Win a Fender Stratocaster HSS Guitar

by dave
(Ohio)

You could win a Fender Stratocaster HSS Guitar, courtesy of Full Sail University and Fender Guitars. You need to enter by February 22, 2010 to get your chance to win this rock machine.

The Fender Stratocaster HSS, aka the "Fat Strat", is the same classic design as the Stratocaster with a notable difference. In the bridge pickup position, Fender has installed a humbucker pickup. This gives you more tonal difference than a standard Fender Strat, allowing a thicker sound.

The humbucker pickup is a stock installation in Gibson guitars, but in a Fender guitar a single coil pickup is typically installed. Combined with a single coil pickup and a solid ash or maple body, the Stratocaster has a brighter sound than a Gibson guitar. Gibson axes are more commonly built with a softer wood like mahogany or a combination of mahogany with a maple top.

By matching a humbucker pickup with a harder wood like maple, it opens you up to a lot more tonal diversity than playing a regular Fender Strat or Gibson guitar.

The Strat has a history of rock royalty players like Jimi Hendrix, John Lennon, Eric Clapton and Kurt Cobain. This Stratocaster HSS would be perfect for any player, from beginner to pro, to add to the collection.

You have to be 13 or older to enter the contest. Full rules at Ultimate-Guitar.com. Enter to win now!