The guitar brand Fender has locations in the USA, Mexico, Japan and other countries. The best-known model of this guitar maker is the Fender Stratocaster.
The best fenders from Mexico: 60s Strat
Fender Mexico now offers very good products that are almost indistinguishable from those produced in America.
Especially the Classic series of the Mexican subsidiary of Fender produces professional Stratocaster. However, the guitars made in Mexico have one advantage: they are cheaper than the instruments made by Fender USA.
The so-called 60s Strat, is a copy of the 1960s Fender Stratocaster.
The sound of this guitar is characterized by particularly clear trebles.
The three vintage pickups and the vintage tremolo are responsible for this. The neck of this guitar is made of maple and the body is made of alder.
The sound of the Fender Mexico guitar is no different from the original, you can't help but complain about the processing of the guitar.
Not much, though, you might think that the tremolo is a bit too tight.
It's not easy to tune down the tuning of the guitar.
However, this problem can also be easily avoided by setting the tremolo a little looser.
Fender Mexico guitars are highly recommended because of their price.
Artists who used the Stratocaster
An example of the use of the Fender Stratocasta is the band Pink Floyd.
The guitarist, David Gilmour, plays it very impressively in songs like "Shine on you crazy diamond" or "Comfortably Numb".
The high-pitched tones sound very clear, like almost no other guitar.
Kurt Cobain, singer and guitarist of the band Nirvana, also played this model. M
he right distortion, you get a naughty, snotty sound. This can be admired on recordings of numerous live concerts of the band Nirvana. Already in the fifties rock legends like Buddy Holly used the Stratocaster. Later this instrument became an integral part of surf music.
Amongst others Dick Dale and the band The Shadows played this guitar.
Since it has a sharp overtone range, it is perfect for Twang.
Jimi Hendrix also contributed a lot to the fact that this guitar has a cult status today.
Hendrix turned the guitar amp on which he played, mostly a Marshall amplifier, to full volume.
Through the numerous effect devices that Hendrix installed between guitar and amplifier, he got unprecedented sounds out of his Stratocaster.
The unusual integration of feedback also made the guitar and the artist unique.