Heartfield

The company was a joint operation between the American and the Japanese branches of Fender Musical Instruments Corporation.

[1] The RR series was one of the first to offer retro styling while the Talon was a more mass-produced line targeting metal and hard rock guitarists.

[2] The Talon line of Heartfield guitars is a 'superstrat' design (a portmanteau of super and Stratocaster,) including a double-locking Floyd Rose Tremolo, a combination of single coil and humbucker pickups, jumbo frets, thin radius neck, and was aimed primarily at the heavy metal and hard rock genre.

At the time, sale prices for the high-end Talon V guitar were listed at US$1169.99.

[3] The lack of sales was compounded by the failing value of the Japanese yen in the early 1990s compared to the US Dollar.