The Stratocaster Manual: Buying, Maintaining, Repairing, and Customizing Your Fender and Squier Stratocaster

by Terry Burrows

Overview

This is the ultimate owner's manual for the world's most popular guitar!

This is a step-by-step, heavily illustrated guide to everything about the legendary Fender electric guitar, the Stratocaster! It shows owners and dreamers the basics of selecting and buying Strats; maintenance and repairs such as tuning, setting intonation, tremolo alignment, fret repairs, and bridge and nut adjustments; electrical troubleshooting; spur-of-the-moment stage-side fixes; and some basic "performance" enhancements such as adding "hot rod" Fender and aftermarket pickups, locking-tremolo nuts, and more. Let world-renowned guitar expert Terry Burrows be your guide to this awesome instrument.

Gorgeous shots of Fender guitars and guitar parts and images of well-known musicians playing Stratocasters make this a book no fan will want to miss.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780760349229
Publisher:	Voyageur Press
Publication date:	11/26/2015
Pages:	208
Sales rank:	1,278,069
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Terry Burrows is one of the world's best-known authors on playing, maintaining, and buying guitars. His work has been translated into at least a dozen languages and published in more than sixteen different countries. He also has a parallel career as an experimental musician, performing throughout Europe, frequently using home-built instruments, and has more than fifty professional releases.

Editorial Reviews

"...the main text of these guides is smart and relevant, backed with clear, incisive how-to images."

- Vintage Guitar

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