Fender - Stratocaster 50th Anniversary American DeLuxe |
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| year: | 2004 |
| color: | two tone sunburst, gold hardware |
| scale length: | 25.5" |
| body: | alder |
| top: | - |
| pickguard: | white |
| neck: | maple, bolt-on |
| fretboard: | maple |
| fretboard radius: | ? |
| fretboard inlays: | dots, abalone |
| frets: | 22, medium jumbo |
| neck width: | 43 mm |
| neck taper: | ? |
| weight: | ? |
| pickups: | 3 single coils (Samarium Cobalt Vintage Noiseless) |
| tuners: | Fender/Schaller DeLuxe, staggered, locking |
| electrics: | 1 volume, 2 tone, 5-way-switch, S-1 switching |
| bridge: | American Deluxe trem (2 point) |
| country: | USA |
| price: | approx. 1500.- US$ (new in 2004) |
| website: | www.fender.com |
| further information: | This is the DeLuxe version of the 50th Anniversary Strat (1954-2004). 50th birthday of the Stratocaster, not like the other 50th Strat shown here, that was made for the 50th birthday of Fender. The normal DeLuxe only offers chrome hardware while this one shows gold hardware. Photos of the guitar below by courtesy of Ron Prevost. Fender was founded in 1946 by Leo Fender, with electric guitars made since 1948. Leo invented many very, very popular guitar designs: The Stratocaster is for sure the most popular electric guitar ever designed. Fender was purchased by CBS in 1965, who put up Fender for sale in 1984. Until 1982 Fender guitars were made in the USA. In 1982 Fender Japan was established. They produced Fender and Squire (see "S-brands") guitars in Japan and later in Korea and China, with US-models still continued. Today you can get Fender guitars from Japan, Mexico, USA, Korea. The high grade professional guitars - mainly reissues of famous guitars - are made by the US Custom Shop. There is much more to say about Fender. You can get more detailed information from various sources in the internet, in books etc. |