The Stratocaster is one of the most iconic electric guitars of all time, known for its versatility, smooth playability, and timeless tone. With countless variations available, from vintage-inspired designs to modern innovations, there’s a Strat to suit every style and preference. Whether you’re drawn to classic single-coil tones or hot-rodded configurations, finding the right Stratocaster can elevate your playing experience.
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1. Fender American Ultra II
Body: Alder.
Neck: Maple (bolt-on).
Fretboard: Ebony.
Pickups: Haymaker Humbucker (bridge) and 2 Ultra II Noiseless Hot Strat (middle and neck).
Bridge: 2-Point American Ultra Synchronized Tremolo.
2. Fender American Professional II
Body: Alder.
Neck: Maple (bolt-on).
Fretboard: Rosewood.
Pickups: V-Mod II double tap humbucker (bridge) & 2 x V-Mod II single coils (neck and middle).
Bridge: 2-Point Synchronized Tremolo.
3. Fender Eric Clapton
Body: Alder.
Neck: Maple (bolt-on).
Fretboard: Maple.
Pickups: 3 x Vintage Noiseless Single-coils.
Bridge: 6-Saddle Synchronized Tremolo.
4. Fender Dave Murray
Body: Alder.
Neck: Maple (bolt-on).
Fretboard: Rosewood.
Pickups: Seymour Duncan Hot Rails SHR-1B (bridge), Seymour Duncan JB Jr. SJBJ-1N (middle) and Seymour Duncan Hot Rails SHR-1N (neck).
Bridge: Floyd Rose® FRT-O1000 Double Locking 2-Point Tremolo.
5. Fender American Vintage II
Body: Alder.
Neck: Maple (bolt-on).
Fretboard: Rosewood.
Pickups: 3 x Pure Vintage '61 Single-coils.
Bridge: Pure Vintage Synchronized Tremolo.
6. Fender Player II
Body: Alder.
Neck: Maple (bolt-on).
Fretboard: Rosewood.
Pickups: 3 x Player Series Alnico 5 Strat single coils.
Bridge: 2-Point Synchronized Tremolo.
7. Fender Player Plus
Body: Alder.
Neck: Maple (bolt-on).
Fretboard: Maple.
Pickups: 3 x Player Plus Noiseless Strat Single Coils.
Bridge: 2-Point Synchronized Tremolo.
8. Squier Classic Vibe '70s
Body: Poplar.
Neck: Maple (bolt-on).
Fretboard: Indian laurel.
Pickups: 3 x Fender Alnico Single Coils.
Bridge: 6-Saddle Vintage-Style Synchronized Tremolo.
9. Fender Jimi Hendrix
Body: Alder.
Neck: Maple (bolt-on).
Fretboard: Maple.
Pickups: 3 x Pure Vintage '65 Gray-Bottom Single-Coils.
Bridge: 6-Saddle Vintage-Style Synchronized Tremolo.
10. Fender Nile Rodgers Hitmaker
Body: Alder.
Neck: Maple (bolt-on).
Fretboard: Maple.
Pickups: 2 x Hitmaker Nile Rogers Strat Single-coils (neck and bridge) & Hitmaker Nile Rogers RWRP Single-coil (middle).
Bridge: 6-Saddle String-through Body Strat Hardtail.
11. Fender Ritchie Blackmore
Body: Alder.
Neck: Maple (bolt-on).
Fretboard: Rosewood.
Pickups: Seymour Duncan Quarter Pound Flat SSL-4 (neck) single coil, Non-Active "Dummy" (middle) and Reverse Wound/Reverse Polarity Seymour Duncan Quarter Pound Flat SSL-4 (bridge) single coil.
Bridge: 6-Saddle Vintage-Style Synchronized Tremolo.
12. Fender Vintera II '70s
Body: Alder.
Neck: Maple (bolt-on).
Fretboard: Maple.
Pickups: 3 x Fender Vintage-style '70s Strat Single-coils.
Bridge: 6-Saddle Vintage-Style Synchronized Tremolo.
13. Fender American Performer
Body: Alder.
Neck: Maple (bolt-on).
Fretboard: Maple.
Pickups: 2 x Yosemite Stratocaster single coils (middle, neck) and 1 Double Tap humbucker (bridge).
Bridge: 6-Saddle Vintage-Style Synchronized Tremolo.
14. Fender Stevie Ray Vaughan
Body: Alder.
Neck: Maple (bolt-on).
Fretboard: Pau Ferro.
Pickups: 3 x Texas Special single-coils.
Bridge: American Vintage Synchronised left-handed tremolo.
15. Fender Vintera II '60s
Body: Alder.
Neck: Maple (bolt-on).
Fretboard: Rosewood.
Pickups: 3 x Fender Vintage-style '60s Strat Single-coils.
Bridge: 6-Saddle Vintage-Style Synchronized Tremolo.
16. Squier Classic Vibe '50s
Body: Pine.
Neck: Maple (bolt-on).
Fretboard: Maple.
Pickups: 3 x Fender Designed AlNiCo Single-coils.
Bridge: Vintage-style Synchronized Tremolo.
17. Fender American Ultra Luxe
Body: Ash.
Neck: Maple (bolt-on).
Fretboard: Rosewood.
Pickups: 3 x Ultra Noiseless Vintage Strat Single-coils.
Bridge: 2-Point Deluxe Synchronized Tremolo.
18. Fender Eric Johnson
Body: Alder.
Neck: Maple (bolt-on).
Fretboard: Maple.
Pickups: 3 x Specially Voiced Eric Johnson Single-coils.
Bridge: 6-Saddle American Vintage Synchronized Tremolo.
19. Fender Michael Landau
Body: Alder.
Neck: Maple (bolt-on).
Fretboard: Rosewood.
Pickups: 1 Custom ML CuNiFe Wide-Range humbucker (bridge) and 2 x Custom ML Noiseless single coils (middle and neck).
Bridge: 6-Saddle Vintage-style Synchronized Tremolo.
20. Fender Standard
Body: Poplar.
Neck: Maple (bolt-on).
Fretboard: Maple.
Pickups: 1 standard humbucker (bridge) and 2 x standard Strat single coils (middle and neck).
Bridge: Fender Standard 2-Point Tremolo.
21. Fender Vintera II '50s
Body: Alder.
Neck: Maple (bolt-on).
Fretboard: Maple.
Pickups: 3 x Fender Vintage-style '50s Strat Single-coils.
Bridge: 6-Saddle Vintage-Style Synchronized Tremolo.
22. Fender Yngwie Malmsteen
Body: Alder.
Neck: Maple (bolt-on).
Fretboard: Scalloped maple.
Pickups: 3 x Seymour Duncan YJM single coils.
Bridge: American Vintage Synchronized Tremolo.
23. Fender H.E.R.
Body: Alder.
Neck: Maple (bolt-on).
Fretboard: Maple.
Pickups: 3 x Vintage Noiseless Strat Single-coils.
Bridge: 6-Saddle Vintage-style Synchronized Tremolo.
24. Fender Jeff Beck
Body: Alder.
Neck: Maple (bolt-on).
Fretboard: Rosewood.
Pickups: 3 x Dual-coil Ceramic Noiseless single-coils.
Bridge: 2-point synchronized tremolo.
25. Fender Jim Root
Body: Mahogany.
Neck: Maple (bolt-on).
Fretboard: Ebony.
Pickups: EMG 81 Humbucker (bridge) & EMG 60 Humbucker (neck).
Bridge: 6-Saddle String-through Body.
26. Fender Jimmie Vaughan Tex-Mex
Body: Alder.
Neck: Maple (bolt-on).
Fretboard: Maple.
Pickups: Tex-Mex Hot Bridge single-coil & 2 x Tex-Mex single-coils (middle and neck).
Bridge: 6-Saddle American Vintage Synchronized Tremolo.
27. Fender Juanes Signature
Body: Alder.
Neck: Maple (bolt-on).
Fretboard: Maple.
Pickups: Custom Juanes Alnico II humbucker (bridge) and 2 Custom Juanes Ultra Noiseless single coils (middle, neck).
Bridge: Fender 2-Point Synchronized Tremolo.
28. Fender Lincoln Brewster
Body: Ash.
Neck: Maple (bolt-on).
Fretboard: Maple.
Pickups: 1 DiMarzio Area 61 (bridge) and 2 DiMarzio Area 58 (middle, neck) single coils.
Bridge: 2-Point Synchronized Tremolo.
29. Fender Mike McCready
Body: Alder.
Neck: Maple (bolt-on).
Fretboard: Rosewood.
Pickups: 3 x Custom Mike McCready '60s Strat single coils.
Bridge: 6-Saddle Vintage-Style Synchronized Tremolo.
30. Fender Steve Lacy People Pleaser
Body: Alder.
Neck: Maple (bolt-on).
Fretboard: Maple.
Pickups: 3 x Fender Player Plus Noiseless Strat Single-coils.
Bridge: 6-Saddle Synchronized Tremolo.
31. Squier Affinity Series
Body: Poplar.
Top: Maple veneer.
Neck: Maple (bolt-on).
Fretboard: Maple.
Pickups: 1 Ceramic humbucker (bridge) and 2 x ceramic single coils (middle and neck).
Bridge: 2-Point Synchronized Tremolo.
32. Squier Classic Vibe '60s
Body: Nato.
Neck: Maple (bolt-on).
Fretboard: Indian laurel.
Pickups: 3 x Fender Alnico Single Coils.
Bridge: 6-Saddle Vintage-Style Synchronized Tremolo.
33. Squier Sonic Series
Body: Poplar.
Neck: Maple (bolt-on).
Fretboard: Maple.
Pickups: 3 x Squier Ceramic Single-coils.
Bridge: 6-Saddle Vintage-Style Synchronized Tremolo.
34. Fender Bruno Mars
Body: Ash.
Neck: Maple (bolt-on).
Fretboard: Maple.
Pickups: 2 x Custom Bruno Mars Strat Single-coils (neck and middle) & Custom Bruno Mars Noiseless Strat Single-coil (bridge).
Bridge: 2-Point Synchronized Tremolo.
35. Fender Buddy Guy
Body: Alder.
Neck: Maple (bolt-on).
Fretboard: Maple.
Pickups: 3 x Standard Strat Single-coils.
Bridge: 6-Saddle Vintage-style Synchronized Tremolo.
36. Fender Cory Wong
Body: Alder.
Neck: Maple (bolt-on).
Fretboard: Rosewood.
Pickups: 3 x Seymour Duncan Cory Wong Single-coils.
Bridge: 6-Saddle Vintage-style Tremolo.
37. Fender EOB Ed O'Brien
Body: Alder.
Neck: Maple (bolt-on).
Fretboard: Maple.
Pickups: Duncan JB (bridge) and Texas Special (middle), Sustainer Driver (neck).
Bridge: 6-Saddle Vintage-Style Synchronized Tremolo.
38. Fender Kenny Wayne Shepherd
Body: Ash.
Neck: Maple (bolt-on).
Fretboard: Rosewood.
Pickups: 3 x Custom-Voiced Kenny Wayne Shepherd Strat Single-coils.
Bridge: 6-Saddle Vintage-Style Synchronized Tremolo.
39. Fender Robert Cray Standard
Body: Alder.
Neck: Maple (bolt-on).
Fretboard: Rosewood.
Pickups: 3 x Custom Vintage Strat single-coils.
Bridge: 6-Saddle American Vintage String-through Body.
40. Fender Tash Sultana
Body: Alder.
Neck: Maple (bolt-on).
Fretboard: Maple.
Pickups: 2 x Yosemite Strat Single Coils (neck and middle) and 1 Double Tap Humbucker (bridge).
Bridge: 6-Saddle American Vintage Synchronized Tremolo.
41. Fender Tom DeLonge
Body: Alder.
Neck: Maple (bolt-on).
Fretboard: Rosewood.
Pickups: Seymour Duncan Invader SH8.
Bridge: Strings-Through-Body Hardtail.
42. Fender Tom Morello
Body: Alder.
Neck: Maple (bolt-on).
Fretboard: Rosewood.
Pickups: 1 Seymour Duncan Hot Rails Strat SHR-1B humbucker (bridge) and 2 Vintage Noiseless Strat single coils (middle and neck).
Bridge: Floyd Rose FRT Double-locking Recessed Tremolo.
43. Squier Paranormal Strat-O-Sonic
Body: Okoume.
Neck: Maple (bolt-on).
Fretboard: Laurel.
Pickups: 2 x Fender-designed Alnico Soapbar single coils.
Bridge: Compensated Wrap-Around.
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