The Fender Stratocaster XII is the

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version of the

Fender Stratocaster The Fender Stratocaster, colloquially known as the Strat, is a model of electric guitar designed from 1952 into 1954 by Leo Fender, Bill Carson, George Fullerton, and Freddie Tavares. The Fender Musical Instruments Corporation has continuous ...

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made by

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. It was introduced in 1988 and briefly re-issued 20 years later after a discontinuation in 1996. Unlike the

Fender Electric XII The Fender Electric XII is a purpose-built 12-string electric guitar, designed for folk rockers. Instead of using a Stratocaster-body style, it uses one similar to a Jaguar/Jazzmaster body style. It also departed from the typical "Stratocaster"-s ...

, it uses a Strat-style body. Fender discontinued the Strat XII in 2009. It was reintroduced in 2019 with either a Sunburst or Olympic White finish The Stratocaster XII is designed in the

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and manufactured in Japan. The original 1985 version featured some slight differences compared to the re-issue model of 2005; it had a larger bridge and saddle system similar to that of an Electric XII and an altered

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shape with raised machine heads. It also used a 22-fret neck with a rosewood fingerboard and

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dots. The current version features a modified hard-tail Strat bridge, a

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fretboard with 21 frets and clay dot inlays. Image:My_strat_XII_005.jpg, Detail of headstock Image:My_strat_XII_003.jpg, Detail of bridge

Telecaster XII

The Telecaster XII is similar in design, features and construction to the original Stratocaster XII of 1985, except for the addition of a 2-piece premium lightweight

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Tele-style body, a 1-ply black pickguard and a 1-piece maple neck/fingerboard with black micarta dot inlays. This American-made Custom Shop limited-edition guitar was made in 1995 and discontinued in 1998.

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