Designed by marketing director Dan Smith in 1985 The Katana was designed to compete with the unconventionally-shaped guitars of the era, such as the Jackson Randy Rhoads. The Katana did not sell as well as Fender hoped, and it was discontinued in 1986 before being reissued as a Masterbuilt Custom Shop model as part of the Prestige collection three decades later.
The Katana has a maple glued-in neck with bound rosewood fingerboard, offset triangle markers, a 629mm (24.75") scale with 22 frets, a truss rod adjuster at the headstock end. It features a string clamp, an arrow-head-shape headstock and a neck that matches the body colour. The guitar has a pair of open-coil humbucking pickups with black bobbins, master volume/TBX tone controls, a 3-way pickup selector and a 2-point System I locking vibrato unit.
This metallic Frost White finished 1985 model is in fantastic condition with only a couple of small chips at the bottom of the pointy bit of the body to stop us marking this as mint. It is all original and comes complete with its original fitted hard case.
Shipping within mainland UK using fully insured 24-hour courier service @ £35.00.
Shipping to US/Canada, using UPS, is £185.00. Shipping to EU is £65.00
Customers outside of UK/EU/US/Canada should contact Vintage Rare & Retro Guitars for a shipping quotation. Free pick-up is always available at our Gullane shop.
