Fender Performer

The Fender Performer or JP80 was an electric guitar designed by John Page [1] for rock and metal guitarists in the mid-1980s.

The Performer was commissioned to combat lost sales to the "Superstrats" that were flooding the market in the mid-’80s.

The body is small with a deep double cutaway similar to the Fender Swinger.

The tuning machines are found on the upper edge of the triangular headstock and a locking nut clamps the strings behind a plastic nut, as typically found on Fender guitars.

The guitar featured controls for master volume and TBX, a 3-way pickup selector and a coil splitting switch.