fender american sunburst
History
It is said that Leo Fender could not play guitar … and was stone deaf.
Regardless of whether this statements are true or not, the company that created managed to produce one of the true icons of popular music – the American Fender Stratocaster. It has been widely reported that these classics are close to be dumped as it seems, Fender had planned to stop production before the Jimi Hendrix Stratocaster popularized guitar late 60's.
Made in the USA
The American Series Stratocaster is as the name suggests actually made in the United States while the Standard Strats made in Mexico. Latin versions of the series is considered overwhelmingly better than the Standard and its price reflects the gap as well.
These days, the list prices of American Fender Stratocaster are about $ 1,400, but some distributors Hence, if you know where to look, he cut a lot with free shipping, guaranteed lowest price, etc.
Technical things
Introduced in 2000, the body of the guitar is made of alder, the neck is done in the modern "C" of Maple. You have the choice of seven colors 3-color Sunburst Frost carbon steel. As a rule, comes with 3 American Start single-coil bus, but, of course, you can customize these to your own taste.
The maple neck is 25.5 inches long with a 9.5 fingerboard radius and (made of rosewood or maple) has 22 medium jumbo frets.
There a pickup selector switch 5-setting that lets you select any of the following combos:
- Setting 1: bridge
- Setting 2: bridge and middle
- Frame 3: Medium
- Frame 4: Average and neck
- Setting 5: Neck
Caro Strats
The beginning highest price ever paid was U.S. $ 2.6 million for a sheihk at auction in Qatar. Had been signed by Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood, Brian May, Liam and Noel Gallagher, Jeff Beck, Pete Townshend, Ray Davies, David Gilmour, Tony Iommi, Mark Knopfler, Angus and Malcolm Young McCartney, Paul, Sting and Bryan Adams. The funds went to help victims of the 2004 Asian tsunami. The previous record was held by Eric Clapton "Blackie", which reached the U.S. $ 959,500 in a charity auction in 2004.
Fender American Standard Telecaster – 2 Tone Sunburst Maple Neck – Nevada Music UK
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