REVIEW
FENDER THE EDGE GUITAR Doug Doppler
Key Features
Quartersawn “C”-shaped
Maple/Maple Neck
‘70s-style Headstock
Locking Tuners
Two-point Trem with Pop-in Bar
Hardshell Case included
$1,799.99
When done right, signature gear bears more
amplified… this is a sensational guitar. The
than just the artist’s name, it carries the years
mojo of the ‘70s style headstock, C-shaped
of experience that the artist amassed touring
quartersawn maple/maple neck and contoured
the globe instrument in hand. While The Edge
heel make playing this instrument a dream. This
has used a number of instruments over the
is one of those instruments that begs for you to
years, none remains as iconic as the black Strat
keep playing it.
immortalized on songs like Sunday Bloody
Sunday in the U2 Live at Red Rocks: Under a
The five-way pickup selector toggles between
Blood Red Sky film.
two Fender Custom Shop Fat ‘50s single coil
pickups in the neck and middle position, and
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Fender’s The Edge Strat embodies everything
a DiMarzio FS-1 in the bridge. The second
we’d hoped it would. From the great feel,
tone control works when using just the bridge
natural
pickup which is one of our favorite “mods”.
acoustics
May June 2016
and
big
sound
when
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