Fender upgrades CA-360SCE Auditorium, CJ-290SCE Jumbo Maple & CD-220SCE
(mtebaldi | Posted 2011-01-10)
Fender is entering the New Year with a few new upgrades for their electro-acoustic guitar catalogue. Featuring a small body and superb tone projection, the CA-360SCE Auditorium features a solid spruce top complemented by a mahogany back, sides and neck. Upgrades include a new tortoise shell pickguard and mother-of-pearl rosette design, new compensated rosewood bridge design, aged bridge pins with black dots, solid mahogany back, mother-of-pearl Fender logo headstock inlay, and smaller (3 mm) dot fingerboard inlays. Features also include scalloped “X” bracing, 20-fret rosewood fingerboard, dual-action truss rod, die-cast tuners and Fishman® Presys™ pickup system with active onboard preamp, tuner, volume and tone controls and low-battery indicator light.
Like the CA-360SCE Auditorium, the CJ-290SCE Jumbo Maple is now also coming with a few updated features. This jumbo cutaway guitar projects a sounds as big as Texas itself, with stylish flame maple back and sides, solid spruce top and maple neck. Some of the new upgrades include the new shell pickguard and abalone rosette design, new compensated rosewood bridge design, black bridge pins with abalone dots, mother-of-pearl Fender logo headstock inlay, smaller (3 mm) dot fingerboard inlays and gold hardware. The CJ-290SCE Jumbo Maple also include scalloped X bracing, 20-fret rosewood fingerboard, dual-action truss rod and Fishman® Presys™ pickup system with active onboard preamp, tuner, volume and tone controls and low-battery indicator light.
The CD-220SCE is a dreadnought cutaway with a full, resonant sound and exotic wood construction in two beautiful choices: ovangkol (a heavy West African wood) back and sides or ash burl back and sides; both with a natural-finish solid spruce top. Upgrades also include a new tortoise shell pickguard and abalone rosette design, new compensated rosewood bridge design, black bridge pins with abalone dots, mother-of-pearl Fender logo headstock inlay, and smaller (3 mm) dot fingerboard inlays. Features include scalloped X bracing, back center stripe mosaic inlay, 20-fret rosewood fingerboard, dual-action truss rod, gold hardware and Fishman® Presys™ pickup system with active onboard preamp, tuner, volume and tone controls and low-battery indicator light.
The CA-360SCE Auditorium has a current market price of $599.99. The CJ-290SCE Jumbo Maple retails for $649.99. The CD-220SCE comes with a price tag of $629.99.
For more information please visit www.fender.com
