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Player Series Strat HSS with a Figured Maple Top





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The Fender Stratocaster is considered by many guitarists, including many of us at Sweetwater, to be the classic solidbody electric guitar. Introduced in 1954, the Strat has flaunted its svelte body curves, tonal dexterity, and expressive vibrato in the capable hands of guitarists cross-genre. At once a working musician's axe and cultural icon, the Fender Player Series Stratocaster HSS Plus Top takes the grand tradition into the future with a figured maple top, a fast-action 22-fret maple neck, and a versatile trio of humbucker and single-coil alnico pickups to cover wide swaths of contemporary and classic music.





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Though the original Stratocaster was first introduced more than 60 years ago, it's unquestionably more popular now than ever. The Player Series Stratocaster HSS Plus Top combines the guitar's sleek, elegant lines with the perfect blend of vintage and modern features. You start with the classic comfort-contoured alder body ? maple capped, polyester finished, and crowned with a 3-ply parchment pickguard ? and add to it a trio of Player Series alnico pickups and a fast, satin-backed, modern-playing maple neck.





Versatile HSS pickup configuration





The Player Series Strat HSS Plus Top is equipped for a wide range of musical styles, from modern high gain to classic surf and country. Neck and middle Alnico V single-coils deliver all the quack, spank, and sparkle you expect from a Strat. Behind them, a moderate-gain Alnico II humbucker adds chunk to rhythms and heat to leads.





Fast-playing Modern "C" maple neck





In keeping with contemporary player preferences, the Player Series Stratocaster HSS Plus Top sports a comfortable modern C-shaped maple neck and a 9.5"-radius fingerboard with 22 medium-jumbo frets. The neck is finished with a smooth satin polyurethane for a sleek, fast feel. With its sleek body contours and highly playable neck, it's no wonder that the Fender Stratocaster has remained one of the most popular guitars on the planet for decades.





Serial MX22114164


Serial MX22114164


Fender Player Series Stratocaster HSS Plus Top Solidbody Electric Guitar Features:


Comfort-contoured alder body with figured maple top (gloss polyester finish)


Maple, modern C-shaped neck (satin polyurethane finish)


9.5"-radius fingerboard with 22 medium-jumbo frets


Alnico V single-coils have all the quack, spank, and sparkle you expect from a Strat


Alnico II bridge humbucker packs punch and output


Fender 2-point "Synchronized Tremolo" floating vibrato bridge/tailpiece


Fender standard cast/sealed tuning machines


Synthetic bone nut, width: 1.650"


25.5" scale length


Chrome hardware