Fender Classic '50s Stratocaster Review

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Fender Classic '50s Stratocaster has been rated by 341 musicians.

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Overall Rating 4.57

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Features 4.44

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Quality 4.54

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Reliability / Value 4.63

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  • Number of Strings: 6  
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  • Scale Length: 25-1/2"  
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  • Body Construction: Double cutaway  
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  • Finish: Polyester  
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  • Pickguard: Yes  
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  • Neck Shape: V-shaped neck  
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  • Neck Wood: Maple  
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  • Fingerboard Radius: 7.25"  
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  • Fingerboard Material: Maple  
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  • Number of Frets: 21  
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  • Nut Width: 1.65"  
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  • Bridge: Tremolo  
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  • Hardware: Chrome  
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  • Fret Size: Vintage  
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  • Number of Pickups: 3  
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  • Pickup Switch Type: 5-Position Blade  
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  • 3 vintage-style single-coil pickups with staggered pole pieces, alnico magnets, and aged covers

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Fender is a company that you can count on and be sure that they know their job, and that's building great instruments. Another model from Fender named Classic '50s Stratocaster outperforms and outranks sound-wise many other models in its price range. It's well worth the price.

This guitar is fitted with all the features you could possibly wish for, for a playing style that goes with this kind of instrument. Carefully chosen features leave no guitar player's desire unfulfilled, which makes Fender's Classic '50s Stratocaster an extremely well featured guitar with which you'll be thoroughly pleased. Highest grades for Classic '50s Stratocaster's features!

Fender made a guitar with an astonishing sound. Classic '50s Stratocaster is one great sounding instrument. A lot of musicians will agree that it plays well in many different musical genres, and is easy to set up, but most of all, fun to play. Its tone has unique tonal characteristics that are easily adjustable to fit your playing needs.

Classic '50s Stratocaster is a guitar that will cause envy with your friends-guitarists. The finish is beautiful; it tells the story of how much time and care Fender took to create such a great instrument. Action is great right out of the box, but it's easy to set it up to fit your playing style and needs. Hardware is no exception, and is carefully chosen to make Classic '50s Stratocaster a fine instrument that it is.

Classic '50s Stratocaster is reliable and durable guitar that goes shoulder to shoulder with top built guitars. It will perform well in any imaginable situation, and will stand the test of time, if you take the usual care of your instrument. It is no secret that Fender makes good, quality instruments, and that is surely the case with Classic '50s Stratocaster guitar.