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Fender Malibu Player Electro Acoustic, Natural

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Colour: Natural

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

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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.

Product Ref: 270298

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Unique 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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