Fender American Professional Stratocaster Electric Guitar, Maple Fingerboard, Natural

Au naturale in the American Professional series, the Fender American Professional Stratocaster is an icon in its time and any other. This flagship entry for the wider Fender legacy and in their revamped American Professional series shows off the best of Fender design with highly musical features found throughout while making a name for itself in the American Professional bunch and throughout wider Stratocaster history.

The Fender American Professional Stratocaster takes on a central position in the American Professional series. Dynamite Fender specs found throughout blend with the series' fresh innovations to bring in players both new and experienced with modern-minded features at the helm. Everything here begins – as it had with so many great Strats before it - with a double-cutaway body made from ash. This classic Fender tonewood serves as a wonderful foundation with a light feel, bright tone, and resonant makeup to build up from. A gloss finish wrapped around the double-cutaway form stands out onstage with a clean, natural look.

Nearly as iconic as its double-cutaway form, the American Professional Stratocaster brings on a maple neck in a Deep "C" profile. This smooth "C" makes for sleek moves from lower to higher registers with speed alongside Fender's "Super-Natural" satin finish. Mirroring the comfort of the neck on the fingertips, a maple fingerboard appears with rolled edges. Strikingly smooth when playing at any register, the Strat's sculpted neck heel allows easy access to higher frets for soloing. Twenty-two Narrow Tall frets line this maple for articulation and comfort in equal measures alongside a 9.5" radius for seamless power chords and note bends.

Musically, this American Professional Stratocaster comes to life with its unmistakable electronics setup. Three Fender V-Mod III Stratocaster single-coil pickups line up with this American Professional to summon the timeless snap and sparkle with which the Strat became a household name. These single-coils are then sculpted through Fender's ClassicGear Precision potentiometers. Specially fashioned for consistent control and customized tonal shaping, these pots make playability all the more precise.

This American Professional Stratocaster's sonic experience is backed up by a lineup of quality hardware specifications. For one, the Strat is equipped with an upgraded two-point tremolo bridge at the base of the 25.5" scale length with a cold-rolled steel block and new ClassicGear Radial bent-steel saddles. Made to be accurate and stable with vibrato bends with recessed screws, these updates bolster playability over your usual tremolo bridge. Toward the headstock, a bone nut and cast/sealed staggered tuning machines ensure easy stringing and solid intonation. The American Professional Stratocaster comes with an included deluxe molded hardshell case.

Timelessly iconic, the American Professional Stratocaster pens another chapter in its long legacy.