Fender Stratocaster 50th Anniversary 2004. 149 (San Clemente ) pic hide this posting restore restore this posting. Yet reflecting on our sound tests, we'd be more than happy to walk on any stage with this one. Fender Style Telecaster Neck - Left Handed. There are certainly more vintage-styled new versions of this Fender classic, or indeed more modernist tweaked versions. It's very hard to fault this guitar technically, though we'd prefer a slightly thinner finish on our Strat's maple 'board. Wide 70s headstock, fat frets, scorching alnico pickups, upgraded vintage-style bridge, and super-light nitro satin finish make this electric guitar a real hot rod. With some tone reduction we're getting more into earthier 'hot blues' sounds, darker and snappier, and if you decide to use the mixed pickup tones here, at least they're hum-cancelling. The American-made Fender Highway One Stratocaster is ready for the open road. The bridge pickup can be an ear-slicer - hardly surprising - yet in comparison with some other Strats, there's a musical width to the sounds here, almost three-dimensional compared to our Mexican Road Worn, which sounds a little hotter, but more focused.īut there's certainly plenty of clarity and high-end sparkle, so that light-to-medium-gained tones need a little taming for more mid-range push. First released in 1954 and in continuous production ever since, the Fender Stratocaster, or Fender Strat as it is commonly known, is one of the worlds most iconic and popular electric guitar models. In fact that middle/bridge no-load tone control adds a little too much high-end for most styles, and it sounds more natural backed off a little.Ĭlean tones have it all - from the timeless funk in the mixed positions to the clean, bell-like projection from the darker neck pickup and the bright-enough-for-most middle pickup. In 2018, the adventurous Parallel Universe Fender Strat-Tele hybrid guitar and the Whiteguard Stratocaster were released, offering fun and never-before-seen Fender Stratocaster variations. The Stratocaster's set-up is low and slinky, fast with plenty of new-guitar zing. New listing FENDER STRATOCASTER RARE 2010 NON CATALOGUE REBEL YELLOW 1957 REISSUE MIJ. It also slightly widens the fret size and, perhaps more importantly, reduces the height of the fret above the playing surface. 2002 Fender Highway One Stratocaster in Mocha Brown. There is some pooling of the finish either side of the frets, and it does look a little thicker than on a vintage specification maple 'board.
The frets slot into the face of the neck, which is then finished. Chrome tremolo arm with white tip, for use with American Special and Highway One series guitars and nearly any tremolo system that accepts a 10-32 threaded. will be double boxed in original packaging. The Strat's neck is all maple - there's no separate fingerboard. Fender usa highway one body 3 tone sunburst.