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Post subject: The Stratocaster® Guitar Turns 60!
Posted: Mon Jan 06, 2014 2:49 pm
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Hey everyone,

The year 2014 marks the 60th anniversary of the Stratocaster® guitar, and we're celebrating the event by rolling out six exciting new Stratocaster models! From commemorating the "comfort-contoured" original-era Strat to stepping into the future with iOS compatibility and wireless MIDI capability, each of these guitars exemplifies a chapter in the rich history of the world's greatest electric guitar.

Explore 60 years of Stratocaster history, check out our brand-new 60th anniversary models and tell us how you’ve contributed to this incredible legacy by visiting the official Stratocaster 60th Anniversary page. Use the hashtag #strat60 on Facebook or Twitter and your comments will be posted direct to the site!

Thank you all for being a part of this special legacy and helping to change the musical landscape for 60 years.


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Posted: Mon Jan 06, 2014 2:58 pm
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Post subject: Re: The Stratocaster® Guitar Turns 60!
Posted: Mon Jan 06, 2014 5:10 pm
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I was born in "The Year of The Strat" as I turn 60 too this year.For my 50th my family gave me a beautiful 50th Ann. Strat but I think that I'd be overly ambitious to expect a 60th Ann. model even though I'd love to have one in my collection. A lottery win would be a welcome thing right now.

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Post subject: Re: The Stratocaster® Guitar Turns 60!
Posted: Mon Jan 06, 2014 7:01 pm
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MIDI.

Stratocaster.

There's nothing about that concept I don't love. I'll take one in black please.

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Post subject: Re: The Stratocaster® Guitar Turns 60!
Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2014 3:02 am
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The icing to the cake: a revival of an old prefix for the American Deluxe series.

Hopefully the new Deluxe Pluses would differ significantly from their mid-to-late 1980s ancestors, features and construction-wise....


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Post subject: Re: The Stratocaster® Guitar Turns 60!
Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2014 5:44 am
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iOS connectivity will mean apps like iRig and GarageBand won't require a separate interface.. Pretty awesome if you ask me. Maybe fender will soon release some apps in the future?

Intrigued about the deluxe plus- although I'm guessing a rehash of features with the plus name slapped on it, I don't think it will have any of those unique 90's features..

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Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2014 11:35 am
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Blertles wrote:
Intrigued about the deluxe plus- although I'm guessing a rehash of features with the plus name slapped on it, I don't think it will have any of those unique 90's features..


+1

They revived the Plus prefix for their Modern Player Telecaster a couple of years ago.

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This guitar is a completely different animal compared to the early 1990s originals.


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Post subject: Re: The Stratocaster® Guitar Turns 60!
Posted: Wed Jan 08, 2014 5:49 pm
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How about handing out 60 of these beautiful strats among your beloved Fender community to help us help you celebrate the 60th anniversary of strats? :D

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Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2014 11:33 am
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Will further information be made available for the 60th anniversary models prior to their release of would it just be made available in March? I'm curious to read up with a little more depth on some of these models.


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Posted: Fri Jan 10, 2014 9:03 am
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I agree, it would be great to read up on them and find out the cost of them.


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Posted: Sat Jan 11, 2014 3:39 am
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Two new Stratocaster models have been added to the Select series but sadly the line lacks off a Floyded variant.

Fender, please bring out a Select Stratocaster HSS with an original Floyd Rose tremolo!


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Posted: Sat Jan 11, 2014 10:00 am
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I should not have read this thread , now I must have an anniversry strat !


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Posted: Sat Jan 11, 2014 4:09 pm
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I've found the perfect guitar case for my 60th anniversary Stratocaster:
http://www.bugatti.com/en/veyron.html

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Posted: Sat Jan 11, 2014 6:52 pm
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Solid Body Love Songs wrote:
I've found the perfect guitar case for my 60th anniversary Stratocaster:
http://www.bugatti.com/en/veyron.html


A Beetle with a kompressor. What will ze wily Germans zink of next?

I'd rather put mine in a car:
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Posted: Sat Jan 11, 2014 7:14 pm
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arth1 wrote:
Solid Body Love Songs wrote:
I've found the perfect guitar case for my 60th anniversary Stratocaster:
http://www.bugatti.com/en/veyron.html


A Beetle with a kompressor. What will ze wily Germans zink of next?

I'd rather put mine in a car:
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I appreciate your humility Art, but my Strat isn't riding in a production line budget model lol.
ps: kidding of course, if I had 2 mil to burn we'd be having this conversation at my Bros bar in Costa Rica :lol:

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