Fender Katana
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The Fender Katana is a type of electric guitar built by the Fender company. It was designed by marketing director Dan Smith in 1986. The Katana is by far the most unorthodox guitar ever made by Fender. The Katana was designed to compete with the wild shaped guitars of era such as the Gibson Flying V and satisfy Fender dealers who were feeling the pinch by them. Sadly, the Katana did not sell as well as was hoped and it was discontinued the same year.
The guitar features a set-in neck instead of the traditional Fender's bolt-on. It has two humbuckers with a 3 way toggle, a volume, and a TBX control.
The strange Katana body style was copied for the much cheaper Squier Katana, which had only one pickup, a bolt-on short scale neck and basic volume/tone controls. The Squier version is much more commonly available in the used market than the genuine Fender model.
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[1] - Page about Fender Guitars with Katana picture and information.
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