FINAL FANTASY XIV STRATOCASTER PLUS
FINAL FANTASY XIV STRATOCASTER SERIES

FINAL FANTASY XIV STRATOCASTER PLUS

You’ll also get a vintage hardshell case featuring both the Fender and Final Fantasy logos, plus “a special book containing a numbered certificate and an exclusive FFXIV illustration card made by Square Enix”. The guitar also features a black synthetic bone nut, a Fender-standard 25.5″ scale length and “Modern C” shape neck, with a 9.5” radius fingerboard and narrow-tall frets. It’s a strikingly pretty effect against the black polyurethane finish.Īnd finally, there are the Final Fantasy XIV-specific bits, including the lovely meteor inlay on the 12th fret of the rosewood fingerboard (and no other fret markers breaking up the sleek, dark effect), and the Final Fantasy logo on the guitar’s neck plate. They’re translucent (presumably some sort of phenolic resin and pigment?) and coloured to represent Final Fantasy XIV’s Crystals of Dark and Light. So far, so standard… except for the blue and pink crystal-effect sections on the guitar’s lower horn and forearm contour. Then there’s the body itself, which is a fairly standard alder with an all-black finish, with a black pickguard and pickup covers to maintain a sleek, silhouette-like look.

FINAL FANTASY XIV STRATOCASTER SERIES

(Give me a Final Fantasy IX-themed Fender Mustang or Musicmaster any day of the week, please.)īut as Strats go, the Final Fantasy XIV Fender Stratocaster does have a few interesting accoutrements that lift it above your common-or-garden, honky-toned Strat.Ī trio of V-Mod single-coil Strat pickups is a fairly standard (albeit high-end) configuration, but a push-push tone pot (which Fender has referred to as the guitar’s “limit break”) to put the bridge and middle pickups into series should sort out that spanky Strat tone I loathe. It’s just I find an MMO the least appealing implementation of Final Fantasy, and the same is true of the Strat and Fender’s classic formula. That’s not to say I don’t like Final Fantasy generally, or Fender guitars – they’re probably my favourites from either milieu. Now I like guitars, and I like video games, but I don’t much like Final Fantasy XIV or Fender Stratocasters. Those days are over now, but that doesn’t mean guitars and games can’t still play nicely together.Īnd where there’s a licensing crossover, there’s money to be made, like the opportunity to buy Ellie’s Taylor 314ce acoustic guitar from The Last of Us Part II, or today’s offering, the limited edition Final Fantasy XIV Fender Stratocaster.

Position Inlays: Custom Inlay on 12th fret onlyįor more information about this Fender instrument, please contact us.The Final Fantasy XIV Fender Stratocaster comes with a crystal-effect finish and a meteor inlay on the 12th fret.įor a while, the worlds of gaming and guitars crossing the streams meant only one thing: Rock Band/ Guitar Hero and the admittedly fun, but not very environmentally friendly clacky plastic guitar peripherals, destined for landfill in their millions.

Pickup Switching: 5-Position Blade: Position 1.

(Bridge/Middle Pickup), Push-Push Tone 2 Control Puts Middle and Bridge Pickups in Series Mode

Bridge: 6-Saddle Vintage-Style Synchronized Tremolo.

It features five colors inspired by the expansions within Final Fantasy XIV.

The pick shape is unique yet comfortable, featuring a playable 3D shape with crystal cuts on the sides and back for optimal grip. This incredibly unique Stratocaster is dressed in all black with a body that features translucent sections of blue and purple “crystals” designed to mirror Crystals of Darkness and Light, key thematic elements of the game. Developed in collaboration with the FFXIV team, the limited-edition Final Fantasy XIV Stratocaster® captures the originality, style and excitement of one of the world’s most popular online role-playing video games.

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