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Get your own 70th Anniversary American Ultra Strat from Guitar Center: https://www.guitarcenter.com/Fender/70th-Anniversary-Ultra-Stratocaster-HSS-Electric-Guitar-Amethyst-1500000416633.gc?source=4GOA4LOBA
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The Fender 70th Anniversary American Ultra Stratocaster serves up a gorgeous amethyst finish, along with a roasted maple neck in a modern D shape, HSS pickup configuration with S-1 switch, 10"-14" compound radius and 22 medium-jumbo frets with rolled edges.
“I remember thinking, ‘What is so particular about the Strat sound that everybody loves so much?’” says guitarist Taylor Gamble (Stevie Wonder, Victoria Monét, Ari Lenox). “Then, after my grandfather’s passing, I ended up with his electric-blue Stratocaster, and the neck and body felt good, and it was light. It felt great. I’m a tone girl, and the thing I love about Strats is no matter what pickup position you choose, you are always going to cut through. And, of course, you can get so many different tones out of a Stratocaster, from rock to country to R&B and gospel. It literally does everything.”
Gamble enjoys the American Ultra’s HSS pickup configuration because she loves humbuckers, but she also finds lots of uses for the single-coil settings. “I love the neck single-coil, for example, because it sounds warm and well-rounded, but with slap and punch. I’m inspired to play pretty chords and more open voicings.”
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Chapters
00:00 - Intro with Taylor Gamble
00:51 - Taylor’s History with the Fender Stratocaster
01:37 - First Impressions of the 70th Anniversary American Ultra Stratocaster HSS Amethyst
02:50 - Demo: Pickup Position #5 (Neck Pickup)
04:04 - Demo: Pickup Position #5 with Reverb and Chorus
05:15 - Demo: Pickup Position #4 (Neck and Middle Pickups)
06:05 - Playing Fingerstyle on the American Ultra Amethyst Stratocaster
07:09 - A Closer Look at the Neck
08:22 - Taylor On Playing a Stratocaster in a Gospel Setting
08:52- Demo: Pickup Position #3 (Middle Pickup)
09:11 - Taylor On the Durability and Comfortability of the Neck
09:58 - Demo: Pickup Position #2 (Bridge and Middle Pickups)
11:32 - Freedom of Movement with the Compound Radius Neck
12:14 - Demo: Pickup Position #1 (Bridge Pickup in Humbucker Mode)
12:58 - Demo: Pickup Position #1 (Bridge Pickup in Single Coil Mode)
13:34 - Taylor On the Consistency of the American Ultra Amethyst’s Neck
14:36 - Overview and Demo: Hot Voicing
16:03 - Taylor’s Thoughts on the Fender 70th Anniversary American Ultra Stratocaster HSS Amethyst
17:26 - Outro
