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STC-Shaped Guitar from Fender belonging to the Stratocaster series

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«  Strato Made in Japan 94/95 57 reissue »

Published on 02/10/13 at 05:57
Maple neck soft-V.
I was in search of this type of handle is a real treat, the rhythmic cotcotter well crossed the bar, and everything goes solo. V is the vote until the 3rd box after he goes on a profile more 'classical' I think it is very close to the profiles 'C' chunky.
The frets are fine and some high 1mm thick and less than 1mm in height. (Vintage anything).

The key is maple with a setting of 'truss-rod' which is made by the heel, not super ^ ractice but it is not something you hack every day
The cover insert (truss-rod) is in the form of gout, dark wood walnut maybe.

The body of the beast is a 'sunburst' 2 tone that is ... vintage on a wood that is not ash, but a little lighter, it seems to be alder. The body is up to three pieces of wood glued together.

Form stratabound ...... ...

Tremolo Vintage too, with six screws, three springs housed in the cavity on the back of the body of the classic.

If the jumpers are not vintage top I have graf-tech, less aggressive for strings.

Be good to mention on the plate ... The pickguard is also vintage ... but that they could make an effort. The 8 fixing screws still happening (it can easily slide a pick). But 1-ply plate with the cut perpendicular (not even a 45 ° to soften the trick). The plastic - fake, I do not like it seems good that ca is part of the 'charm 57) see more I find it does not age well not uniformly between micro caches, buttons and the rod tip vibrato ...

Regarding the configuration of microphones, there Fender Japan made a little arrangement with 'True' series in 1957 because it was supplied with a 3-position selector. So there is really no configuration 'official' but it remains one of the classic volume, two tones, one for the microphone and one for the serious micro mildle for the bridge pickup ... nothing.

UTILIZATION

I have been looking for some strat I can not too expensive secondhand, Japanese models I liked, so naturally I turned to this type.
At first I was not looking for a model 'reissues'.

But the profile of the handle made me crack.

Lately she is my possession, I would work this post within 1 to 2 months.

SOUNDS

Regarding his SON is vintage, it's stratocaster. I need to measure the resistance of the coils of my mics to have an opinion that is not merely subjective and within the scope of the heart of the acquisition.
So I come back it's too early.

The pickups are 'single-coil' staged ....

OVERALL OPINION

I play primarily on a Marshall JCM 900 combo, I love this amp, and it makes perfectly the sounds of the guitar.
Crystal clear, distortion and good.
This strat is I have other guitars (Gibson SG) and I am very happy to have access to his sounds.
The light and sound are funnky I preferred neck pickup alone with midle one or two sets.
I hang at least the neck pickup sound is not quite 'tough' for me but good ca sound like a Gibson ever and it is not what you asked especially reissue.

His favorite is undoubtedly the blues, funk, rock ... you can always go into saturation using pedals but there is a risk of losing its definition.

But the pace is very surprising Fender for Gibson aficionados like me, allows cotcots and rhythmic figure easier.

See you soon