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In 1986 Squier released the contemporary HST ( Hybrid Strat/Tele ) Bullet, E prefix serial on the neck plate, the guitar had a more pointy shaped telecaster style body with 3 pickups HSS configuration (Humbucker, single coil, single coil), a rosewood board on maple neck with a strat shaped headstock, no pickguard & a two pivot tremolo, this was ...
The '51's signature features were all retained, including the Telecaster neck and headstock style, the Stratocaster body shape, and the original Precision Bass pickguard and control plate, humbucking bridge and single coil neck pickups, as well as the rotary pickup selector, single volume control with push-pull coil-tap switch, and absent tone ...
Expensive guitars may have luxury pickguards made from exotic woods, [1] furs, skins, gems, precious metals, Mother of Pearl and abalone pearl. The pickguard is a very common site for an autograph, since the signed pickguard can easily be detached and moved to another guitar or sold separately as a piece of memorabilia.
The Fender Stratocaster is one of the most iconic electric guitar models of all time, [3] and along with the Gibson Les Paul, Gibson SG, and Fender Telecaster, it is one of the most-often emulated electric guitar shapes, [4] [5] It is a patented design, and "Stratocaster" and "Strat" are Fender trademarks.
This pickguard was later replaced by a real, similarly shaped pickguard. Although it has five mounting holes (one drilled by Van Halen), it was installed with only three screws. A strip of double-sided masking tape was added near the pickguard, on which Van Halen placed a variety of picks. The simple circuit consisted of a single humbucking ...
Neck width at nut 1.60 in (40.64 mm), plus applied finish thickness on 1981 models. Truss rod adjustment at the heel of the neck. 2 vintage style string trees. 21 medium frets. "F" tuners (West German-manufactured), and "F" 4 bolt neck plate w/plastic pad. 3 Ply BWB through 1981 and WBW through 1982 pickguard with foil backing. White plastic nut.
A tone selector switch was added, the controls were mounted on a plate parallel to the strings, and the scratch plate (pickguard) was made bigger. [4] In late spring of 1950, Fender added a second (Champion steel) pickup in the neck position, which was redesigned with a smaller pickup to allow easier picking, and encased in a metal shielding ...
The Cyclone has a scale of 24.75 inches (the same as a Gibson Les Paul but an unusual intermediate size for Fender), and a Fender Stratocaster-style synchronized tremolo. The original Cyclone used an Atomic humbucking pickup in the bridge, a Tex-Mex pickup in the neck position, and a conventional 3-way toggle switch.