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The Fender Stratocaster Guitar In The 1960s

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To Begin,The Fender stratocaster guitar was an amazing guitar. it was first introduced in 1954,In later cases the strat became the most iconic guitar in the united states in 1960, And became popular in the 60s. This is how Fender Strats made an Impact in the 1960s. The Fender was a great guitar, It had a great and comfortable build, and had a sweeter sound compared to the telecaster, and jazzmaster. It's pickups helped it make the sweet sound it made,with the pickup settings you were able to switch the sound of the music.

The Strat became much more popular when John Lennon and george Harrison appeared playing with two blue Fender starts that they had acquired in one of their song “Ticket to Ride”. Another user of the Strat was Jimi Hendrix. The youngest and greatest guitarist played many guitars, but most importantly he preferred the Strat. He was seen playing it most of the time,he was also seen playing his white fender strat at woodstock. This guitar also appeared in jimi’s This guitar was also used by the famous Eric Clapton. …show more content…

although Fender made strato-based guitars like the starcaster and the Squier, Many other countries tried to copy the strat and many strats would be copyed from china. with many copies of the strat , it did have some cons to it. Many would complain when strumming the guitar they would hit the volume knob or the pickups. Many also did not like the tones and was very difficult to add them when playing. Although the strat did have cons it was great for rocking out though it did have competition, The Gibson Les Paul. These two guitars were arguably the best compared to many

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