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A High-end Pasadena-style Rocker





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The Friedman Cali is a high-performance solidbody electric guitar with classic playability and white-hot tone. It boasts a belly-hugging double-cut alder body matched by an uber-comfortable bolt-on maple neck and a lightning-fast 14-inch-radius fingerboard with 22 jumbo-sized frets. A pair of Friedman humbuckers equips the Cali with plenty of hot-wound crunch and all the articulate tonal clarity you can handle. Want to unleash your arsenal of pitch pyrotechnics? If so, it's no problem for the Cali's Floyd Rose tremolo. This Cali also sports a heavy-aged nitro finish for a worn-in look and feel. Players on the prowl for a top-of-the-line California-style hard rock guitar will revel in every detail of the Friedman Cali ? it was built with you in mind.





Built for high-octane hard rock





Players with a penchant for classic shred-style instruments will love everything about the Friedman Cali. This solidbody electric is built around a balanced-sounding alder body sculpted into a historic double-cut shape. Its bolt-on maple neck is carved into a comfortable "C" shape with a low-drag natural satin finish. You also get a fast-playing 14-inch-radius fingerboard crowned with jumbo-sized Jescar frets. Beyond that, this Cali features a heavy-aged nitro finish, ensuring that ? from the first note ? this axe will feel like an old friend you've been playing for decades.





Serial 1223-2572


Serial 1223-2572


Scorching humbucker tone





You can't play full-throttle hard rock without full-throttle tone. Lucky for you, the Friedman Cali's humbucking pickups are ready and willing to oblige. In the neck is a Friedman Classic, an Alnico V-loaded pickup that deftly combines the best of vintage and modern humbucker tones. At the bridge, you'll find a Friedman Classic , a hot-wound humbucker with Alnico V magnets, and a ferocious, high-output tailor-made for crunchy riffage and scorching leads. The Cali includes a 500k master volume knob and a 3-way pickup selector toggle switch.





Ready for whammy abuse





When you're ready to shriek and dive, the Cali's Floyd Rose tremolo can take everything you dish out. From screaming harmonic squealies to subterranean dive-bombs, the Cali is primed and ready to deliver the goods. Best of all, its double-locking design will ensure rock-solid tuning stability and inspiring sustain, regardless of how much you abuse it. There are countless Floyd Rose aficionados here at Sweetwater, and in our humble opinion, the Friedman Cali wears it well. Players with a proclivity toward depraved whammy abuse need not fear the Cali ? it can definitely take a licking.





Serial 1223-2572


Friedman Cali Aged Electric Guitar Features:


Belly-hugging alder body with a historic double-cut shape


Bolt-on maple neck with a comfortable "C" shape and a low-drag natural satin finish


Fast-playing 14-inch-radius fingerboard with jumbo-sized Jescar frets


Friedman humbuckers dish out a ferocious, high-output roar that's tailor-made for crunchy riffage and scorching leads


500k master volume knob and a 3-way pickup selector toggle switch


Floyd Rose double-locking tremolo facilitates whammy abuse without the tuning woes


Rock-solid Gotoh SG381 Magnum locking tuners


Heavy-aged nitro finish supplies a worn-in look and feel