Fender Showmaster
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The Fender Showmaster is a discontinued model of electric guitar made by Fender, and is characteristic of a superstrat.
History
[edit]The Showmaster was introduced in 1998. The initial Custom Shop Showmaster was a design supplied by John Suhr, a senior Master Builder during that era. It started out as a US version of the Contemporary Stratocaster and featured two Fender Texas Special pickups in the neck and middle positions, a Seymour Duncan '59 Jeff Beck Trembucker in the lead position, a white pearloid pickguard and a deluxe locking tremolo bridge. Later, after Suhr left, the Showmaster was turned into a back-routed, carved-top, and set neck design.
The main distinguishing feature of Fender Showmasters from other superstrats is the carved maple top (quilted or flamed) with cream binding. The Showmaster series also included a short-lived 7-string version with a stop-tail bridge that had been introduced around 1999/2000 and discontinued two years later. Squier, Fender's budget marque, also produced the Showmaster, including a Jason Ellis signature model.[1] In 2009, all Showmaster models were discontinued.
References
[edit]- ^ Molenda, M. (October 2003). "Squier Showmaster Roundup". Guitar Player. pp. 86–88, 90.