Fender Standard Stratocaster HSS Plus Top - Aged Cherry Burst with Maple Fingerboard

A Juicy-looking Strat with Modern Appointments

The Fender Standard Stratocaster HSS Plus Top solidbody electric guitar gives you classic Strat playability, gorgeous visuals, and hot-rodded electronics. Loaded with a high-output humbucker at the bridge and single-coils in the neck and middle positions, this Strat delivers tone by the truckload. There's also a vintage-style vibrato onboard for added expression. But it's that stunning figured maple top that'll have your fans' eyes riveted on you. When you want a juicy-looking Strat with killer tone, choose the Fender Standard Strat HSS Plus Top with Locking Tremolo.

Fender Standard Strat HSS Plus Top Solidbody Electric Guitar at a Glance:

• Push your amp with this Strat

• An amazing blend of art and engineering
• Alluring stage appeal

This guitar gives you the best of both worlds when it comes to its sound; you get the kind of thick, high-output humbucking tones that drive modern amps, thanks to the bridge humbucker. Single-coils in the middle and neck positions provide a stellar combination of juicy Fender vibe and articulation. Mix and match this pickup array with the Standard Strat HSS Plus Top with Locking Tremolo's 5-way switch, and you're in tone heaven!

While there's no denying the fact that Leo Fender's guitar designs were an amazing blend of art and engineering, it was the erroneously named synchronized tremolo (it's actually a vibrato) that may well have been his most inspired bit of engineering. With it, you could bend notes or even entire chords up or down without throwing the guitar out of tune. Even though Fender has continued to improve upon the tremolo, many players simply prefer the look and feel of the original. In the Fat Strat, there's also a high mass bridge block for improved sustain and overall tone.

At Sweetwater, we're all about tone, but we're not immune to a little stage vanity. As good as it sounds, the Fender Standard Stratocaster HSS Plus Top delivers impressive visuals to match. When the lights hit this Strat, your fans in the first few rows will be drooling. Especially if they skipped dinner. Look at it this way: as long as you're hurling massive power chords at your audience, you might as well look good doing it. 'Nuff said.

Fender Standard Strat HSS Plus Top Solidbody Electric Guitar Features:

• Comfort-contoured alder body with figured maple top

• Modern C-shape maple neck with 9.5"-radius maple fingerboard and 21 medium-jumbo frets
• 1 standard humbucking pickup (bridge)
• 2 standard single-coil Strat pickups (neck and middle)
• Pickup switching: 5-position blade
• Vintage-style Synchronized Tremolo bridge/tailpiece
• 3-ply parchment pickguard; parchment control knobs

NOTE: This product is available in the United States only - no international sales.