Fender has launched one other iteration of its Participant collection with the Participant II Modified vary.

The brand new assortment is an enlargement of its best-selling Participant II collection – which launched in 2024, and constructed upon the Participant vary it had beforehand launched in 2018 – and sees choose Participant II fashions “souped up with performance-driven mods”, all proper out of the field.

Launched with the brand new vary are contemporary takes on the model’s Telecaster, Stratocaster and Stratocaster HSS, in addition to its Jazz Bass and P-Bass. The collection brings options reminiscent of Noiseless pickups, a higher-output humbucker, push-pull switching, and a treble bleed circuit for better tonal management. The fashions additionally provide a contemporary “C” neck, improved bridges, locking tuners, in addition to satin urethane-finished necks, and on the HSS Strat, a Floyd Rose locking tremolo.

In celebration of the launch, Fender has partnered with British punk outfit IDLES for a dwell model of their tune Reward Horse, taken from their critically acclaimed album TANGK – all whereas they exhibit a number of the new fashions on provide. Have a look beneath:

“From the early days of gamers hot-rodding their Strat and Tele guitars to right this moment’s musicians pushing sonic boundaries, Fender has at all times embraced the artwork of reinvention,” says Justin Norvell, EVP of Product, Fender.

“Leo Fender deliberately designed our devices with modularity in thoughts – permitting them to evolve alongside the participant and enabling extra personalisation than another model. Participant II Modified carries that spirit ahead, providing fashionable upgrades like our new Participant II Modified noiseless pickups and locking tuners for rock-solid stability. It’s about delivering probably the most in-demand mods straight from the manufacturing facility whereas persevering with to push the envelope of innovation and help artists in shaping the way forward for music.”

Final yr, Fender revealed that since its inception in 2018, the Participant Collection has proven almost 30 % consecutive year-over-year progress globally and holds rank as Fender’s best-selling vary of electrical guitars of all time.

Costs for the brand new Modified Participant II vary begin at $999. To seek out out extra or store the brand new vary, head over to Fender.