![]() ![]() Like the Gibson ES-330 and Epiphone Casino, it did not have a central solid wood block in the body. The Coronado was a true hollow-bodied electric guitar. The Coronado XII, released in 1967, was a twelve-string version of the guitar. The Coronado II had an added bridge pickup with relative tone and volume controls. The Fender Coronado I, discontinued in 1970, was the original single pickup design. Three versions of the Coronado guitar were produced from 1966 through 1972. ![]() During Rossmeisl's time designing for Fender, he also designed the Fender Montego, a "jazz box" style guitar which shares the Coronado's fixed F tailpiece, and the 1967 Fender Wildwood which shares the Stratocaster headstock. The instrument was designed by Roger Rossmeisl, who had previously also designed instruments for Rickenbacker, but who went on to create numerous models for Fender, in an attempt to capitalize on the increasing popularity of semi-acoustic guitars following the high-profile use of hollow-bodied instruments, such as the Epiphone Casino by bands such as The Beatles. The aesthetic design embodied in the Coronado represents a departure from previous Fender instruments the design remains an uncharacteristic piece of Fender history. ![]() It is manufactured by Fender Musical Instruments Corporation. The Fender Coronado is a double-cutaway thin-line hollow-body electric guitar, announced in 1965. Sunburst, Cherry, custom colors, Wildwood 1 or 2 DeArmond single coil (original), 2 Fidelitron humbuckers (reissue) ![]()
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