For more than three decades, Steve Harris’s galloping fleet-fingered basslines have turbocharged U.K. metal titans Iron Maiden and have made him the most influential metal bassist alive. Harris has stayed true to his battle-hardened Fender Precision Bass guitar over the years, and Fender now honors him with the Artist Signature Series Steve Harris Precision Bass. This bass features a regally cool Royal Blue Metallic sparkle finish, with a chromed mirror pickguard, alder body, vintage-tint one-piece maple neck and fingerboard with 20 medium-jumbo frets, a Badass® II bridge, Seymour Duncan® Basslines SPB-1 split-coil Precision Bass pickup, chrome hardware, Steve Harris signature Rotosound® custom flat-wound strings and Harris’s signature on the back of the headstock. Deluxe gig bag included.

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The Ovation iDea is the first and only guitar of its kind, featuring a built-in MP3 recorder/player. A digital recorder is part of the on-board Ovation preamp. A simple and direct recording control makes it easy to record entire songs or fragments, even vocals and commentary. The iDea is also a learning tool, with audio lessons pre-installed in the memory. Additional lessons from iDea educational partner, WorkshopLive.com, are available via download from www.OvationiDea.com. Downloading files from a computer or the internet is easy via USB. Files in the iDea can be moved, renamed, deleted and rearranged right on the computer desktop. Mixes from recording software, rhythm tracks, even songs the player wants to learn can be downloaded and played either through the guitar output or headphones. Several “Jam Tracks” are also pre-installed in the instrument, and others are available online. • RECORD – guitar and vocals simultaneously through pickup and built-in microphone. Store over 100 minutes of MP3 files. • PLAYBACK – through headphones or amp. Change playback tempo without changing pitch. • CREATE – Inspiration comes at any time…capture it EVERY time! Easily record song ideas, licks, hooks and rhythms. Upload songs to recording software to edit and expand. • LEARN – Download lessons and backing tracks at www.OvationiDea.com. Record songs or solos from MP3 sources, slow them down and learn note- for-note.

Grammy®-nominated artist Kenny Wayne Shepherd has been carrying the blues torch since he exploded on the scene in the mid-’90s. Fender is proud to offer Shepherd’s new signature model Stratocaster model, inspired by his own vintage ’61 Stratocaster (currently on display at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame). The Kenny Wayne Shepherd Stratocaster features vintage styling coupled with modern appointments including Graph Tech® bridge saddles, a 12”-radius fretboard, a custom neck shape and jumbo frets.

The long-awaited Eric Johnson Stratocaster guitar arose from Johnson’s express wish to give something back to the collectors, players and fans who’ve supported him throughout his career. Designed by Johnson himself with his own personal features and preferences, this signature model has a highly contoured two-piece alder body with a very thin nitrocellulous lacquer finish. The one-piece quarter-sawn maple neck has a V-shaped profile, 12” fingerboard radius and 21 polished frets. The staggered vintage-style machine heads eliminate the need for a string tree, and the custom pickups are wound to Johnson’s specs. Other features include a parchment ’57-style pickguard, four-spring vintage tremolo, silver-painted block and ’57-style string recess with no paint between the base plate and the block.

The Eric Clapton Stratocaster guitar is guaranteed to please all you “Slowhand” fans. Among the “Cream” of our crop, this signature Strat offers special features including a trio of Fender Vintage Noiseless™ pickups, plus powerful active mid-boost and TBX circuits, all of which make it one of the most versatile instruments we offer. Other features include a special soft V-shaped neck and a blocked original vintage synchronized tremolo bridge.

Flat-top version of the USA Wolfgang® with single ply body binding (black body binding on the Vintage White model), compound radius fingerboard (12" to 16") and D-Tuna® on the tremolo system

Ensenada Factory Special Run Telecaster ® , Ash Body, Maple Neck, Butterschotch Blonde

A screamin’ and “spot”-on artist model based on a true American original, the black-and-white Buddy Guy Polka Dot Stratocaster guitar features an alder body, soft V-shaped one-piece maple neck, 21 medium jumbo frets, three standard ceramic single-coil Strat pickups, and vintage-style tremolo and tuning machines.

Two words—Dick Dale. The man whose cresting, crashing surf music defined a sound and a generation is at it again with his new signature Malibu. Designed by Dale himself with painstaking attention to detail, this amazing instrument is gloss-finished in beautiful “Surfin’ Red” and features dual matching pickguards, 3” body depth for a more comfortable playing and less feedback when plugged in, Fishman® pickup system with onboard tuner, and of course a reverse headstock.