the boxes for me, it is a universal guitar, but more than that it is just that little bit unusual without being weird (if you know what I mean !) ive the toronado a try, it's the best move you'll ever make !

My guitar was made in Mexico, about 2 years ago, and it's black, and turtle pick guard. The specs are the one already refered so it's useless to point them out. I love the aesthetics of this guitar, and i felt in love by its beauty...

This guitar suits my style of music perfectly. I play Alternative Rock, and Metal, yet, i'm going to upgrade my guitar with Seymour duncan jazz model in the neck, and seymour distortion in the bridge.
The atomic humbuckers are not bad, yet, I need a more versatile thing, more distortion, and a sweet jazzy sound in the neck pick up, and I think this guitar deserves a better sound!!!

Absolutely no complaints here. Everything was ok and ready to go.

I hope this guitar to last, honestly. This is one piece of gear i'll never sell. My intentions are to upgrade the guitar slowly, first the pick ups, then the hardware. It will be my costumized Toronado.

Never had to deal with them , therefore I don't know!

I love my guitar, and as I've said, I hope to stay with her until i perish. I give an 8 to this guitar because I always expect the best from what I purchase, and the pick ups were a let down for me, as I was to expectant about them... Beautiful guitar, nice to play, upgrade the pick ups and you'll have a diamond in your hands!!!

2003 fender toronado, made in mexico. (black with t-shell pic-guard)

24.75 scale, solid, deluxe modle, shouldn't have to say much more.

this guitar is made nearly perfect. great fender feeling neck, awsome gibson sounding pick-ups, les paul style controlls, body feels like a bloated jag, or a melted strat les paul mix.

the hardtail bridge is fa-goddamn-nominal... It's like a mix between a vintage bridge, and a modern hard-tail start bridge. It feels awsome, and is very nice to strings.

the tuners though I hate. I think vintage tunes are just made poorly. They don't like heavy strings, they bend easily when yer guitar gets thrown or you drop it, or you slightly bump into your amp, or if you spit on them. I had to replace two of them not a month after getting my first toronado... I just hate replacing things on new instruments.

Also this thing comes with a gig bag, which is pointless if you tour, so I say get rid of the nut sack it comes with a buy a case (the guitar is worth it).

flawless.... very les paul like, a bit more clanky. I play sort of manic depressive music... pretty, full clean (with a nice amount of bite) and harsh crunchy distortion (warm and full). Think.... signal to trust, proundentall, ten-grand, or "...trail of dead"... that type of stuff.

I am not a lead guitarist by any means... As far as I know this thing might blow for that stuff.

awsome.... flawless... I have thrown this thing and fallen on it more that a few times, and the paint has such a high gloss on it the paint is cracked, but the wood is fine. AMAZING!

I just said this.... AMAZING.... other than the shitty tuners. If I have gotoh tuners or something like that I won't be able to say anything bad about this guitar (and i am rough as hell on it).

good, I got my fender dealer to fix my tuners for like 5 bucks when i clearly did the breaking myself. Waranties are great.

Same standard features as any other regular stcok Toronado.

I play a wide variety of rock, indie rock, post rock, blues, experimental etc. I ordered this guitar from Musicians friend because I fell in love with the body and I thought that the humbuckers were going to give me a very rich warm clean and thick overdriven sound; according to other reviews. Unfortunately I was wrong. My first impression was that this guitar is designed for harder modern/punk rock. I absolutely could not get any clean sound from it. I have a Fender 2x12 deville and a Roland JC-120 and both sound below par with this guitar. When I buy a guitar my biggest concern is overall tone control, being that their are four pots you'd think it would have some if any, but no. I have to do an incredible amount of tweaking with compression and other secondary products to achieve what I want. The most important factor when reading reviews is the musical style the reviewer plays and listens to. So here is a list of a few bands that I listen to, Radiohead, Tortoise, Starflyer59, Elliot Smith, Echo and the Bunnymen, Fugazi, Godspeed!, T-rex, The Cure, Zepplin, Pink Floyd and of couse The Beatles. As you can see my musical taste don't accomadate this guitar well. Although I couldn't get any clean vintage tone from it I found that this guitar pushed me to play more like Danzig or Black Sabbath because of the red hot Atomic Humbuckers, which isn't a bad thing, but not what I wanted.

The neck came slightly warped so I have to have my neck maintenanced every month. It is my understanding that the guitars that Fender sends to Musicians Friend are all B- Stock wood quality. Don't get me started on integrity in modern society. It doesn't exist in Corporate America. Anyways....I replaced the tuners with sperzel locking tuners which I highly reccomend. I am researching the schematics right now to see if I can install some PAF classic style humbuckers but I think the pick guard prohibits it because the lack of holes. Other than that I was quite pleased with the pots and jacks, very sturdy.

Dependability should really never be an issue with Fender. In my opinion they are all usually reliable. In this case that wasn't the issue

Never dealt with Fender, but I probobly should.

Overall I love the look, I hate the natural tone. Unfortunately it was somewhat of a present so I plan to do a complete upgrade. one Dimarzio PAF humbucker and a TV Jones Filtertron Classic, Bigsby Tremolo, resoldering and maybe a new neck. I guess you get what you pay for.

Mexican made Fender Toronado "Deluxe Series" in dark red. This thing has a cool shaped body style similar to the Jaguar or the Jazzmaster. Seems to be Fender's answer to the Les Paul. 22 frets. Poplar body with 24" scale maple neck (rosewood fingerboard). Jumbo frets. Two passive Fender "Atomic" Humbuckers at the neck and bridge position, although I have already replaced the bridge with a Di Marzio Evolution. The Atomics sounded really good, but I needed more definition for my style of playing. String-thru body bridge style. Tuners are non-locking, and pretty chinsy. I'll have to get them replaced at some point.

It's a good guitar for loud rock, punk, or metal, which is what I play. The Atomic Humbuckers that it came with sound big and rich. The 24" scale neck is great for pulling bends. I'm keeping the bridge pickup that I pulled out of it to possibly throw into another guitar at some point. It wasn't exactly what I wanted, but it sounded good.

When I got it, the strings were almost 1/4 inch off the fretboard (I bought it used, so I can't say how well the set them up at the factory). I took her into the shop immediately for adjustment. As I had said before, I want to replace the tuning pegs at some point. I'll eventually also want to replace the pots. The body and neck are solid. Well crafted pieces of wood. I was expecting less considering the stigma floating around about Mexican made guitars. I am pleased with it, and I wouldn't hesitate to buy another Mexi Fender.

The body and neck are going to last for years of playing, but the mechanical and electronic parts are going to need to be replaced at some point (sooner then later). They definately cut some corners on parts to increase their bottom line. It seems typical of most guitar manufacturers today. Once I replace everything I mentioned, and add some strap locks I will consider it solid as a tank on stage.

Never delt with Fender directly.

Inexpensive guitar if you're happy with it off of the shelf, but if you want to gig out with it regularly, expect to shell out another couple hundred bucks to make her more reliable. It feels good, sounds good, and it's fun to play so I'd say it's worth it.

My Toronado is the American made DE-9000.
* 22 Frets
* Alder Body with the Red Chrimson finish (Really nice you can see the wood grain)
* Maple "C" shaped neck with Rosewood fret board
*DE-9000 Single Dove single coil pickups.
* 3 position switch, similar to a Les Paul
* 2 Volumn and 2 Tone, again similar to the Les Paul
* Comes with 9-42 strings
*Schaller Delux Cast, sealed Tuning heads - Very nice
* 4 ply pick guard
* Jazzmaster head stock - looks really good
* Black painted head stock, I really like the looks
* Side mounted Jack??

It's almost like they wanted it too look like "Fenderish", but with some "Gibson" design stuff

All in all this is a well built guitar, no corners cut. Good equipment. For my self, I replaced the strings with 10-46.

This is where this guitar really shines. A PEavy "starter" guitar can look good, but how does it play?

The DE-9000 Toronado is in a class by it self. Don't be confused into thinking it's a "Fender LEs Paul Jr." copy. It isn't. I own a 1997 american made G&L ASAT (Fender Tele), and a Strat, and have ownd3 a LEs Paul. I wanted a unique sound for some light rock, T&B, JAZZ and Blues. But I didn't want to copy the sound of my Tele, you know what I mean?

I was afraid it would be "Les Paul Jr." Copy, but it isn't. How can I describe it??? It has a sound all it's own. I'd say it's the perfect Blues and Jazz tones. It's Rich and full. It doesn't have the Toanl range of a strat, but then that's not what I wanted. It's the perfect partner for a tele, and would fit nicely into any band.

If Fender was trying to copy the "Jr", they failed- thankfully. The DE-9000 Tornonado is a "voice" unto it's self. It isn't going to be for everyone, but then what guitar is. With the 10-46 strings, she's really awsome.

Noise?? Well it has single coil pickups, so what do you think.

Great Fender Action Everything was fine, but of cousre when you change strings to heavier, you must make adjustments. No flaws, nothing. She isn't flashy, but she's well made with a uniques style. Play her with a good amp and you'll be sold. Do I like her better than my American made G&L ASAT (Leo's last tele), no, I was afarain they would be similar. But they are like two race horses. Each great, but they run their own race

Personally, I think it will run like a throughbred. Last a life time. There was a time I didn't like Fenders. I went to G&L, because they were made by Leo Fender, they way he wanted them made. Pure. Recently, Fender seems to have found teir way back to Leo's original ideas of quality. This guitar is a classic example of that. She isn't flashy, she's a well made work horse, witha voice so unique and sweet you gotta love her. I don't know how the mexican, or the Highway 1 versions are, but if you can afford it, go for the American. For about $400.00 more it's well worth it. Like the original Jazzmaster, The American made Toronado series will be a classic.

Would I use it at a gig with out a back up... sure, Fender built a great guitar here. But I take my G&L ASAT(tele) with me everywhere.

My only dealings with Fender thus far was when I was trying to find out about this guitar. Their Customer Service people don't seem to have an idea how this baby sounds. MAybe they need to get people who actually play, and let them play the different models so they know what's what

The perfect guitar. Classic, stylish, and well built. It isn't a tele, a strat, a Gibson LEs Paul Jr, or even a jazz master. It's new voice, rare among the many imitations, that most of us will enjoy

The Toronado I purchased was made 2001-2002 in Mexico, 22 frets,rosewood fretboard on maple neck, poplar body,2 humbuckers,string thru,I could go on but most of this has already been covered.

The sound is excellent, sonically in between gibsons and traditional fender (strats and tele's), which I think is a great idea! Its unique tone can cover both spectrums ( not to say it sounds like a Les Paul or Stratocaster)but what I mean is this... Try playing a Gibson type song such as Sweet Emotion or maybe Sweet Child-O-Mine (for the older crowd how about Sunshine of your Love) on a Strat... just doesn't sound right. and conversely try playing a Strat tune such as Pink Floyd's Time,Another Brick in the Wall, or SRV and Robert Cray (or any other Strat Blues musicians music) on a Gibby and well...just not quite the same vibe. Now take the Toronado (as I said before, It won't put out the same tones.) Those same songs still sounds good.
My theory on this is the humbuckers give the guitar girth, while the bolt-on thin neck with poplar body balances it out to give it a bit of snap (or twang if you will) The fact that it is a unique sounding instrument is what sold me.

When I bought this guitar it was sitting for probably a year or two.
It had really light strings which I had to replace, the neck had a convex bow instead of concave, not itonated properly, etc. So I took care of that right away. other than that, when I played it at the store, the volume and tone knobs had a bit of scratchy pot noise, but since I've had it home, I haven't noticed this. I am guessing there may have been some dust or dirt that worked off as I used them more.
No real major flaws, no dents, dings, or runs in the finish.

The only concern I have is the saddles look like they won't last, I think they are stamped (for cost savings I am assuming). Other than that, this guitar seems fairly durable and should withstand live playing. I am basing this on my MIM Strat that I have owned for 7-8 years and is still going strong,since the Toro was made in Mexico as well I am assuming the relia/dura is the same.But in all fairness, since I have only owned this guitar just over a week, I can't give a rating at this point.

Too soon to tell, however, I have never had to deal with Mfgs in the 20+ years I have been playing so I hope I don't have to start now.

As I mentioned before I have played for around 20 years. This is probably one of the sweetest axes I have played and probably the best that I have owned thus far. I hope Fender keeps producing this line so if I would ever have to replace it I can. I will not be selling or trading this one, it is a keeper. The only thing I wished this guitar came with was a coil tap, I have a feeling someday I will mod my guitar in this way to get some single coil sounds.

Everyone has covered the basics so I won't re-hash too much. Made in Mexico 2002. 22 frets, heavy solid wood body (poplar I believe?). Mine is Bright Yellow with the stock Fender Atomic Humbuckers. Stock hard-tail string-thru bridge. 3-way selector. 2 volume, 2 tone.

It doesn't have any "special" features but it gets a 10 because it has everything you'd need.

The neck is wide. Small hands, beware. The guitar is also heavy. I consider this a positive. It projects tremendous volume and sound, even when it's not plugged in.

The outrageous colors (yellow, orange, etc) are in keeping with the punk/grunge/distortion friendly nature of this guitar. I think that's what Fender was going for, anyway.

This guitar was not intended to be played clean. The clean sound is acceptable, although quite muddy even with the tone controls set as bright as possible. I am not entirely happy with the clean sound but with the selector in the middle position (both pickups) it is acceptable. This may be a problem with my crappy amp (line 6 Flextone Plus 60) which tends to be muddy.

Distorted, this guitar is wonderful. I'm not talking about a little bit of overdrive, I'm talking loads of distortion. I play through an Interfax Harmonic Percolator and this thing will provide all the punk, grind, and distortion from power chords and solos that you will ever need.

Overall I may install new pickups to add some brightness to the guitar's sound but through the Percolator, this is the best and most versatile guitar for distorted playing in this price range. By far.

I bought the guitar used and, amazingly, have had no problems whatsoever.

If there were any problems from the factory, the original owner must have fixed them.

Ideal for gigging and home defense. Massive hunk of wood.

Never used.

Overall, this guitar does what I want it to do......produce a lot of distortion for fast power chord playing and Shellac-type noise rock.

Sound quality and tone are the most important aspects of my playing, moreso than fancy technique, and the Toronado gives me the hard distortion that I look for.

The clean sound leaves something to be desired, too muddy and not enough high-end clarity, but pickup changes may help.

THIS IS THE 2002 MODEL, ITS ORANGE FINISH IS BEAUTIFUL , IT CAUGHT MY EYE THE MINUTE I ENTERED THE STORE BEING UP ON THE DISPLAY WALL AT THE TOP LAID ON ITS SIDE .
THEYRE ALL MADE IN THE SAME PLACE MEXICO, THEY ALL HAVE 22 FRETS SOME PEOPLE NEED TO ACUTUALLY COUNT THE FRETS.. 2 VOLUME 2 TONE CONTROLS, 3 WAY SELECTOR, PASSIVE ELECTRONICS, THEY ALL HAVE THE SAME WOOD, SAME POLY FINISH. THERES A SMALL GAP ON ONE SIDE OF THE NECK AS WITH ALL THE ONES I VIEWED. IM A STRAT PLAYER WHO PLAYS 5 TO SEVEN DAYS A WEEK OUT PROFESSIONALLY.

THE GUITAR HAS A GREAT SOUND, DEFINETLY A ROCK GUITAR. WE DO VARIOUS STYLES FROM FIFTIES TO ROCK, BLUES AND COUNTRY,ALSO SOME BIG BAND. THIS GUITAR COVERS ALL STYLES WELL, BUT COUNTRY LICKS,ON THE LOWER STRINGS,, THE GUITARS GETS BURIED IN THE MIX, ALL THE TWANG IS THERE BUT AGAIN IF YOU DONT ROLL BACK THE VOLUME IT GETS BURIED,,IT HAS TO MUCH COMPRESSION SOUND , AND I ALSO USE A COMPRESSOR. ITS JUST NOT A STRAT. IF I HAD TO SAY ONE THING POSITIVE,, I LOVE THIS GUITAR.

DISLIKES ARE THESE,,, THE NOISE IN THING, BUZZING ,CHAINSAW SOUND,, I THOUGHT AT FIRST DIFFERENT BUILDINGS GROUND PROBLEMS, NO ITS THE GUITAR, THESE GUYS IN MEXICO CAN PAINT NO DOUBT,, I PAINTED FOR 22 YEARS AND I WAS GOOD ,THEYRE GREAT, BUT THEY CANT WIRE ANYTHING, THE WORKMANSHIP IN THE POT AREA STINKS, LOUSY SOLDERING AND PROBABLY CHEAP POTS BUT THE GUITAR IS WORTH THE HASSLE , THE PICKUP ARE WONDERFUL.

I HAVE THE SAME COMPLAINT ON THE SWITCH, ITS REALLY NOISY ,, HELLO LOUD CLUNKING WHEN YOU SWITCH IT MIDSTREAM ALA SRV,,CLUNK BANG RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF YOUR SOLO,, ON COUNTRY SOUNDS LIKE SOMEBODY IS WORKING CONSTRUCTION ON STAGE WITH YOU CLUNK , BANG.

ALSO THE SWITCH CAN BE EASILY BUMPED, I SWEAR THEY THOUGHT OUT THE GUITAR IN BODY DESIGN BUT WHEN IT COME TO BEING FUCTIONAL THEY THREW THE PLANS OUT AND JUST COPIED GIBSON. MOVE THAT STUPID SWITCH, AND PUT A BLADE IN THERE NOT THE CRAPPY POLE THING, OBVIOUSLY LES PAUL WAS A GUITAR PLAYER AND NOT A DESIGNER, AND OBVIOUSLY LEO WAS A DESIGNER AND NOT A GUITAR PLAYER.

ID HAVE TO GIVE IT A TEN DESPITE MY COMPLAINTS, SHORT SCALE,NEW PICKUPS AND NEW BODY DESIGN ALONE WARRANT THE RATING.
BUT IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, EVERYTHING COPIES A FENDER OR A GIBSON, EVEN THE COMPAINES GET IN A BOX AND COPY THEYRE OWN DESIGN TOO MUCH, THIS TIME THEY CAME UP WITH SOMETHING UNIQE AND IT CANT BE CALLED A COPY , THEYFORE WHEN YOU THIS MEX GUITAR YOU BOUGHT AND ORIGINAL.
THE OBVIOUS THING TO ME IS THAT THE QUAILTY CONTROL DEPT HEAD NEEDS FIRED BADLY, BECAUSE HES SLEEPING ON THE JOB, THE HUM PROBLEM IS OBNOXIOUS, AND THE CASE THING THEY DONT MAKE ONE , WHY DID THEY INCLUDE THE GIG BAG ? YOU CANT FIND A CASE.
BUT HAVING AND EXTENSIVE COLLECTION OF CASES I HAVE A ANSWER FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE SUFFERING. TAKE YOUR FENDER HARDSHELL CASE LAY THE GUITAR IN IT AND YOU WILL FIND THE UPPER BOUT IS THE MAIN PROBLEM.
TO CORRECT THIS TRACE ON THE CARPET , THEN TAKE A SINGLE BLADE CUT THE LINING ON THE BOTTOM OF THE CASE , CAREFULLY PULL IT LOSE ROLLING IT UPWARD , THEN TRIM THE STYRYFOAM TO FIT THE GUITAR, REGLUE THE CARPET WHICH THEYRE WILLBE PLENTY, AT THE HEADSTOCK TRIM CUT THE CARPET AND TRIM THE FOAM ONCE AGAIN ABOUT A INCH, ALSO AT THE NECK JOINT SAME PROCEDURE ABOUT ONE INCH REGLUE ALL SEAMS AND YOU HAVE A CASE. NOW YOU HAVE A CASE FOR MIMIAL EFFORT AND WHEN THESE FOOLS AT FENDER TRY LATER THIS YEAR TO OVERCHARGE YOU FOR THE NEW CASE THEY MAKE, THEYLL HAVE A TON OF THESE THINGS SITTING ON THE SHELF.

IVE BEEN USING IT NITELY AND HAVING PICKED UP MY AMERICAN STRAT SINCE, I DO THIS TO GIVE IT A REAL SHOT AT GETTING FRIENDLY WITH IT. I LOVE IT. DESPITE ITS COMPRESSED SOUND WHICH I REALLY EXPECTED, ITS WONDERFUL.
NOW FOR SOMEONE LIKE ME, IM OVERWEIGHT, AND THIS THING WRAPS AROUND MY BELLY PERFECTLY, THE OFFSET WAIST THING IS GREAT TOO, AND THE WEIGHT OF THE GUITAR IS PERFECT NITE AFTER NITE.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST, 22 YEARS OF BODY AND PAINT WORK HAS GIVEN MY FINGERS ARTHRITIS AND SHORT SCALE TENSION ON THE GUITAR HAS WORKED WONDERS FOR MY FINGERS.
IT SUFFERS A LITTLE FOR BRITENESS ON COUNTRY, BUT IF YOU GET TO FEELING DOWN, HIT THE OVERDRIVE AND DIG INTO STEVIE RAY OR SANTANA OPEN THEM POTS ALL THE WAY AND HANG ON, BROTHER THAT SOUND ALONE IS WORTH IT.
DONT LEAVE HOME WITHOUT A BACKUP,, IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH GUITAR, IF YOU PLAY 300 NITES A YEAR AND BOOK YEARLY CONTRACTS LIKE WE DO BELIEVE ME YOUR CROWDS ARE NOT INTERESTED IN WATCHING YOU , OPEN CASES AND SWITCHING CORDS WHILE SOMEONE APOLOGIZES FOR YOUR MISTAKES.

I HAVE ALOT TO SAY HERE BUT ILL TRY TO CONDENSE THIS. THE TERM CUSTOMER SUPPORT IS A LAUGH,, I DONT CARE IF ITS A GUITAR OR A BLENDER, OR A CAR, IF YOU DONT MIND HEARING PUSH NO 4 THEN PUSH NO 1 AND FINALLY YOU END UP LEAVING A VOICE MAIL, AFTER TALKING TO SOME STUPID COMPUTER , ONLY TO FIND OUT THEY WILL CALL YOU BACK, AND OF COURSE YOU WONT BE HOME, BECAUSE YOU WORK THE SAME HOURS THEY DO, THEN YOU TRAVEL 30 MILES TO THE STORE TO FIND OUT , YOUR TECH HAS THE DAY OFF OR HE DOESNT GET IN UNTIL 1:00 WE ALL KNOW THE STORE DOESNT OPEN UNTIL 11:OO IN FLORIDA, THEN OF COURSE YOU HAVE TO LEAVE IT,
GUYS ITS A BLOCK OF WOOD, WITH SOME ELECTRONICS LEARN TO FIX IT YOURSELF, BECAUSE WHEN YOU GO TO LOOK FOR THE RECEIPT YOU WONT FIND IT ANYWAY, AND THE GUITAR GOD AT THE STORE,DOESNT KNOW ANY MORE THAN YOU EXCEPT HE HAS A PICTURE BOOK AND A SOLDERING IRON, BESIDES THIS FOOL CAN GET UP AT 10 AND STILL MAKE IT TO WORK , PUT YOU OFF UNTIL GOD KNOWS WHEN , OVERCHARGE YOU FOR SOMETHING YOU COULD DO YOURSELF, AND LOOK AT IT THIS WAY, WHO WILL PAY YOU TO LEARN SOMETHING?
FIX IT YOURSELF, SAVE THE MONEY AND MAYBE YOUR WIFE WONT COMPLAIN SO MUCH WHEN YOU BUY YOUR NEXT GUITAR.

I OWN AMERICAN STRAT, POWERHOUSE STRAT, LOTS OF OTHER EQUIPMENT PA , RECORDING CRAP , COMPUTERS GALORE

This is a 2003made in mexico Bright Orange toronado with atomic HUmbuckers and a string thru bridge. It has a 2 volume and 2 tone controls and a shorter scale lenght than a normal fender (like a jaguar) Rosewood fingerboard and a pretty highly flamed maple neck vintage tuners. the one thing that i really like about this guitar is the bridge its the only guitar in the fender line with a bridge like it

This guitar sounds so much different than other fenders thanks to the humbuckers. I play blues and light rock stuff like the Stones or Tom Petty and this gutar does it good. I play a this and also a strat with texas specials through a Fender "evil" twin with no effects or distortion just a hint of reverb and it sound pretty fucking good. not bright just warm and smooth. I give it a nine because it doesnt sound like any other fender out there

Orange color fits well with the guitar. it was not my first choice but it was the only one they had and it was on sale. set up was not too bad but need a little fixing. i cant find any flaws on it and it plays better than my strat does(the flater fingerboard radius makes bending a sinch)

Solid heavy ass guitar

i have been playing 6 years and am now 18. i cant find a problem with this guitar other than the color. if lost or stolen i probably wouldnt get another id get a G&L or a more up-scale guitar, but for now this suits me just fine.