Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index The Fender Stratocaster is an electric guitar introduced by Fender in 1954 that has since become one of the most popular electric guitars. Many well-known musicians use the Stratocaster, and several vanity lines of "signature" Stratocasters bearing a particular musician's name are sold. A Stratocaster usually has 3 single coil pickups controlled by a 5-way switch. The neck has 22 frets, and is usually made of rosewood or maple. This article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by fixing it. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.