Key Features
- Vintage Fender style and solid spruce top
- Bright tones and comfortable playability thanks to parlour body shape
- Electric-guitar style feel thanks to new slim "C" shaped neck and short 24" scale length
- Exceptional tuning stability and resonance with tilt-back headstock design
Fender Malibu Player Electro Acoustic, Natural Overview
The Fender Malibu Player Electro Acoustic is an effortlessly cool parlour guitar that combines a vintage surfer aesthetic with premium appointments. Featuring a solid spruce top for articulate and developed tones, a newly designed slim "C" shape neck with tilt-back headstock, and a discreet preamp system for playing live and recording, it's ideal for players that want a bright-voiced acoustic with a unique character.
In addition to its eye-catching appearance, the Malibu's sleek playability will bring out your best skills. Its slim neck shape and shorter scale length gives it an electric-guitar style feel, affording your fingers plenty of room to execute those difficult chord shapes while also allowing for smooth transitions around the scales. Meanwhile, its tilt-back headstock and Fender designed bridge and machine heads keeps your tuning in check and maximises sustain. And finally, with Fishman Flex electronics, you can count on a natural acoustic sound while taking to the stage.
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Full Description
View Full DescriptionUnique Malibu Body Shape
First launched back in the '60s, the attractive Malibu shape has a rich heritage for its distinctive contours and bright colours. The slim parlour-style shape creates a bright and clear voice that's ideal for fingerpicking, but also suits a variety of other musical styles.
In addition, its natural treble rich character makes it great at standing above a mix of other acoustic instruments for a sound that cuts through.
Expect exceptional tone, volume and dynamic range
With a solid spruce top, the Malibu Player offers you exceptional control over your dynamics and projection, while also providing a crisp clarity in every note. It's a hugely popular choice as a topwood for acoustics owing to its outstanding resonance and reaching projection, meaning even softly fingerpicked notes will be heard clearly.
Sleek Fender playability
The Malibu Player boasts a slightly shorter 24" scale length and a slim "C" shaped neck for an impeccably sleek feel. This slender design takes the effort away from the higher-string tension of acoustics, allowing you to easily slot into tricky chord shapes and transition around the fretboard fluidly.
Outstanding reliability with a tilt-back headstock
It looks good, sounds great - and will stay that way with minimal maintenance! The Malibu Player's tilt-back headstock and Fender designed bridge and machine heads ensure tuning stability, maximising sustain over long practice sessions.
Whether you're a novice player or a seasoned veteran looking for an acoustic with a unique sound, the Fender Malibu Player Electro Acoustic is the perfect choice.
Specifications
Body
- Series: California
- Orientation: Right-Handed
- Country of Origin: Indonesia
- Body: Solid Spruce Top with Laminated Sapele Back and Sides
- Body Finish: Satin
- Body Shape: Malibu
- Body Top: Solid Sitka Spruce
- Body Binding: Aged White
- Body Back: Sapele
- Body Sides: Sapele
- Body Style: Malibu
- Cutaway: No
- Bracing: Scalloped X
- Waist: 8.375" (212.7mm)
- Rosette: 2-Ring B/W/B
- Sound Hole: 95mm Diameter Soundhole
Neck & Fretboard
- Headstock: Tilt-Back Stratocaster
- Neck Material: Nato
- Neck Finish: Satin Urethane
- Neck Shape: Slim "C"
- Fingerboard Radius: 15.75" (400mm)
- Fingerboard Material: Walnut
- Position Inlays: White Dot
- Number of Frets: 20
- Truss Rod: Modern Heel Adjust
- Truss Rod Nut: 4 mm Hex
- String Nut: Graph Tech NuBone
- Nut Width: 1.69" (43 mm)
- Nut Material: Graph Tech NuBone
- Fret Size: 2.4mm
- Scale Length: 24.1" (612 mm)
Hardware & Electronics
- Bridge: Modern Viking
- Bridge Pins: Aged White with Black Dots
- Pickguard: 3-Ply White
- Hardware Finish: Nickel
- Tuning Machines: Vintage-Style
- Strings: Fender Dura-Tone 880L Coated 80/20 (.012-.052 Gauges), PN 0730880303
- Strap Buttons: Vintage-Style
- Controls: Volume, Tone, Push Tone Knob for Phase Control
- Special Electronics: Fishman Flex
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