The Paramount PD-220E combines state-of-the-art craftsmanship with vintage-inspired appointments, delivering the best of both worlds. Built with the choice of a solid spruce or solid mahogany top paired with solid mahogany back and sides, the PD-220E features an offset X-bracing pattern that has been carefully refined to optimize resonance and tone. A brand-new Fender and Fishman®-designed Presys VT Plus pickup amplifies the full, balanced tone of the PD-220E's dreadnought 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 S-Core pickup.

Updated cosmetics include snowflake-shaped pearloid fingerboard inlays, feathered purfling, rosette, and backstrip, and a Black or Tiger Stripe pickguard. The PD-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® Presys VT Plus pickup with piezo and transducer
• Snowflake inlays
• Black or Tiger Stripe pickguard
• Includes hardshell case

Specifications

Neck

• Headstock Binding3-Ply W/B/W
  
• Neck MaterialMahogany
  
• Neck FinishSatin Urethane
  
• Neck Shape"C" Shape
  
• Fingerboard Radius15.75" (400 mm)
  
• Fingerboard MaterialOvangkol
  
• Position InlaysSnowflake
  
• Side DotsBlack
  
• Number of Frets20
  
• Truss RodDual-Action
  
• String NutBone
  
• Nut Width1.69" (43 mm)
  
• Nut MaterialBone
  
• Fret Size2mm
  
• Scale Length25.3" (643 mm)

Body

• BodySolid Mahogany
  
• Body FinishSatin Urethane
  
• Body ShapeDreadnought
  
• Body TopSolid Mahogany
  
• Body BindingAged White with Feathered Checkered Purfling
  
• Body BackSolid Mahogany
  
• Body SidesSolid Mahogany
  
• Body MaterialSolid Mahogany
  
• BracingQuartersawn Scalloped "X"
  
• RosetteFeathered Checkered

Hardware

• BridgeOvangkol
  
• Bridge PinsEbony with Mother-of-Pearl Dots
  
• Pickguard1-Ply Black
  
• Hardware FinishNickel-Plated
  
• Tuning MachinesNickel Open-Back
  
• StringsFender® Dura-Tone® 880L Coated 80/20 (.012-.052 Gauges), PN 0730880303

Electronics

• ControlsVolume, Blend (Body Pickup, Piezo)
  
• Special ElectronicsFender®/Fishman® Presys VT Plus Soundhole Pickup System