Fender Stratocaster Review

LEO FENDER'S STRATOCASTER appeared in 1954: his company's own publicity hailed it as "a revolutionary new instrument
years ahead in design [and] unequalled in performance," and it quickly took the guitar world by storm.

Unlike its predecessor, the Telecaster, it sported a vibrato mechanism controlled by its pivoting bridge section, three pickups, a double cutaway, and a contoured body designed to be more comfortable to hold than the Tele's. (Interestingly, it was this latter feature that seemed to excite some contemporary commentators the most: in May 1954, Music Trades magazine observed that it "actually seems to make the guitar a part of the player ... and must be seen and tried to be appreciated.")

Early Stratocasters are among the most collectible all Fenders, and change hands at many times the original $249.50 price. For many enthusiasts, howey the deliberately aged "Relic" models first produced the Fender Custom Shop in 1995 are pleasing and desirable substitutes for one of the originals

Below: This Relic Strat dates from 1954 , its body is made from ash.
 

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