Fender Stratocaster Electric Guitar

Handed down to me from my dad. A 1963 Fender Strat (Cream).

It was my first guitar and it's still going strong. When I bought it from a local pawn shop I was just a pre-teen, and I must admit I lucked out on this guitar. Of course, it wasn't in a good cosmetic condition. Its finish was scuffed near the arm contour but it's pretty much expected from an old guitar. The most disgusting aspect however was the sheer amount of nicotine stains on it. It was an Olympic white Strat but it was stained almost brown due to the nicotine stains. Its maple fretboard had nicotine stains, there were nicotine stains on the back of the neck, the white pickguard was stained too, and even the control knobs had nicotine stains. Not to forget its middle pickup was missing. Whoever was the previous owner must be a total nutjob (other than being a heavy smoker) because under the pickguard this Strat was wired like the bastard child of a Strat and Tele. The weirdest thing was the bridge pickup, for some unfathomable reason it had a metal plate attached to its back (do comment if you have any idea about this oddball mod). Nevertheless, it played like butter, the fretwork was perfect, and the store owner offered me a darn low price, so I bought it and rewired it myself with new pickups. With the due course of time, I have made multiple modifications to this Strat. As of now, it has the new Kluson Supreme tuners, Seymour Duncan Classic Stack Plus pickup set, and the Tremmory trem stabilization system. Cosmetically this guitar looks disgusting like a pig, but good Lord it's one hell of a pig and my main guitar for all gigs.

The guitar that Hendrix and Buddy Holly made famous. This guitar just fits right and is functional and reliable, it's well balanced, and there are so many refinements to the Stratocaster that people mostly either ignore or don't know about, and they look at it and think that it is too plain, then you have people like Yngwie Malmsteen totally blow that overgeneralized stereotypical thought away. My only complaint is most Strats could use some upgraded pickups, maybe a better bridge and tuners but on most Mexican and American Strats the tuners and bridge are good.

Most of the work I do these days done in the box with no actual wood and metal involved ... However I collaborate online and get requests to play on trax ... The guitar bores me at times and I find it limiting I do use it for creating ANALOG 2 DIGITAL MIDI Triggers and stuff ... My other schitso half disagrees and cranks out a riff or two ha ha . Sentimentally I still love my 76 Strat ...... Beaten and abused by myself and one particular ex wife it still plays just fine :)

I am the only owner. I saved my paper route money when I was 15 to buy this guitar. I've played it ever since.

Fender did a great thing when they decided to use Japan to build guitars in 1982. The JV series is now one of the most collectible from the early 1980s. Mine came to me used, with the decal already sanded off. These guitars came with USA pickups. An amazing guitar.

I have a 2016 American Standard model in Bordeaux Metallic. I took a lot of time hunting down this particular colour and model because one caught my eye in a shop in Cambridgeshire but it was dinked, and then I discovered they were being phased out. So needless to say, I love the look of this guitar.

There's little I can add to what's already been said over the years about Strats. Any Fender or Squire model will give you those Hendrix, Gilmour or Knopfler tones you're after. Pretty much all of them are lovely to play. The American Standard is, for me, the sweet spot in the range, with a lovely, quality feel but still extremely good value for money. Everything is so much easier to play on this guitar, it just seems to want to work with you, not against you.

I Got This Strat About 1 Month Ago. My Older Brother Brought This Home From College And Gave It To Me As A Gift.

Fender strat with fender locking tuners, fender vintage style nut, Seymour Duncan Antiquity pickups, switchcraft input jack, strap locks, foam on springs and knobs, cts pots, braided pushback wire, pushback wire,vintage tremblock, Limited Production Callaham Narrow Strat Bridge Assemblies, string tree

Ever style of music has been played on a Stratocaster. With three pickups and it's Synchronized Tremolo Bridge it's a very versatile instrument. Several million have been produced since 1954.