HEY GUYS HERES JUST A LITTLE BIO ON MJS FENDER STRATOCASTER TROUBLE GUITAR FOR ALL THE ROCKIN GUITAR PLAYERS ON HERE!!!! ~NM~ The Stratocasters sleek, contoured body shape (officially referred to by Fender as the Comfort Contour Body[4][5]) differed from the flat, slab-like design of the Telecaster. The Strats double cutaways allowed players easier access to higher positions on the neck.[6] The bodys recessed beer gut curve on the upper back, and a gradual chamfer at the front, where the players right arm rests, aided players comfort. The one-piece maple necks wider dogleg-style headstock contrasted with the very narrow headstock of the Fender Telecaster. The strings are anchored on a through-body pivot bridge attached with springs to a claw in the tremolo cavity on the back of the guitar. Originally the Stratocaster was offered in a 2-color sunburst finish on a solid, deeply contoured ash body, a 21-fret one-piece maple neck with black dot inlays and Kluson tuning heads. In 1956 Fender began issuing solid Stratocasters with alder bodies.[7] In 1960 the available custom colors were standardized, many of which were automobile lacquer colors from DuPont available at an additional 5% cost. The unique single-ply, 8-screw hole white pickguard held all electronic components except the recessed jack plate—facilitating easy assembly. Despite many subsequent Stratocaster models (including copies and the Superstrat), vintage Fender models are highly valued by collectors for their investment potential and players who prefer the timbre of older models. Original Stratocasters were shipped with five springs anchoring the bridge flat against the body. Some players removed the backplate covering the bridge to remove two of the springs and adjust the claw screws to allow the bridge to float, with the pull of the strings in one direction countering the pull of the springs in the opposite direction. In this floating position, players could move the bridge-mounted tremolo arm up or down to modulate the pitch of the notes being played. Hank Marvin, Jeff Beck and Ike Turner used the Strats floating tremolo extensively in their playing. However, other players, such as Eric Clapton and Ronnie Wood, disliked the floating bridges propensity to detune guitars and inhibited the bridges movement with a chunk of wood wedged between the bridge block and the inside cutout of the tremolo cavity and by increasing the tension on the tremolo springs. These procedures lock the bridge in a fixed position. Some Strats have a fixed bridge in place of the tremolo assembly; these are colloquially called hard-tails. Luthier Galeazzo Frudua has said the floating tremolos can have stable tuning through techniques specific to a floating bridge.[8] The Stratocaster features three single coil pickups, with the output originally selected by a 3-way switch. Guitarists soon discovered that by jamming the switch in between the 1st and 2nd position, both the bridge and middle pickups could be selected, and similarly, the middle and neck pickups could be selected between the 2nd and 3rd position.[9] This trick became widespread and Fender responded with the 5-way pickup selector (a standard feature since 1977), which allowed these tonal combinations and provided better switching stability. youtube/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=_jbX5QRwBsY
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