HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — With 16 million new players in the last two years in America alone, Fender Musical Instruments Corporation (FMIC) continues to grow its portfolio of products to serve the influx of beginners, delivering innovative tools to its loyal community of avid guitarists across genres. Known for relentless, artist-driven guitar innovation and craftsmanship, Fender® guitars and basses continue to be the gold standard played by more artists and professional musicians on stages and in studios around the world. While today’s artists and stars shred on stage and explore sonic creativity in sessions, the next generation of creators is just beginning their musical journey and Fender has developed the perfect tools to support their success.
Today, Fender is announcing the Paramount® Series Acoustic Guitars, combining state-of-the-art craftsmanship with vintage-inspired appointments. Made for any player, the Paramount® Series Acoustic Guitars are built with the choice of a solid spruce or solid mahogany top paired with solid mahogany back and sides.
Paramount® Series Acoustic Guitars ($399.99 - $829.99 USD, £339.00 - £649.00 GBP, €399.00 - €749.00 EUR, $899.00-$1799.00 AUD, ¥132,000 JPY)
The Paramount® Series Acoustic Guitars, available in Dreadnaught, Orchestra, and Parlour body shapes combine state-of-the-art craftsmanship with vintage-inspired appointments and deliver the best of both worlds. Built with the choice of a solid spruce or solid mahogany top paired with solid mahogany back and sides, the series features an offset X-bracing pattern that has been carefully refined to optimize resonance and tone. All models come loaded with hardshell cases, and Fender & Fishman-designed pickups, including a body-sensing pickup that enhances the soundboard's vibrations and updated cosmetics such as snowflake-shaped pearloid fingerboard inlays, feathered purfling, rosette, backstrip and a black or tigerstripe pickguard. Available in 3-Color Vintage Sunburst, Natural or Aged Cognac Burst.
● Paramount® PD-220E Dreadnought guitar with case ($829.99 USD, £649.00 GBP, €749.00 EUR, $1799.00 AUD, ¥132,000 JPY) The Paramount® PD-220E Dreadnought comes with a brand-new Fender Fishman-designed Sonitone Plus pickup with soundhole-mounted controls. The PD-220E also features an ovangkol bridge and fingerboard, slim-taper mahogany neck, bone nut and saddle.
Paramount® PD-220E Dreadnought in 3-Color Vintage Sunburst.
● Paramount® PO-220E Orchestra guitar with case ($829.99 USD, £649.00 GBP, €749.00 EUR, $1799.00 AUD, ¥132,000 JPY) The Paramount® PO-220E Orchestra comes with a Fender Fishman-designed pickup that amplifies the warm, mid-focused tone of the newly designed orchestra body shape. The PO-220E also features an ovangkol bridge and fingerboard, slim-taper mahogany neck, bone nut and saddle.
Paramount® PO-220E Orchestra in Natural.
● Paramount® PS-220E Parlor guitar with case ($829.99 USD, £649.00 GBP, €749.00 EUR, $1799.00 AUD, ¥132,000 JPY) A Fender- and Fishman-designed pickup amplifies the tight, articulate tone of the Paramount® PS-220E Parlor’s newly designed parlor body shape. The PS-220E also features an ovangkol bridge and 14-fret fingerboard, slim-taper mahogany neck, bone nut and saddle.
Paramount® PS-220E Parlor in Aged Cognac Burst. All three models are available in all three finishes shown.
Available February and April 2022. For more information, visit www.fender.com.
