Stratocaster
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| Fender Stratocaster | |
| |
| Manufacturer | Fender |
| Period | 1954 — present |
| Construction details | |
| Body Type | Solid |
| Neck Join | Bolt-on |
| Woods used | |
| Body | Alder or Ash |
| Neck | Maple |
| Fretboard | Maple, Rosewood |
| Hardware | |
| Bridge | Synchronized Tremolo |
| Pickups | 3 Single coil |
| Colours Available | |
| (Standard 2006 Strat) Blue Agave, Black, Sage Green Metallic, Brown Sunburst, Midnight Wine, Arctic White (other colors may be available) | |
The Fender Stratocaster is a Fender product that was created in the 50s. Like its older brother the Telecaster, the "Strat" has a 25.5" scale and a bolt on neck. Unlike the Tele which has a single cutaway design and was originally configured with just two single coil pickups, the Strat has two cutaways and was generally configured with 3 single coil pickups. These default pickup configurations later changed on both Fender models and it is common to see Strats and Teles with humbuckers and other variant pickup configurations.
The strat was a popular guitar in the 50s and early 60s, but it became one of the de facto standard rock/blues guitars in the late 60s because Jimi Hendrix predominantly played strats while he was revolutionizing rock guitar. Today, the double cutaway, 25.5" scale guitar design remains one of the most popular guitar designs.
Reviews
Fender Squier Affinity Strat RW BK Black
Year: 2008
Relationship: I own One
Price paid: ~200€ (Starter-Kit)
Purchased from: Music Store Cologne
Durability: This Guitar is durable but after a time it takes his damage.
Sound: Apparently one of the tree pickups is badly soldered up, because the sound isn´t clean, very noticeable in Clean Channel. Besides the Sound for this price is very good.
Overall: Out of the don´t Clean Sound which is apparently just at my guitar, this guitar is a very good newcomer-guitar!
--Darkzerotiger 17:53, 16 June 2009 (CEST)
