Latest about Fender Stratocaster
![Dickey Betts [left] and Warren Haynes trade licks onstage with the Allman Brothers Band at the 1993 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. Haynes's Strat would soon be stolen in New York.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/djC3tVwK7UrQ99fFYEtUtC-840-80.jpg.webp)
How Warren Haynes turned to Les Pauls after his favourite Strat was stolen
The theft of the Custom Shop Strat in the '90s forced Haynes to think differently
Ariel Posen’s new Custom Shop signature Strat is A) stunning and B) inspired by a… Jazzmaster?
This, you've got to see and hear. Featuring new custom-wound AP90 pickups, hardtail bridge, and cupcake control knobs, Posen's new Strat is a limited edition cracker
Fender gives Richie Kotzen’s figured-maple topped MIJ signature Strat a global release
Ash-bodied with a figured maple top, offered in Transparent White and Red Burst finishes, equipped with DiMarzio pickups, Kotzen's Strat could be a modern classic
Fender remixes its blockbuster Player II range with the Modified Series and got IDLES to demo them
The Player II Modified range is a refresh of the familiar favourites, with Noiseless pickups, locking tuners, treble bleed circuits and of course there is an HSS Strat with a Floyd Rose
Fender unveils Player II refresh with the Strat, Tele, P and Jazz Basses in Sparkle 3-Color Sunburst
The new-look models have all the same Player II features – rosewood fingerboards with rolled edges, Alnico V pickups, high-ratio Classic Gear tuners and a Modern C profile neck
“A tool for pros who like the guitar to do the work”: Fender American Ultra II Stratocaster HSS
In refreshing its state-of-the-art US line, has Fender made the original – and the best – Superstrat?
St Vincent reveals how a gift from Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready changed her mind about the Fender Stratocaster
Who couldn’t love a Strat? Well, according to St Vincent, there’s the weight of pop-cultural history and that can be hard to bear
“Leo Fender sort of got it wrong:” Richard Fortus on how Jimi Hendrix “corrected” the Stratocaster
Back to front or upside down, whichever way you look at it, Fortus says Hendrix's reverse approach is the secret to “piano-like low-end” and Aerosmith's Perry was paying close attention
