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Fender F-1030S Dreadnought acoustic western guitar

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Fender F-1030S Dreadnought acoustic western guitar
Product no: 9000-0010-0342 Bax Music Warranty: This product comes with a 3-year warranty.

General

It is virtually identical to the F-1020S, but the Fender F-1030S was bestowed with two luxury upgrades. This acoustic western guitar has a chic satin-gloss lacquer finish and sides and back made of rosewood instead of mahogany. Besides that, it has the same vintage feel as the rest of the F-series guitars. The F-1030S was inspired by Fender's F-series Dreadnought guitars from the seventies, as is clear from its extra large headstock and Viking-style bridge.

Fender F-1030S: cedar solid top

The F-1030S is a so-called solid top acoustic guitar, meaning that the top is made of solid wood, cedar in this case. Solid is preferable over laminated wood in the sense that it provides the guitar with a better resonance, resulting in a fuller, richer, more open tone. The sizeable dreadnought body with rosewood sides and back contribute to this tone with a proper dose of deep, tight mids and sweet, yet defined trebles. The neck is made of mahogany and features a 20-fret rosewood fretboard as well as a comfortable C profile.

Luxury details

Like the 'F' next to the 12th fret, the Fender logo on the headstock of the F-1030S is a maple inlay. The sound hole is also tastefully decorated with a maple and mahogany rosette. Even the bindings along the body and fretboard are made of genuine maple. The string nut and the bridge saddle are made of GraphTech NuBone and have the same excellent tonal properties as genuine bone ones. The vintage feel is further emphasised by the cream-white bridge pins and aged chrome machine heads.

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Specifications

Weight and dimensions including packaging

Weight (incl. packaging)	4,0 kg
Dimensions (incl. packaging)	114,0 x 46,0 x 18,0 cm

Product specifications

F-series acoustic western guitar
colour: natural
finish: matte urethane
body style: dreadnought
top: solid cedar
bracing: Scalloped Quartersawn Spruce X
sides and back: laminated rosewood
neck: mahogany, comfortable C-profile
fretboard: rosewood
fretboard radius: 11.81 inches (300 mm)
number of frets: 20, vintage-style
scale length: 25.3 inches (643 mm)
string nut: 42.9mm, Graph Tech NuBone
tuners: sealed self-lubricating, aged chrome
bridge: rosewood, vintage Viking-type with compensated NuBone saddle
strings: Fender Dura-Tone Coated 80/20 Bronze .012-.052

Details:

'70s-style large headstock with rosewood overlay and maple Fender logo
maple Fender F inlay next to the 12th fret
maple bindings along the body and fretboard, maple heel plate
front-faced strap button with internal reinforcement block
aged-white bridge pins
two-way truss rod

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Niels W. 25 March 2015

Wrote the following about Fender F-1030S Dreadnought acoustic western guitar

Goed klinkende, goed bespeelbare gitaar. Ziet er ook prima uit. Hij is vrij groot en genereert daardoor veel volume. Basstonen komen goed door en dat is een van de belangrijkste redenen dat ik voor dit model heb gekozen. Muting klinkt heerlijk. Tuners houden de stemming goed en de kwaliteit van de kam is boven verwachting. Al met al een goede aankoop.

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