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Combines Extreme Playability with Sonic Flexibility





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The Friedman Vintage S is an easy-playing solidbody electric guitar with a sonic versatility that can't be contained within any genre. This classic-styled axe displays a belly-hugging S-style alder body matched by an uber-comfortable bolt-on maple neck and a lightning-fast compound-radius fingerboard with 22 medium-wide frets. A trio of Friedman pickups in a versatile HSS configuration equips the Vintage S with everything from single-coil spank to humbucker crunch. The Vintage S also sports a vintage-style Gotoh 510 tremolo that gives rise to gentle textures, out-and-out pitch pyrotechnics, and all points in between. This Vintage S also brandishes an aged nitro finish for a worn-in look and feel. Players hunting for a tonal chameleon with a classic look and limitless playability will get all that and more with the Friedman Vintage S ? it's bound and determined to be your new number one.





Built to rock hard





High-level players with a penchant for vintage styling will love everything about the Friedman Vintage S. This solidbody electric is built around a balanced-sounding alder body sculpted into a historic S-style shape. Its bolt-on maple neck is carved into a comfortable "C" shape with a low-drag natural satin finish. You also get a fast-playing compound-radius fingerboard crowned with medium-wide Jescar frets. Beyond that, this Vintage S features an aged nitro finish, ensuring that ? from the first note ? this axe will feel like an old friend you've been playing for decades.





Serial 0523-2433


Serial 0523-2433


Genre-defying sonic flexibility





Guitarists who want to cover a wide breadth of genres using a single instrument will find plenty of room for sonic exploration with the Friedman Vintage S, thanks to its versatile HSS pickup configuration. In the neck and middle positions are Alnico III-fueled Friedman Classic single-coil pickups, arming you with vintage-tinged spank and pronounced mids. At the bridge, you'll find a Friedman Classic double-coil pickup, an Alnico V-loaded pickup that deftly combines the best of vintage and modern humbucker tones. The Vintage S includes a 500k volume knob, a 500k tone knob, and a 5-way pickup selector blade switch. Sweetwater guitarists have yet to discover every tone that the Vintage S is capable of ? its sonic potential is unlimited.





Rock-solid hardware





The Vintage S is replete with high-end hardware. Its Gotoh SD91 locking tuners combine vintage styling with modern reliability, making string changes a piece of cake. Its vintage-style Gotoh 510 tremolo not only facilitates the gamut of expressive sonic textures, but also enables you to unleash screaming harmonic squealies and subterranean dive-bombs with tuning stability that rivals a double-locking trem. The Vintage S also includes an eye-catching PVC pickguard and classic S-style knobs.





Serial 0523-2433


Friedman Vintage S Aged Electric Guitar Features:


Belly-hugging alder body with a historic S-style shape


Bolt-on maple neck with a comfortable "C" shape and a low-drag natural satin finish


Fast-playing compound-radius fingerboard with medium-wide Jescar frets


Friedman Classic single-coil pickups dish out vintage-tinged spank with pronounced mids


Friedman Classic humbucker is tailor-made for crunchy riffage and scorching leads


500k volume knob, 500k tone knob, and a 5-way pickup selector blade switch


Vintage-style Gotoh 510 tremolo facilitates classic texturizing and full-blown pitch pyrotechnics


Rock-solid Gotoh SD91 locking tuners


Aged nitro finish supplies a worn-in look and feel