Fender Toronado GT HH Electric Guitar

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Mahogany body. Seymour Duncan pickups. 2 volume and 2 tone controls.

Bring some muscle to the gig! The Toronado GT HH is a hot rod suitable for any gig, and features a mahogany body with a contoured heel, a maple neck with a rosewood fingerboard, an Adjust-o-matic bridge, anchored tailpiece and a pair of American-made Seymour Duncan humbucking pickups. Add to this a racing stripe, and everyone knows -- this guitar means business!

Model name: Toronado GT HH

Model number: 026-0700-(Color#)

Series: Big Block Series

Colors: (540) red with racing stripe, (595) blue with racing stripe, (598) green with racing stripe, (599) bronze with racing stripe, polyurethane finish

Body: mahogany

Neck: maple, modern C-shape, satin polyurethane finish

Fingerboard: rosewood, 9.5 in. radius (241 mm)

No. of Frets: 22 medium jumbo frets

Pickups: 2 Seymour Duncan humbuckers (neck, bridge)

Controls:
-- Volume 1. (neck pickup)

-- Tone 1. (neck pickup)

-- Volume 2. (bridge pickup)

-- Tone 2. (bridge pickup)

Pickup switching -- 3-position toggle:
-- Position 1. bridge pickup

-- Position 2. bridge and neck pickups

-- Position 3. neck pickup

Bridge: Adjusto-Matic bridge with anchored-tailpiece

Machine heads: cast/sealed tuning machines

Hardware: chrome

Pickguard: none

Scale length: 24 3/4 in. (629 mm)

Width at nut: 1.6875 in. (43 mm)

Unique features: Jazzmaster headstock shape, 24 3/4 in. scale length, side mounted jack, contoured heel, oversized strap buttons

Strings: Fender Super ST250L, nickel plated steel, (.009 to .042), p/n 073-0250-203

Accessories: none

Case: none

Introduced: 1/2005

For support or warranty questions, please contact the manufacturer:
Phone: 800-488-1818

Reviewers gave this product an overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars. (58 ratings)
Submitted September 17, 2007 by a customer from yahoo.com

"Fender Toronado is like a Les Paul...but punkier!"

Overall: 5 out of 5 stars
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it will be a long time before i let this one go...I chose it because it sounds as great as it looks....and everyone here in this city of Austin has a Stratocaster or a Les Paul strapped on their back...you cant even find this guitar on Ebay on most days...
Sound
As the last person was having problems setting the guitar up you must realize this has medium JUMBO frets...medium size lengt/jumbo height...made for some serious power-chord usage...I bet it would also make a great slide guitar with the action a bit higher(as it is supposed to be on this particular guitar)
Ease of Use
how can it go wrong with 2 blazing "Made in USA'-Seymour Duncan pickups 2 tone and 2 volume just like a Gibson Les Paul
Quality
solid , screaming, great for shredding leads...looks COOLtoo
Value
I think this Guitar will only go up in value, being it is discontinued...and it was worth every penny I payed for it. I think it is already a collector's item in my opinion.
Manufacturer Support
I had no issues with the guitar, but trying to find out about it thru Fender's site was a futile move...being as the guitar is no longer manufactured to the best of my knowlege
The Wow Factor
actually, it is an 11!...from the way the guitar is cut in the back to the obvious RACING STRIPE...plus the sound is like electric dynamite!

Musical Background:

Ruler of S.P.O.V.

Musical Style:

classic metalpunkrockabilly
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