Fender American Special Stratocaster HSS MN, Black

Full Description

A Classic Alder Body

The Stratocaster’s body is crafted from lightweight alder, producing balanced, resonant tones with plenty of clarity and midrange bite ideal for the versatile musician. The alder tonewood provides a decent amount of sustain, creating bright, sizzling highs, beautifully rounded lows, and a beefy midrange. Fender have used alder as their tonewood of choice since the 1950s, as the balanced response and slight upper middle definition makes it perfect for rock and blues playing.

Maple Neck & Fingerboard

Fitted with a beautiful maple neck and fingerboard, the Fender Strat delivers a lusciously bright tonal character, with plenty of tightness and cut. The tonewood is perfect for a wide range of playing styles, delivering a powerfully sharp punch with excellent clarity when the strings are hit hard. Medium to light picking brings out the subtler tonal characteristics of the maple, providing the guitar with a lavish undertone of depth and crispness. Crafted both neck and fingerboard from maple helps improve the Tele’s sound by adding a slight sizzle to the high end while keeping the lows firm and mids snappy.

Atomic Humbucking Bridge Pickup

Incorporating a Fender Atomic humbucker in the bridge position, the American Special Strat delivers attacking and sustaining tones perfect for chunky yet crisp rhythm playing. Designed with four conductor cabling, alnico 5 magnets, and single enamel coated wiring, the Atomic humbucker perfectly complements the Texas Special middle and neck pickups.

Texas Special Middle & Neck Pickups

Loaded with two clear and dynamic Texas Special single coil pickups in the middle and neck positions, the Stratocaster HSS delivers a distinctive mid-range punch, sparkling highs, and focused bass response. Featuring an overwound single coil design, alnico 5 magnets, and staggered pole pieces, the Fender Texas Special pickups produce an array of professional tones ideal for a range of genres and playing styles.

Greasebucket Tone Circuit

The Fender American Special Strat HSS incorporates a unique Greasebucket Tone Circuit, which delivers a whole new style of tone shaping. Apposed to standard tone controls which simply reduce the high frequencies while leaving the bass frequencies more predominant, the Greasebucker tone circuit provides a high and low frequency roll off, allowing you to create unique and natural clean tones.

Resonant Synthetic Bone Nut

Featuring a carefully fitted synthetic bone nut, the American Special Stratocaster delivers an increased resonance and bright tonality. When compared to traditional plastic and Tusq materials used to construct guitar nuts, synthetic bone improves the vibration transfer between the string and tuning machines without dampening the tone.

The History of the Stratocaster

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 the 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 the Stratocaster remains a fantastic instrument - producing unmistakable sound with a timeless design. A first choice among players worldwide, there is simply nothing that sings, screams, whispers, moans, roars, rocks and rolls like a Fender Stratocaster.

Specifications

• Model Number: 0115702306
• Series: American Special

Body & Bridge

• Body: Alder
• Shape: Stratocaster
• Bridge: 6-Saddle Vintage-Style Synchronised Tremolo
• Construction: Bolt-On
• Finish: Black

Neck & Fingerboard

• Neck: Maple
• Profile: Modern ‘‘C’’
• Scale Length: 25.5’’
• Fingerboard: Maple
• Radius: 9.5’’
• Frets: 22 Jumbo
• Inlays: Black Dots
• Nut: Synthetic Bone
• Nut Width: 1.685''

Electronics & Hardware

• Bridge Pickup: Atomic Humbucker
• Middle Pickup: Texas Special Single-Coil Strat
• Neck Pickup: Texas Special Single-Coil Strat
• Controls: Master Volume, 2 x Tone
• Special Electronics: Greasebucket Tone Circuit
• Pickup Switching: 5-Position Blade
  • Position 1: Bridge Pickup
  • Position 2: Bridge & Middle Pickups
  • Position 3: Middle Pickup
  • Position 4: Middle & Neck Pickups
  • Position 5: Neck Pickup
• Tuning Machines: Standard Cast/Sealed
• Control Knobs: Black Plastic
• Pickguard: 3-Ply Black
• Hardware: Nickel/Chrome
• Strings: Fender USA, NPS, (.009-.042 Gauges)
• Case Included: Deluxe Gig Bag
• Accessories: Polishing Cloth