Fender Limited Edition American Performer Timber Stratocaster, with Maple Fingerboard

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Fender Limited Edition American Performer Timber Stratocaster, with Maple Fingerboard, Action Position Back

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Featuring a maple fingerboard and a sugar pine body paired with three Yosemite single coil-pickups, this Fender Timber strat has some serious spank to it!

What's special about this item?

Feature:	What it does:
Pine body	Balanced response, similar to alder
Maple fretboard	Delivers a bright, snappy sound
Maple neck	Bright tone, full sustain and strength
Fender Yosemite pickups	Dynamic sounds, great feedback control

Overview

Born in Corona, California, the Limited Edition American Performer Timber Stratocaster delivers the exceptional tone and feel you expect from an authentic Fender.

Features:

- Designed for rich, expressive tones
- Sugar Pine body with Maple neck
- Maple Fingerboard
- Three Yosemite single-coil Stratocaster pickups; RW/RP middle pickup
- Push-pull pot activates neck pickup
- Greasebucket tone circuitry
- "Modern C" shaped neck with 9.5" radius fingerboard
- ClassicGear tuning machines
- Classic Fender silver '70s logo

This guitar features a trio of Yosemite single-coil pickups, designed for rich, expressive tones. With flat-staggered pole pieces to increase output and a shellac coating that lets the coil breathe while controlling feedback, Yosemite pickups produce dynamic sounds ideal for any musical situation. A push-pull tone control adds the neck pickup in any switch position, unlocking new, musically useful tones. The "Modern C"- shaped neck sports a 9.5"-radius fingerboard that's comfortable for almost any playing style, along with 22 jumbo frets for effortless and accurate bending.

Specs

SERIES: American Performer
MODEL NAME: Limited Edition American Performer Timber Stratocaster
COLOR: 2-Color Sunburst
BODY MATERIAL: Pine Stratocaster
BODY FINISH: Satin Urethane
NECK: Maple
NECK FINISH: Satin Urethane
FINGERBOARD MATERIAL: Maple
NUMBER OF FRETS: 22
FRET SIZE: Jumbo
POSITION INLAYS: Black Dot
NUT MATERIAL: Synthetic Bone
NUT WIDTH: 1.685" (42.8 mm)
TUNING MACHINES: Fender ClassicGear
SCALE LENGTH: 25.5" (64.77 cm)
BRIDGE: 6-Saddle Vintage-Style Synchronized Tremolo
PICKUPS: Yosemite Single-Coil Stratocaster x3
PICKUP SWITCHING: 5-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Middle Pickup, Position 3. Middle Pickup, Position 4. Middle and Neck Pickup, Position 5. Neck Pickup
CONTROLS: Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck & Middle Pickup), Tone 2. Greasebucket Tone Circuit (Bridge Pickup)
CONTROL KNOBS: Aged White Plastic
SPECIAL ELECTRONICS: Push/Pull Switch up on Tone 2 adds Neck Pickup in Parallel For Positions 1 and 2
HARDWARE FINISH: Nickel/Chrome
STRINGS: Fender USA 250L Nickel Plated Steel (.009-.042 Gauges)
PICKGUARD: 3-Ply Black
CASE/GIG BAG: Included Deluxe Gig Bag

Documents and Manuals

For support or warranty questions, please contact the manufacturer:
Phone: 800-488-1818
Web: https://my.fender.com/support

Reviews

(1 ratings)

Submitted October 1, 2025 by Jack D

"Finally! Great strat pickups"

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The last good Stratocaster I owned was a 1979 Antigua strat that I ended up selling in the 80's.. So, when I started researching for a new strat, after years of playing an SG and Les Paul, I knew what I wanted. Big headstock, hot pickups and American quality. I ordered the Vintera 2 70's strat when it came out, and, although beautiful, the pickups left much to be desired. Weak in my opinion. And uninspiring. Back it went. Then I discovered the American Performer series, and ordered the Sugar Pine from the Timber series.This Sugar Pine strat instantly converted me into a strat guy!Beautiful finish, perfect frets, and a fast, fast smooth neck. No one does a neck as good as Fender. Anyway, I love this strat. Nice and light, but solid as a rock. Once again, zZounds comes through to provide the absolute best equipment available to this musician. I also ordered a Laney Lionheart amp which really makes the Strat shine. Have no qualms about this Stratocaster. It is a killer tone monster.

Sound
Absolutely perfect pickups. Loud, powerful Fender single coils with a push-pull on the lower tone knob for a total of 7, count 'em, 7 tonal options.

Features
The Sugar Pine is fantastic. Perfect weight and awesome tone. Although,in person, this guitar is gorgeous, much better than photo's, its the pickups that make this a superior strat.

Ease of Use
With the Laney amp I bought, this strat came alive and… read more caused me to ignore my other guitars. Have you ever wished there were more hours in the day so that you could keep playing a great guitar? Thats this strat.

Quality
Well made, American strat. The only blemish was a small chip out of the Fender logo on the headstock. Strings were perfect heighth, frets were silky smooth, electronics working perfectly. Solid as a rock guitar.

Value
I got an open box deal. I always try to scoop up discounts. Even at retail, this guitar is well worth the money. I would take this over any guitar in Fenders lineup at the price.

Manufacturer Support
No contact

Musical Style:
Not a mod, not a rocker. Im a mocker.Eagles, Who, Stones Waylon and Merl with some Sly for good measure.

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