Have you ever seen a 12-string Stratocaster, me not I must confess, but last month Fender introduced the Fender Stratocaster XII 12-String Special Edition, a reissued version of the original 12-string Stratocaster model released in the 80s. The guitar has the same body and look of a standard Strat but with 12-string headstock that does not has the classic Fender design.
The Fender Stratocaster XII 12-String Special Edition features alder body, maple neck, C profile, rosewood fingerboard, 21 frets, 25.5″ scale length, 12-saddle hard-tail bridge, 3 vintage style single-coil pickups, 5-way pickup switch, master volume and neck and middle pickups tone controls.
This guitar has a gloss polyurethane finish and is available in 3-color sunburst, lake placid blue and burgundy mist metallic colors. The Fender Stratocaster XII 12-String Special Edition is now available and its price is $699.95 ($50 cheaper for the burgundy mist color model).
- From Desafinados (Spanish)
- Official site
It’s definitely not the first one – the original strat XII was made between 1985-1996. This reissue isn’t new either – it started in 2005. I thought it had a ‘hockeystick’ headstock, but apparantly I’m wrong about that: only the ‘jagstang’ Fender Electric XII had that feature. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratocaster_XII
Thanks a lot for the info Karl.