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Matt Parker

“We decided, ‘Let's take the Jazzmaster out and put the Meteora in there to see if it's gonna work’”: Why Fender chose the Meteora over the Jazzmaster for its American Ultra II series

Fender American Ultra II Meteora and the American Ultra Jazzmaster.

This week saw the unveiling of the Fender American Ultra II series – one of the firm’s biggest launches of 2024 and a line that contains the most innovative electric guitar designs available from its US stable.

The top-of-line models blend contemporary specs like noiseless pickups, Luminlay side dots, speedy satin-urethane necks, and subtle comfort carves with the Fender DNA of shapes like the Stratocaster and Telecaster.

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