Perfect height for guitar playing. I hate the super tall stools, this one is just right. Very well padded and the sparkle red finish is great looking as well!
After many moons of life without the rhythm of a guitar strumming, it was about 3 years ago when I decided to take guitar lessons again with a critically acclaimed guitarist and teacher, Richard Mac. He truly is a world class player and excellent teacher for playing any genre of music although I am studying the blues. Presently, I’m playing the electric guitar and in the whole scheme of things, I probably not as good as some people say or even my teach Richard Mac, has said I am. I enjoy hearing nice things about my playing like everyone else, but widespread approval is hard to come by in this day and age.
The story about how I came upon my first Stratocaster began when my guitar teacher Richard came across a Black Eric Clapton Artist Series Strat at a pawn shop for a really good price, and for some strange reason, he appeared unusually interested about this particular guitar. Actually I have never seen Richard move that fast again (except for his fingers), I knew what was going to happen. He bought the guitar. Surprise!
So that is how I came across this great Fender Stratocaster guitar.
My resistance was low and FENDER TELECASTER/STRATOCASTER SWITCH/1954-1960/VINTAGE I had to buy a new Fender Eric Clapton Custom Artist Series Stratocaster for myself. I immediately got on the internet and went to the website and bought it from Musicians Friend, which was a great experience. That was my first online guitar purchase and I’ll never waste gas and time again fighting traffic to buy a guitar from a music store.
Most local music stores are small and they rarely have what you want anyway! I took advantage of the Musician’s Friend free shipping, the no interest for one year M.F. credit card and the 45 day satisfaction guarantee. It doesn’t get any easier or better than that when you are looking to buy a guitar.
I’ll start with the first thing that struck me, when choosing this beautiful axe. It has the perfect soft V shaped solid maple neck that feels like someone made it especially for me, and the V shape is a narrow neck and a bit deeper than the stock neck which makes it a dream to play. It has 22 Vintage Style Frets and a perfect 9.5″ Radius (241mm). I can play my weird Jimi Hendrix chords much easier and better on this guitar and by the way I use really light weight DR brand Pure Blues Strings. These strings last a really long time, have pure tone and are easy to bend.
Fender has several different neck shapes and that is particularly cool of Fender to try to make a guitar neck size that will fit for every shape of hand. For example, Stevie Ray Vaughn (who had huge hands) had a special shaped neck called a Boat Neck while rocker, Eddie Van Halen, used the Wolfgang shaped neck. Without a doubt, there is a Strat neck available that can fit your hand. Jimi Hendrix used anything he had at the time, but he was a VoodooChild and had outer space guitar playing ability with perfect freaky and big, long fingers . He was left handed player and he played a right handed guitar upside down.
The guitars body is Alder-wood and that is a relatively light weight wood and has great tonal qualities. It is a mystery to me, but this guitar has a great feeling of balance to it as well. It is Fender color is Olympic White and it’s a polyurethane paint which means it is durable and will last a long time. In fact I have played this guitar every day for a few hours a day or more and in over two and a half years, there is not a single wear mark on the fret side of the neck.
Personally, I like white guitars although I recommend getting the color you like. The head of the guitar or top of the neck where you would tune your guitar has genuine Fender/Gotoh Vintage Style Tuning Machines.
There are 3 knobs as most Strats do. However these are not the regular strat controls. That’s right, the top one is the same as all Strats and that is a volume control. Although the 2 other tone controls are different, one is a special active 25dB midrange boost tone control to give this guitar the extra meat which by the way, is something you might expect from a Humbucker pickup. In addition, the second tone knob functions as a unique to Fender TBX master tone control, which can smoothly go from bright and glossy to dark and smoky by rolling off the highs! The name of the TBX tone control comes from the first two letters of Treble and Bass. X is the same as the word Cut in Fender-speak).
A conventional tone control only cuts the high end of your guitar’s signal.
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Hi I’ve been playing for little over a year now with my ibenez acoustic and my fender strat. I am currently using a fender g dec 30 amp but im getting a marshall 100 watt or a line 6 spider. So im looking to buy a new guitar such as a fender FENDER TELECASTER/STRATOCASTER SWITCH/1954-1960/VINTAGE telecaster or some sort of semi hollow body( NOT a epiphone or ibenez).I know that im interested in playing music more in the genre of indie rock/ alternative/ Psychedelic Rock/ New Wave/ Pop.HELPprice range hoping under 800, because im only 16 and i have to pay for 100% of it
oh but i was thinking of getting a telecaster or the semi hollow guitar.yea fenders are great. I had mine on my friends bunk bed and he took the sheets off because he forgot it was there and it fell(neck first) a good 7 feet onto a metal footlocker. but it only had some scratches and plays great.
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My hubby bought this to use with the new workbench he built. This one is 24″, which is the shortest that the Fender Bar Stool comes in. Just be sure you get the right height for your needs. It looks pretty cool in the workshop with its black, white and chrome colors, and the Fender logo. (He plays a Fender bass). It comes with a small sheet of directions with no words, just diagrams. Pretty easy to follow. Medium duty stool, worth the price offered at by amazon.
You can’t really tell from the picture as there is no reference, but bear in mind that this stool is only 24 INCHES. Perfect for a guitarist playing, but most barstools these days are about 18″ higher than this.
Otherwise the seat is sufficiently squishy, and when assembled properly it’s solid enough. 3 stars.
Purchased this for my husband to use while playing his guitar. Very comfortable cushion, good height (he’s 6’3″, I’m 5’7″ and we both find it comfortable). The directions for assembly weren’t great, just a diagram with numbered pieces. Took a few tries to put together, but once it’s set up, this bar stool is very sturdy and a nice piece of furniture.