A Fender acoustic that thinks it's a Strat!

The Fender California Series acoustic-electric guitars with their soft C-shaped maple necks and Strat headstocks will have you hanging out at the Malibu beach with Frankie and Annette, doing the twist as the surf crashes in! Features include vintage-style machine heads, exclusive vintage inspired pickguards, and a dreadnought design that screams nothing but Fender!

A solid spruce top provides a warm, punchy tone, and the unique, Fender-designed cutaway dreadnought body with a tighter upper bout makes for a more comfortable fit for just about any player. These acoustic-electric guitars have a real electric feel-the "Soft C" neck shape and electric guitar strings make thfender Sonoran guitar a breeze to play. Strat players-this one will feel like coming home.

The Fender California is the perfect acoustic-electric for you fans of vintage-style guitars. All Fender enthusiasts, and players who want a different look and vibe, and electric guitar players who want an acoustic that's easy to pick up and play anywhere, anytime will appreciate the Sonoran. Vintage-inspired pickguard design, sweet SoCal colors, and rosewood fingerboard.

Fender California Series Sonoran SCE California Custom Dreadnought Acoustic-Electric Guitar Features:

• Series: California Series
• Body Style: Dreadnought Cutaway
• Finish: Gloss
• Top: Solid Spruce
• Back And Sides: Laminated Mahogany
• Neck: Maple
• Fingerboard: Rosewood
• Frets: 20
• Bridge: Rosewood
• Electronics: Fender FTE-3
• Controls: Volume, Bass, Mid, Treble
• Machine Heads: Vintage Fender® style w/ Plastic Buttons
• Scale Length: 643 mm/25-1/4"
• Body Depth: 3-3/4" at neck, 4-3/4" at bottom
• Width At Nut: 1-5/8"
• Width At Heel: 2-1/8"
• Unique Features: "Soft C" neck shape, Fender-designed body shape, bridge; Fender Stratocaster® headstock, checkerboard rosette
• Strings: Phosphor Bronze 12-52

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Fender California Series Sonoran SCE California Custom Dreadnought Acoustic-Electric Guitar

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Very pround!!!

Posted by Tim SUNDOG Corcoran from Madison, Wisconsin on Oct 5, 2009

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Organizer of Grateful Garcia Gathering

Reviewer's Play Style: Jamband music!

I already have an electric Strat and love it to death! I wanted to buy an acoustic and went to a store to see what was available. I pucked a about 6 diffent acoustic guitars including a Black Fender Sonoran (only one left in stock)hanging on the wall. I was in the acoustic guitar room for an hour and a half. After trying the other guitars, I was always coming back to that Black Beauty Fender Sonoran! It was an easy choice, and I knew I was going to buy the Fender when I first pucked it. Don't waist your time in a guitar room like I did. JUST GO BUY THE SONORAN!!! Sounds awesome, looks and feel like a rock star would want it to be! Grateful Dead music sounds AWESOME on it!!! Jerry Garcia would love this axe I'm sure of it!!! Dig it!!!

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Don't be fooled by negative reviews

Posted by Paulydanyl from Milwaukee, Wi on Oct 3, 2009

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Music Student

Reviewer's Play Style: Folk, Jazz, pop

I read them both, one just needs to get a setup performed by a professional, and the other should have stored it properly in a CASE and not on the stand. That guitar was most likely damaged by changes in humidity or temp not lack of quality on Fender's part. The Fender Sonoran has great tone for a guitar in this price range, and the looks are unique. 4.5 on features because like all guitar players I always want more and a tuner built in would be nice. 4 on quality because the wiring inside could be a bit neater, the factory setup needed some adjusting, and there's a bit of visible glue squeeze out on the back bracing inside. For the price this guitar, you would be hard pressed to do much better, and overall you get plenty of bang for the buck. I'm very pleased with my purchase.

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Fingerstyle Guitar

Posted by Patrick3564 from San Diego on Sep 27, 2009

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Hobbyist

Reviewer's Play Style: Country and Bluegrass

I bought my Sonoran Last Year and have own numerous other brand guitars in the past. Of all the moderate priced guitars I've owned, this is my favorite by far. I'm a banjo player and enjoyed a finger style of playing. I felt the original strings were a bit on the light side causing some buzzing up the neck. After switching to medium gauge Martin Bronze .013 - .056 and tuning to an open G, the guitar sounded great both amplified and acoustic. I love the light smooth neck and the guitar feels solid overall. It has a clean Robust tone with good overall balance between bass and treble. This guitar had the closest feel to a banjo neck, especially the solid maple was smooth and comfortable all the way up the neck. I highly recommend it.

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Gorgeous Guitar

Posted by SonoMan from Macon, GA on Sep 10, 2009

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Active Musician, Recording Artist

Reviewer's Play Style: Acoustic Rock

This guitar is beautiful. It looks amazing and will blow people away. It sounds so warm and wonderful both amplified and unplugged. The look will turn heads and have people asking you where you found such a gorgeous old vintage guitar. The neck feels so great in your hand and the action is wonderful.

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Buy something else

Posted by Raune from Mississippi on Jul 1, 2009

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Hobbyist

Reviewer's Play Style: Everything

I bought this guitar about 6 months ago brand new, played it for a few minutes and then put it on a stand. I was pleased with the playability and the tone at that time. I picked it up a month later and the fret buzz was intolerable. The thing had never been moved, and had been stored correctly on a guitar stand. I finally picked it up again tonight after detuning it a few months ago to try and get the neck to straighten itself back out and it was near impossible to tune, although the fret buzz did seem to be a little less noticeable once I got it in tune.

That's not to say it sounded good by any stretch of the imagination, it still sounded horrible and buzzed like an angry bee hive. This is an out of the box new guitar in factory condition with 15 minutes max playing time on it.

I wouldn't play a kindergarten recital on the thing.

I wish I'd kept the original packaging and played it a bit more when I first got it, because this thing would've been returned in a heartbeat. Maybe I got a lemon, or maybe they're all like this, I don't know.

Worst guitar I've ever bought and the only product I've ever been disappointed in buying from MF in over 20 years of doing business.

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