tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23257723613282825952024-03-05T08:53:48.832-08:00This is paul burns musicThis blog is free to join and is not a money making venture ! It is a free blog that reviews Music artists for pleasure, I hope you enjoy this blog.paulburns ( formerley Christopher Paul Barnes )http://www.blogger.com/profile/08582454016896064016noreply@blogger.comBlogger400125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2325772361328282595.post-29532715834460265362023-09-11T19:39:00.003-07:002023-09-11T19:44:32.081-07:00Back after a long time.<p><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: x-large;">Hi folks , After a long time , This is my new post,</span></p><p><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: x-large;">lots of thing have happened since my last entry on </span></p><p><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: x-large;">this blog, Alex my grandson has joined our band</span></p><p><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: x-large;">Simply Retro, In 2021 I ended up in hospital with covid phnemonia and came right through it, and a lot of other things have happened since then.</span></p><p><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: x-large;">The band has a new drummer yet again but this one is dedicated and is also a drum teacher.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgryc2QfD9TdG0Rjhnf2xh3CR5HYNI1AiMWqDq6IG3y2itnwWofXaq0jTYQN7PcUcOzluzpZ-WWdUJQOz3HFjqacZRySYlPsFMqv0m6HaqqK8xRQG6kuvLfMHgVXJkvNdcBcyN7zHdEdHhVWb_latrmI1bfzOQcmYTwd_ofCyBKXqGrN4OroqmvCIgX_uU/s720/FB_IMG_1690991804492.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="720" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgryc2QfD9TdG0Rjhnf2xh3CR5HYNI1AiMWqDq6IG3y2itnwWofXaq0jTYQN7PcUcOzluzpZ-WWdUJQOz3HFjqacZRySYlPsFMqv0m6HaqqK8xRQG6kuvLfMHgVXJkvNdcBcyN7zHdEdHhVWb_latrmI1bfzOQcmYTwd_ofCyBKXqGrN4OroqmvCIgX_uU/s320/FB_IMG_1690991804492.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: x-large;"> Here is Ash our drummer<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-WxP3SXYA-WJTdHBb0fD7-Rc1G3rw421V3-sWx9j0-WRCRdhlPdfaHP1VcPod_aZott3-a9YpquGNGrSAq7EAUR8Wboi9-51WWyJ1KMbtKKRoF3WeqVfnJSQJmOfUJScNLnA1FYKcUwj8pVauUIZIKKWzgnefp9VcHnZJfxwZwpFbwMSlZ6neE1HSIgE/s1080/FB_IMG_1690921553134.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-WxP3SXYA-WJTdHBb0fD7-Rc1G3rw421V3-sWx9j0-WRCRdhlPdfaHP1VcPod_aZott3-a9YpquGNGrSAq7EAUR8Wboi9-51WWyJ1KMbtKKRoF3WeqVfnJSQJmOfUJScNLnA1FYKcUwj8pVauUIZIKKWzgnefp9VcHnZJfxwZwpFbwMSlZ6neE1HSIgE/s320/FB_IMG_1690921553134.jpg" width="213" /></a></div> Alex our Grandson</span><p></p><p><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: x-large;">Also ,After a good few years I managed to catch up with my Son Robin Burns and his girlfriend and 2 more Grand daughters Erin & Hazel. How fantastic is that ! Also I have found my dear nephew Steve Sledge Armstrong who has been playing Bass guitar with Neville Staple from the Specials, He has been with them for about 20 years,We went to see them at the Southwark park festival, They are a fantastic scar band,</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqgM5F8OKvcf8NTBrnhfT6Kd7grAJf9KqO3kEUqPi6p-WkyzBfWmkpYmXlyz-xA1045f7gdjdD1q8oGM7sxy2W-e81pKToF-LoEdY4yeQrlsCYx0jlnRw_clJtfRuX-95EjBanHGj1ZW7SHWi9_OZqEO8Jo0CYVWbYkd3E8FnbiVrsrnWIKsdrmWEuFDU/s4080/20230806_195138.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3060" data-original-width="4080" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqgM5F8OKvcf8NTBrnhfT6Kd7grAJf9KqO3kEUqPi6p-WkyzBfWmkpYmXlyz-xA1045f7gdjdD1q8oGM7sxy2W-e81pKToF-LoEdY4yeQrlsCYx0jlnRw_clJtfRuX-95EjBanHGj1ZW7SHWi9_OZqEO8Jo0CYVWbYkd3E8FnbiVrsrnWIKsdrmWEuFDU/s320/20230806_195138.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: x-large;">Lots of things have been happening and it is amazing how time flies </span><p></p><p><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: x-large;">Our band Simply Retro will be playing for the Joe Meek Society AGM at the Ace caffe on the 6th of April 2024, As I was one of Joe Meeks Recording artists in 1965-67 . After over 50 years, They have found my Audition tape in the Joe Meek tea chest tapes and I am over the moon about it, Cherry Red records now own the tea chest tapes and have used a lot of unheard material on Vinyl & CD formats,</span></p><p><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPogBvTntu78ueO1aEZwSpWXzqY95mvU5PkLadIUVHOyuP9KiGy972JDTaF1eL5qsrzeR7pkJJcXkpg8HEvtEunKCBAodesBAeb8DN68T94cL1ZZha5iHRE0bZf_vNNCt8C1vkE1iwFRmMMNCxWEf3I7uoygaIow9rSLohWtOwzK2lDzwi1BACY7Xp6E0/s720/FB_IMG_1689438860359.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="720" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPogBvTntu78ueO1aEZwSpWXzqY95mvU5PkLadIUVHOyuP9KiGy972JDTaF1eL5qsrzeR7pkJJcXkpg8HEvtEunKCBAodesBAeb8DN68T94cL1ZZha5iHRE0bZf_vNNCt8C1vkE1iwFRmMMNCxWEf3I7uoygaIow9rSLohWtOwzK2lDzwi1BACY7Xp6E0/s320/FB_IMG_1689438860359.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: x-large;">This is a picture of Simply Retro at the South Norwwod Comunity Festival 2023.</span><p></p><p><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLfdYnc_NNOvaU9D4luYHLpyvqvKCSiLWCPp6275uiapLM-lLxv8iI9_PhD3PW1AC8w_RGg8xtyycq48USB915n_dKH9PxNLyGpvduH2xSC8FJQYfBJ7aoVZiRvN6d9P7KIPq7CnB2IamQAbDmxoUK5CCGv1v4uR2w4ul2W6UMSqSPxz2F-NHyzlST20Q/s720/FB_IMG_1690921557279.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="528" data-original-width="720" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLfdYnc_NNOvaU9D4luYHLpyvqvKCSiLWCPp6275uiapLM-lLxv8iI9_PhD3PW1AC8w_RGg8xtyycq48USB915n_dKH9PxNLyGpvduH2xSC8FJQYfBJ7aoVZiRvN6d9P7KIPq7CnB2IamQAbDmxoUK5CCGv1v4uR2w4ul2W6UMSqSPxz2F-NHyzlST20Q/s320/FB_IMG_1690921557279.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="719" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpf0-g1lxzCvkbzWeck-nuPOuFztIiMq7Xb498RqthKS9ZsYwqGueD6I3srv8xYvcLr5TwLBIS9tfl_t8dkPgwd1CYf54YVUHhAeG1j62S0RLU08nIKIz94QfZQve9GMduB_LXwOJDor73259XSfSzUynMDDfTmbF8WrX9VeqFudUDp2ilfJY9Y3_fP8M/s320/FB_IMG_1688222159060.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>from the Specials Neville Staple Band<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM0j4IDCbtxArupSBOj1QvfZUvlv8E9FchzAHNt5SRtf47ZXMxsQvl06witI9EnJNLlzcKim0tCZAcKHtCm9jk1mV80hFJvMPheO6INEpIIWktkWOqoBcuoCbYWCC796I5aa41Wh5SO_fdHhLcSTddvYV20H7364mDahZCe-0mQwOnnITghuJpK2mm7D8/s1082/FB_IMG_1688222169981.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1082" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM0j4IDCbtxArupSBOj1QvfZUvlv8E9FchzAHNt5SRtf47ZXMxsQvl06witI9EnJNLlzcKim0tCZAcKHtCm9jk1mV80hFJvMPheO6INEpIIWktkWOqoBcuoCbYWCC796I5aa41Wh5SO_fdHhLcSTddvYV20H7364mDahZCe-0mQwOnnITghuJpK2mm7D8/s320/FB_IMG_1688222169981.jpg" width="213" /></a></div>And here is Steve again.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">pbpaulburns2@gmail.com</div><p></p>paulburns ( formerley Christopher Paul Barnes )http://www.blogger.com/profile/08582454016896064016noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2325772361328282595.post-80270952769985712652022-11-05T07:39:00.002-07:002022-11-05T07:42:43.389-07:00Hi I am Back<p> Hi folks ,its been a long time since my last post, Let me put you in the picture, </p><p>last year in November 21 I got covid then Pnewmonia and spent all Christmas in hospital</p><p>so I nearly was a gonner, But I am back now and ready to go. Have recorded a new song that I wrote about 2 months ago called Playing in a Band , I will post it up soon , Meanwhile. Have a great Christmas</p><p>and I will be back here soon , Regards Paul</p>paulburns ( formerley Christopher Paul Barnes )http://www.blogger.com/profile/08582454016896064016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2325772361328282595.post-33339005747138830122021-01-09T08:45:00.005-08:002021-01-09T08:45:46.808-08:00<p> Hi folks, Just to let you know that this blog is still alive, </p><p>more topics coming soon</p>paulburns ( formerley Christopher Paul Barnes )http://www.blogger.com/profile/08582454016896064016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2325772361328282595.post-86067179696814038602020-05-23T13:06:00.001-07:002020-05-23T13:06:45.086-07:00New song for NHS & key workers covid 19<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Hi folks, Let me introduce you to a young lady who is my niece, Her name is Hazel Young, So she decided to write a poem, Me being a musician, Asked her if I could put music to it and she said yes, The outcome is quiet amazing.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">I worked out a tune and added a chorus & hey presto, We have a song and here it is.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">We hope you will please support and share this video for all the key workers of covid 19 days.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Words and music by Hazel Young & Paul Burns , May 2020. Sung & played By Paul Burns.</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Just an update , due to the Corona virus , Simply Retro have not been able to play, But never fear, they will be back as soon as it is possible to gig,</span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">Hi folks, Here is an update on Simply Retro cover band, As you can see we now have a new member in the band, His name is Alex and has lifted the band to a new level, Also the band has started doing better material so making the band a lot fuller sounding and more up to date. Welcome Alex .</span></i></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Hi,<b><i> We went to Ravi's jam night on Monday 25th of March, a few good artists were there ,My favourite ones were Chain featuring The lovely Joe Wood stock Who plays guitar and has the voice of an Angel, Along with Chris Mayer on guitar and other members of the band , They were the best act of the evening, Also Big Red Bus played a good set, Simon Whitestar also sang some great song , He has a great voice too, As always Ravi put on a good show and the evening was a success. </i></b></span><br />
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paulburns ( formerley Christopher Paul Barnes )http://www.blogger.com/profile/08582454016896064016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2325772361328282595.post-85513333285971257782018-12-16T13:37:00.000-08:002018-12-16T13:37:55.233-08:00Simply Retro Go down a storm at The Lord Northbrook.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Sat 5th Jan<br />
Whelans Kingston.<br />
KT2 5EB<br />
9.30 till late.<br />
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Sat 12th Jan<br />
McCaffertys Epsom<br />
KT19 8BT<br />
9.30 till late.<br />
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Sat 19th Jan<br />
Lord Northbrook.<br />
Burnt Ash hill SE12.<br />
8.30 till late.<br />
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Friday 25th<br />
The Swan.<br />
West Wickham.<br />
8.30 till late.<br />
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Sat 26th<br />
Whelans. Neasdon.<br />
NW2 7HS.<br />
9.30 till late.<br />
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February<br />
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Friday 8th<br />
Crayford Arms. Crayford high st.<br />
8.30 till late<br />
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Friday 15th<br />
The Black Bull . Victoria rd.<br />
South Ruislip.<br />
10pm till late.<br />
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March.<br />
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Friday 1st.<br />
Kings Arms. Leaves green rd<br />
Keston. Kent.<br />
8.30 till late<br />
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Sat 9th.<br />
McCaffertys. Epsom.<br />
KT19 8BT.<br />
9.30 till late.<br />
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April<br />
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Friday 12th<br />
Whelans Croydon.<br />
9.30 till late.<br />
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Sat 27th.<br />
Orpington British legeon club.<br />
8.30 till late.<br />
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May.<br />
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Friday 3rd.<br />
Whelans Kingston.<br />
KT2 5EB.<br />
9.30 till late.<br />
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Friday 10th.<br />
The Swan .<br />
High st. West wickham.<br />
8.30 till late.<br />
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Friday 17th.<br />
The Black Bull.<br />
Victoria rd. South Ruislip.<br />
10pm till late.<br />
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Sat 18th.<br />
McCaffertys.<br />
North Harrow. HA2 6ED.<br />
9.30 till late.<br />
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Sat 25th.<br />
Lord Northbrook.<br />
Burnt Ash hill SE12.<br />
8.30 till late<br />
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Friday 31st.<br />
Whelans Croydon.<br />
9.30 till late.<br />
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June.<br />
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Sunday.2nd.<br />
Kings Arms.<br />
Leaves green rd. Keston.<br />
4pm till 8pm.<br />
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Sat 8th.<br />
McCaffertys. Epsom.<br />
KT19 8BT.<br />
9.30 till late.<br />
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July.<br />
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Friday 19th.<br />
Black Bull.<br />
Victoria rd. South Ruislip.<br />
10pm till late.<br />
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Sat 27th McCaffertys.<br />
North Harrow. HA2 6ED.<br />
9.30 till late.<br />
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August.<br />
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Friday 2nd.<br />
Whelans Kingston.<br />
KT2 5EB.<br />
9.30 till late.<br />
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Sat 3rd.<br />
McCaffertys. Epsom.<br />
KT19.8BT.<br />
9.30 till late.<br />
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Sat 10th.<br />
Crayford Arms. High st Crayford.<br />
8.30 till late<br />
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Friday 16th.<br />
Whelans. Croydon..<br />
9.30 till late.<br />
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Sat 24th.<br />
Lord Northbrook.<br />
Birnt Ash hill SE12.<br />
8.30 till late.<br />
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Friday 30th.<br />
The Swan. West Wickham.<br />
8.30 till late.<br />
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September.<br />
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Sat 7th<br />
McCaffertys. North Harrow.<br />
HA2 6ED.<br />
9.30 till late.<br />
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Sat 27th.<br />
The Kings Arms.<br />
Leaves green rd. Keston.<br />
8.30 till late.<br />
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October.<br />
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Friday 4th.<br />
Whelans Croydon.<br />
9.30 till late.<br />
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Friday 11th.<br />
Whelans. Kingston.<br />
KT2 5EB.<br />
9.30 till late.<br />
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Friday 18th.<br />
The Black Bull.<br />
Victoria rd. South Ruislip.<br />
10pm till late.<br />
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Nvember.<br />
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Sat 23rd.<br />
Orpington British legeon club.<br />
8.30 till late.<br />
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December.<br />
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Sat 7th<br />
McCaffertys. Epsom.<br />
KT19 8BT.<br />
9.30 till late.<br />
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Friday 13th.<br />
The Black Bull.<br />
Victoria rd. South Ruislip.<br />
10pm till late.<br />
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Friday 27th.<br />
Whelans. Kingston.<br />
KT2 5EB.<br />
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Hi folks. Well it is that time of year that gouls and vampires rear their heads again and Simply Retro have come up trumps yet again on the 27th Oct 18 . They dressed up for the night . Tony was a vanpire and Paul was a zombie. A big thanks to Pauls grandaughter Sydnie for doing his great makeup etc. See pics bellow etc.<br />
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Right. Tony Heasman<br />
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paulburns ( formerley Christopher Paul Barnes )http://www.blogger.com/profile/08582454016896064016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2325772361328282595.post-26247131532704302282017-05-18T14:47:00.001-07:002017-05-18T14:47:46.074-07:00This is about Bands and Jams etc<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></b> <span style="font-size: x-large;">Hi, It is time for me to make an entry, So here goes, I just wish to say a big thank you to all the musicians that I have met at various Jam nights and other occasions , It is amazing who you can meet at a jam , </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"> Andy Clark</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span>This Man has played keyboards in lots of bands including the Rah Band, Also with Jeff Beck, And he played on David Bowies Ahses to ashes, He also had a minor Hit called the Crunch and he appeared on Top of the pops in the 70s, He is a regular of The jam night at The Blackheath wanderers Club in London SE12 .</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"> Alex Mckeough</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">Here is Alex, He has been playing guitar for about a year, He too goes to the jam at the club and we very often throw him in the deep end with songs he does not know, He always seems to get through them though, Good for you Alex, Keep up the good work !</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"> Burns Guitars</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">This pic was taken in my Shed studio, As you can see, The one on the left is my Marquee, The one the right belongs to our Bass player ( Tony Heasman ) It is a Bison Bass.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"> Some of my Guitars </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Here is a small selection from my collection, On the left is my Burns Marquee, Centre is my Fender Stratocaster, On the right is my Rockwood Bass.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"> The Honeycombs</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">This is the Honeycombs , A band from the 60s , Their song Have I the right , Was a no 1 Hit all over the world, Note the Burns Guitars.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">This man is a modern day Rock musician, He has a great voice and plays a mean guitar, I recently Won one of his CDs, And I must say it is great !</span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">Hi folks, This entry is for Crisis Charity night at the Blackheath Wanderers Club on 28th September 2016</span></i></b><br />
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">As you can see in this picture there was a lot of great musicians who donated their time and talent to this wonderful event. The night was arranged by Ian Anderson a Actor/ artist / singer who got all the musicians together for this event, He also sold a good few of his CDs for the charity . Here are some of the artists that appeared on the night.</span></i></b><br />
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Andy Clarke a celebrity in his own right, Has played in </div>
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The Crunch. He is still playing gigs at 71 years old.</div>
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<b><i><span style="color: blue; font-size: x-large;">Hi folks, Well since my last entry on this blog, Lots of things have gone on, As you have probably read, Our Drummer Mick has retired and we have a replacement called Dave Bennett, Also , We played at the Kings Arms festival on 20th of August , It was a big success story for us as we played for 1 hour and 10 minutes and it sounded great. </span></i></b><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: x-large;"><b><i> But never fear , In the midst is another drummer called Dave Bennett , Now Dave is filling in for Mick so we can now get on with what we need to do ie play out at gigs. We have already done one gig on the 8th of July at the Wickham Arms and we went down well, Our next gig is at the Wickham Arms , Upper Brockley Rd , London SE4 on the 12th of August, So come along and give us some support please, It is free admission and we will be playing 50s, 60s & 70s Classic Rock & Pop music to make you move your feet. on the 11th July, We went to a jam night at HG Wells Labour Club at Bromley, Kent , We had a great time and we also met a few great musicians including the legendary Andy Clark who also played in Joe Meek's Studio and on TOTP with the Crunch ! Our friend Ravi who is a great Bass player Runs the show and is a good host !</i></b></span><br />
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paulburns ( formerley Christopher Paul Barnes )http://www.blogger.com/profile/08582454016896064016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2325772361328282595.post-62176935593833138692015-09-29T15:58:00.000-07:002015-09-29T15:58:31.665-07:00Thank you to the Musicians etc<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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paulburns ( formerley Christopher Paul Barnes )http://www.blogger.com/profile/08582454016896064016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2325772361328282595.post-52405149614094509982015-09-25T08:29:00.000-07:002015-09-25T08:29:57.749-07:00The story of the Fender strat <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<strong><em><span style="color: magenta; font-size: large;">Hi Music makers, Have you ever wondered who invented the famous Fender Stratocaster, An instrument played by musicians like Eric Clapton, Hank Marvin, and a host of other musicians ! Well This is the story of the Stratocaster etc'</span></em></strong><br /><strong><em><span style="color: magenta; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: cyan; font-size: medium;">Hank Marvin and his famous red Stratocaster from the 1950s'</span></div>
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<tr><td class="navbox-title"><b>Body type</b></td><td style="width: 431px;"><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid-body" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Solid-body">Solid</a>, Double Cut</td></tr>
<tr><td class="navbox-title"><b>Neck joint</b></td><td style="width: 431px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolt-on_neck" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Bolt-on neck">Bolt-on</a> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Set-in_neck" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Set-in neck">set-in neck</a> on certain models).</td></tr>
<tr><td class="navbox-title"><b>Scale</b></td><td style="width: 431px;">25.5" (24.75" on some models)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="navbox-title"><b>Body</b></td><td style="width: 431px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alder" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Alder">Alder</a>, <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ash_tree" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Ash tree">Ash</a>, <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poplar" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Poplar">Poplar</a> (limited edition guitars available in a variety of woods including<a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basswood" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Basswood">basswood</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahogany" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Mahogany">mahogany</a> and <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koa" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Koa">koa</a>(none of which is plywood) with flamed, spalted or quilted <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maple" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Maple">maple</a>tops and black, cream or ivory body and neck binding)</td></tr>
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<tr valign="top"><td class="navbox-title"><b>Bridge</b></td><td style="width: 431px;">Synchronized <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tremolo_arm" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Tremolo arm">tremolo</a> (Some models came with a hardtail bridge or a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floyd_Rose" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Floyd Rose">Floyd Rose</a> locking tremolo)</td></tr>
<tr><td class="navbox-title"><b><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pick_up_(music_technology)#Notation" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Pick up (music technology)">Pickup(s)</a></b></td><td style="width: 431px;">3 or 2 <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-coil" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Single-coil">single-coils</a>, with the latter having a hot <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humbucker" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Humbucker">humbucker</a> in the bridge position,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-fender_0-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fender_Stratocaster#cite_note-fender-0" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">[1]</span></a></sup> with the exception of the Acoustasonic Strat and Stratacoustic models, the only acoustic Stratocasters.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-fender_0-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fender_Stratocaster#cite_note-fender-0" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">[1]</span></a></sup>Most Stratocasters generally came with a pickguard; on certain high-end versions, the pickguard is absent. There are also select models that come with active electronics and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humbucker" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Humbucker">H</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_coil" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Single coil">S</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humbucker" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Humbucker">H</a>,<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humbucker" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Humbucker">H</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humbucker" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Humbucker">H</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humbucker" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Humbucker">H</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humbucker" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Humbucker">H</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humbucker" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Humbucker">H</a> or <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humbucker" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Humbucker">H</a> pickup configurations.Humbucker-equipped Strats are often referred to as "Fat Strats", in reference to the fact that humbucking pickups usually tend to have more bass in the output signal than single coils, thus making the sound "fatter".</td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"><b>Standard Series</b> :<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-fender_0-2"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fender_Stratocaster#cite_note-fender-0" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">[1]</span></a></sup> Brown Sunburst, Black, Arctic White, Lake Placid Blue, Candy Apple Red, Midnight Wine, Copper Metallic Sunburst<b>American Standard Series</b> (as of 2012):<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-fender_0-3"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fender_Stratocaster#cite_note-fender-0" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">[1]</span></a></sup> Black, 3-Color Sunburst, Olympic White, Jade Green Pearl, Charcoal Frost Metallic, Candy Cola (alder), Sienna Sunburst (ash)<br /><b>American Special Series</b> (as of 2010): 3-Color Sunburst, 2-Color Sunburst, Black, Candy Apple Red, Olympic White<br /><b>Black Top Series</b> (as of 2010): Black, Candy Apple Red, Sonic Blue<br /><b>American Deluxe Series</b> (as of 2010):<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-fender_0-4"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fender_Stratocaster#cite_note-fender-0" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">[1]</span></a></sup> Amber, Tungsten, Sunset Metallic, 3-Color Sunburst, Tobacco Sunburst, Midnight Wine Transparent, Aged Cherry Sunburst, Olympic White Pearl, Black, Candy Apple Red, 2-Color Sunburst<br /><b>Highway One Series</b><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-fender_0-5"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fender_Stratocaster#cite_note-fender-0" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">[1]</span></a></sup> Midnight Wine, Flat Black, White Blonde, 3-Color Sunburst, Daphne Blue, Honey Blonde<br /><b>Road Worn Series</b>: <i>50s</i> - 2-Color Sunburst, Black <i>60s</i> - 3-Color Sunburst, Olympic White<br />Other colors may be available</td></tr>
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The <b>Fender Stratocaster</b> is an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_guitar" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Electric guitar">electric guitar</a>. Designed by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Fender" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Leo Fender">Leo Fender</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_William_Fullerton" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="George William Fullerton">George Fullerton</a>, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freddie_Tavares" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Freddie Tavares">Freddie Tavares</a> in 1954, it has been manufactured continuously by the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fender_Musical_Instruments_Corporation" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Fender Musical Instruments Corporation">Fender Musical Instruments Corporation</a> to the present. It is a double-<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cutaway_(guitar)" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Cutaway (guitar)">cutaway</a> guitar, with an extended top horn for balance. Along with the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibson_Les_Paul" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Gibson Les Paul">Les Paul</a>, it is the most popular electric guitar. Although "Stratocaster" and "Strat" are trademark terms belonging to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fender_Musical_Instruments_Corporation" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Fender Musical Instruments Corporation">Fender</a>, the term "Strat" is often applied to any guitar with the same general features as the original regardless of manufacturer.</div>
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Originally the Stratocaster was offered in a 2-color sunburst finish on a solid, deeply contoured <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ash_(tree)" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Ash (tree)">ash</a> body, a 21-fret one-piece maple neck with black dot inlays and Kluson tuning heads. In 1956 Fender began issuing solid Stratocasters with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alder" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Alder">alder</a> bodies. In 1960 the available custom colors were standardized, many of which were automobile lacquer colors from Dupont available at an additional 5% cost. The unique single-ply, 8-screw hole white<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pickguard" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Pickguard">pickguard</a> allowed all electronic components——except the recessed jack plate——to be attached to it for easy assembly. Despite subsequent Stratocaster models (including copies) vintage Fender models are highly valued by collectors for their investment potential and players who prefer the<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timbre" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Timbre">timbre</a> of older models.</div>
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Among the genres the Stratocaster has been used for—besides <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_music" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Country music">Country</a>, the genre Leo Fender intended it to be for—it has played a large role in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_music" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Rock music">rock</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop_music" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Pop music">pop</a>,<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soul_music" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Soul music">soul</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhythm_and_blues" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Rhythm and blues">rhythm and blues</a> as well as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blues" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Blues">blues</a>and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Jazz">jazz</a>.</div>
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The Stratocaster's sleek, contoured body shape (officially referred to by Fender as the "Comfort Contour Body" ) differed from the flat, slab-like design of the Telecaster. The Strat's double cutaways allowed players easier access to higher positions on the neck. The body's recessed "beer gut" curve on the upper back, and a gradual chamfer at the front, where the player's right arm rests, aided player's comfort. The one-piece maple neck's wider "dogleg"-style headstock contrasted with the very narrow Fender Telecaster's headstock shape. The strings are anchored on a through-body <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tremolo_arm#Fender_synchronized_tremolo" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Tremolo arm">pivot bridge</a> attached with springs to a 'claw' in the tremolo cavity on the back of the guitar.</div>
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Original Stratocasters were shipped with five springs anchoring the bridge flat against the body. Players removed the backplate covering the bridge to remove two of the springs and adjust the claw screws to allow the bridge to 'float,' with the pull of the strings in one direction countering the pull of the springs in the opposite direction. In this floating position, players could move the <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tremolo_arm" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Tremolo arm">tremolo arm</a> mounted on the bridge up or down to modulate the pitch of the notes being played. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Beck" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Jeff Beck">Jeff Beck</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ike_Turner" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Ike Turner">Ike Turner</a>extensively used the Strat's floating tremolo in their playing. But players, such as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Clapton" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Eric Clapton">Eric Clapton</a>, disliked the floating bridge's propensity to detune guitars, inhibited the bridge's movement with wood wedged between the bridge block and the inside cutout of the tremolo cavity and by increasing the tension on the tremolo springs. These procedures lock the bridge in a fixed position. Some Strats have a fixed bridge in place of the tremolo assembly; these are colloquially called "hard-tails." Luthier Galeazzo Frudua has said the floating tremolos can have stable tuning through techniques specific to a floating bridge. The Stratocaster features three<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_coil" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Single coil">single coil</a> <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pick_up_(music_technology)" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Pick up (music technology)">pickups</a>, with the output originally selected by a 3-way switch. Guitarists soon discovered that by jamming the switch in between the 1st and 2nd position, both the bridge and middle pickups could be selected, and similarly, the middle and neck pickups could be selected between the 2nd and 3rd position. This trick became widespread and Fender responded with the 5-way pickup selector (a standard feature since 1977), which allowed these tonal combinations and provided better switching stability.</div>
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The "quacky" tone of the middle and bridge pickups, popularized by players such as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Gilmour" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="David Gilmour">David Gilmour</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rory_Gallagher" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Rory Gallagher">Rory Gallagher</a>,<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Knopfler" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Mark Knopfler">Mark Knopfler</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Dylan" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Bob Dylan">Bob Dylan</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Thurston" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Scott Thurston">Scott Thurston</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Clapton" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Eric Clapton">Eric Clapton</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Cray" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Robert Cray">Robert Cray</a>, can be obtained by using the pickup selector into positions 2 and 4. The neck and middle pickups are each wired to a tone control that incorporates a single, shared tone capacitor, whereas the bridge pickup, which is slanted towards the high strings for a more trebly sound, has no tone control for maximum brightness. On many modern Stratocasters, the first tone affects the neck pickup; the second tone affects the middle and bridge pickups; on some Artist Series models (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Clapton_Stratocaster" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Eric Clapton Stratocaster">Eric Clapton</a> and<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Guy" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Buddy Guy">Buddy Guy</a> signature guitars), the first tone is a presence circuit that cuts or boosts treble and bass frequencies, affecting all the pickups; the second tone is an active midrange booster that boosts the midrange frequencies up to 25dB (12dB on certain models) to produce a fatter <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humbucker" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Humbucker">humbucker</a>-like sound.</div>
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The volume level on all three pickups is controlled by a single volume knob. The placement of the knobs allows for relatively easy manipulation of the sound with the right hand while playing.</div>
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The three pickups were originally identical in their construction. With the rising popularity of using pickups in combination, Fender introduced a new feature in 1977 coinciding with the standard 5-position switch; a reverse-wound, reverse-polarity middle pickup. As the description implies, the magnetic polarity of this pickup is opposite the other two, as is the direction of the wire winding around the bobbin. This provides a hum-canceling effect (removing hum induced by poorly shielded, medium to high output AC devices) in positions 2 and 4 on the selector switch. This principle had been known for many years beforehand, being applied in the form of Gibson's humbucking pickup and Fender's own split-coil pickup used on the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fender_Precision_Bass" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Fender Precision Bass">Precision Bass</a>. Today, virtually all Fender instruments with more than one single-coil pickup (most notably the Stratocaster, <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecaster" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Telecaster">Telecaster</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fender_Jazz_Bass" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Fender Jazz Bass">Jazz Bass</a>) are wired in such a manner as to provide a hum-canceling combination of pickups.</div>
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The plastic parts (pickup covers, arm tip, pick guard) on the Stratocasterthermo-plastic which is sometimes incorrectly identified as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bakelite" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Bakelite">Bakelite</a>. On many early examples, the pickup covers have worn through from repeated friction from playing.</div>
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At one point, Fender switched to producing guitars with the bridge pickup, located farthest from the highest-amplitude portion of the vibrating strings, slightly "over-wound", thus increasing the signal output from that pickup. Even more overwound pickups ("hot-wired" designs) became popular, either for all three pickups (a "hot" configuration), or for the bridge position only (so-called "Texas Hot" due to its popularity among Southern Rock guitarists).</div>
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Holly" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Buddy Holly">Buddy Holly</a>playing his Stratocaster on the <i><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Sullivan_Show" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Ed Sullivan Show">Ed Sullivan Show</a></i> in 1958</div>
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The Stratocaster is noted for its bright, clean and 'twangy' sounds. The neck pickup has a mellower, fuller and louder sound compared to the brighter and sharper tone of the bridge pickup. The middle pickup provides a sound somewhere between the two.</div>
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Holly" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Buddy Holly">Buddy Holly</a> was one of the pioneers of the Stratocaster and used the instrument on virtually all of his songs with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Crickets" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="The Crickets">the Crickets</a>. During the recording of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peggy_Sue_(song)" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Peggy Sue (song)">"Peggy Sue"</a>, rhythm guitarist <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niki_Sullivan" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Niki Sullivan">Niki Sullivan</a> was not needed for the song, and instead stood next to Holly, and flipped the selector switch of Holly's guitar from the neck pickup to the bridge pickup for the<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guitar_solo" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Guitar solo">guitar solo</a>.</div>
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From 1959 to 1967, the Stratocaster was made with a rosewood fretboard as standard, as well as color choices other than sunburst, including a variety of colorful car-like paint jobs that appealed to the nascent surfer and hot-rod culture, pioneered by such bands as the<a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surfaris" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Surfaris">Surfaris</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ventures" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="The Ventures">the Ventures</a> and the <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beach_Boys" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Beach Boys">Beach Boys</a>. Fender would paint any guitar from the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DuPont" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="DuPont">DuPont</a> car color range for 5% over purchase price. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Dale" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Dick Dale">Dick Dale</a> is a prominent Stratocaster player who also collaborated with Leo Fender in developing the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fender_Showman" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Fender Showman">Fender Showman</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guitar_amplifier" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Guitar amplifier">amplifier</a>. In the early 1960s, the instrument was also championed by<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hank_Marvin" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Hank Marvin">Hank Marvin</a>—guitarist for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shadows" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="The Shadows">the Shadows</a>, a band that originally backed <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cliff_Richard" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Cliff Richard">Cliff Richard</a> and then produced instrumentals of its own. So distinctive was Hank Marvin's sound that many musicians, including the <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatles" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Beatles">Beatles</a>, initially deliberately avoided the Stratocaster.<sup class="Template-Fact" style="white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">[<i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources from March 2011">citation needed</span></a></i>]</span></sup> However, in 1965,<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Harrison" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="George Harrison">George Harrison</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lennon" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="John Lennon">John Lennon</a> of the Beatles both acquired Stratocasters and used them for <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help!_(song)" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Help! (song)">Help!</a></i>, <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber_Soul" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Rubber Soul">Rubber Soul</a></i> and later recording sessions; the double unison guitar solo on "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nowhere_Man_(song)" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Nowhere Man (song)">Nowhere Man</a>" is played by Harrison and Lennon on their new Stratocasters.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-9"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fender_Stratocaster#cite_note-9" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">[10]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-10"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fender_Stratocaster#cite_note-10" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">[11]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-11"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fender_Stratocaster#cite_note-11" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">[12]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-12"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fender_Stratocaster#cite_note-12" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">[13]</span></a></sup></div>
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The one-piece maple neck was discontinued in 1959. From 1959 until summer 1962 the fingerboard was a piece of rosewood milled flat on the underside and glued to the maple. This has become known as a "slab fingerboard". The slab fingerboard was approx 4.8 mm at its thickest point in the center of the neck under strings 3 and 4. From mid 1964 until 1979 the rosewood and maple were pre radiused and the fingerboard became known as curved, round laminate or "veneer", having an even thickness across the neck unlike the previous slab type. This design change was made because Fender encountered problems with some of the necks twisting with the slab design and this new method of construction reduced this problem significantly. Maple fingerboards were available as a special order only. The following year the pickguard design changed to a 3-ply (4-ply on some colors) "multi-layer" with 11 screw holes. After purchasing Fender in 1965, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CBS" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="CBS">CBS</a> began to offer both a maple neck with a separate glued-on laminated maple fretboard in 1967 (known as a "maple cap" neck) and the rosewood fretboard over maple neck remaining the other neck option. Three years later, the CBS-owned Fender companies re-introduced the 1-piece maple neck after a 10-year absence. The primary reason for the switch to rosewood in 1959 was that Gibson guitars had rosewood fingerboards and customers wanted this and that the maple fingerboards discolored very quickly because the old nitro cellulose lacquer was not very durable and wore through on the fretboard very fast. Since the introduction of the <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fender_Stratocaster_Ultra" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Fender Stratocaster Ultra">Fender Stratocaster Ultra</a> series in 1989, ebony was officially selected as a fretboard material on some models (although several <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elite_Stratocaster" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Elite Stratocaster">Elite Series</a>Stratocasters manufactured in 1983/84 such as the <b>Gold</b> and <b>Walnut</b> were available with a stained ebony fretboard). In December 1965 the Stratocaster was given a broader headstock with altered decals to match the size of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fender_Jazzmaster" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Fender Jazzmaster">Jazzmaster</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fender_Jaguar" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Fender Jaguar">Fender Jaguar</a>.</div>
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A 1979 left-handed Stratocaster.</div>
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Many artists discovered that the 3-way pickup selector could be lodged in between settings (often using objects such as matchsticks or toothpicks to wedge it in position) for further tonal variety, resulting in a unique sound when two pickups are combined. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimi_Hendrix" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Jimi Hendrix">Jimi Hendrix</a> would also move the switch across the settings while sustaining a note, creating a characteristic 'wobbly' sound, similar to that created by the<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wah-wah_pedal" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Wah-wah pedal">wah-wah pedal</a>. Since 1977, the Stratocaster has been fitted with a 5-way switch to make such switching more stable. This switch is the same electrically as the original 3-way, but with extra detents for the in-between settings. Other subtle changes were also made to the guitars over the years, but the basic shape and features of the Strat have remained unchanged. In the 1970s and 1980s, some guitarists began modifying their Stratocasters with<a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humbucking_pickup" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Humbucking pickup">humbucking pickups</a>, especially in the bridge position, to create what became known as a <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fat_Strat" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Fat Strat">Fat Strat</a>. This was intended to provide a thicker tone preferred in the heavier styles of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_rock" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Hard rock">hard rock</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_metal_music" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Heavy metal music">heavy metal</a>. The popularity of this modification grew and eventually Fender began manufacturing models with a bridge humbucker option (HSS), denoted and separated from the original triple single coil by the title of "<a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fat_Strat" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Fat Strat">Fat Strat</a>", as a reference to the humbucker's distinct sound, as well as models with dual humbuckers (HH), better known as "<a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fat_Strat" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Fat Strat">Double Fat Strats</a>". Fender also started making Stratocaster pickguards specially designed for guitar bodies routed for HSH (humbucker-single-humbucker) and HHH (humbucker-humbucker-humbucker) pickup configurations.</div>
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Since 1998, many high-end US-made Fender Stratocasters such as the<b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fender_American_Deluxe_Series" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Fender American Deluxe Series">American Deluxe</a></b>, <b>American</b>, <b>Hot Rodded American</b>, <b>American Special</b> and<b>American Standard</b> series came with an HSH pickup rout instead of a "swimming pool" (or "bath tub") cavity to increase the total amount of wood that actually can resonate, producing a more complex tone. The HSH rout allows players to modify their pickups to the most often seen after-market configurations without re-routing or cutting into their guitar's body, while maintaining more wood than a "swimming pool" rout.</div>
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Players perceived a loss of the initial high quality of Fender guitars after the company was taken over by CBS in 1965. As a result, the late-1960s Stratocasters with the large "CBS" headstock and (from the mid 1970s) the 3-bolt necked models (instead of the conventional 4 bolts) with the "Bullet" truss-rod and the MicroTilt adjustment system fell out of fashion. However, many blues-influenced artists of the late 1960s soon adopted the Stratocaster as their main instrument, reviving the guitar's popularity. Also, so-called 'pre-CBS' Stratocasters are, accordingly, quite sought-after and expensive due to the perceived difference in quality even compared with contemporary post-CBS models. In recent times, some Stratocasters manufactured from 1954 to 1958 have sold for more than US$175,000.</div>
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After a peak in the 1970s, driven by the use of several high profile players, another lull occurred in the early 1980s. During that time, CBS-Fender cut costs by deleting features from the standard Stratocaster line, despite a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blues" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Blues">blues</a> revival that featured Strat players such as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Clapton" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Eric Clapton">Eric Clapton</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stevie_Ray_Vaughan" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Stevie Ray Vaughan">Stevie Ray Vaughan</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Cray" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Robert Cray">Robert Cray</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Guy" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Buddy Guy">Buddy Guy</a> in their choice of the Stratocaster as a primary <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blues-rock" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Blues-rock">blues-rock</a>guitar.<sup class="Template-Fact" style="white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">[<i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources from February 2007">citation needed</span></a></i>]</span></sup> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yngwie_Malmsteen" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Yngwie Malmsteen">Yngwie Malmsteen</a> is known for playing a Stratocaster in the<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neo-classical_metal" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Neo-classical metal">Neo-Classical</a> genre.</div>
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In 1981 Fender-CBS hired William Schultz, John McLaren, and Dan Smith away from the U.S. division of Yamaha. Schultz became the president of Fender-CBS, McLaren the managing director while Smith was appointed the director of marketing for Fender electric guitars. In a drive to rejuvenate the quality control and Fender's market position, Dan Smith oversaw an upgrading of the basic production model Stratocaster and by late 1981 the new production model was unveiled as the 1982 Stratocaster. It featured a pre-CBS smaller headstock (compared to the 1980 "Strat"), a four bolt neck plate, an overwound X-1 pickup (introduced on the 1980 "Strat" model) in the bridge position and a body end truss-rod adjustment without the Bullet nut. These are known today as "Dan Smith" Stratocasters and prized by collectors for the attempted, albeit brief, return to pre-CBS stylings.</div>
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The following year the Standard model received a short-lived redesign seeking to reduce production costs and price on American Stratocasters. This revised version lacked a second tone control, a newly designed Freeflyte vibrato system, and a bare-bones output jack. A reshaped ‘Comfort Contour’ body with deeper forearm and waist contours similar to an early 1960s model was introduced. What it did retain was the 1970s-style headstock decal. The 1982/83 version of the Standard Stratocaster has little in common with the Dan Smith guitar, apart from the period in which they were sold, but is sometimes informally (and controversially) presented as a "Dan Smith-era" or "Redesign" guitar. After the Standard Stratocaster was discontinued in 1984, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fender_Japan" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Fender Japan">Fender Japan</a>produced a 22-fret version with a flat 9.5" radius and medium-jumbo fretwire until 1986. <span class="mw-headline" id="Squier_models_.281982.E2.80.93today.29">Squier models (1982–today)</span></div>
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After Fender's decision in 1982 to switch Squier's production from strings to guitars, the Stratocaster was one of the first models put under the Squier production line in Japan. It was the most commercially successful guitar Fender had produced. Originally in 1982, the headstock had a "Fender" name written in large script, followed by "Squier series" in smaller script. In 1983, this was later changed to the current 1970s large headstock featuring "Squier" in larger script, followed by "by Fender" in smaller script. Since then, there have been several variations of headstock size and Squier logos, typically based on what series the guitar is.</div>
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In 2000, for the anniversary of the Squier line of Stratocaster guitars, that year's model was offered in a limited-edition green finish.</div>
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In 2008 Squier released its Classic Vibe series, a series of electric guitars and basses mirroring classic Fender designs of the 1950s and 1960s—each roughly reflecting the hardware, woods, color variations, finishes, body contours, and tonal characteristics of their respective era; Squier states the series was not created to be completely era correct, but rather to impart the 'vibe' of a classic Fender design, which is Squier's attempt at bringing back the vintage-quality feel, look, and sound of their first series of guitars in 1982.</div>
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Fender_1985.E2.80.931998">Fender 1985–1998</span></h2>
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When the Fender company was bought from CBS by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Schultz_(Fender)" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Bill Schultz (Fender)">Bill Schultz</a> in 1985, manufacturing resumed its former high quality and Fender was able to regain market share and brand reputation. This sparked a rise in mainstream popularity for vintage (and vintage-style) instruments. Dan Smith, with the help of John Page, proceeded to work on a reissue of the most popular guitars of Leo Fender's era. They decided to manufacture two Vintage reissue Stratocaster models, a maple-fretboard 1957 and a rosewood-fretboard 1962 along with the maple-fretboard 1952 Telecaster, the maple-fretboard 1957 and rosewood-fretboard 1962 Precision Basses, as well as the rosewood-fretboard "stacked knob" 1962 Jazz Bass. This project was very important and critical to the company's survival. These first few years (1982–1984) of reissues, known as American Vintage Reissues, are now high-priced collector's items and considered as some of the finest to ever leave Fender's<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fullerton,_California" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Fullerton, California">Fullerton</a> plant, which closed its doors in late 1984.</div>
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In 1985, Fender's US production of the Vintage reissues resumed into a new factory at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corona,_California" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Corona, California">Corona</a>, located about 20 miles away from Fullerton. Some early reissues from 1986 were crafted with left over parts from the Fullerton factory. These three guitars form an important part of the <b>American Vintage Series</b> line since July 10, 1998.</div>
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As of 2007, Fender offers a wide line of Stratocasters alongside vintage reissues, as well as maintaining a "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fender_Custom_Shop" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Fender Custom Shop">Custom Shop</a>" service that builds guitars to order. Those who wish period-accurate replicas can request Stratocasters with original cloth-coated wiring, pickup and electronics designs,<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Router_(woodworking)" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Router (woodworking)">wood routing</a> patterns, and even artificial aging and oxidizing of components using the Custom Shop "relic" process.</div>
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American Series Stratocasters came with alder or ash bodies, rolled fingerboard edges, three custom "modern" staggered single-coils and the DeltaTone system (which includes a high output bridge pickup and a reverse-wound single-coil in the middle position). Hardtail versions were discontinued in 2007. New for 2003 was the American Strat HSS, which features a Diamondback humbucker (bridge), two Tex-Mex single-coils (neck/middle) and S-1 switching. An HH model with dual Sidewinder/Black Cobra humbuckers was offered until 2007.</div>
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As of 2008, the American Standard Stratocasters (which are updates to the American Series line) come with hand-rolled fingerboard edges, alnico V pickups, staggered tuners, improved bridge with bent steel saddles and copper-infused high-mass block for increased resonance and sustain, tinted neck, high-gloss maple or rosewood fretboard, satin neck back for smooth playability, thin-finish undercoat that lets the body breathe and improves resonance, and Fender exclusive SKB molded case. Fender offered a 2009 Limited Edition American Standard Stratocaster featuring a matching headstock, a rosewood fretboard with 22 jumbo frets and a melamine nut (available in Surf Green, Fiesta Red and Daphne Blue). In March 2012 Fender updated the American Standard Stratocaster with three Custom Shop Fat 1950s single-coil pickups and aged plastic parts.</div>
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The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fender_American_Deluxe_Series" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Fender American Deluxe Series">American Deluxe Series</a>Stratocasters came with a variety of high-end options such as a Fender DH-1 humbucker in the bridge position and an American 2-point locking vibrato bridge (Fender/Floyd Rose assembly) with LSR Roller Nut, locking tuners on certain models and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vintage_Noiseless" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Vintage Noiseless">Samarium Cobalt Noiseless</a>pickups with S-1 switching. Guitars produced before 2004 featured <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vintage_Noiseless" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Vintage Noiseless">Vintage Noiseless</a> pickups and 4-bolt neck fixing. The contoured neck heel feature on these Stratocasters was added in 2002. The American Deluxe Stratocaster HSS (also known as American Deluxe Fat Strat) is the same guitar except for the addition of a Fender DH-1 humbucker in the bridge position and two Hot SCN pickups for a proper balance with the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humbucker" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Humbucker">humbucking pickup</a>. The American Deluxe Strat HSS LT had the same specifications as the Stratocaster HSS, with an additional feature; the strings lock into the bridge, LSR roller nut and locking machine heads. Introduced in 1998 and upgraded in 2004, the American Deluxe Strat HSS LT has been discontinued as of 2007. As of March 23, 2010, Fender updated the American Deluxe series with N3 noiseless pickups for improved Stratocaster tones. The S-1 switch has been reconfigured for wider tonal options and the necks now feature a vintage tint and compound radius fretboards for increased comfort while chording and soloing. The HSS models also sport Fender's "Passing Lane" switch, which routes the signal from any pickup position to the bridge position with the tone circuit bypassed.</div>
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<i>American Special</i> Stratocasters (made in Corona, California (USA)) are equivalent to the <i>American Standard</i> with a more<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classic" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Classic">classic</a> / « <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vintage" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Vintage">vintage</a> » design. Features include a solid alder body finished in a gloss urethane, 9.5"-radius maple necks with 22 jumbo frets, CBS large headstock with black Fender logo and three <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Special" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Texas Special">Texas Special</a> pickups with 5-way switching and Fender's Greasebucket tone circuit. The Greasebucket was first seen on the Custom Pro series guitars; functionally similar to a traditional tone control, while providing a more natural<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roll-off" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Roll-off">roll-off</a> of high frequencies, without the bass frequencies becoming more present as can occur with traditional tone circuits. The HSS models feature a rosewood fingerboard, a 3-ply black pickguard and a Fender « Atomic humbucker » pickup in the bridge position.</div>
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American Special Stratocasters feature the same woods and manufacturing quality as the American Standard, differing on the following points :</div>
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<li style="border: none; color: white; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0.25em 0px;">Hotter Fender « Texas Special » pickups on the American Special Stratocaster (versus cleaner, modern and more versatile « American Strat » pickups on the American Standard),</li>
<li style="border: none; color: white; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0.25em 0px;">« Greasebucket » tone circuit on the American Special Stratocaster (versus « No-Load » Tone Control on the American Standard),</li>
<li style="border: none; color: white; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0.25em 0px;">Classic single action truss rod on the American Special Stratocaster (versus modern Bi-Flex truss rod on the American Standard),</li>
<li style="border: none; color: white; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0.25em 0px;">Large 1960s / 1970s CBS style headstock on the American Special Stratocaster (versus small pre-1960s / post-1970s headstock on the American Standard).,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-14"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fender_Stratocaster#cite_note-14" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">[15]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-15"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fender_Stratocaster#cite_note-15" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">[16]</span></a></sup></li>
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The VG Stratocaster (made in Corona, California (USA)) was designed by Fender in collaboration with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland_Corporation" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Roland Corporation">Roland</a>. It is an American Series virtual modeling guitar with a Roland VG pickup and two extra knobs for tuning control (5 positions) and mode (also 5 positions), offering five alternated tunings and 37 different guitar sounds. The VG Stratocaster was introduced in 2007 and discontinued in April 2009.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-16"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fender_Stratocaster#cite_note-16" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">[17]</span></a></sup></div>
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The Vintage Hot-Rod Series (made in Corona, California (USA)) feature authentic 1950s and early 1960s designs paired with some hot-rod modifications, including flatter fretboards and larger frets to increase the playability of necks and modern pickups.</div>
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The Road Worn series (made in Mexico) includes a 1960s Stratocaster (with rosewood fretboard and C-Shape neck) and a 1950s Stratocaster (with maple fretboard and Soft-V neck), Tex-Mex pickups, Alder body, nitrocellulose lacquer, and 6105 frets. These guitars are deliberately aged to produce the "road worn" look of a vintage Stratocaster. In 2011 the Roadworn Player series was introduced, and it includes two Stratocaster models sporting 3 Texas Special single-coils or 2 Texas Special single-coils (neck/middle) and a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seymour_Duncan" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Seymour Duncan">Seymour Duncan</a>Pearly Gates humbucking pickup (bridge).</div>
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In September 2010 Fender introduced the Mexican-made Black Top Stratocaster HH. This twin-humbucker model sports a pair of hot vintage alnico humbucking pickups with chrome covers, a 9.5"-radius maple neck with either rosewood or maple fingerboard and 22 medium-jumbo frets. Other features include a solid alder body with a gloss polyester finish, black skirted amp control knobs and chrome hardware. This guitar is also available with a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floyd_Rose" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Floyd Rose">Floyd Rose</a> Special locking tremolo since 2011.</div>
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In March 2011 Fender released the Fender Pawn Shop Series guitars (made in Japan), which were manufactured with components and the appearance of instruments that might be found in a typical pawn shop in the 1960s or 1970s. Three models were released, two of which were Stratocaster based. The<b>Fender '51</b> features a Strat body and a "C"-shaped Telecaster neck, with a single-coil Texas Special neck pickup, Fender Enforcer humbucking bridge pickup, maple fretboard, a 1970s-style hard-tail bridge, and a white pick guard. The <b>Fender '72</b> has a semi-hollow Strat body with an f-hole, a Telecaster style neck, two humbucking pickups, and dual-knob chrome control plate with master volume and pickup blend.</div>
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Throughout recent years Fender has issued limited run Stratocaster guitars under the model sub-classification of "FSR" or Factory Special Run. These guitars are often a guitar of one of the above models with special features such as limited finishes (special colors or "thin skin" lacquer), pickup options (configurations or pickup type), hardware options (gold), or trim options (plastics). Commonly these FSR instruments are built in the Mexico factories, but some have been built in the Corona, CA, USA factory.</div>
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The Highway-1 series, originally introduced in 2002 and re-designed in 2006 (and discontinued in October 2011), were entry-level made in the U.S.A Stratocasters. Both body and neck are the same on the Highway-1 and American Standard/Special Strats, except that the Highway-1 Strats body is finished with a thin satin <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitrocellulose" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Nitrocellulose">nitrocellulose</a>coating to reduce cost (as opposed to the high-gloss polyurethane coating used on both American Standard and American Special series models (this thin satin <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitrocellulose" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Nitrocellulose">nitrocellulose</a> coating is not the same high quality <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitrocellulose" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Nitrocellulose">nitrocellulose</a>coating used on vintage Fender instruments). The first model (3+ years) of Highway 1 instruments resembled "pre-CBS"-era instruments with the traditional headstock design, small frets and vintage color choices. Beginning in 2006, the second model (upgraded) was redesigned to resemble 1970s-era instruments with a large headstock, bigger frets, and CBS-era color schemes.</div>
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The Floyd Rose Classic Stratocasters (made from 1992 to 2003) featured an original <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floyd_Rose" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Floyd Rose">Floyd Rose</a> locking tremolo bridge. They came in HSS (Fender DH-1 humbucker and 2 DeltaTone single-coils) and HH (dual Fender DH-1 humbuckers) configurations. Models manufactured before 1998 had DiMarzio PAF Pro humbucking pickups. The range also included the Honduran mahogany-bodied Strat-O-Sonic guitars with the choice of Black Dove <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P-90" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="P-90">P-90</a> soap-bars and Atomic II humbuckers, which lasted until 2007. <span class="mw-headline" id="Signature_models">Signature models</span></div>
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Fender also supply a variety of signature models, each with specifications similar to those used by a well-known performer. Custom Artist guitars are the<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fender_Custom_Shop" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Fender Custom Shop">Custom Shop</a> versions of the Artist Series line, which significantly differ from the standard production models in terms of quality and construction, making these instruments much more expensive. As well as the other Custom Shop instruments, the Custom Artist guitars are available either as Team Built or Master Built items, some being exact replications of the specific artist's original instrument, better known as "Tribute" series (featuring various degrees of "relicing", such as Closet Classic, New Old Stock, Relic and Super Relic treatments, depending the model). Artists with models available in the signature range include:</div>
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<li style="border: none; color: white; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0.25em 0px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Beck" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Jeff Beck">Jeff Beck</a>: select <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alder" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Alder">alder</a> body with a thinner C-shaped maple neck, contoured neck heel, rosewood fretboard with 22 medium-jumbo frets, three dual-coil Ceramic <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vintage_Noiseless" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Vintage Noiseless">Vintage Noiseless</a> pickups with 5-way switching, LSR Roller Nut,<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schaller" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Schaller">Schaller</a> locking tuners and an American 2-point synchronized tremolo with stainless steel saddles. Available in Olympic White and Surf Green finishes (Artist Series, Custom Artist), as well as a "Custom Thinskin Nitro" version with a "Thinskin" nitrocellulose lacquer finish.</li>
<li style="border: none; color: white; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0.25em 0px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ritchie_Blackmore" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Ritchie Blackmore">Ritchie Blackmore</a>: a variety of versions, each with a 22-fret neck, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CBS" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="CBS">CBS</a> large headstock with 1970s-style decals and two Gold <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fender_Musical_Instruments_Corporation" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Fender Musical Instruments Corporation">Fender</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lace_Sensor" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Lace Sensor">Lace Sensors</a>; some variants have the neck set into the body rather than bolted on and a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland_Corporation" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Roland Corporation">Roland</a> GK2A synth pickup. Reintroduced in 2009 with a 21-fret maple neck, graduated scalloped rosewood fingerboard, Bullet truss rod nut with 3-bolt neck plate and Micro-Tilt neck adjustment, flush-mounted<a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Dunlop" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Jim Dunlop">Jim Dunlop</a> locking strap buttons and two <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seymour_Duncan" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Seymour Duncan">Seymour Duncan</a> Quarter Pound Flat single-coil pickups (the middle pickup is omitted, but the pickup hole for the middle pickup is still present).<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-17"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fender_Stratocaster#cite_note-17" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">[18]</span></a></sup></li>
<li style="border: none; color: white; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0.25em 0px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Clapton" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Eric Clapton">Eric Clapton</a>: select <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alder" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Alder">alder</a>body with a special soft V-shaped maple neck/fretboard, 22 vintage-style frets, three<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vintage_Noiseless" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Vintage Noiseless">Vintage Noiseless</a> pickups, 25dB active mid-boost circuit and a "blocked" original vintage synchronized tremolo. Available in olympic white, pewter, candy green, torino red (Artist Series), Antigua burst, gold leaf, EC grey, daphne blue, graffiti canvas, mercedes blue, black and midnight blue (Custom Artist), as well in olympic white, torino red and pewter with a "Thinskin" nitrocellulose lacquer finish (Custom Thinskin Nitro).</li>
<li style="border: none; color: white; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0.25em 0px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Corgan" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Billy Corgan">Billy Corgan</a>: Available in Olympic White or Black satin nitro finishes with a hardtail, string through body bridge. Other unique features include a large 1970s-style headstock, alder body, and three<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DiMarzio" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="DiMarzio">DiMarzio</a> humbucking pickups (BC-1, Chopper and BC-2 models), two of which are signature Billy Corgan models wound specifically for this instrument.</li>
<li style="border: none; color: white; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0.25em 0px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Dale" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Dick Dale">Dick Dale</a>: white pickguard with a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosewood" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Rosewood">rosewood</a> fretboard. The whammy bar is optional.</li>
<li style="border: none; color: white; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0.25em 0px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_DeLonge" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Tom DeLonge">Tom DeLonge</a>: Single humbucking Strat with pearloid pickguard, a<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seymour_Duncan" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Seymour Duncan">Seymour Duncan</a> Invader humbucking pickup, single volume, hardtail bridge and a maple neck with a 21-fret rosewood fingerboard and a<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CBS" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="CBS">CBS</a> large headstock.</li>
<li style="border: none; color: white; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0.25em 0px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Gilmour" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="David Gilmour">David Gilmour</a>: Two models of Gilmour's famous "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Black_Strat" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="The Black Strat">The Black Strat</a>" are available from the<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fender_Custom_Shop" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Fender Custom Shop">Fender Custom Shop</a>: One is an American '69 Strat body with an '83 remake C-shaped '57 RI maple neck (labeled as<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_old_stock" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="New old stock">New old stock</a>) with electronic and cosmetic modifications. The other is a"relic" style guitar that replicates the "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Black_Strat" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="The Black Strat">The Black Strat</a>" down to every scratch and dent. The relic version has two completely different coats of paint, just like the original.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-18"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fender_Stratocaster#cite_note-18" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">[19]</span></a></sup></li>
<li style="border: none; color: white; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0.25em 0px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Guy" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Buddy Guy">Buddy Guy</a>: <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ash_(tree)" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Ash (tree)">ash</a> body with a V-shaped maple neck featuring a 22-fret fretboard, three <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lace_Sensor" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Lace Sensor">Lace Sensor</a> "Gold" single-coil pickups and a 25dB active midrange boost circuit (USA, discontinued as of 2010), <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alder" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Alder">alder</a> body with a V-shaped maple neck featuring a 21-fret fretboard and three standard <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alnico" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Alnico">alnico</a> single-coil pickups (Mexico). Available in a variety of finishes, including black with white <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polka_dot" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Polka dot">polka dots</a>(Mexican Artist Standard), 2-color sunburst and honey blonde transparent (USA Artist).</li>
<li style="border: none; color: white; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0.25em 0px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimi_Hendrix" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Jimi Hendrix">Jimi Hendrix</a>: Right-Handed vintage white body flipped upsidedown for left-handed use with a oval profile maple-cap neck. The controls and electrics are vintage-modern to ensure stability. The guitar is strung upside down with the strap button on the lower horn, the backwards 68 thick black <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CBS" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="CBS">CBS</a> headstock decal also ensures that you will appear as Jimi in front of a mirror, projecting the image back into your eyes the "right" way round. As well as this upside-down lefty Strat for right-handed players, Fender also made four exact copies of the Vintage white Stratocaster he used in many performances, the most famous being Woodstock (1969).</li>
<li style="border: none; color: white; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0.25em 0px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Johnson" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Eric Johnson">Eric Johnson</a>: highly contoured two-piece select<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alder" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Alder">alder</a> body finished in a "Thinskin Nitro" lacquer, one-piece quarter-sawn maple neck with a V-shaped profile, 12" fingerboard radius and 21 polished frets, Fender/Gotoh staggered vintage-style machine heads eliminating the need for a string tree and three special-design custom-wound single-coil pickups with countersunk mounting screws. Other features include a parchment '57-style pickguard, five-spring vintage tremolo, silver-painted block and '57-style string recess with no paint between the base plate and the block. Colors include White Blonde, 2-Color Sunburst, Black and Candy Apple Red. Also available as a rosewood neck version with a bound round-laminated 12"-radius rosewood fretboard, a three-ply parchment pickguard, staggered vintage-style tuners, a custom tremolo block and four brand-new finish options (including Dakota Red), three of which (Lucerne Aqua Firemist, Tropical Turquoise and Medium Palomino Metallic) are exclusive to this model.</li>
<li style="border: none; color: white; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0.25em 0px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Knopfler" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Mark Knopfler">Mark Knopfler</a>: 57-style ash body with 62-style C-shaped maple neck, rosewood fretboard and 21 medium-jumbo frets, gold "transitional" headstock decals and three Fender "Texas Special" single-coil pickups with 5-way switching. Introduced in 2002.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-19"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fender_Stratocaster#cite_note-19" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">[20]</span></a></sup></li>
<li style="border: none; color: white; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0.25em 0px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yngwie_Malmsteen_Stratocaster" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Yngwie Malmsteen Stratocaster">Yngwie Malmsteen</a>: select<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alder" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Alder">alder</a> body with a C-shaped maple neck, scalloped<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosewood" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Rosewood">rosewood</a> or <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maple" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Maple">maple</a>fingerboard, 21 super-sized<a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Dunlop" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Jim Dunlop">Jim Dunlop</a> 6000 frets, large headstock with Bullet truss-rod and brass nut, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seymour_Duncan" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Seymour Duncan">Seymour Duncan</a> YJM Fury single-coil pickups with 3-way switching, 3-ply W/B/W pickguard, aged plastic parts and American Vintage hardware.</li>
<li style="border: none; color: white; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0.25em 0px;"><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Mayer_(musician)" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="John Mayer (musician)">John Mayer</a>: features a select<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alder" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Alder">alder</a> body, a thick C-shape maple neck with African rosewood fingerboard and 21<a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Dunlop" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Jim Dunlop">Jim Dunlop</a> 6105 narrow-jumbo frets, American Vintage hardware and a trio of "Big Dipper" single-coils with a special "Scooped" midrange voicing and 5-way pickup switching. Available in a variety of finishes, including black with 3-ply mint green pickguard and gold hardware, 3-tone sunburst and olympic white with brown shell pickguard and as a limited-edition version with a cypress mica finish, white vintage amp knobs and a 3-ply parchment pickguard. In 2010, Fender also released a limited 500 run of John's personal <a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fender_John_Mayer_BLACK1_Stratocaster&action=edit&redlink=1" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Fender John Mayer BLACK1 Stratocaster (page does not exist)">BLACK1 strat</a>.</li>
<li style="border: none; color: white; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0.25em 0px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Murray_(musician)" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Dave Murray (musician)">Dave Murray</a>: select <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alder" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Alder">alder</a>body with a nitrocellulose lacquer finish, flat soft V-shaped maple neck with satin back, 21 medium-jumbo frets, American Vintage hardware and a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humbucker" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Humbucker">humbucker</a>/<a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-coil" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Single-coil">single-coil</a>/<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humbucker" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Humbucker">humbucker</a> configuration - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DiMarzio" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="DiMarzio">DiMarzio</a> Super Distortion DP100 (bridge), American Vintage '57/'62 (middle),<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DiMarzio" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="DiMarzio">DiMarzio</a> PAF DP103 (neck) - with 3-way switching. Other features include chrome pickup bezels, synthetic bone nut and aged white plastic parts with black switch tip. Available in Black only and as a Japanese "Tribute" version with an original <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floyd_Rose" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Floyd Rose">Floyd Rose</a>locking vibrato system, dual<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DiMarzio" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="DiMarzio">DiMarzio</a> Super Distortion DP100 humbucking pickups (Neck/Bridge) with a Fender Texas Special single-coil pickup (Middle), 3-way switching and an oval neck profile.</li>
<li style="border: none; color: white; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0.25em 0px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_Raitt" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Bonnie Raitt">Bonnie Raitt</a>: features an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alder" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Alder">alder</a>body, a narrow C-shape <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maple" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Maple">maple</a>neck with a late 1960s large headstock, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosewood" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Rosewood">rosewood</a>fretboard, 9.5" radius and 22 medium jumbo frets. Other refinements included a 3-ply white shell pickguard, three Texas Special <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-coil" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Single-coil">single-coils</a>with 5-way switching and American Vintage hardware. Available in 3-color sunburst and desert sunset. Discontinued in 2000.</li>
<li style="border: none; color: white; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0.25em 0px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Rea" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Chris Rea">Chris Rea</a>: Fender made a Chris Rea - signature Stratocaster in 1999. It was finished in a special color called "Faded fiesta red". Only 500 examples were made.</li>
<li style="border: none; color: white; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0.25em 0px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Root" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Jim Root">Jim Root</a>: Featuring<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahogany" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Mahogany">mahogany</a> body, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maple" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Maple">maple</a>Modern C shaped neck, ebony fretboard in Flat Black finish,<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maple" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Maple">maple</a> in Flat White, 22 Jumbo frets, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMG,_Inc." style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="EMG, Inc.">EMG</a> pickups, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMG_81" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="EMG 81">EMG 81</a> in bridge position, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMG_60" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="EMG 60">EMG 60</a> in neck position, strings-through-body hardtail bridge, locking tuners, 3-way switch, single volume knob and large headstock.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-20"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fender_Stratocaster#cite_note-20" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">[21]</span></a></sup></li>
<li style="border: none; color: white; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0.25em 0px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richie_Sambora" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Richie Sambora">Richie Sambora</a>: features an<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alder" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Alder">alder</a> body, a 22-fret neck with<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maple" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Maple">maple</a> fingerboard, mother of pearl "star" fingerboard inlays, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floyd_Rose" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Floyd Rose">Floyd Rose</a> "Original" locking tremolo, 25dB active mid-boost circuit with active/passive switch, two Fender Texas Special <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-coil" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Single-coil">single-coil</a> pickups (neck/middle) and a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DiMarzio" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="DiMarzio">DiMarzio</a> PAF Pro<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humbucker" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Humbucker">humbucker</a> in the bridge position. Updated in 1999 with American Vintage hardware, dual-coil Ceramic <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vintage_Noiseless" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Vintage Noiseless">Noiseless</a>pickups and a 12dB active mid-boost preamp with "no-load" tone circuit and bypass switch. Also available as a "standard" version with a<a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poplar" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Poplar">poplar</a> body, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosewood" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Rosewood">rosewood</a>fingerboard with 21 medium-jumbo frets, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DiMarzio" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="DiMarzio">DiMarzio</a> PAF Pro<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humbucker" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Humbucker">humbucker</a> with two standard<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alnico" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Alnico">alnico</a> <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-coil" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Single-coil">single-coils</a> and a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floyd_Rose" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Floyd Rose">Floyd Rose II</a> locking tremolo. Discontinued in 2002.</li>
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The Squier Stratocaster is manufactured and sold by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squier" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Squier">Squier</a>, a <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marque" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Marque">marque</a> of Fender.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-22"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fender_Stratocaster#cite_note-22" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">[23]</span></a></sup></div>
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A standard Squier Stratocaster is mass-produced in factories located in<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesia" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Indonesia">Indonesia</a> or <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="China">China</a>. For its construction, Squier usually uses woods readily available in those countries, such as<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agathis" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Agathis">agathis</a> and <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basswood" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Basswood">basswood</a>. They also use stamped metal hardware and multiple pieces of wood in construction to reduce waste and to lower costs. In some cases, the body is laminated, much like a plywood, rather than consisting of two or three solid pieces glued together.</div>
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Fender has licensed the appearance of the Squier Stratocaster to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_Arts" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Electronic Arts">Electronic Arts</a> for a replica guitar controller for EA and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmonix_Music_Systems" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Harmonix Music Systems">Harmonix</a>'s <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_Band_(video_game)" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Rock Band (video game)">Rock Band</a></i> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_video_game#Rhythm_games" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Music video game">rhythm</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Video game">video game</a>. A real Squier Stratocaster, retrofitted with controller electronics, was available as a "Pro Guitar" controller for <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_Band_3" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;" title="Rock Band 3">Rock Band 3</a></i>, but is now discontinued.</div>
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Members: Jamie Porter - Vocals/Guitar - Paul Harrison - Guitar/Vocals - Bass - Darren Sidell - Dan Porter - Keys/Piano - Geraint Vernon - Drums/Vocals</div>
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<span style="background-color: #eaeaea; color: #1b2124; font-family: Muli, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16.5px;"> Jamie Porter is a musician from North Wales who writes and performs his own music with his band.</span><br style="background-color: #eaeaea; color: #1b2124; font-family: Muli, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16.5px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: #eaeaea; color: #1b2124; font-family: Muli, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16.5px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: #eaeaea; color: #1b2124; font-family: Muli, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16.5px;"> Jamie comes from a musical family, and was brought up on country and gospel music. He initially learned piano until hearing a classic rock compilation LP at a friend’s house gave him the introduction to the guitar. His influences range from rock/metal to jazz/country/blues, and he would listen to and discover as many guitarists as he could and try to work out their techniques to improve his own. Jamie has a number of musical qualifications under his belt, and has taught guitar and music theory over the years. </span><br style="background-color: #eaeaea; color: #1b2124; font-family: Muli, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16.5px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: #eaeaea; color: #1b2124; font-family: Muli, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16.5px;">Jamie’s influences and favourite bands are many from every genre, with an emphasis on rock, country and blues styles and influenced styles of music.</span><br style="background-color: #eaeaea; color: #1b2124; font-family: Muli, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16.5px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: #eaeaea; color: #1b2124; font-family: Muli, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16.5px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: #eaeaea; color: #1b2124; font-family: Muli, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16.5px;"> As a performing musician, Jamie has played in bands since high school as singer/guitarists, guitarists and bassist. The bands have been both covers and originals bands of varying styles of country to classic rock.</span><br style="background-color: #eaeaea; color: #1b2124; font-family: Muli, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16.5px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: #eaeaea; color: #1b2124; font-family: Muli, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16.5px;">While gaining plenty of gigging experience in bands, success was limited due to various limitations of the bands and finding people with the same commitment and direction. Jamie gained plenty of experience of pub/club gigs around North Wales and NW England, and has played shows at The Cavern Club in Liverpool and Liverpool University. Jamie has also worked on a number of small recording projects for friends, and has experience of performing live on the radio having played a number of acoustic shows on community radio stations as well as a full band session on the Evening Show on BBC Radio Wales in Cardiff.</span><br style="background-color: #eaeaea; color: #1b2124; font-family: Muli, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16.5px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: #eaeaea; color: #1b2124; font-family: Muli, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16.5px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: #eaeaea; color: #1b2124; font-family: Muli, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16.5px;"> As a writer, Jamie contributed in all the originals bands he was in, and was also writing in his home studio, but never really focussed fully on his own material while in other bands. In 2012 after a number of years as the bass player of a band Jamie decided that he wanted to start his own music project and write his own material. Jamie wrote and recorded 10 songs over 2012/13, which he recorded in a local studio, and put out 2 EP’s on his website in 2014 via bandcamp.</span><br style="background-color: #eaeaea; color: #1b2124; font-family: Muli, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16.5px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: #eaeaea; color: #1b2124; font-family: Muli, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16.5px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: #eaeaea; color: #1b2124; font-family: Muli, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16.5px;"> Jamie gained airplay on some local radio stations in 2014 with the song ‘Touch the Sky’ which was played on ‘The Music Truffler Radio Show’ on Radio Clwyd, Showcase Wales on GTFM Radio in Pontypridd and Rhyl’s Point FM 103.1 as well as some internet play on EGH Radio and Rocker’s Dive Radio.</span><br style="background-color: #eaeaea; color: #1b2124; font-family: Muli, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16.5px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: #eaeaea; color: #1b2124; font-family: Muli, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16.5px;">Early 2015 has seen a single track release with 'Save Me' which has gained radio play on independent radio shows across the UK. 2015 sees an increase in live playing with the band, and a new release planned mid way through the year.</span><br style="background-color: #eaeaea; color: #1b2124; font-family: Muli, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16.5px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: #eaeaea; color: #1b2124; font-family: Muli, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16.5px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: #eaeaea; color: #1b2124; font-family: Muli, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16.5px;">After a few live performances with the band in 2015 at Conwy VW and Beer Festivals as well as a slot at the Connah's Quay Festival, Jamie is currently working on material for upcoming releases.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>So look out for this great Band ! You can find them on facebook / twitter</b></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><b>and Youtube !</b></span><br />
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<b><span style="color: purple;"><i>you can read about more great Bands / Singers / Musicians / Music & much more on this blog</i></span></b><br />
<b><i><span style="color: blue;">or go to the Rockhouse Music Project page on facebook.com (please like the page ) </span>Thanks for your support and for reading this blog .</i></b><br />
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