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  2. The Strat (guitar) - Wikipedia

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    The STRAT featured a hotter bridge pickup, marketed by Fender as the X-1. The controls and hardware were gold plated and included a uniquely massive synchronized tremolo. There was no standard neck for The STRAT, but three shapes were available: C, D, and U. Some colors featured matched headstock painting.

  3. John Cruz (luthier) - Wikipedia

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    Cruz is a former master builder who worked in the Fender Custom Shop.Cruz began working for the Fender company in 1987 and became a master builder in 2003. [1] Two projects that Cruz oversaw were the creation of the Stevie Ray Vaughan replica Stratocaster and the recreation of the 1961 Fiesta Red Stratocaster played by blues guitarist Gary Moore.

  4. Fender Eric Clapton Stratocaster - Wikipedia

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    In 1985, Dan Smith approached Clapton to discuss a plan to create a signature guitar built to his own specifications. Clapton asked Fender to make a guitar with the distinctive V-shape neck of his Martin acoustic as well as a "compressed" pickup sound. Based on Clapton's brief, Fender made two early prototypes: one with a neck based on ...

  5. Bill Carson (musician) - Wikipedia

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    Carson has documented his close relationship to the Strat in his autobiography, Bill Carson – My Life and Times with Fender Musical Instruments (co-written by Willie G. Moseley). In reference to the Stratocaster's "Custom Contouring", he once said, "It fits better to your body like a well tailored shirt should."

  6. Superstrat - Wikipedia

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    A 1990 US Fender HM Strat Eddie Van Halen's Frankenstrat, red painted version. Superstrat is a name for an electric guitar design that resembles a Fender Stratocaster but with differences that clearly distinguish it from a standard Stratocaster, usually to cater to a different playing style.

  7. Lace Sensor - Wikipedia

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    Fender-Lace Sensors installed as stock on a Fender Strat Ultra. The Lace Sensor is a guitar pickup designed by Don Lace and manufactured by AGI (Actodyne General International) since 1985. Lace Sensors are true single coil pickups; however, internally they are different from classic single coils.

  8. Fender Contemporary Stratocaster Japan - Wikipedia

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    The Fender Contemporary Telecaster models used the same tremolo systems as the Fender Contemporary Stratocaster models. Black Francis used a Fender Contemporary Telecaster in the Pixies and Neal Schon played a Contemporary Stratocaster in the music video for Journey's Separate Ways, also the band's first ever video.

  9. Jim Root Telecaster - Wikipedia

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    He was impressed with the quality of Fender and contacted Alex Perez. They used the Fender Showmaster as an idea to build on. In 2010, Fender released a Jim Root Signature Fender Telecaster guitar. The guitar comes in two models; one with a black finish and maple fingerboard, and the other in a white finish with an ebony fingerboard.