The Ultimate High-Performance Strat: Upgraded Woods & Unmatched Versatility
The Fender Limited Edition American Ultra II Stratocaster HSS is designed for the modern guitarist who demands total sonic dominion and flawless playability. This limited Fender Special Run (FSR) masterpiece is built around a select, lightweight Roasted Ash body. The thermal roasting process seasons the wood perfectly, yielding enhanced sustain, an immediate acoustic response, and beautiful, sweeping wood grain accented under a gloss Natural polyester finish.
For ultimate playability, this HSS powerhouse features a rigid, highly stable Roasted Quartersawn Maple neck carved into a sleek Modern "D" profile with a frictionless Ultra Satin finish. It is paired with a premium 10"-14" compound radius Rosewood fingerboard that offers a warm, focused fundamental tone. Boasting ultra-rolled edges, 22 medium jumbo frets, high-visibility Luminlay® side dots, and a Graph Tech® TUSQ® nut, this neck ensures lightning-fast lead runs and comfortable chord voicings all the way up to the sculpted neck heel.
Tonally, this HSS configuration is a giant. In the bridge sits the iconic Seymour Duncan® '59™ Humbucker, delivering vintage PAF warmth, punchy mids, and thick, muscular overdrive. In the middle and neck positions, a pair of Custom Shop Texas Special™ Single-Coils provide that hot-rodded, overwound Texas chime, snap, and mid-range bark. The built-in patented S-1™ switch on the volume control effortlessly splits the bridge humbucker, instantly expanding your tonal palette with classic single-coil sparkle.
The Sanctuary Expert Analysis
"If you can only bring one guitar to a gig or session, this is the one. The roasted ash body gives the guitar an incredibly fast, vibrant acoustic response. The combination of the Custom Shop single-coils with the classic Seymour Duncan '59 humbucker in the bridge makes this a Swiss Army knife of high-end tone. Plus, that rosewood board on the roasted neck looks as dark and luxurious as it sounds."
Photos are of one from our inventory, SN US26010015, individual color and grain will vary from guitar to guitar.
- Model Name: Limited Edition American Ultra II Stratocaster® HSS
- Part Number / MPN: 0179152721
- UPC: 197955209357
- Body Material: Select Roasted Ash
- Body Finish: Gloss Polyester, Natural
- Neck Material: Roasted Quartersawn Maple
- Neck Finish: Ultra Satin Urethane
- Neck Shape: Modern "D"
- Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)
- Fingerboard Material: Select Rosewood
- Fingerboard Radius: 10" to 14" Compound Radius (254 mm to 355.6 mm)
- Number of Frets: 22 Medium Jumbo
- Nut Material & Width: Graph Tech® TUSQ®, 1.685" (42.8 mm)
- Position Inlays: White Pearloid Dot with Luminlay® Side Dots
- Bridge Pickup: Seymour Duncan® '59™ TH-1B Humbucker
- Middle Pickup: Custom Shop Texas Special™ Single-Coil Strat®
- Neck Pickup: Custom Shop Texas Special™ Single-Coil Strat®
- Controls: Master Volume (with S-1™ Switch for Coil Split), Tone 1 (Neck/Middle), Tone 2 (Bridge)
- Bridge: 2-Point American Ultra Synchronized Tremolo with Polished Stainless Steel Block Saddles and Cold Rolled Steel Block
- Tuning Machines: Deluxe Cast/Sealed Locking (All Short Posts)
- Pickguard: 1-Ply Anodized Aluminum
- Case: Premium Deluxe Molded Hardshell Case Included
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