Here for sale we have a Fender Standard Stratocaster in Crimson Red finish. Made in Mexico in 2004, this guitar features a bolt-on construction comprising an Alder body with 3-ply white pickguard. The 21 fret Maple fingerboard is matched with a Maple neck. This instrument is fitted with Chrome hardware including a 6-Saddle Vintage-Style Synchronized Tremolo and Fender standard Sealed tuning machines. The pickups in this guitar are a Seymour Duncan Hotrail single-coil in the bridge and two Fender Standard Single-Coils wired in a conventional Stratocaster layout, with a 5-way blade pickup selector, master volume, neck tone control and middle tone control.
 
The Maple neck sits comfortably in the hand, with the 'C' profile allowing for easy fretting in any register and providing ergonomic thumb positioning up and down the neck. The Maple fingerboard is pleasant to the touch, and with its 9.5” radius makes bending and vibrato techniques a breeze, whilst offering a nice balance between comfortable chord playing and practicality for quick lead lines. The Medium Jumbo frets enhance vibrato techniques at speed whilst also providing a rock-solid and smooth playing experience while still giving that conventional Fender feel.
 
The pickups consist of a Seymour Duncan Hotrail single-coil in the bridge position and two Fender SCN Noiseless Single-coils, and provide the player with classic Stratocaster sound with the added bonus of a higher output in the bridge position than regular single-coils, which is fantastic for driving an amp. The bridge pickup sounds bright and glistening with plenty of bite. Power chords sound gritty, whilst also providing soaring lead tones. However, with subtler amp settings the bridge offers a bright, glassy clean tone. The middle pickup sits great with a nice balance of bright trebles and full warm bass, and lends itself well to rhythm tones. The neck pickup is smooth, with a beautiful warm, rounded tone that handles distorted tones masterfully. The standard Stratocaster controls offer comprehensive control of your tone all at the fingertips.
 
Please be aware that for international buyers import fees are not included in our postage and packaging cost, this only covers the cost of the guitar being sent to you. Import fees will be charged by Customs upon the guitar's arrival in the recipient country. Due to Brexit, this also applies to EU buyers. We advise checking the total import cost with Customs as this is not information we are able to accurately provide.