Fender Stratocaster

[Tone2TheBone]

You wanna play you gotta pay. Get a Squier Strat they're cheap.

[thearabianmage]

You wanna play you gotta pay. Get a Squier Strat they're cheap.

It's not just the fact that they are expensive - just the lack of justification for their price (apart from putting a decal on the headstock with the initials of a dead man - or carving his initials into the scratchplate. . .)

It's got to be said - as far as electric guitars are concerned, the Stratocaster is the perfect shape. Fender have solidified their place in guitar history - it's rock solid. But they don't want to stop there. The people who run Fender nowadays, most of which have no affiliation with the Leo Fender or anybody else who started the company, have kids to send to college - and they plan on doing that by capitalizing on the name, talent, and death of great players like Stevie Ray Vaughn.

It's a shame, really.

[Tone2TheBone]

It's not just the fact that they are expensive - just the lack of justification for their price (apart from putting a decal on the headstock with the initials of a dead man - or carving his initials into the scratchplate. . .)

It's got to be said - as far as electric guitars are concerned, the Stratocaster is the perfect shape. Fender have solidified their place in guitar history - it's rock solid. But they don't want to stop there. The people who run Fender nowadays, most of which have no affiliation with the Leo Fender or anybody else who started the company, have kids to send to college - and they plan on doing that by capitalizing on the name, talent, and death of great players like Stevie Ray Vaughn.

It's a shame, really.

Huh?

So you're saying the price of a Stratocaster isn't justified? Hey they're Stratocasters! Guess who wants to play them? Everyone! Why can't you afford a $300 guitar? I don't get your boggle dude.