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“Strat,” as it is known byguitaraficionados, is easily recognized by the two horns that highlight the guitar body’s cutaways above and below the neck. Unlike theFender Telecaster, whose bridge is locked in place, the Stratocaster version in widest use possesses afloating bridge, which ...
The Stratocaster’s greatest innovation, however, was its bridge. In response to player feedback on the Telecaster, Randall wanted the new guitar to have some kind of vibrato system. Leo immersed himself in the task with his customary focus. ...
This article is intended to help you date your Fender Stratocaster, Telecaster, and Precision Bass guitars all the way back to the early 1950s. In order to tell how old your Fender is you will have to find the identification number or neck number. The serial number location has changed a ...
Fender Player Plus Nashville Telecaster Butterscotch Blonde The HUB: What drives you and your team to keep developing, iterating and innovating? Where do you see the future of guitars going? AA: We have a passion. Every single person on the Fender product team. We have a passion for desig...
There were six models: two Stratocasters (maple-neck ’57-style; rosewood- ’board ’62); a ’52 Telecaster; two Precision Basses (maple-neck ’57; rosewood-board ’62); and a ’62 Jazz Bass. A couple of months later, the first Fender Squier Series instruments reached European outlets...
Check out my 1991 Telecaster Plus above, which is a classic example of what Michael Houser played. One story of interest about these finishes goes like this: There was a guy worked at Fender for about 1 - 2 years and he was the only one there who knew how to do these finishes. He ...
“We talked to players, beginners to pros, to figure out what drives them, inspires them, what they’re looking for,” he said. So, while the new Strat, Telecaster and other updated models look like their classic selves, changes were made to the necks, fingerboards and pickups to ...