Fender Maverick

At the same occasion where I saw the Fender Swinger, I also saw a sunburst Fender Maverick with the beautiful adapted body of a regular Electric XII for a unique appearance. It also features the hockeystick headstock, but with only 6 tuning pegs in it, which I find less nice looking.

The Fender Maverick, a.k.a. Fender Custom, was a short-lived model released by the CBS-owned Fender. Made in between 1969 and 1970, the Swinger/Musiclander and the Custom/Maverick come from the same period and mindset, where they decided to take a band saw to the excess inventory of parts for slow-selling models, and then couldn't decide what to call the results. Essentially the Maverick is a six-string Fender Electric XII. The guitar is made from a regular Fender Electric XII neck, body and pickups. The extra holes in the headstock for the tuning pegs of the XII were filled and refinished The bridge on the body is a Mustang bridge. The one I’ve seen in real life was a three tone sunburst with the back painted black by Fender to cover holes drilled for Electric XII string block. The Maverick was presented in many folders of that time. The Swinger not. Both models were out of stock pretty soon and not reproduced afterwards.

Below a famous picture of Leo Fender. In the left corner you can see a sunburst Maverick lying on the floor. Behind the amp right to him, you can see the headstock of an electric XII. All other guitars are less rare, from first impression. The Telecaster basses are not very common nowadays.

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