Fender Musical Instruments Corporation (FMIC) today celebrates the
official launch of the newest model in the American Acoustasonic® Series, the American Acoustasonic Stratocaster.
Originally previewed at Winter NAMM
2020, this Strat is a continuation of the platform that the
Telecaster started, giving players a new set of sonics and the undeniable Strat
playing experience. This all-new model is inspired by its sister Telecaster
platform, but also moves the series forward with creative options in new design
and technology. Already being used across many genres by artists – such as Rob
"Freaky Rob" Gueringer, Billy Strings, Lindsay Ell, Kenny Wayne
Shepherd, Molly Tuttle, Brandon Walters, Striking Matches, Naia Izumi, Carmen
Vandenberg, Jose Rios and MIYAVI – Fender showcases what these guitars
and remarkable artists can do together.
Building off of the highly successful Acoustasonic Telecaster®
released at Winter NAMM 2019, the American Acoustasonic Stratocaster
($1,999.99) features all-new tonewoods and voices with even more electric
possibilities. Along with three unique electric voices on the selector switch,
the Acoustasonic Stratocaster also adds all-new acoustic options, including
short scale and concert body with a slotted headstock. To showcase the
differences between the two models, Fender invited two acclaimed guitarists and
performers, country music picker Daniel Donato and guitarist, singer and blues-rocker Tyler
Bryant, to go head to head in a guitar-playing shootout.
“We are proud to continue expanding our most sonically innovative
platform with the American Acoustasonic Stratocaster,” said Billy Martinez,
Fender VP Category Manager, Acoustic Division. “Following in the footsteps of
what Fender accomplished over 70 years ago, it was a natural and authentic
progression for us to start with the Telecaster model and then offer a
Stratocaster counterpart with its own unique voices. We can’t wait to see what
musicians, both Strat enthusiasts and acoustic fans, will achieve in their
creative process with this new range of voices the Acoustasonic Stratocaster
unlocks.”
Designed with a fully hollow body and Fender’s patented Stringed
Instrument Resonance System (SIRS), the American Acoustasonic Stratocaster
offers a new sonic experience that is naturally loud and resonant both on and
off stage. This hybrid guitar features an Acoustasonic Noiseless™ magnetic
pickup that delivers a unique set of Stratocaster-inspired voicings and
hum-free Fender electric tone, that can be played solo or blended with an
acoustic voice to create new sounds. The Fender and Fishman®-designed Acoustic
Engine powers the Acoustasonic Stratocaster and provides a new body style and
tone wood combinations that enable musicians to curate an all-new collection of
acoustic and electric voices. This contemporary guitar also features a mahogany
Stratocaster neck with an ebony fingerboard and thinline body that makes it
both comfortable and easy to play.
“We’ve removed the obstacles associated with playing an acoustic guitar,
giving players those same sounds with an electric neck and comfortable thin
line acoustic body – all in a familiar Strat body shape,” Martinez added. “At
the same time, this guitar still gives you all the tonal options you would get
in a Dreadnought, concert or auditorium acoustic guitar.”
