Heartfield Elan III gitarr

The Elan III has a Honduras mahogany neck and body, flamed maple top, ebony fretboard, 22 frets, pearl tuner buttons and gold hardware (though chrome might have been made available as well). The difference with the Elan (I) is that it has a Dimarzio humbucker-single-humbucker pickup configuration and a Floyd Rose Pro/Gold tremolo (factory-fitted Floyd Rose licensed tremolos by Kahler also seem to have been quite normal), as well as sharkfin fretboard inlays. The sharkfin inlays are not pearloid as with other models. They are made of a flat metallic silver material. Also, there is a red accent to the upper left of the sharkfin on the 12th fret. This accent is red metallic material, similar to the sharkfin material.

It used to sell for $1999.99.

Heartfield colour codes available for this guitar: Amber (720), Sapphire Blue Transparent (727), Antique Burst (737) and Crimson Red Transparent (738). Crimson Red Transparent exists in two variations: The one with clear lacquer (where you can see the off-white binding) and the tinted lacquer (where the binding is also tinted red).

First documented month of manufacture: January 1991 (serial number A91176, see guitar below). Last documented month of manufacture: October 1992 (serial number J92273, see guitar below). The guitar appeared in Fender Frontline first in winter (i.e. early) 1991 and last in autumn 1993.