Nile Rodgers demos the Fender Acoustasonic Strat with new song

By Rob Laing
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It's inspired his instrumental called Inside The Box

Nile Rodgers loves the Strat (opens in new tab), his 'Hitmaker (opens in new tab)' is one of the most famed examples of the instrument but he's been branching out with the design for this new video with Fender; demonstrating the possibilities of last year's Fender American Acoustasonic Strat (opens in new tab). 

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The video, made in partnership with Wieden + Kennedy, sees multiple Niles jamming on Acoustasonic Strats as the funkmaster shows the versatility of Fender's acoustic / electric hybrid guitar with a whole new instrumental called Inside The Box. 

For more info on the Fender American Acoustasonic Stratocaster check out our review (opens in new tab). 

Rob Laing
Rob Laing
Guitars Editor, MusicRadar

I'm the Guitars Editor for MusicRadar, handling news, reviews, features, tuition, advice for the strings side of the site and everything in between. Before MusicRadar I worked on guitar magazines for 15 years, including Editor of Total Guitar. I've currently set aside any pipe dreams of getting anywhere with my own songs and I am enjoying playing covers in function bands.