Fret-King Country Squire Stealth ~ Candy Apple Red

The Fret-King® Country Squire™ is one of our most enduring styles, a friendly and comfortable benchmark, blending the familiar with the contemporary.

The best attributes are sometimes hidden, as they are in the Country Squire Stealth with an intriguing pairing of visible and invisible pickups delivering "Old school", period perfect tone, or an "altered state" hum cancelled edge, the Stealth delivers either and more with Fret-King’s signature versatility.

Country Squire Stealth Features

Body:
The three-piece body with 4” centre block is constructed from selected American alder. The body, with its vintage edge radiuses casts a classic shadow, with an elegant visual enhanced by a classic applique F-Hole. The unique reduced profile neck joint and subtly extended cutaway offers enhanced upper fret access, and the superb overall balance makes the Stealth a pleasure to wear. A solid four bolt neck joint ensures the constructional and mechanical integrity which provides a platform for great sustain and the emblematic tonalities of the Country Squire Stealth.

Headstock:
The signature Fret-King headstock ensures perfect balance, classic looks, and great visual appeal.

Machine Heads:
Wilkinson® WJ05 machine heads provide quick, accurate, stable tuning.

Nut:
43mm Graph Tech® self-lubricating nut, smooth and friction free.

Neck:
Light oil finished, hard rock Maple with classic ‘soft C’ profile for instant comfort, speed, accuracy, and a luxurious 'played in' feel.

Fingerboard:
Premium Indian Rosewood for durability, and outstanding tonal transfer with a 10” radius for a super comfortable, responsive, positive playing feel.

Scale Length:
25.5" / 648mm.

Frets:
22 Medium profile hi-durability nickel silver frets ensure accuracy, comfort, and an overall feel.

Pickups:
A perfect pairing of custom designed Fret-King pickups, by Trev Wilkinson, coupled with two switchable auxiliary Bukkacoil™ phantom coils under the pickguard, provides either period perfect, unfettered classic single coil quack and honk from the neck mounted Country Road™ pickup, or with the Bukka coils engaged, a more nuanced hum-cancelled edge. With a three way selector switch on an ergonomically designed angled switch plate for pickup selection, master volume, with push/push to engage/disengage the Bukkacoil pair, a master tone, and Fret-King’s unique Varicoil™ control, which progressively winds in and out the additional winds of the bridge mounted Tapped-Fifty™ pickup allowing the Fret-King Stealth to segue between a classic ‘50’s tone to Gypsy Jazz, to sparkling country, all the way to a more contemporary, driven "Southern Hot".

Control Functions:
• Ergonomic three-way lever switch selects Country Road neck pickup, both, or bridge pickup.
• Master volume with Push-Push latching switch engages concealed Bukka hum cancelling coils.
• Tone Control: Outer control master tone, inner control, Varicoil adds or subtracts additional winds in the bridge mounted Tapped-Fifty bridge pickup.

Bridge:
Enhancing that tonality is the unique Wilkinson® WTB bridge featuring a steel baseplate which surrounds and focusses the magnetic field of the Alnico V loaded bridge pickup. Adjustable, pre-intonated barrel style natural brass saddles allow spot-on tuning, and two strings per saddle solidly anchor the saddles to the bridge baseplate ensuring the maximum mechanical coupling so crucial to giving you all the power and tone you need.

Carry Bag:
The Country Squire™ Stealth comes with a Fret-King® luxury gig bag.

The Country Squire™ Stealth is an original Fret-King® design created by the UK Fret-King® design team.

Shipping Pricing Guide

We expertly pack all of our items.

Standard Delivery for Small Parts & Accessories + Vinyl Records (2-3 Day) - £3.50

Standard Delivery for Small/Medium Items (3-5 Working Day) - £4.99

Standard Guitar & Amp Delivery (3-5 Working Day) - £9.99

Express Small/Medium Item Delivery (Next Working Day) - £9.99

Express Instrument & Amp Delivery (Next Working Day) - £14.99

Setup & Ship Service - £25.00 Professional setup service worth over £50! Lead times typically +2 days for this service.

There will be a small surcharge for parts of Scottish Highlands/Isles & Ireland, we will be in touch after you place your order. Or you ask us for a quote prior to ordering.

Dispatch Times

We aim to dispatch all orders SAME DAY WORKING DAY, if you place your order before 1PM. If your guitar requires setup work before shipping, please allow 1-2 days lead time.

International Shipping

Europe - Please contact us for a quote

USA Guitar Shipping £150-195 via UPS - (Please contact us for a quote)
USA Pedal Shipping £45 via UPS - (Please contact us for a quote)

Rest of World - Please contact us for a quote

Online Orders – 14-Day Returns (Distance Selling Regulations)
Customers who make a purchase online or via distance selling are entitled to return an item within 14 days of receipt, in accordance with the Consumer Contracts Regulations. Items must be in unused condition and returned with all original packaging and documentation.

• Refunds will be issued to the original payment method once the item has been inspected and confirmed to be in resalable condition.
  
• Return shipping is the responsibility of the customer unless the item is faulty or supplied in error.
  

In-Store Purchases
Items purchased in-store are not eligible for a refund. However, we do offer exchange or a store credit (gift card) for in-store purchases returned within 14 days, provided they are in their original condition with proof of purchase.

Exclusions
Please note that custom orders, modified items, B-stock, clearance items, and goods obtained through part exchange are non-refundable, unless faulty.

Partial Refunds
There are certain situations where only partial refunds may be granted, at our discretion. These include, but are not limited to:

• Guitars returned with protective plastic film removed from pickguards or pickups.
  
• Items showing signs of use or handling.
  
• Missing or damaged original packaging, tags, or accessories.
  

All returns are inspected upon receipt. If a return does not meet the conditions above, we reserve the right to refuse it or issue a partial refund.

Founded in 2017 as a physical store, we pivoted to e-commerce during the pandemic. Serving customers throughout the UK, we maintain our traditional storefront while thriving in the online space. A guitar store created by and for guitar enthusiasts.