PRODUCT REVIEW BY JAMES GROVER

Product Review by James Grover

American Fender Stratocaster

When Leo Fender set his mind to create a guitar with a long scale neck in 1954 he did not know that he was ready to change the world of music. The Fender Stratocaster was created in Fullerton California. This guitar was used by guitar greats like Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and the late Jeff Beck. This guitar is the Workhorse of the 1960`s to the present day in music.

What makes this guitar the Workhorse of rock n roll?

It has a long scale neck with 22 frets that are easily reached with cutaway body design and has three single coil pickups and A five position switch that you can easily mix and dial in for low, mid and high tones with different wiring schematics available.

The Fender Stratocaster is the guitar king when it comes to Rock, Blues, jazz, country and other styles. And it happens to be the number one recorded instrument of all time and the number one collected brand of guitars in the world, the older and original the guitar is the more it’s worth.

The setup of this guitar is very simple and that’s what makes it unique it has individual string saddles at the bridge that make intonating the guitar easy, it comes with a tremolo system in which the late Jeff Beck mastered. The guitar body is made out of hardwood species the neck is always made of maple with a Rosewood fingerboard or Maple fingerboard. Over the years aftermarket companies have created accessories for this guitar including pickups, pick guards to accommodate for humbuckers, and different Hardware options

When I started playing at the age of 7 I learned on a Stratocaster guitar, to this day I still use my Stratocaster. This guitar will never stop dominating in the guitar and music community. The simple design of this Bolt on neck is the perfect instrument for any beginning or professional guitarist.

Jeff Beck really took this guitar to its limits he was an extraordinary musician and master of the Stratocaster may he rest in peace.

Likes and Dislikes:

I like that the guitar is comfortable to play and the fretboard has easy access to the higher notes. The only dislike I have about this guitar is that sometimes it could be a noisy guitar with the (60 cycle hum) when using single coil pickups

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