I just picked up this MiM at a yard sale, It has is an 2005-2006 ser#, with the humbucker in the bridge position. Color is black, neck is maple, pick/electronics guard is 3 ply white. How can I distinguish between the standard and fat-strat designations?

A little help would be appreciated.

Hi johnny and welcome. The regular Strat comes with three single coils pickups. The HSS (fat Strat)comes with a humbucker in the bridge position with two single coils pickups in the middle and neck position and the hard tail has a fixed bridge without tremolo. Hope this helps.
Claude.

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Fixed Bridge ??:

http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/StratFatRBlk/

I believe the only hard tail is the American (Double Fat)

I think the term "Fat Strat" is used loosely though.

HNGD !!

I did fail to mention that the bridge is a tremolo, set up. The link in the above post description is a fat strat but shows a guitar with a tremolo bridge. SO that doesnt make it that clear either.

Its definatly a MIM, Standard, HSS,

I'm still not certain about that "fat Strat" designation.

Thanks for the response so FAR

Your welcome.

Like I said >I think the term "Fat Strat" is used loosely though. <

Kinda like any catchy name that gets to be the label for everything like it..................Vice Grip, Crescent Wrench, ect.,.


There is a parts page of a MIM from 2000 using the term Fat Strat;
http://www.fender.com/support/diagrams/ ... 02CPg1.pdf

Now I believe any of the MIM's are just called Standard Series HSS per the spec anyway:

Current;
http://www.fender.com/products/search.p ... 0144702332


Specifications: Fender Standard Strat HSS, 2006

Series:
Standard Series
Color Options:
Black, Chrome Red, Brown Sunburst, Midnight Wine, Arctic White, Electron Blue, Polyester Finish
Body:
Alder
Neck:
Maple, Modern “C” Shape, (Satin Polyurethane Finish)
Fingerboard:
Rosewood (p/n 013-4700) or Maple (p/n 013-4702), 9.5” Radius (241mm)
No. of Frets:
21 Medium Jumbo
Pickups:
1 Humbucking Pickup (Bridge), 2 Standard Single-Coil Strat Pickups (Neck and Middle)
Controls:
Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck Pickup), Tone 2. (Middle Pickup and Middle/Bridge Combination)
Pickup Switching:
5-Position Blade with Special Switching
Bridge:
Vintage Style Synchronized Tremolo
Machine Heads:
Fender/Ping Standard Cast/Sealed Tuning Machines
Hardware:
Chrome
Pickguard:
3-Ply White
Scale Length:
25.5” (648 mm)
Width at Nut:
1-11/16” (43 mm)
Unique Features:
Special Switching
Strings:
Fender Super Bullets 3250L, Nickel Plated Steel, (.009 to .042), p/n 073-3250-003
Accessories:
Standard Gig Bag
Case:
None
Introduced:
January 2006

Nope, the hardtail(fixed bridge) was also available for the Robert Cray strat and they used to have an American Hardtail that was a fixed bridge version of the American Series.

Sorry not to be more clear.

I was referring to the only FAT STRAT that was a hard tail.

Fat strats have a humbucker in the bridge. HSS. There is a double fat, or Big Apple strat, which is two humbuckers only (HH Strat).

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Fat Strat is the old name for HSS
both are the same guitar

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