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1985 Fender Performer

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Fender / 1985 · vintage, per listing

1985 Fender Performer

€7,564

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Last observed 12 Sept 2026. Last verified as available on the seller's page 22 Oct 2026. Confirm current availability with the seller.

Brand in listing
Fender
Category
Electric guitar
Condition
Used
Source country
Not specified
Year in seller's title
1985
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Seller's description

Hello fellow rock enthusiasts,It seems to be time to sell my 1985 Fender Performer. This guitar is incredibly rare. The neck is perfectly straight, and the action is by far the lowest and most enjoyable I’ve ever felt and played. At nearly 40 years old, it is in excellent condition only showing some wear on the back of the neck. It has the system one tremolo (zero pitting- looks absolutely brand new) which is, in my opinion, the best tremolo system ever built. The system one tremolo is designed with a locking bridge and fine tuning pegs on the saddle for highly accurate precision tuning, allowing for divebombs without any worries of falling out of tune. You can even drop D with just a twist of the tuning peg if you set it up with enough room, or add a fine tuner extender. You may see some other Fender Performers out there, but they will almost never have the original tremolo arm. It also has a 24 fret fretboard. Think of everything you love about a loaded PRS, Gibson and Fender, and you’ll find it on this guitar, and more.This guitar comes standard with the worlds first built-in true split coil switch, and two massive slanted dual encased ceramic high output humbuckers. It also came with one of the first TBX (treble bass expander) potentiometers.Here is what’s inside:A new paint job (Lake Placid Blue)Fully restored 24 fret stainless steel fretboardFully rewired components w/ battery installStereo 1/4” jack (from mono)The knobs were taken off and kept in a plastic bag, so they are actually white and look/ feel new- unbelievably rareThe top dial is a 5 way (1-5 on the knob) battery powered onboard distortion switch. 1 (standard) - 5 (full overdrive distortion/ crunch)The middle dial is an Emg PA2 volume boost overdrive- push standard volume 1-10 / pull is a full 0-10 clean volume boost The bottom dial is a stock stacked tone dial (TBX) pot that is a full tuning dial from 1-5 and from 5-10 it boosts the high and low rangeThe bottom 3rd knob was added and modeled to res

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