Fender Strat
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| Manufacturer | Fender |
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| Period | 1954–present |
| Body type | Solid |
| Neck joint | Bolt-on |
| Scale | 25.5 in (648 mm) |
| Body |
Alder Ash Poplar Basswood |
| Neck | Maple |
| Fretboard |
Maple Rosewood Ebony Pao Ferro |
| Bridge | Usually proprietary 6-screw Tremolo Floyd Rose locking system Hardtail |
| Pickup(s) | Usually 3 Single-coils (SSS) or 2 Single-coils with Hot Bridge Humbucker (HSS) on certain models. Other pickup configurations (H/HH/HSH/HHH) are also available |
| Various 2- or 3-color sunbursts Black Other standard or custom colors, blue, pink, red, yellow. |
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The Fender Stratocaster is a model of electric guitar designed in 1954 by Leo Fender, Bill Carson, George Fullerton, and Freddie Tavares. The Fender Musical Instruments Corporation has continuously manufactured the Stratocaster from 1954 to the present. It is a double-cutaway guitar, with an extended top "horn" shape for balance. Along with the Gibson Les Paul, it is one of the most-often emulated electric guitar shapes. "Stratocaster" and "Strat" are trademark terms belonging to Fender.
The Stratocaster is a versatile guitar, usable for all styles of complete music and has been used in many genres, including country, rock, pop, folk, soul, rhythm and blues, blues, jazz, punk, and heavy metal.
The Fender Stratocaster was the first guitar to feature three pickups and a spring tension tremolo system, as well as being the first Fender with a contoured body. The Stratocaster's sleek, contoured body shape (officially referred to by Fender as the "Comfort Contour Body") differed from the flat, slab-like design of the Telecaster. The Stratocaster's double cutaways allowed players easier access to higher positions on the neck.
Starting in 1954, the Stratocaster was offered with a solid, deeply contoured ash body, a 21-fret one-piece maple neck with black dot inlays, and Kluson tuning machines. The color was originally a two color sunburst pattern, although custom color guitars were produced (most famously Eldon Shamblin's gold Stratocaster, dated 6/1954). In 1956, Fender began using alder for sunburst and most custom color Stratocaster bodies; ash was still used on translucent blonde instruments. In 1960, the available custom colors were standardized, many of which were automobile lacquer colors from DuPont available at an additional 5% cost. A unique single-ply, 8-screw hole white pickguard held all electronic components except the recessed jack plate—facilitating easy assembly.
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