The article presents a book review for "The Fender Stratocaster Handbook: How To Buy, Maintain, Set Up, Troubleshoot, and Modify Your Strat," by Paul Belmer.ShoafBrownUniv.EricBrownUniv.C.BrownUniv.EBSCO_bspLibrary Journal
Stratocasters explained: from pickups to bodies, necks to hardware, this is what you need to consider when buying a Fender Strat
The pickup switch is the key to the Stratocaster’s time-honored tonal versatility, because it controls which pickups or which combinations of pickups are on at any given time. Since the Stratocaster is Fender’s sole three-pickup guitar, its pickup switch has an important job to do. It’...
Of course, electric guitars vary in how they are strung up. Some guitars, like theFenderStratocaster, have strings running through the back of the guitar. Other guitars only require the string to be strung up through the bottom of the bridge (as seen on manyGibson-style Tune-o-Matic bridge...
A single-coil-equipped guitar such as a Fender Stratocaster will deliver the goodies here. Your basic tone will be clean and transparent, and your soft-to-loud dynamics—when you switch from playing with more or less attack on the strings—should be translated clearly. You adore surf music....
Most manufactures don’t actually write the production dates on the guitar in plain view. First let’s take a look at where to find ID numbers on a Fender guitar. Where do I find my Fender Serial Number? This article is intended to help you date your Fender Stratocaster, Telecaster, and...
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Everything you need to know to get the right strings for your Stratocaster, Telecaster or any electric guitar. Learn about string winding method, string cores, materials in Fender strings and more.
To get an authentic sound, you’ll want an electric guitar with single-coil pickups and an amp with clean/light overdrive channels. You’ll also want a spring reverb effect. If you go deeper, it’s arguably a Fender slam-dunk: we’d recommend Stratocasters, Jags and Jazzmasters through...
If this is the first time you’ve ever tried to sight your instrument’s neck, you may be a little unsure of what to look for. If your guitar’s neck is not straight, it is likely to have either upbow or backbow. While upbow will cause the string to be too far from the frets...