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Fender Blacktop Stratocaster HH with Maple Fretboard Electric Guitar 

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    The most affordable humbucking pickup-equipped Stratcaster ever made.

    The Blacktop Stratocaster HH is a no-nonsense dual-bucker Strat that'll blow your mind without breaking the bank. Vintage-style Fender Blacktop alnico humbucking pickups deliver the hot high-gain power of today's most aggressive sounds; other distinctive touches include skirted black amp knobs, and a vintage-style synchronized tremolo bridge. Features include an alder body, maple neck, 9.5"-radius maple fretboard, 22 medium jumbo frets, gloss urethane finish, and nickel/chrome hardware.

    Check the drop-down menu to the right to select colors and/or other options.

    Features

    • Series: Blacktop
    • Body shape: Stratocaster
    • Colors: (506) Black, (509) Candy Apple Red, (572) Sonic Blue
    • Body material: alder
    • Neck: maple
    • Neck finish: gloss urethane
    • Fretboard: maple
    • Position inlays: black dots
    • String nut: synthetic bone
    • Bridge pickup: Hot Vintage alnico humbucking pickup with nickel cover
    • Neck pickup: Hot Vintage alnico humbucking pickup with nickel cover
    • Pickup switching: 5-Position blade: Position 1. Full bridge pickupPosition 2. Two inside coilsPosition 3. Full neck & bridge pickupsPosition 4. Outer neck single coilPosition 5. Full neck pickup
    • Controls: Volume, tone 1 (neck pickup), tone 2 (bridge)
    • Hardware: nickel/chrome
    • Tuning keys: standard cast/sealed tuning machines
    • Bridge: Vintage Style Synchronized Tremolo
    • Strap buttons: vintage style
    • Control knobs: skirted amp knobs
    • Pickguard: 3-ply black (506 Black, 509 Candy Apple Red), or aged white (572 Sonic Blue)
    • Strings: Super 250L's, NPS (.009-.042 gauges)
    • Included accessories: truss rod adjustment wrench, saddle height adjustment wrench

    A Strat for today's rocker!

    Blacktop Stratocaster HH with Maple Fretboard Electric Guitar Specifications:

    • Scale length: 25.5" (648 mm)
    • Nut width: 1.65" (42mm)
    • Fretboard radius: 9.5" (241)
    • Frets: 22, medium jumbo
    • Truss rod nut: 3/16" adjustable hex nut
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    FenderBlacktop Stratocaster HH with Maple Fretboard Electric Guitar
     
    4.6

    (based on 33 reviews)

    Ratings Distribution

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      (26)

    • 4 Stars

       

      (4)

    • 3 Stars

       

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    86%

    of respondents would recommend this to a friend.

    Pros

    • Good tone (7)
    • Good feel (6)
    • Fun to play (5)
    • Good pick up (5)
    • Solid electronics (4)

    Cons

      Best Uses

      • Jamming (7)
      • Practicing (6)
      • Small venues (4)
      • Recording (3)
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      Most Liked Positive Review

       

      Fantastic Strat!

      This is a fantastic buy, and for the money you can't go wrong. A little more money in upgrades makes this superior to many MIA strats in my opinion. I've added an LSR roller...Read complete review

      This is a fantastic buy, and for the money you can't go wrong. A little more money in upgrades makes this superior to many MIA strats in my opinion. I've added an LSR roller nut, middle pickup, and an active midboost control which can be swept for different frequencies (like a wah, very Zappa esque). But the same stock sounds are all still there, and they're the ones I use most often. Coil tapping the neck pickup is one of the best tones I know. A previous review described the pickups as muddy, but if you have a good amp and know how to set an EQ, then you'll hear their true character- WARM. Rolling off the tone is very responsive and the entire range of the volume and tone pots are usable. If you're having trouble hearing the changes with a distortion or dirty amp, try using it clean and you'll hear the subtleties (too much clipping removes these dynamics in many cases). For either a modding platform, or for a great basic jam guitar, if you don't get a lemon you'll be happy!

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      Fender Blacktop

      this guitar is amazing with its extremely smooth neck, when some say smooth they use the term loosely, but this guitars neck is smooth, the pickups may look ackward at first but the second...Read complete review

      this guitar is amazing with its extremely smooth neck, when some say smooth they use the term loosely, but this guitars neck is smooth, the pickups may look ackward at first but the second you hear them the thought leaves your mind forever.
      everything on this guitar is prestine. the wood is fantasticly smooth, the fret board needs to be the same on every fender bc it is remarkable
      it is sold for less than it is musicianly worth. this guitar is in every aspect worth the money

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      5.0

      Awesome Guitar

      By Metal Mania

      from America

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      Pros

      • Fun To Play
      • Good Feel
      • Good Pick Up
      • Good Tone
      • Solid Electronics

      Cons

        Best Uses

        • Jamming
        • Practicing
        • Recording

        Comments about Fender Blacktop Stratocaster HH with Maple Fretboard Electric Guitar:

        All you can say is wow. I got the one in Sonic Blue and its beautiful. Great quality and EXCELLENT tone. I have it set up with 11s and play mostly metal and these humbuckers kick major butt.Dont hesitate to buy this Guitar!

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        (0 of 1 customers found this review helpful)

         
        4.0

        Specs from Fender are not right

        By pmac

        from THe Netherlands

        About Me Experienced

        Pros

        • Good Feel
        • Good Tone
        • Solid Electronics

        Cons

        • No Single Coil Neck

        Best Uses

        • Jamming
        • Practicing
        • Rock Concerts
        • School Bands
        • Small Venues

        Comments about Fender Blacktop Stratocaster HH with Maple Fretboard Electric Guitar:

        It is a very well build guitar and it feels good. Smooth neck and I love the high glossy body. Sound is versatile and the humbucker at the bridge sounds like a PAF (Gibsonstyle)and its great (maybe the best bridgehumbucker on a Fender strat so far). The specs that Fender gave you is not right though. They say that the second position (from the neck) would be the outer coil of the neckhumbucker but it is really the outer neck and the outer bridge coils of both humbuckers together. That gives you a nice "out of fase" kind of sound but it is not a solitair singlecoilsound and that is a shame. I replaced the neckhumbucker by a Symour duncan Phat Cat p90 and I am very pleased with the result but it is not the way Fender should sell it this way.

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        (0 of 1 customers found this review helpful)

         
        5.0

        Fantastic Humbucker-Equipped Tone

        By ag6120

        from Danbury, CT

        About Me Experienced

        Pros

        • Fun To Play
        • Good Feel
        • Good Pick Up
        • Good Tone
        • Solid Electronics

        Cons

          Best Uses

          • Jamming
          • Practicing
          • Recording
          • Rock Concerts
          • School Bands
          • Small Venues

          Comments about Fender Blacktop Stratocaster HH with Maple Fretboard Electric Guitar:

          The Fender Blacktop Strat is easily one of the finest Strats I have ever played. Shortly after the Blacktop Series was introduced, my brother got one in sonic blue and that finish is absolutely gorgeous. The mint green pickguard gives it a unique color combination as well. Anyway, this particular model has a polished fretboard and neck which, in my opinion, makes it seem as if it's a far more expensive Strat than it is. It also feels nicer than an unpolished fretboard and neck as I've played on plenty of other Strats and Teles alike. Not only does this Strat look great, but it sounds great too.

          Despite the humbuckers in this Strat, it still sounds like a Strat. You can simply take it to new heights. You can easily go from playing blues to country to metal. Tone wise, there's something for everyone in this Strat.

          In case you're stuck between the Blacktop Strat and the Blacktop Tele, I thought I'd add that the Tele version is great as well. However, the Blacktop Strat is more versatile than its Tele counterpart. Both look, feel and sound great but, to me, the Blacktop Strat is the better of the two.

          Anyway, the Blacktop Strat is a wonderful instrument at a great price. I highly recommend this one.

          Comment on this review

          (1 of 3 customers found this review helpful)

           
          5.0

          Awesome guitar

          By VolDevil

          from Tempe, AZ

          About Me Experienced

          Verified Buyer

          Pros

          • Fun To Play
          • Good Feel
          • Good Pick Up
          • Good Tone
          • Solid Electronics

          Cons

            Best Uses

            • Jamming
            • Practicing
            • Small Venues

            Comments about Fender Blacktop Stratocaster HH with Maple Fretboard Electric Guitar:

            Just received the guitar but already love the feel and sound...very excited to get some playing time!

            Comment on this review

            (2 of 6 customers found this review helpful)

             
            2.0

            Quality Control missed mine

            By R A Peters

            from Madison Heights, VA

            About Me Professional Musician

            Pros

            • Good Pick Up
            • Good sound
            • Good Tone

            Cons

            • Frets Need Filing
            • Need Work Out Of The Box
            • Poor Quality Craftsmanship

            Best Uses

            • Jamming
            • Practicing
            • Small gigs
            • Small Venues

            Comments about Fender Blacktop Stratocaster HH with Maple Fretboard Electric Guitar:

            The frets need filing on the ends.This can be expensive. The body holes fo r the claw screws were not drilled deep enpough to stop
            the strings from going flat when you bend the g string a whole step.
            Program will not allow my post because it says I need to fill all required fields. I have.

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            (1 of 3 customers found this review helpful)

             
            5.0

            I love this guitar

            By CoachC

            from Mount Pleasant, S.C.

            About Me Experienced

            Pros

            • Fun To Play
            • Good Feel
            • Good Pick Up
            • Good Tone

            Cons

              Best Uses

              • Jamming
              • Practicing

              Comments about Fender Blacktop Stratocaster HH with Maple Fretboard Electric Guitar:

              I love playing this guitar. I own a sonic blue with a maple fretboard and after some minor set up and larger strings(.10) it has been a real pleasure. I've always loved strats but with this I get the punch of a humbucker along with some single coil options making it very versatile. I personally am not going to change the pickups, I think they sound great has they are; powerful on distortion and I love the cleans especially when doing jazzy work. I would definitley buy another one no doubt.

              Comment on this review

              (12 of 13 customers found this review helpful)

               
              5.0

              Fantastic Strat!

              By Jerry Zappa Knopfler

              from SLC, UT

              About Me Experienced

              Pros

              • Great Maple Neck
              • Innovative Pu Switching
              • Warm Soulful Humbuckers
              • Zazzy

              Cons

              • Bathtub Routed
              • Qc Lacking Sometimes

              Best Uses

              • Gigging
              • Jamming
              • Recording

              Comments about Fender Blacktop Stratocaster HH with Maple Fretboard Electric Guitar:

              This is a fantastic buy, and for the money you can't go wrong. A little more money in upgrades makes this superior to many MIA strats in my opinion. I've added an LSR roller nut, middle pickup, and an active midboost control which can be swept for different frequencies (like a wah, very Zappa esque). But the same stock sounds are all still there, and they're the ones I use most often. Coil tapping the neck pickup is one of the best tones I know. A previous review described the pickups as muddy, but if you have a good amp and know how to set an EQ, then you'll hear their true character- WARM. Rolling off the tone is very responsive and the entire range of the volume and tone pots are usable. If you're having trouble hearing the changes with a distortion or dirty amp, try using it clean and you'll hear the subtleties (too much clipping removes these dynamics in many cases). For either a modding platform, or for a great basic jam guitar, if you don't get a lemon you'll be happy!

              Comment on this review

              (4 of 8 customers found this review helpful)

               
              4.0

              Great guitar godawful trem.

              By Jmc083

              from Camp Lejeune

              About Me Experienced

              Pros

              • Fun To Play
              • Good Feel
              • Good Tone
              • Great Crunch Tone

              Cons

              • Vintage Trem is POOP

              Best Uses

                Comments about Fender Blacktop Stratocaster HH with Maple Fretboard Electric Guitar:

                A lot of the reviews of this guitar are a little off in my opinion.
                First this is a great guitar good finish quality craftsmanship.
                Has a great crunchy tone at the bridge that overdrives beautifully. Coil splitting actually sounds good and is useful. Wonderfully versatile guitar you play anything from blues to metallica on this thing. It's also way better looking in person. Perfect glossy finish nice aged color to the pick guard. Just nice all around. Humbuckers are actually quality pick-ups.

                Now for the bad. This guitar requires some setup. It came from the factory with action set higher that 50 dollar pawn shop acoustic. Fixed that by adjusting the truss rod and the bridge. VINTAGE TREMOLO=POOP TREMOLO. I am not a big trem fan so i ordered a tremo-no with the guitar. Thank god I did because the guitar was barely playable with the factory trem. Wouldn't stay in tune chords sounded like poop. Don't even bother trying to bend. Oh and it didn't come with bullet strings. Come on fender stop cutting corners?????

                Basically unless you just like being out of tune and sounding like a complete tard. You NEED to hard tail the trem on this guitar. I don't know why they don't just sell a hard tail version. Oh wait they do a Tele. Not to mention doing it the right way(with a tremo-no) adds a ton of sustain.

                All that being said. The guitar is well worth the asking price. Just needs a little setup.

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                (7 of 9 customers found this review helpful)

                 
                5.0

                blacktop review

                By Player 56

                from houston, texas

                Comments about Fender Blacktop Stratocaster HH with Maple Fretboard Electric Guitar:

                nothing bad to say about this guitar. great buy for the money.
                bought the sonic blue model with maple neck and i like the look and also was very pleased with the sound on all five switch positions. very versital guitar.
                much better quality than i expected from a MIM guitar. i did'nt kow what to expect for this guitar but wanted to take the chance. i have owned many guitars from gibson, ibanez, taylor, and others.
                Over the years i have become a strat guy. they are just more comfortable to paly for me personally.
                I have always wanted fenderr to make a double humbucker guitar. I currently have a artist series blackie, and american Hss strat. This guitars quality matches the HSS strat.
                Great value for the guitar that you get. no comparison to the others for similar or even higher price.

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                (1 of 4 customers found this review helpful)

                 
                5.0

                Blacktop Stratocaster HH

                By Jammer's mom

                from Texas

                Comments about Fender Blacktop Stratocaster HH with Maple Fretboard Electric Guitar:

                Would recommend this to everyone.
                This guitar is by far the best I've had. It plays like a dream. Sound is exceptional. I would recommend it to anyone.
                Good quality, well built guitar. Pickups sound great
                A lot of guitar for the price!

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