sâmbătă, 5 septembrie 2009

Fender Stratocaster Plus made in USA in 1991

Strat Plus
The Strat Plus is a series of electric guitars made by Fender from 1987 to 1999[1]. It is also the name of a specific guitar model made by the same company. The guitars are a variation of the Fender Stratocaster model. There were three models in the Strat Plus series; the Plus, the Plus Deluxe which was introduced in 1989, and the Ultra, introduced in 1990. The Strat Plus model was introduced in 1987, this guitar is an upgraded version of the mid-1980s American Standard Stratocaster (first introduced in 1986) featuring three Gold Lace Sensor pickups, Fender/Wilkinson needle-bearing roller nut (changed to the LSR nut in 1993), Sperzel locking machine heads, a TBX tone control for the middle and bridge pickups and a Hipshot Tremsetter[2][3]. Models were available with both maple and rosewood fretboards. The Strat Plus was followed by the Strat Plus Deluxe of 1989, the same guitar except for the addition of a white pearloid pickguard, a Blue Lace Sensor in the neck, a Silver Lace Sensor in the middle, a Red Lace Sensor in the bridge and a Fender/Floyd Rose locking bridge. Discontinued in 1999, the Strat Plus and Deluxe Strat Plus guitars were replaced by the Fender American Deluxe Series models that were introduced in 1998. The Strat Ultra featured an alder body with ash veneers and flamed maple top, Lace Sensor pickups. Some models featured an aged white pearloid pickguard, others a regular aged white pickguard. Early versions had a Fender American Standard bridge, later versions where delivered with either a Fender Deluxe bridge or a Fender/Floyd Rose locking bridge. It was the first post-CBS era Fender guitar to feature an ebony fingerboard. Introduced in 1990, it was discontinued in 1997.
This model has a dual Red Lace Sensor pickup in the bridge position and a single Lace Sensor pickup in each of the middle (Gold) and neck (Blue) positions. In addition to the standard Stratocaster 5-way pickup selector switch, these guitars include a 3-way "mini-toggle" that allows the dual Lace Sensor to be operated as a humbucker (middle position) or as a single-coil pickup (top and bottom positions), providing a total of 9 pickup combinations and a TBX tone circuit for the middle/bridge pickups.
The Strat Ultra was manufactured between 1990 and 1997[4] and replaced by the Fender American Deluxe Series models in 1998. Its operation and pickup configuration are similar to the Fender Telecaster Plus and Jeff Beck Stratocaster guitars, manufactured roughly during the same period.

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