{"product_id":"fender-american-professional-stratocaster-maple-fingerboard-oxblood","title":"Fender American Professional Stratocaster, Maple Fingerboard, Oxblood","description":"\u003ch2\u003eFender American Professional Stratocaster, Maple Fingerboard, Oxblood\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Fender American Professional Stratocaster is the 2026 version of Fender's working-player Strat. The \"II\" has gone from the name, and nearly everything you touch has been reworked: new pickups, a re-sculpted neck heel, an upgraded tremolo and new saddles. This one comes in Oxblood, a deep, dark red with a black pickguard, on a maple fingerboard — built in the USA and shipped in Fender's Deluxe Moulded hardshell case.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center; margin: 24px 0;\" data-gw=\"ampro-strat-features\"\u003e\u003cimg style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 1200px; height: auto; display: block; margin: 0 auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn11.bigcommerce.com\/s-ikl27\/images\/stencil\/original\/image-manager\/transactional-fender-american-professional-comparison-chart-1.jpg?t=1791944590\" alt=\"Fender American Professional Stratocaster features: new V-Mod III single-coil pickups, ClassicGear Precision potentiometers and a two-point tremolo with ClassicGear Radial bent-steel saddles\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eThree V-Mod III single-coils\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFender's new V-Mod III Stratocaster single-coils are voiced for clarity: chords stay separated, the bridge pickup bites without going thin, and the neck pickup is round and warm for clean rhythm work and slow lead lines. Every one of the five blade positions is usable, from the glassy middle pickup to the quacky in-between sounds in positions two and four. A push-push switch built into a tone knob adds the neck pickup to whatever the blade has selected — bridge and neck together, or all three pickups at once — two combinations a standard Strat simply cannot reach.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAn upgraded tremolo and new saddles\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe two-point synchronised tremolo has been upgraded and is built on a cold-rolled steel block, which adds sustain and gives the top end more clarity and sparkle. The saddles are Fender's new ClassicGear Radial bent-steel units, with recessed adjustment screws so nothing digs into the side of your picking hand and intonation and string height are quick to set. The arm pops in and out with no thread to wear.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eClassicGear Precision controls\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMaster volume, Tone 1 for the neck and middle pickups, Tone 2 for the bridge pickup — the layout is the familiar one, but the potentiometers are Fender's new ClassicGear Precision pots, built with a set torque and a carefully matched taper so the knobs feel the same every time and the volume rolls off smoothly instead of all at once. Fender standard cast, sealed staggered tuners and nickel\/chrome hardware complete the kit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eA Deep \"C\" neck with the edges rolled off\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe maple neck carries Fender's Deep \"C\" profile — a fuller handful than a modern flat C, without the baseball-bat feel of a fifties U — and the fingerboard edges are rolled so it feels played-in from the first day. The back of the neck has Fender's \"Super-Natural\" satin urethane, so your hand slides rather than sticks, while the headstock face is gloss. Fender has also re-sculpted the heel where the neck meets the body, so the top frets are easier to reach. The maple board has a 9.5\" radius, 22 narrow-tall frets that make bends and light fretting easy, a bone nut 42.8 mm wide and the standard 25.5\" Fender scale. A four-bolt asymmetrical neck plate with Micro-Tilt adjustment lets a tech set the neck angle without pulling the neck off.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eOxblood over alder\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOxblood is a deep, dark red that looks almost brown in low light and glows wine-red where the light catches the body edges. The black guard keeps it serious. The body is alder, the body timber Fender has used on most of its American guitars since the mid-fifties, under a polyurethane finish, with a three-ply black pickguard. The maple fingerboard carries black dot inlays and black side dots. It has aged white pickup covers and aged white knobs. It comes in Fender's Deluxe Moulded hardshell case.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSet up in-store by Guitar World Australia's techs before it ships to you, so it plays perfectly the moment it arrives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eBrand\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFENDER\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eModel\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAmerican Professional Stratocaster\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eSeries\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAmerican Professional (2026)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eBody Shape\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eStratocaster\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eNumber of Strings\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e6\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eFinish\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOxblood, polyurethane\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eBody\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAlder\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eNeck Material\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaple\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eNeck Shape\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDeep \"C\"\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eNeck Finish\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\"Super-Natural\" satin urethane back, gloss urethane headstock face\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eNeck Joint\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFour-bolt asymmetrical neck plate with Micro-Tilt adjustment\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eFingerboard\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaple\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eFingerboard Edges\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eRolled\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eFingerboard Radius\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9.5\" (241 mm)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eFrets\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e22\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eFret Size\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eNarrow tall\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003ePosition Inlays\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBlack dots\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eSide Dots\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBlack\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eNut\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBone\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eNut Width\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e1.685\" (42.8 mm)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eScale Length\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e25.5\" (648 mm)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eNeck Pickup\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eV-Mod III Single-Coil Strat\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eMiddle Pickup\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eV-Mod III Single-Coil Strat\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eBridge Pickup\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eV-Mod III Single-Coil Strat\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003ePickup Configuration\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSSS\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eControls\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaster volume; 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