First introduced in March of 1954, the Fender Stratocaster may well be the most popular and copied guitar design ever. Designed with a classic double cutaway body and a very crude sunburst finish, the Stratocaster was made of ash and came with three single coil pickups, a jack angled into the top, a tremolo standard (but available without a tremolo on special order), three knobs (volume, tone, tone), and gold plated parts optional till 1967. It's beautifully crafted neck is made of maple and has black dot position markers and the truss rod is marked with a walnut "skunk stripe" down the back of the neck. Initially the volume and tone pots came in 100k ohms but changed to 250k ohms in late June of 1954; it should be noted that this important upgrade is one of the many important technical features that create it's rich, creamy, legendary tone.
Their are a number of great guitarists who play the Stratocaster such as Jimmy Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Robert Cray, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Buddy Holly, and the list continues.
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