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Best Stratocasters 2024: The best Strats for every budget and playing style
By Amit Sharma last updated
Find your fit with our top pick of the best Fender Strats
Andy Summers on the new electric guitar that has impressed him enough to put down his Fenders
By Phil Weller published
Summers owns hundreds of six-strings but a brief encounter with this burgeoning brand has kickstarted a new love affair for The Police guitarist
Best Strat-style guitars 2024: Our choice of the finest S-style guitars for all budgets and players
By James Farmer last updated
Don’t want a Fender? Here’s our expert pick of the top Strat-style electric guitars from the likes of Ibanez, Yamaha, G&L, PRS and more
Ana Popovic on how her family’s sacrifice started a lifelong love affair with the Stratocaster
By Andrew Daly published
The blues guitar virtuoso tells GW how she found her voice through the Stratocaster, and shares some of her favorites over the years, including a '57 reissue that ruined a family vacation
Fender gets experimental with tonewoods for its new limited edition American Performer Timber models
By Phil Weller published
Yosemite pickups, a quirky take on push-pull tone shaping, and a choice of experimental tonewoods headline Fender's latest American Performer instruments
Donner heats up 2024’s best-value guitar race with two high-spec S-style models
By Matt Owen published
The sub-$500 DST-600 and DST-700 models cater to both vintage and contemporary Strat styles, and looks to tempt players with a suite of welcome upgrades
Fender Japan continues its adventures in flamed-top guitars with new Hybrid Series II finishes
By Phil Weller published
The firm continues to push the aesthetic boundaries of some of its most iconic guitar templates with Twilight and Sunset Orange Metallic colorways
Fender celebrates the first anniversary of its flagship Tokyo store with an unprecedented Strat – and it’s made using an ancient Japanese coating
By Matt Owen published
No, it's not your standard black Strat – this was created using an ancient Japanese finishing technique, which has lead to a never-before-seen Strat aesthetic
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