Description
What makes this guitar special: Created using a design by James D’Aquisto, this Fender Custom Shop certainly lives up to the expectations associated with its namesake. An absolutely stunning guitar with a great sound to match, this D’Aquisto Elite is from Fender’s later forays into the world of archtop construction. Based upon our research, we are able to narrow the production year to 1994-2002, but cannot determine an exact year. Featuring a laminated maple top, back and sides, this guitar has the look of a high end instrument, but at a much more reasonable price tag. Plus, it resists feedback at higher volumes as well as help with the overall sustain. The Seymour Duncan humbucker fits the overall vibe of the instrument perfectly, adding a little extra punch to the sound, but translating the acoustic archtop tone quite nicely. Professionally set up by our in-house technician, this guitar is guaranteed to play great right out of the case.
Condition: The guitar is in excellent condition overall. There are some extremely light surface scratches and a very small nick on the back of the instrument, but is remarkably clean for a used guitar. The frets are in excellent shape and have tons of life left. The neck is straight and the truss rod functions perfectly.
Body: 16” Lower bout single cutaway archtop body with laminate maple top, laminated maple back and sides. Violin Sunburst Finish. 3-ply aged white binding. Ebony Adjustable floating bridge and carved ebony tailpiece. Floating ebony pickguard with single ply white binding. D’Aquisto design F-holes.
Neck: Medium thickness C shaped 3 piece maple neck (.86” at the 1st fret, .91” at the 9th fret). 20 fret ebony fingerboard with single ply white binding, Mother-of-Pearl block inlays, and black side dots. Bound headstock with ebony peghead veneer and Mother-of-Pearl Fender logo inlay. Etched D’Aquisto truss rod cover. Chrome Fender sealed gear tuning machines. 1 3/4” nut width. 25 1/4” scale length.
Electronics: Single Seymour Duncan humbucker in the neck position. Master Volume and Master tone controls. Ebony control knobs.
Weight: 6 lbs. 10.9 oz.
Playability/Sound: The medium thickness neck is very comfortable to hold and maneuvering around the fingerboard is incredibly easy with excellent access to the highest registers. Acoustically, the archtop has a lovely warm response that really focuses in once the strings are hit a little harder. Plugged in, the Seymour Duncan pickup adds a little extra punch to the sound, but overall translates the acoustic tone quite nicely.
Case: Includes original hard shell case.
