Signature and Iconic Strats Jimi Hendrix’s Stratocasters FROM THE MONTEREY AND WOODSTOCK STRATS TO HENDRIX TRIBUTE AND SIGNATURE MODELS Jimi Hendrix and the Stratocaster Legacy Of all the guitarists who made the Stratocaster an essential part of their music, Jimi Hendrix had perhaps the greatest impact on the instrument’s history. At a time when the … Read more
Signature and Iconic Strats Rory Gallagher Stratocaster INSIDE RORY GALLAGHER’S LEGENDARY 1961 STRATOCASTER AND ITS TRIBUTE MODEL Inside Rory Gallagher’s Iconic 1961 Stratocaster An Open Book in Sunburst Few guitars in rock history are as deeply intertwined with the identity of a single musician as Rory Gallagher’s 1961 Fender Stratocaster. Worn to the bare wood … Read more
Signature & Iconic Strats The Fender John Mayer Stratocaster AND THE STORY BEHIND THE BLACK ONE AND MAYER’S 1996 SRV STRATOCASTER John Mayer Although John Mayer is now closely associated with PRS Guitars and his highly successful PRS Silver Sky signature model, he originally established his reputation as a Fender Stratocaster player. Born on October … Read more
Signature and Iconic Strats The Eric Johnson Stratocaster AND THE VIRGINIA STRATOCASTER The Eric Johnson Signature Stratocaster The Development of the Fender Eric Johnson Strat The Eric Johnson Stratocaster is widely regarded as a milestone in Fender’s history. The extensive research and development behind this signature model led to meaningful improvements across the company’s broader … Read more
Signature and Iconic Strats The Ritchie Blackmore Stratocaster INSIDE RITCHIE BLACKMORE’S STRATOCASTER: FROM EARLY EXPERIMENTS TO SIGNATURE MODELS From Gibson to Stratocaster: Ritchie Blackmore’s Early Transition Ritchie Blackmore playing his Gibson ES-335 in his early years Few know that Ritchie Blackmore, at the beginning of his career with Deep Purple, played a 1961 Gibson ES-335. … Read more
Signature & Iconic Strats The Jimmie Vaughan Tex-Mex Stratocaster THE HISTORY BEHIND THE JIMMIE VAUGHAN WHITE STRAT AND THE CUSTOM SHOP MODELS The Tex-Mex Stratocaster and the origin of the Jimmie Vaughan Stratocaster From the Tex-Mex Stratocaster to the Jimmie Vaughan model When Jimmie Vaughan first encountered Fender’s Tex-Mex Stratocaster in the mid-1990s, there was … Read more
Dick Dale and Leo Fender shaped surf guitar sound: The Beast, Showman amp, JBL speakers, and Fender Reverb Unit explained in detail
Richie Sambora Signature Strat history: prototype origins, Kramer roots, US, Mexico and Japan models, and evolution of the Fender Stratocaster Richie Sambora.
Bill Carson’s Cimarron Red Stratocaster: history, rare bird’s-eye neck story, and the 1991 Bill Carson Fender Stratocaster tribute model by Custom Shop.
Signature & Iconic Stratocasters The Stevie Ray Vaughan Stratocaster THE TRUE STORY BEHIND NUMBER ONE, LENNY, AND THE SRV SIGNATURE STRAT The Stevie Ray Vaughan Signature Stratocaster The origin of the SRV Stratocaster and the early prototypes Fender began developing the Stevie Ray Vaughan Signature Stratocaster in the late 1980s, but progress on the project … Read more