Stratocaster Electric Guitar
date: label: date made
content: 1995
name: label: maker
content: Fender Musical Instruments Corp.
notes: label: Description
content: This electric guitar was made by Fender Musical Instrument Corp. in Scottsdale, Arizona in 1995. It is a reissue of the 1957 design with a two-tone sunburst finish. The Stratocaster is arguably the most successful and influential electric guitar ever produced. It is easily identified by its double cutaways, contoured body, and three pickups. It also features Fender's vibrato or tremolo system that allows players to raise or lower the pitch of the strings. In the hands of Buddy Holly, Jimi Hendrix, Buddy Guy, Eric Clapton, Bonnie Raitt, and many other musicians, the "Strat" has become an American icon.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Arizona, Scottsdale
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Guitars
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Fender Musical Instruments Corporation
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1995.0186.01
label: accession number
content: 1995.0186
label: catalog number
content: 1995.0186.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: guitar
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 1/2 in x 38 1/2 in; 31.75 cm x 97.79 cm