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Key Features
The Fender American Original '50s Stratocaster offers a sleek style and an articulate tone with a full host of legendary features. Fender have worked to maintain the classic era-style and authentic tone, whilst offering a modern feel for enhanced playability. For a period-correct tone, this model comes equipped with a trio of wax-potted pure vintage '59 single coil Stratocaster pickups.
In addition, the '50s Stratocaster's fingerboard has been crafted from maple, adding plenty of bite and sustain to the overall sound. Thanks to its 9.5" radius, you will appreciate how smooth and fast your playability is. With an iconic body shape, vintage-style hardware, a six point synchronised tremolo bridge, and a 2-tone sunburst finish, the Fender American Original '50s Stratocaster is the perfect way to experience Fender's classic playability, performance, and tone.
Product Ref: 105615
This model comes equipped with a trio of Pure Vintage '59 Single Coil pickups, delivering the Stratocaster's classic, ground-breaking tone. Thanks to these incredible pickups, you are provided with a period-correct tone. With a cloth wore and a fibre bobbin construction, this model offers an authentic, sonically pleasing sound that the '50s Strats were known for. Its Formvar-coated magnet wire improves the overall brightness, whilst the Alnico 5 adds more focus and enhances dynamics. Also included is staggered poles pieces that balance the volume and output across each string.
Your performance is guaranteed to benefit from this model's iconic design. Thanks to its two asymmetrical cutaways, you are provided with not only a pleasing aesthetic appeal, but also access to the upper fretboard for effortless shredding. Furthermore, its slim, sleek, and contoured body ensures that you are always comfortable during long practice sessions and live performances. Constructed from alder, a lightweight material, the '50s Stratocaster provides luxury whilst delivering a resonant and well-balanced tone with a bright attack. As well as this, this Fender has a lacquer finish that not only enables the wood to breathe naturally but will also age in a distinctively pleasing manner.
When many people think of an electric guitar, this is the one that leaps to mind. The Stratocaster is one of the world's most popular guitars and is an elegantly versatile creation. Not long after Fender revolutionised music with the Telecaster and Precision Bass, in 1954 they debuted the Stratocaster and it quickly became universally regarded as the archetypal electric guitar. Sleek and stylish aesthetics, smooth playing and tonally versatile, at the heart of Stratocaster remains a fantastic instrument- producing unmistakable sounds with a timeless design. A first choice amongst players worldwide, there is simply nothing that sings, screams, whispers, roars, rock, and rolls like a Fender Stratocaster.