Today I want to talk about Fernandes Guitars, a Japanese guitar manufacturer that really makes some great instruments. The company began in 1966 making flamenco guitars and soon after they began to produce a full line of guitars, bass guitars, acoustic guitars, etc.. My best friend used to have a Fernandes guitar and it was always his “go to” guitar, he had lots of guitars that many that might be considered superior because they had a more respected and known name. His Fernandes was a solid built guitar that sounded great doing rhythm or lead.
Guitar solo – Fernandes Guitar
Not only does Fernandes produce great guitars, but they have created something called the FERNANDES SUSTAINER. The FERNANDES SUSTAINER is a electronic system built into the guitar that works using pickups and enables controlled sustain. Fernandes also sells a kit that puts the FERNANDES SUSTAINER into any guitar. Features like infinite sustain are possible for one note or whole chords. There is also a harmonic mode the causes the pitch of the note to automatically rise in pitch to the 5th natural harmonic. Powered by a 9 volt battery it works even when the guitar is not plugged in and can be activated or deactivated with the flip of a switch.
The FERNANDES SUSTAINER comes in the Elite and Pro series of Fernandes guitars.
Fernandes Ravelle Deluxe Electric Guitar – Black
Fernandes guitars come in many styles and each has many sub models. It should be very easy to find your perfect guitar.
Revolver Classic Series: Very nice looking strat style double cytaway, 2 single coils and a humbucker, 1 way tremolo bar bridge.
Dragonfly Series: Archtop double cutaway, 2 humbucker pickups, and fixed bridge.
Monterey Series: Archtop single cutaway, 1 or 2 humbucker pickups, standard or 2 way tremolo bridge.
Nomad Series: The Nomad is a very cool practice guitar, small and light with built in speaker, just turn it on and jam out. Sounds and plays great and there is also a bass guitar version. Features a unique body style, one high output humbucker pickup, fixed bridge, and built in 5 watt amp.
Ravelle Series: Archtop single cutaway unique Fernandes body style, 2 humbucker pickups, and fixed bridge.
Retrorocket Series: Strat style double cutaway. 3 single coil pickups, 1 way tremolo bar bridge.
Revolver Series: Archtop double cutaway, 2 humbucker or 2 single coil and a humbucker pickups, and 2 way tremolo bridge, also comes in 7 string models.
Shin Series: The Shin series is an awesome series features superb Japanese paintbrush art by SHIN. Every single one of these guitars is amazing to look at. Revel or Vertigo body styles, 2 humbucker pickups, and fixed bridge.
Vertigo Series: Vertigo Series feature another Fernandes trademark body style, 2 humbucker pickups, and fixed bridge.
Vortex Series: Vortex series feature Fernandes V style body, 2 humbucker pickups, and fixed or 2 way tremolo bridge.
V-Hawk Series: V-Hawk Series features another Vstyle guitar, 2 humbucker pickups, and 2 way tremolo bridge.
Vulcan Series: Vulcan series featurs a streamlined version of the Fernandes Vertigo series body style, 2 humbucker pickups, and 2 way tremolo bridge.
Fernandes Vortex Elite Electric Guitar – Metallic Black
Here are just some of the different options available in the different guitar models:
Body Styles:
- 5A Quilted Maple Veener Top + Alder Back body
- 5A Quilted Maple Top (WRS color) + Mahogany Back
- Alder Body
- Basswood
- Mahogany
Neck:
- Maple neck
- Mahogany neck
Fingerboard:
- Ebony
- Rosewood
Pickups:
- EMG-81
- EMG S
- Japan Vintage
- Seymour Duncan
- Seymour Duncan SH-4JB
- Seymour Duncan SH-2n-7
- Seymour Duncan SH-6b-7
- Seymour Duncan ‘59
Bridge:
- 7-String Floyd Rose Licensed Tremolo
- BR-12
- Fixed
- Floyd Rose Licensed Tremolo
- Gotoh Floyd Rose Licensed Tremolo
- Japan Synchronized Tremolo
- Original 7-String Floyd Rose Tremolo
- Tune-O-Matic W/Stop Tailpiece
- Wlkinson VG300C bridge
Overall Fernandes guitars are guitars that I highly recommend, their solid construction, great feel and sound, and tons of models to choose from promise not to disappoint.
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