I've always wondered why the angled plug in on a Strat? Who's idea was that, and why was it used? Was there a real reason for it, or just cause it looked radiical for 1954?

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I would only guess it was done to prevent the cable end from being broken if banged against a mic or something like that...

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I believe the angled jack boat was Bill Carson's contribution to the Strat design. Leo relied quite heavily on Bill for "player's input", along with Freddy Tavares (also a noted local player of the era).

Arjay

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A descendant of Freddie Tavares turned up on this Forum a while ago trying to unearth information about his (moderately) famous forebear.

He was unaware that the Aloha Strat had been built by the Custom Shop as a tribute to Freddie, so we helped him with that information. He also seemed not to know that Freddie played the very famous Hawaiian guitar glissando at the beginning of Warner Brothers short cartoons (Bugs Bunny, etc).

In fact, I began to wonder whether he really was Freddie Tavares' family member at all! Nobody was impolite enough to question him directly on that, though...

Cheers - C

I'm sure there is a ton of info about our realitives we may never know. Many decades have passed since the designers of the strat ever thought about it. They probably had better things in life since then that pushed those old memories out...

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Aside: Detroit, your signature put a smile on my face

Though I don't actually know the answer, a quick look at a strat makes it just seem logical. It's more out of the way, and by design if the cable were ever to be dinged there'd be less stress on the input.

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I always thought it was mainly for the following reasons:

1. The angle keeps the jack plug from interfering with the trem arm

2. Ease of manufacture and assembly. Back and front only need to be routed without the need for a third routing position for a jack sited on the side (like a tele)

Hope this helps

Andy

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I think the angled jack socket on the Strat is brilliant. The big question for me is this: Why don't all Fenders have it?

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I really like all them "Aster" guitars. You know, like the Stratoc, Telec and Jazzm.

I got that from a young blues/rock axe slinger/vocalist Davy Knowles of Backdoor Slam....

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Read the book:

http://www.amazon.com/Stratocaster-Chro ... 0634056786

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