Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Fender Stratocaster!

This is a pretty late update...a month late! My birthday gift from my wife is a Fender Stratocaster!! :) Well it wasn't a surprise on the birthday, coz I knew it a bit ahead. But it surely was a sweet surprise when I first knew that she was planning for it.



Fender Stratocasters are the most popular and the most copied style of electric Guitars. There are lots of versions in the Stratocaster family. The one I got is a Highway One Stratocaster. This is the starting level in the American made strats. This model is priced in between the Made in Mexico and American Standard models. This has 70s style headstock, bigger frets, alnico pickups, nitro cellulose finish, mapel neck...

The best part is the pickups and the tones. Even though I knew and heard lots of times, the feel I got when I played it is amazing! I played around all the 5 switch positions on and on. From the bluesy feel to the typical crunchy strat sound, each switch position offers a lot that you can experiment. Will record some stuff soon and post it.

2 comments:

Harshit Vasu said...

Hey.. which stratocaster model is it. the headstock looks like a 70's model... I wanna buy a strat too. where did you buy it? for how much?

Suresh Kota said...

Hi Vasu,

Thats right. It is a 70s style headstock -- Model is Fender Strat Highway One.
I got it from the US for ~$650.

-Suresh