1966 Fender Coronado II

kapepepper · Post by **kapepepper** » Thu Apr 21, 2011 2:12 pm

hi all
new on the forum. found it by looking for more info on coronados. Alot of info here available....

well, found this guitar a few weeks back for a real good price. Looks like the guitar was cherished by the previous owner

guitar only shows some minor neck wear and some wear at the edge where the arm rests; for the rest it is perfect.
Action is sweet, neck is extremely fine and easy to play.
It is a 1966 with the 5000XX serial number

if anybody has an original victoria case, please let me know

it came in a very similar sixties case but like to have the original victoria case

cheers!!!!!

SKC Willie · Post by **SKC Willie** » Thu Apr 21, 2011 2:21 pm

beautiful.

welcome to shortscale

Pacafeliz · Post by **Pacafeliz** » Thu Apr 21, 2011 2:25 pm

oh wow these are SO nice... WANT.
and i just dirtied myself.

welcome!

Pat.

foofoo982 · Post by **foofoo982** » Thu Apr 21, 2011 2:30 pm

That looks beautiful! Seriously looks like a new guitar from the photos. Nice find.

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Thu Apr 21, 2011 2:31 pm

That looks mint! very nice indeed. Welcome to the forum!

Gabriel · Post by **Gabriel** » Thu Apr 21, 2011 3:47 pm

God it looks like its fresh out of the box, very cool. Possibly my favourite fender - maybe on par with a starcaster.

kim · Post by **kim** » Thu Apr 21, 2011 4:05 pm

ohmyyyy

yummmmm

gaybear · Post by **gaybear** » Thu Apr 21, 2011 4:06 pm

welcome to the board, and love the guitar!

Richard · Post by **Richard** » Thu Apr 21, 2011 4:06 pm

Welcome to the forum, that's a fantastic looking Coronado.

endsjustifymeans · Post by **endsjustifymeans** » Thu Apr 21, 2011 4:14 pm

Having played Aen's... these are so on my wish list.

BEautiful man, just beautiful.

aen · Post by **aen** » Thu Apr 21, 2011 4:23 pm

I don't know a whoel lot about coronados. But I sure like mine! The best is feeling it "breathe" when it's up loud. Mine is a goddamn shit show compared to yours!
Same year and color, but with a trem. A really weird trem which I swapped out for a bigsby.

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Thu Apr 21, 2011 4:31 pm

fancy pickguard is fancy.

whole guitar is DOPE

stewart · Post by **stewart** » Thu Apr 21, 2011 4:40 pm

delicious guitar, and welcome to the forum. i was playing mine not 10 minutes ago. i love it like a brother.

holyCATS1415 · Post by **holyCATS1415** » Thu Apr 21, 2011 5:02 pm

very awesome guitar.

Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Thu Apr 21, 2011 5:36 pm

Lovely.

I love the fact that so many shortscalers have these now, it's great seeing all the pics every so often. They are soo nice looking.

aen · Post by **aen** » Thu Apr 21, 2011 6:11 pm

hahaha, it's like the Bronco explosion from a few years ago.

Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Thu Apr 21, 2011 7:09 pm

Coronados: they're the new Telecasters Jaguars Broncos.

Grant · Post by **Grant** » Thu Apr 21, 2011 8:14 pm

I may have said it before but I'll say it again: Black mismatched headstocks are the best thing.

edit: That's some dark rosewood right there.

kapepepper · Post by **kapepepper** » Thu Apr 21, 2011 8:52 pm

thanks everybody for the kind words and the warm welcome!

My idea of the coronado is that it is not a guitar that you look for, but once it crosses your path it is hard to resist; and thats what happened with me

an have not regret it for a moment

And I am so happy collectors are ignoring it because you can buy for the price of a standard US stratocaster (and actually a lot less) a beautifull build top end guitar made by fender in their golden era. It is still funny to see how cheap they go, because "they dont sound like an ES 335" or "compared with an es 335 yada yada yada"

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Thu Apr 21, 2011 9:34 pm

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