Description
The Paramount PO-220E combines state-of-the-art craftsmanship with vintage-inspired appointments, delivering the best of both worlds. Built with a solid cedar top paired with solid mahogany back and sides, the PO-220E features an offset X-bracing pattern that has been carefully refined to optimize resonance and tone. A Fender- and Fishman-designed pickup amplifies the warm, mid-focused tone of the PO-220E's newly designed orchestra body shape, while the soundhole-mounted controls preserve the vintage aesthetics. Under the top, a body-sensing pickup enhances the soundboard's vibrations which can then be blended with the undersaddle Sonicore pickup.
Updated cosmetics include snowflake-shaped pearloid fingerboard inlays, feathered purfling, rosette, and backstrip. The PO-220E also features an ovangkol bridge and fingerboard, slim-taper mahogany neck, bone nut and saddle, and comes with a hardshell case.
FEATURES
- Updated bracing pattern
- Solid spruce or mahogany top; solid mahogany back and sides
- New Fender/Fishman Sonitone Plus pickup with piezo and transducer
- Snowflake inlays
- Includes hardshell case
Neck
NECK MATERIAL: Mahogany
NECK FINISH: Satin Urethane
NECK SHAPE: "C" Shape
FINGERBOARD RADIUS: 15.75" (400 mm)
FRET SIZE: 2mm
SCALE LENGTH: 25.3" (643 mm)
FINGERBOARD MATERIAL: Ovangkol
POSITION INLAYS: Snowflake
NUMBER OF FRETS: 20
TRUSS ROD: Dual-Action
STRING NUT: Bone
NUT WIDTH: 1.69" (43 mm)
NUT MATERIAL: Bone
Body
BODY: Solid Cedar Top with Mahogany Back and Sides
BODY FINISH: Gloss Polyester
BODY SHAPE: Orchestra
BODY TOP: Solid Cedar
BODY BINDING: Aged White with Feathered Checkered Purfling
BODY BACK: Solid Mahogany
BODY SIDES: Solid Mahogany
BODY MATERIAL: Solid Cedar Top with Mahogany Back and Sides
ROSETTE: Feathered Checkered
Hardware
BRIDGE: Ovangkol
BRIDGE PINS: Ebony with Mother-of-Pearl Dots
PICKGUARD: None
HARDWARE FINISH: Nickel
TUNING MACHINES: Nickel Open-Back
STRINGS: Fender® Dura-Tone® 880L Coated 80/20 (.012-.052 Gauges), PN 0730880303
Electronics
CONTROLS: Volume, Blend (Body Pickup, Piezo)
SPECIAL ELECTRONICS: Fender®/Fishman® Presys VT Plus Soundhole Pickup System
Accessories
TRUSS ROD WRENCH: 4 mm Hex (Allen)
