Archive | Stratocaster
A Closer Look: Fender’s New Highway One Stratocaster
Back in July we covered the release of Fender’s newly upgraded Highway One line of guitars, but now that some time has passed I thought it might be nice to take a deeper look at what is easily the most popular of the bunch – the Highway One Stratocaster. Now, the Highway Ones have always [...]
Continue reading...Fender Announces John Mayer Signature Stratocaster
3. August 2006
Is it just me, or does it seem like you can’t turn on the television these days without stumbling on a John Mayer performance? He’s been working the Awards Shows, Austin City Limits, The Grammys, and a number of other TV venues — and I can certainly understand his popularity… the guy just rocks. If [...]
Continue reading...Fender Unveils New Highway One Strats, Teles, And Basses
17. July 2006
New Guitars From Fender! Fender has announced their latest line of guitars and basses — the newly redesigned Highway One Stratocaster, Telecaster, Jazz Bass, and Precision Bass. According to their website, the upgraded Highway Ones sport a host of new features, including new pickups, new necks, new frets, new bridges, and even an all new [...]
Continue reading...Scale Length: A Primer
12. July 2006
What The Heck Is Scale Length? To be precise, the scale length of a guitar is the vibrating length of its strings, ie, the distance from the center of the saddle to the nut. The scale length dictates the placement of frets on a guitar’s fingerboard, with the 12th fret falling at the exact middle [...]
Continue reading...Rare Find: The Guitar That Jimi Burnt
28. June 2006
My good friends over at CybersMusic have unearthed this rare gem – the Fender Stratocaster that Jimi Hendrix set ablaze at the Miami Pop Festival. The guitar was apparently given to the late, great Frank Zappa by one of Hendrix’s roadies, and is now being cared for by son Dweezil. Frank waxes poetic about his [...]
Continue reading...Looking For A Good Beginner’s Guitar?
17. November 2005
If you’re looking for a good beginner’s guitar to put under the Christmas tree this year, or perhaps for a birthday present, my first recommendation is to take a long look at Fender’s Squier SE Special Strat Pack. For the price ($199.79 at time of writing) you can’t really beat this package – it includes [...]
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6. September 2006
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