a fender that no one plays?

[endserenading81]

has anyone here had the pleasure of playing a fender tornado? a guitar player from my favorite band right now plays one. on the recordings, it sounds very clean and bell like. beautiful.
take care,
rob

 

[lykwydchykyn]

I saw one once and wanted to buy it, but sadly I had not the money and had to pass. Kind of weird looking. Isn't it Toronado, or am I wrong?

 

[AlChuck]

It's a Fender Toronado, not a tornado. My next-door neighbor had one when I was a kid before he sold it and got a Les Paul....

 

[endserenading81]

yeah yeah yeah

TOrOnado. not going to school right now, just want some info on the guitar. rawrr rawrr rawrr.
rob

 

[bongolation]

There are (or at least were) several different Fender Toronados, some MIM and some MIA. I always planned on bagging a MIA when they finally got blown out, but apparently I missed 'em.

 

[AlChuck]

The one my friend had was a semi-hollow body ala the Gibson ES-335. I guess when the revived that model name, it was for a solid-body design.

 

[sile2001]

I got to play a Toronado a little while back, and honestly I wasn't just terribly impressed. The humbuckers sounded quite uninspiring. Rather dull and muddy, with no real character to them. I'll take my LTD EC-1000 with Duncan JB59's any day of the week...

 

[Hard2Hear]

looks like theyre making a highway1 version of this guitar, too. http://www.musiciansfriend.com/srs7/g=home/search/detail/base_pid/511256/

I'm really happy with my hwy1 Telecaster.

H2H