Fender 101 User manual

OWNER’S MANUAL

FOR FENDER® ACOUSTIC GUITARS

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Thank you for choosing a Fender® acoustic guitar.

We believe it will give you many years of pleasure.

Please take a few moments to read through this

booklet. In it you will find answers to many of your

questions and other invaluable information about

care and maintenance for your guitar.

Welcome to the Fender® Family

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Fender’s rich acoustic guitar history dates all the way back to the early 1960s, when the company injected

a much-needed and thoroughly modern dose of youthfully exuberant Southern California sun-and-fun

culture into the somewhat stodgy old world of acoustic guitar design.

After the phenomenal success of Fender electric guitars, basses and ampliers, beginning in the late 1940s

and throughout the rocking and rolling ’50s, it seemed only natural that the growing Fender company would

turn its attention to the acoustic guitar world. Folk music was booming in the late 1950s and early 1960s,

and acoustic guitars remained an integral part of rock ‘n’ roll, country and pop records, so Fender’s eventual

involvement with the instrument type seemed a foregone conclusion.

At that time, a Fender acoustic guitar was not one for which you dressed formally or that you displayed as

a valuable relic. It wasn’t for the hushed classical concert stage. A Fender acoustic guitar was one that you

threw in the backseat and headed for the beach to join the gang. They were for the coffee house and the

campre. Fender acoustics were good-sounding, cool-looking instruments that were

a blast to play, as seen in the classic Fender advertisements of the ’60s era. Fender

acoustic guitars were fun.

And back in the day, some pretty heavy hitters used them, from

rock strummers to country pickers—artists such as Johnny

Cash, George Jones, Buck Owens and even the king of rock

‘n’ roll himself, Elvis Presley.

Fender began advertising its acoustic guitar line in 1963 at

the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) trade

show. They were attractive at-top instruments with unusual

features such as bolt-on necks (like Fender electric guitars),

The History of Fender® Acoustic Guitars …

History

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Stratocaster® guitar headstocks, screw-attached pickguards and internal body

trusses that took stress off the top and back, enabling lighter tops with smaller

braces. Earliest models included the King, the Concert, the Classic, the Folk and

the Palomino.

Fender continued to create many new stellar models through the

mid-’60s and was recognized for exceptional innovation with the

development of the Wildwood guitars, which were introduced in 1966.

Based on the earlier King at-top model, it came in a variety of dramatic

dyed-wood colors. The Wildwood colors were created by injecting

colored dyes directly into growing beech trees many years before the

wood was actually harvested. The resulting guitars were striking in their

vibrant colors and depth of tone.

Through the 1970s and 1980s, Fender continued to produce a variety of outstanding acoustic instruments, but it was in the mid-

’80s and through the ’90s that Fender is credited with spawning a wide-ranging and popular resurgence in acoustic guitar playing

that harkens back to those early-’60s sun-and-fun acoustic models. Innovation continued in the 2000s with the creation of the new

California™ and the Classic Design series guitars.

Today, in a direct line with our rich heritage, Fender offers a

comprehensive range of acoustic instruments for everyone from

professionals to hobbyists and beginners, in models that include full-

size dreadnoughts, jumbos, orchestra and concert models; from

nylon-string classical guitars to full-scale acoustic bass guitars; and

from distinctive artist signature models to exotic limited editions.

Fender continues to be a leader in innovation, quality and service.

Thank you again for purchasing a new Fender acoustic guitar.

History

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guitar

body

end pin or end

pin jack

(depending on model)

top

side

bridge

saddle

binding

bridge pins

preamp

(depending on model)

soundhole

rosette

pickguard

Whether you know the names of all the parts or not, anatomical

Anatomy 101

Anatomy

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headstock

strap button

(depending on model)

nut

fret

ngerboard

tuning machines

(keys)

tuning machine/key

post (shaft/capstan)

position inlay

cutaway

(depending on model)

neck

heel

string

charts are always cool. Here’s the basic anatomy of a guitar:

Anatomy

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The Effects of Temperature, Humidity and

Moisture Content in the Wood

Wood is an organic, porous material that either absorbs moisture from the air, or evaporates it out into the air,

depending on the humidity and temperature of the environment surrounding it. Like a sponge, when wood absorbs

moisture, it swells up, and conversely, when it dries out, it shrinks.

Acoustic guitars, with their broad surfaces of relatively thin solid and laminated woods, are extremely sensitive to

environmental changes in temperature and humidity and as such, require ongoing attention to maintain them in their

optimum playing condition.

One of the greatest threats to the integrity of fine wood guitars is a lack of attention to maintaining the instruments in

the appropriate temperature and humidity range that will ensure the ideal moisture content in the wood.

The collective experience of all of the major acoustic guitar manufacturers today, has demonstrated that the ideal

temperature to preserve the integrity of solid wood acoustic guitars is “room temperature”, which is about 70 degrees

F (20.5 C). The ideal relative humidity is between 40% and 50%.

The moisture content of wood is determined by the relative humidity and temperature of the surrounding atmosphere.

Relative humidity is expressed as a percentage of air’s capability to hold moisture. For example, 30% relative humidity

means that the air is holding 30% of the moisture it could possibly hold at a given temperature.

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