{"product_id":"fender-john-5-ghost-telecaster-electric-guitar-maple-fingerboard-arctic-white","title":"Fender John 5 Ghost Telecaster Electric Guitar, Maple Fingerboard, Arctic White","description":"\u003ch2\u003eFender John 5 Ghost Telecaster Electric Guitar, Maple Fingerboard, Arctic White\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Fender John 5 Ghost Telecaster is the white one — an Artist Signature Tele in Arctic White with red binding around the body, red dots down the maple board, red humbucker bobbins and a red Fender script on the matching painted headcap. It is also about as pared-back as an electric gets: two DiMarzio D Activator humbuckers, one volume knob, a killswitch and a six-saddle hardtail bridge. Nothing on this guitar exists to be fiddled with mid-song.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eVolume, killswitch, and not much else\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFender describes the layout as a single volume knob and a killswitch, and that is what you get your hands on: a red knob with numbers around the skirt and a red push button, side by side on their own strip clear of your picking hand, with a small red-tipped toggle up on the upper bout. Cut the signal on the beat and you get the stuttered, machine-gun rhythm that is John 5's calling card — and because it is a button rather than a lever, you can work it at speed without knocking it into the wrong position. There is no tone control to hunt for in the dark. Volume up, play.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eDiMarzio D Activator humbuckers, front and back\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA D Activator sits at the neck and another at the bridge, both passive, so there is no battery to charge, replace or forget at a gig. The bridge unit pushes a valve amp hard and keeps palm-muted chugging tight and separated rather than turning it into mush; the neck unit is the one you swap to for a lead line and it stays thick without going woolly. Both are direct-mounted with their red bobbins on show, which on an Arctic White body is at least half the point.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eA hardtail that stays put\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Ghost runs a fixed bridge with six individual saddles and the strings anchored through the body — you can see the ferrules in a neat row on the back. A hardtail is the right answer for a guitar that lives on a killswitch: it keeps tuning through hard picking and aggressive bends, it hands more of the string's energy straight to the timber, and every string intonates on its own saddle. Restringing is a two-minute job with no springs, no claw and no floating bridge to rebalance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eFast maple neck, 22 frets\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe bolt-on neck is maple with a maple fingerboard and a modern “C” profile — the shape most players reach for without thinking about it, full enough to hold onto and shallow enough to move quickly. The 9.5-inch fingerboard radius is Fender's comfortable middle ground: flat enough that big bends do not choke out, rounded enough that first-position chords still sit properly under your hand. Twenty-two frets run to the body, with red dot markers that read instantly against the pale maple under stage lights. The back of the neck is left satin natural, so your hand slides instead of sticking.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eArctic White, trimmed in red\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRed binding runs the whole way around the body edge and it is the detail that makes this guitar work — a single hard line of colour against flat white, picked up again by the inlays, the knob, the killswitch, the pickup bobbins and the logo. The headcap is painted to match the body, the hardware is chrome and the six-in-line tuners are Fender's own sealed machines. A John 5 signature neck plate holds it all together. Set 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\n\u003ctable\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\u003eJohn 5 Ghost Telecaster\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"text-align:left;\"\u003eSeries\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eArtist Signature\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"text-align:left;\"\u003eBody Shape\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eTelecaster\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\u003eArctic White gloss, with a matching painted headcap\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"text-align:left;\"\u003eBody Binding\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eRed\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\u003e“C”\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"text-align:left;\"\u003eNeck Joint\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBolt-on\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 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;\"\u003ePosition Markers\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eRed dot inlays\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"text-align:left;\"\u003eNeck Pickup\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDiMarzio D Activator humbucker, red bobbins\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"text-align:left;\"\u003eBridge Pickup\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDiMarzio D Activator humbucker, red bobbins\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"text-align:left;\"\u003eControls\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSingle volume knob and a killswitch on a lower-bout control strip, plus a toggle switch on the upper bout\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"text-align:left;\"\u003eBridge\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSix-saddle hardtail, string-through-body\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"text-align:left;\"\u003eTuners\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFender sealed, 6-in-line\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"text-align:left;\"\u003eHardware Colour\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eChrome\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"text-align:left;\"\u003eHeadstock\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eArctic White matching headcap, red Fender logo\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"text-align:left;\"\u003eNeck Plate\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eJohn 5 signature\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"text-align:left;\"\u003eLeft Handed\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eNo\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"text-align:left;\"\u003eCountry of Origin\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eIndonesia\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"text-align:left;\"\u003eManufacturer Part Number\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e0262310580\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"text-align:left;\"\u003eUPC\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e197955143569\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Fender","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67468757795106,"sku":"0262310580","price":1988.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0996\/0066\/2818\/files\/0262310580_fen_ins_frt_1_rr__61572.1789951651.1280.1280.png?v=1791346642","url":"https:\/\/guitar.com.au\/products\/fender-john-5-ghost-telecaster-electric-guitar-maple-fingerboard-arctic-white","provider":"Guitar World","version":"1.0","type":"link"}