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The Fender American Deluxe Stratocaster Changed The History Of Music

Posted March 16, 2010 by Fender Stratocaster in Blog | No comments yet

Fender American Deluxe Stratocaster electric guitar was first made by the fender musical instruments company in Fullerton, California. The company originally made this instrument in the year 1954. You can buy this model from Mexico and also from Japan or Korea.

If you are a purest however you will probably only want to have one made in California. This is a very versatile guitar. The pickup configurations are very versatile. It possesses superior tones which will not be equaled by any other electric guitar. This makes it the standard of the music scene.

The comfortable body makes it easy to play for an extended time period. It has a body of contoured alder. Some will claim it is more comfortable than the Gibson guitar to play. This of course depends on personal preference. It has a "c" neck shape with a slick finish. The hand rolled edges adds to its stand out beauty.

The fretboard is made of single piece rock maple. The five way pickup selector is responsible for the unique eerie sound of the great guitar legend Jimi Hendrix. You can utilize the s1 switch to create the combinations from the five standard set. This electric guitar is available in six different colors and has various styles of pick guards.

Believe it or not there was a period in music that the guitar was merely the background instrument. But with the invention of the electric guitar it is now the primary instrument of every rock and roll band. These bands owe a lot to this musical invention.

Guitars like the Fender American Deluxe Stratocaster have made a new kind of music. The electric guitar changed the way we listen to music. All those who have been involved in rock music owe their success to instruments like this electric guitar.

Interesting Fendor Facts

Posted September 16, 2009 by Fender Stratocaster in Blog | No comments yet

Interesting Facts:

• Guitar fan Chris Black of London actually had a wedding ceremony to officially marry his Fender Stratocaster last year.
• Another impassioned fan, T. Winterbottom of Lancashire, England, created a life-sized Fender guitar out of 7,000 matchsticks.
• There's the Fender lover who tattooed a Stratocaster and Fender logo on his right forearm.
• An Italian collector paid $324,000 at a Sotheby's auction for the badly scratched and cigarette burned Fender Stratocaster owned by Jimi Hendrix. It went for three times the expected price -- and holds the record for the world's most expensive guitar.
• The neck of the giant Fender Stratocaster-shaped Hard Rock Cafe in Orlando, Fla., stretches over the street to make an awsome overpass.
• The slot machine arms in the Las Vegas Hard Rock Hotel were made by the Fender Guitar Custom Shop to look like Fender guitar necks.
• The Hard Rock in New York City proudly sports a huge guitar-shaped bar in Fender's distinctive sunburst finish.
• A Fender Stratocaster is carved into Jimi Hendrix's tombstone.

General

• There are four versions of the Standard Strat (Squier, Squier Affinity, MIM, MIA Strat). The list prices range from $180-$1,000
• The most expensive production Strat is the USA Richie Sambora Strat which is $1800 list. Theretially you could get a Strat costing millions from the custom shop.
• The 70's Strats started having a "big" headstock. Now the Strats have the original, or small size, headstock.