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| Fender Squier Hello Kitty Strat, Pink | 
 enlarge | Brand: Fender
Category: Musical Instruments
List Price: $332.99
Buy New: $193.95
You Save: $139.04 (42%)
New (3) from $193.95
Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 480
Color: Pink
Media: Electronics
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 22.1
Dimensions (in): 45.1 x 16.3 x 4.4
MPN: 335005570
Model: 335005570
UPC: 717669392260
EAN: 0717669392260
ASIN: B000HWW49G
Release Date: November 19, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Script Hello Kitty Logo Artwork on Back of Pink Body, | | • | White Knob on Pink Guitar, | | • | Pink Dot Position Inlays on Pink Guitar, | | • | Large Headstock '60s Style Headstock, | | • | Black Silkscreen Squier Logo, |
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Product Description
Electric Guitar. Made by Fender.The purr-fect guitar for Hello Kitty fans! Music is one of Hello Kitty's favorite hobbies, and what better way for her -- and you -- to enjoy it than the Hello Kitty Stratocaster guitar! Based on the classic Fender guitar design, the super-cool Hello Kitty Stratocaster guitar features the smiling, friendly face of Hello Kitty herself on the custom pickguard (they even made Newsweek magazine). Features include an agathis body, C-shaped maple neck with 21-fret maple fingerboard, single humbucking bridge pickup, chrome hardware, single volume control (white knob on pink guitar; black knob on black guitar), dot position inlays (pink on pink guitar; black on black guitar), script Hello Kitty logo on back of pink guitar, collage Hello Kitty logo on back of black guitar, '60s-style large headstock and engraved Squier neck plate. Unique Features: - Script Hello Kitty Logo Artwork on Back of Pink Body,
- Collage Hello Kitty Logo Artwork on Back of Black Body,
- White Knob on Pink Guitar,
- Black Knob on Black Guitar,
- Pink Dot Position Inlays on Pink Guitar,
- Black Dot Position Inlays on Black Guitar,
- Large Headstock '60s Style Headstock,
- Rear Routed Control Cavity,
- Black Silkscreen Squier Logo,
- Engraved Squier Neckplate
Specifications: - Body Agathis
- Neck Maple, C-Shape, (Satin Polyurethane Finish)
- Fingerboard Maple, 9.5" Radius (241 mm)
- No. of Frets 21 Medium Jumbo
- Pickups 1 Humbucking Pickup (Bridge)
- Controls Volume
- Pickup Switching None
- Bridge Hard Tail Strings-Thru-Body 6-Saddle Bridge
- Machine Heads Standard Die-Cast Tuners
- Hardware Chrome
- Pickguard 1-Ply White Hello Kitty Pickguard
- Scale Length 25.5" (648 mm)
- Width at Nut 1.61" (41 mm)
- Strings Fender Super 250L, (.009 to .042) Nickel Plated Steel
NOTE: This is a full-size guitar, suitable for ages 11 and up
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Hello Kitty's the Sabre-Toothed Tiger of Tone! September 2, 2007
26 out of 29 found this review helpful
OK, everybody, I'm a male. I'm older than 16. I play blues and heavy rock. I've played in front of thousands of people. I already own a wonderful, expensive Standard Stratocaster that I am very happy with. I didn't need another guitar---and I really didn't have the money to buy another one, either. Yet, even with all that..... I recently bought this Hello Kitty Stratocaster!
Why, you may ask? Well, lemme tell ya...
I was in a guitar shop in Northampton, MA (don't ask why I was in Northampton, MA of all places!) I saw this ridiculous-looking, over the top bubble gum pink Stratocaster with a single humbucker pickup and Hello Kitty pickguard on it. I picked it up, just to be ironic (and because I was with a lady friend of mine--you know how that is!) Imagine my surprise when it fit my hand just PERFECTLY! The neck was smaller than a standard Strat, but it was not a short-length guitar. 21 frets. Like most mortals, my hands aren't the size of Jimi Hendrix or Stevie Ray Vaughan's--- but they almost felt that way on this neck. I could pull off tricks on this guitar I couldn't on my Standard Strat.
Surprised by the size and comfort of the neck, I plugged the thing into a Marshall half stack, just for the hell of it... and imagine my EVEN GREATER SURPRISE when the thing sounded just SPECTACULAR!!! Holy cow! The sound was ROUGH and MEAN and just KILLER! On top of this, the sustain on the thing was utterly beyond belief. When I plugged it into my cheap 100 buck Fender practice amp, I was able to sustain a single note for well over two minutes! (It would have kept going, too, if I hadn't gotten bored.)
Whoa.
I ended up buying the guitar because the neck fits my hand just perfectly, but also because it has the most ridiculous sustain on it (even better than my more expensive Strat,) and because the sounds that come out of it are, quite simply, RUDE! "Iron Man" and "Black Dog" never sounded so good!
It's just an added bonus that playing Black Sabbath and Zeppelin on a guitar with this color scheme screams "irony"!!!!
I think the target audience is teenage girls, but the owner of the shop I bought it at told me that he has sold more of these to men than to women. Make of that what you will.
Yes, it only has one pickup. Yes, the pickup is a humbucker. Yes, that means you won't get the crystal clear single-coil-pickup Fender sound on this guitar.
BUT, the neck is extremely comfortable for those with smaller hands, the paintjob can't be beat, and for heavier stuff the tone that comes out of this reasonably-priced monster is better than many thousand dollar guitars I have played.
Un-freakin-believable.
I love me my Kitty.
Get yourself one before they're gone like the Sabre-Toothed Tiger!
A quality guitar, and it's Hello Kitty! April 25, 2007
12 out of 14 found this review helpful
As to the quality of the guitar: first and foremost it is a REAL Fender[tm] guitar, not a cheap knock off. I have had the joy of being able to play this model several times, and my own "axe" is on order. It has a good weight/balance ration, the controls are simple, and the frets smooth and low. This is the perfect guitar for any beginning electric guitarist or aspiring rock star. Please note: As I mentioned, the controls are simple. Volume, tone. No tremolo bar (beginners just get too obsessed with that anyway) or any of the other niceties Fender's signature series are known for but it has a solid maple fingerboard, and humbucking bridge pickups, ALL 21 frets (this ain't no toy ukulele), and of course Hello Kitty's smiling face screaming out to all the world "I rock!"
This is simply a fun guitar, and a well made one, for what it is. It is moderately priced and durable. Of course you will also want a gig bag, strap, some Fender Hello Kitty Motion Guitar Picks - Medium - 1 Dozen (just 6 bucks! Such a deal!) and I seriously recommend Play Electric Guitar: From Beginner to Band in 3 Months to really get the party started. The book is a true "hands on" step-by-step guide the really works. Then start practicing, move to Hollywood, get signed, and refuse to acknowledge anyone who knew you before you were famous! :-)
Oh yeah... it also comes in Black: Fender Hello Kitty Electric Guitar - Black. How cool is that?
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