The EX 2 is the same as the EX 1, however the alder body has a 2-piece highly figured maple top, with a different range of colour options. Both set-neck and bolt-on necks exist (although I've only seen set-neck ones).
It used to sell for $1329.99.
Among the enthusiasts who visit this site and the forum there is a growing convinction that the EX 2 only exists in a set-neck version.
Heartfield colour codes available for this guitar: Autumn Gold (529), Antique Burst (537), Crimson Stain (538) and Ebony Stain (539).
First documented month of manufacture (not counting the obviously different prototypes): May 1988 (serial number E88272, see guitar below). Last documented month of manufacture: October 1989 (serial number J89588, see guitar below). The guitar appeared in Fender Frontline first in spring 1990 (there were no earlier issues) and last in winter (i.e. early) 1992.
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Type: EX-2 Prototype (year unknown) |
| Serial #: Not applicable |
Remarks: A very rare guitar, this one, almost certainly a prototype.
Click here for a detail of the neck joint
Click here for a detail of the headstock
Click here for a detail of the bridge and electronics
Click here for a detail of the battery cover
Click here for the back (the covers are wood, apparently)
Click here for a detail of the tuners
(these detail pictures were all made by the then owner, Ed Pitcher)
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| Above photo credits: The owner, John Simmons. |
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Type: 1988 EX-2 Prototype |
| Serial #: H88018 |
Remarks: Another unique guitar, very similar to the one above. Main difference is the presence of mini switches instead of a 3/5-way switch, the fact that the pickups are not covered, and that there is a mini switch between the main controls.
Click here for a collage of more pictures of this instrument. Further individual pictures can be found here, here, here and here. A very rare axe, found by the owner at a yard sale for 150 bucks... |
| Above photo credits: The owner, Andre Burgos. |
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Type: 1988 EX-2 |
| Serial #: E88274 |
| Remarks: The colour is Autumn Gold. |
| Above photo credits: The owner, Greg Yarber. |
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Type: 1989 EX-2 |
| Serial #: E89207 |
| Remarks: The colour is called Ebony Stain. This is a particularly striking guitar. A real beauty. The pickups are no longer stock: They are EMG SA and 89 pickups. Click here for more pictures (on a site by the owner). |
| Above photo credits: The owner, Todd Madson. |
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Type: 1989 EX-2 |
| Serial #: E89211 |
Remarks: Although much less brilliant-looking than the Antique Burst model down on this page, this might be the same colour, though it looks more like traditional sunburst known from other guitar brands/types.
Click here, here or here what this guitar looked like after 2005's Hurricane Katrina (pictures by the owner John Simmons). |
| Above photo credits: Lifted off gbase.com. |
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Type: 1989 EX-2 |
| Serial #: E89217 |
| Remarks: The colour is Autumn Gold. |
| Above photo credits: The owner, Dave Crawford. |
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Type: 1989 EX-2 |
| Serial #: E89230 |
| Remarks: The colour is Antique Burst. |
| Above photo credits: The owner, John Simmons. |
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Type: 1989 EX-2 |
| Serial #: E89248 |
| Remarks: The colour is Antique Burst. |
| Above photo credits: The owner, John Simmons. |
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Type: 1989 EX-2 |
| Serial #: E89259 |
| Remarks: The striking colour is Ebony Stain. |
| Above photo credits: The owner, Paul Abrams. |
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Type: 1989 EX-2 |
| Serial #: E89272 |
| Remarks: The colour is called Autumn Gold. Pickups have been replaced by Seymour Duncan H73 Hot Rails in the neck & bridge, and Seymour Duncan H70 Little 59 in the middle. |
| Above photo credits: The owner, Mike Piazza. |
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Type: 1989 EX-2 |
| Serial #: E89275 |
| Remarks: The colour is Autumn Gold. |
| Above photo credits: The owner, John Simmons. |
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Type: 1989 EX-2 |
| Serial #: G89249 |
| Remarks: The colour is Antique Burst. |
| Above photo credits: The owner, John Simmons. |
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Type: 1989 EX-2 |
| Serial #: H89516 |
| Remarks: The colour is Autumn Gold. Note the rear of the guitar, which shows clearly that the body is made of mahogany, not the usual alder. For a detail of the front of the body click here. |
| Above photo credits: The owner, John Simmons. |
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Type: 1989 EX-2 |
| Serial #: H89534 |
| Remarks: The colour is Antique Burst. |
| Above photo credits: Dave Crawford, who is the neighbour of owner Jack Cavanaugh. |
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Type: 1989 EX-2 |
| Serial #: I89526 |
| Remarks: This colour is Antique Burst. It has a Gotoh tremolo fitted. John's pictures really bring out the amazing wood structure. |
| Above photo credits: The owner, John Simmons. |
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Type: 1989 EX-2 |
| Serial #: J89534 |
| Remarks: Antique Burst. |
| Above photo credits: The owner, John Simmons. |
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Type: 1989 EX-2 |
| Serial #: J89553 |
| Remarks: Antique Burst. |
| Above photo credits: The owner, Paul Abrams. |
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Type: 1989 EX-2 |
| Serial #: J89565 |
| Remarks: The colour is Autumn Gold. |
| Above photo credits: The owner, Raymond Whitlock. |
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Type: 1989 EX-2 |
| Serial #: J89588 |
| Remarks: This truly beautiful finish is called Autumn Gold. |
| Above photo credits: The owner, Paul S. Abrams. |
