Stratocasters explained: from pickups to bodies, necks to hardware, this is what you need to consider when buying a Fender Strat
A star is born At the Fujigen factory in Japan, the first run of the new Fender Squier Series vintage reissues went into production toward the end of April 1982, set for export from Japan to Europe and produced by the new Fender Japan alliance. There were six models: two Stratocasters ...
“Audio is unique when it comes to electricity, in that it’s more susceptible to issues like noise in electricity than almost anything in your house is,” explains Seth Berman, the creative mind behind Chicago-basedBlack Lion Audio’spower conditioning program. “When electricians wire up a ho...
Think "guitar god," and a particular image of Jimi Hendrix springs to mind: Hendrix kneeling, shamanlike, before his Fender Stratocaster, his hands seeming to coax flames from the instrument. Captured by photographer Jim Marshall at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival, this image is burned into the...
Sometimes the nomenclature is a bit puzzling, too. Even though the effect produced by a floating bridge is calledvibrato, Fender erroneously used the termtremolofor the bridge on its brand new Stratocaster guitar way back in 1954, and the confusion has persisted ever since. Therefore, keeping wi...
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Think "guitar god," and a particular image of Jimi Hendrix springs to mind: Hendrix kneeling, shamanlike, before his Fender Stratocaster, his hands seeming to coax flames from the instrument. Captured by photographer Jim Marshall at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival, this image is burned into the...
Think "guitar god," and a particular image of Jimi Hendrix springs to mind: Hendrix kneeling, shamanlike, before his Fender Stratocaster, his hands seeming to coax flames from the instrument. Captured by photographer Jim Marshall at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival, this image is burned into the...
Think "guitar god," and a particular image of Jimi Hendrix springs to mind: Hendrix kneeling, shamanlike, before his Fender Stratocaster, his hands seeming to coax flames from the instrument. Captured by photographer Jim Marshall at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival, this image is burned into the...
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