Tremolo- Fender
American Strat
The American strat tremolo is a floating fulcrum style tremolo
with 2 large pivot posts. the pivots are V grooved and are mated to the knife
edge slots that are cut into the the bridge bass plate. The thicker bass plate
and steel spring block coupled with the weight-balanced stainless steel bridge
saddles help to deliver increased sustain and an extremely well balanced tonal
response throughout the strat's frequency range. When storing your strat make
sure you do not lose the spring when you remove the strat's tremolo arm , place
a bit of tape over the receptacle hole.
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Tone Controls Fender American
Strat
The tone control allows you to modify the Strat's tonal
qualities. With the tone conrol in the full clockwise position the strat
produces a brighter tone. Rotaing the knob counter clockwise and the strat's
tone will mellow as the high frequencies are gradually filtered off.
Truss Rod - Fender American Series
Each Fender strat is carefully adjusted at the Fender factory.
the truss rod and string height are set for optimum action and playability with
medium gauge strings. Under normal tension the strat neck should have a slight
concave curvature, by creating a counteracting force the truss rod prevents the
neck from bending excessively under the stress caused by the strings.
Warranty - Fender American Series Strat
Fender musical instruments warranties the American Strat free from all defects
in materials and workmanship for as the strat is owned by the original
purchaser. except for pickups switches and jack sockets |
When you
purchase you first American Strat
don't be suprised if it isn't set up to factory standards. It
is natural for the Guitar to alter slighty with changes in temperature and
humidity. Fender American Stratocasters have numerous points of adjustment that
will allow you to compensate for the changes in playing action that occur
between final assembly at the Fender factory and you receiving the strat. Each
American Strat comes with an owners manual giving details on adjustment, setup
and maintenance, that will allow you to return the strat to it's optimum
performance.
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In the 1940s,
Southern California inventor Leo Fender realized that he could
improve on the amplified hollow-body instruments of the day by using an
innovative and rather simple solid-body electric guitar design. Further, he
realized that he could streamline the process of building them. In 1951 he
introduced a prototype solid-body instrument that would eventually be called
the Telecaster® guitar. The Tele®, as it was often called then and
still is today, was the first solid-body Spanish-style electric guitar to be
commercially mass-produced. That same year, Fender introduced a revolutionary
new invention—the Precision Bass guitar. It was played like a guitar and
had frets so that it could be played with “precision,” and it could
be amplified, thus liberating bassists from unwieldy and increasingly
difficult-to-hear acoustic basses.
These two historic instruments laid the foundation for a new
kind of group and a revolution in popular music—what we know today as the
modern rock combo. As opposed to the “big bands” of the era, electric
Fender instruments made it possible for smaller groups of musicians to get
together and be heard.
The Stratocaster first appeared in 1954, incorporating many
design innovations based on feedback from professional musicians, Fender staff
and Leo Fender himself. Its third single-coil pickup offered more tonal
possibilities, its sleekly contoured body made it more comfortable, and its
double cutaway design made access to upper registers much easier.
Most important, however, was the addition of the new Fender
vibrato (or “tremolo”) bridge, an innovation originally intended to
let guitarists bend strings, thus achieving the pedal steel-like sound so
popular among country music artists of the day. Nobody could have foreseen then
how the Stratocaster would go on to revolutionize popular music. Essentially
unchanged since its 1954 debut, it is the most popular and influential electric
guitar ever, and players at all levels and in all genres continue to rely on
its sound, playability and versatility to this day.
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Fender Musical Instruments Corporation
(FMIC)
is the world’s foremost manufacturer of guitars, basses,
amplifiers and related equipment. With an illustrious history dating back to
1946, Fender has touched and transformed music worldwide and in nearly every
genre: rock ‘n’ roll, country and western, jazz, rhythm and blues and
many others. Everyone from beginners and hobbyists to the world’s most
acclaimed artists and performers have used Fender instruments and amps, in the
process making the company not only a revered music industry name, but also a
cultural icon. Legendary Fender instruments such as the Telecaster® and
Stratocaster® guitars and Precision® and Jazz® bass guitars are
universally acclaimed as design classics that embody the best of form and
function; of style and substance; of muscle and finesse.
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