The Fret-King® Country Squire™ is emblematic of the Fret-King ethos, a friendly and comfortable benchmark, blending the familiar with the contemporary, with innovative, progressive features.
Fret-King is recognised for upending the norm and setting new benchmarks. The uniquely Fret-King Country Squire Modern Classic™ is an homage to simpler days and showcases just what can be done with the simplest of configurations. Using a just a single Fret-King Tapped-Fifty™ bridge mounted pickup, with a master tone, Varicoil™, custom switching and wiring, the Modern Classic is the most versatile and useable single coil, single pickup guitar on the planet.
The range of attention-grabbing sonic options from this guitar are percussive, responsive, and rich, running all the way from classic early fifties to Western Swing, cool jazz, spikey country tones and a contemporary hot Texas edge.
Country Squire Modern Classic Features
Body:
The two-piece centre jointed body is constructed from selected American alder. The body, with its vintage edge radiuses casts a classic shadow. The unique reduced profile neck joint and subtly extended cutaway offers enhanced upper fret access, and the superb overall balance makes the Modern Classic a pleasure to wear, A solid four bolt neck joint ensures the constructional and mechanical integrity which provides a platform for great sustain and the emblematic tonalities of the Country Squire Modern Classic.
Headstock:
The signature Fret-King headstock ensures perfect balance, classic looks, and great visual appeal.
Machine Heads:
Wilkinson® WJ05 machine heads provide quick, accurate, stable tuning.
Nut:
43mm Graph Tech® self-lubricating nut, smooth and friction free.
Neck:
Light oil finished, hard rock Maple with classic ‘soft C’ profile for instant comfort, speed, accuracy, and a luxurious, ‘played in’ feel.
Fingerboard:
Premium hard rock Maple for durability, and outstanding tonal transfer with a 10” radius for a super comfortable, responsive, positive playing feel.
Scale Length:
25.5" / 648mm.
Frets:
22 Medium profile hi-durability nickel silver frets ensure accuracy, comfort, and an overall feel.
Pickups:
The custom designed Fret-King Tapped-Fifty™ tappable overwound single coil bridge pickup, created by Trev Wilkinson, supplemented by Fret-King’s custom wiring, give the single pickup Country Squire Modern Classic an intrinsic purity and an immense range of tonal options.
The custom wiring and control configuration in the Fret-King Modern Classic takes a sideways look at a ‘50’s classic. The three-way lever switch, mounted on an ergonomically designed switch plate, master volume, master tone and Varicoil™ extract a huge range of tones from the single Tapped-Fifty pickup.
In position one, the master tone is disengaged, with the push-push switch on the volume control switching in and out custom circuitry which removes the fixed treble control circuitry and introduces two different value capacitors to give two separate warm, lower frequency accented tones. The Varicoil remains in circuit to bring in and out of play additional winds, providing the underlying traditional, or hot tone.
Position two, disengages the push-push feature of the volume control, and engages the master tone control, which along with the Varicoil opens up the Modern Classic to produce anything from a classic ‘50’s tone, with a little additional warmth, all the way to a powerful "Southern Hot" twang.
Position three bypasses the master tone, leaving the Varicoil engaged, for a hotter, louder lead sound with added highs, further enhancing the range of supremely useable tones from this remarkable guitar.
Control Functions:
• Master Volume with latching push/push switch.
• Ergonomic three-way lever switch.
Position one, (nearest neck), master tone bypassed, two custom tone settings on volume Push-Push engaged, Varicoil active.
Position two, (middle), volume Push-Push function disengaged, master tone engaged, Varicoil active.
Position three, (nearest bridge) master tone and custom tone pre-sets bypassed, Varicoil active.
• Tone Control: Outer control master tone, inner control, Varicoil adds or subtracts additional winds in the Tapped-Fifty bridge pickup.
Bridge:
The unique Wilkinson® WTB bridge further enhances the intrinsic tonality of the Modern Classic. Featuring a steel baseplate which surrounds and focusses the magnetic field of the Tapped-Fifty pickup. Adjustable, pre-intonated barrel style natural brass saddles allow spot-on tuning, and two strings per saddle solidly anchor the saddles to the bridge baseplate ensuring the maximum mechanical coupling, so crucial to giving you all the power and tone you need.
Carry Bag:
The Country Squire Modern Classic comes with a Fret-King luxury gig bag.
The Country Squire™ Modern Classic™ is an original Fret-King® design created by the UK Fret-King® design team.
Shipping Pricing Guide
FREE DELVERY ON ALL ORDERS OVER £149.00
Standard Delivery for Small Parts & Accessories + Vinyl Records (2-3 Day) - £3.50
Standard Delivery for Small/Medium Items (2-3 Day) - £4.99
Standard Instrument Delivery (3-5) - Free on Orders Over £149
Express Instrument & Amp Delivery (Next Working Day on orders placed before 1PM) - £9.99
There will be a small surcharge for parts of Scottish Highlands/Isles & Ireland, we will be in touch after you place your order. Or you ask us for a quote prior to ordering.
Dispatch Times
We aim to dispatch all orders SAME DAY, if you place your order before 1PM. *Mon-Fri
International Shipping
Shipping to most of Europe will be £80 via UPS. Please note, we're not liable for any import duty or charges you may incur due to Brexit. Please contact us for a quote.
USA Shipping £150 via UPS. - (Please contact us for a quote).
Rest of World £POA (Please contact us for a quote).
Returns
Our policy lasts 14 days. If 14 days have gone by since your purchase, unfortunately we can’t offer you a refund, we may offer you an exchange or gift voucher.
To be eligible for a return, your item must be unused and in the same condition that you received it. It must also be in the original packaging.
Additional non-returnable items:
- Gift cards
- Downloadable software products
To complete your return, we require a receipt or proof of purchase.
Please do not send your purchase back to the manufacturer.
Get in touch with us within the 14 day return period and we will contact you to approve the return.
Online Distanct Selling Act Customers Only.
In-store orders are only available for exchange or credit note.
There are certain situations where only partial refunds are granted
- Guitars with any plastic cover pick guards or pickups.
- Books with obvious signs of use
- CD, DVD, VHS tape, software, video game, cassette tape, or vinyl record that has been opened
- Any item not in its original condition, is damaged or missing parts for reasons not due to our error
- Any item that is returned more than 14 days after delivery
Refunds
Once your return is received and inspected, we will send you an email to notify you that we have received your returned item. We will also notify you of the approval or rejection of your refund.
If you are approved, then your refund will be processed, and a credit will automatically be applied to your credit card or original method of payment, within a certain amount of days.
Late or missing refunds
If you haven’t received a refund yet, first check your bank account again.
Then contact your credit card company, it may take some time before your refund is officially posted.
Next contact your bank. There is often some processing time before a refund is posted.
If you’ve done all of this and you still have not received your refund yet, please contact us at sales@mayalls.co.uk.
Exchanges
We only replace items if they are defective or damaged. If you need to exchange it for the same item, send us an email at sales@mayalls.co.uk and send your item to: Mayalls Music Ltd., 9 Bangor Road, Conwy, LL32 8NG, United Kingdom.
Gifts
If the item was marked as a gift when purchased and shipped directly to you, you’ll receive a gift credit for the value of your return. Once the returned item is received, a gift certificate will be mailed to you.
If the item wasn’t marked as a gift when purchased, or the gift giver had the order shipped to themselves to give to you later, we will send a refund to the gift giver and he will find out about your return.
Shipping
To return your product, you should ship your product to: Mayalls Music Ltd., 9 Bangor Road, Conwy, LL32 8NG, United Kingdom.
You are responsible for shipping your return item(s) back to us.
You will be responsible for paying for your own shipping costs for returning your item.
If you are shipping an item over £25, you should consider using a trackable shipping service and/or purchasing shipping insurance. We are not responsible for any loss or damage that may occur in transit back to us.
