Fender 096 7300 092 Stratacoustic Guitar Walnut
New and bettered and ready to roll down to your next gig, the Fender Stratacoustic—with it is cool Stratocaster® guitar body, headstock design and C-shaped neck—is perfective for electric players looking for a versatile tool to add to their collections. Other features include Fishman® preamp with built-in tuner, maple neck and vibe that is not one thing but Fender. Available in Black.
Fender 096 7300 092 Stratacoustic Guitar Walnut Photo
Fender 096 7300 092 Stratacoustic Guitar Walnut Photo
Fender 096 7300 092 Stratacoustic Guitar Walnut Picture
Fender 096 7300 092 Stratacoustic Guitar Walnut Image
Fender 096 7300 092 Stratacoustic Guitar Walnut Photo
Fender 096 7300 092 Stratacoustic Guitar Walnut Photo
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful.
 A unique guitar with some reservations
By Brock Martin
I have a lot to say about this Fender Stratacoustic, both good and bad, so if you are seriously considering buying one, please read this entire article. Out of the box, I was somewhat shocked. The overall appearance was not very good. I routinely see better finishes even on cheap guitars. The body is one-piece black plastic or resin, with a textured finish. It’s not beautiful, but it’s functional. The top is plywood painted gloss black. There is white binding around the top. Out of the box, the binding looked bad. There was glue all over it, and in places the binding was rough like it had been gone over with a file, and in one place, there was some black spray paint on the white binding. Next, the neck had a very pronounced bow in it, but I was able to straighten it out with a truss rod adjustment. It needed a lot of tightening, which was worrisome, but it turned out OK. [If you are not experienced with that, have a pro do it for you.] One thing that really irked me was that one corner of the faceplate of the built-in Fishman preamp/tuner was cracked. Whoever installed it, screwed it too tight and snapped it. It still works fine, but this is unacceptable, especially for a name-brand guitar. The finish of the wood around the sound hole was rough, too. So, for cosmetic appearance, I give this guitar a C-/D+. Their final QC inspection is a joke. Luckily, playing this guitar is a whole lot better than the finish. Here’s the rest of the story. As I said, the body is not impressive, but the neck, (once properly adjusted), is pretty good, although the ends of the frets are a little rough and could use some filing down (Don’t do that yourself either, unless you know what you are doing). The neck feels very strat-like. The guitar came with two bridges, one high and one low, (who knows why). I replaced the high bridge with the low bridge and ended up with a very playable action, close to an electric. You may even be inspired to put on light guage strings. The intonation is spot on for acoustic wound strings. Acoustically, the sound is poor, so don’t buy this guitar if you want a great sounding acoustic guitar. I only play this guitar acoustically for practice. Where it shines is playing it through an amp. Fishman makes good electronics for acoustic guitars. This one sounds great. The built-in tuner is accurate enough. One other issue I had right off the bat, while out practicing for a gig, was that I had to change the battery which is accessed through a little trap door right next to the output jack. I opened the door expecting the battery to fall out, but the battery was stuck in there. As a matter of fact, it was so stuck that I had to pry it out with a tool. The problem is that there are two little wound springs which make contact with the 9V battery, but they get caught on the battery terminals and do not easily let go. This is a poor design, and one which I cannot live with, so I had to modify the entire battery compartment, and install a standard 9V snap-on connector with a long lead wire. It’s not elegant, but it works. The battery comes out easily now, but changing it is a two handed operation. The tuning heads themselves turn hard and are not smooth, but they do hold a tune. The guitar has a nice thin body and the strat-like shape and feel, which is one of the main reasons I bought it. It is very comfortable, whether you are playing standing or sitting. In spite of the poor first impression and the other flaws, I do like the guitar a lot, but for the $250 I paid, and because it’s a Fender, the quality of this instrument should have been a much better.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful.
 Awesome
By L. Davis
This is not Lorna, it’s her son. I don’t know where the previous reviewer got this guitar, but mine looks incredible! Not one problem with it. The only “downside” to this guitar is that if you want to play it acoustically, then it is relatively quieter than other acoustics. This is a good thing with me, though, because I like to sing while I play, and I have a quiet voice. It sounds amazing, especially in an amp, and the overall appearance is great! The built-in tuner is nice, too. Overall, get this guitar!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.
 suits my need
By M. Marvin Nikijuluw
I bought this guitar at Guitar Center. I always like the styling of fender stratocaster, but I am not an electric guitar player. So I found out this guitar was available for $150, I didn’t think twice about buying it. Is it as good “real” accoustic guitar? NO. Its body limits that that loud accoustic sound. But when you get an accoustic amp with it (mine is behringer acx450), man you won’t be able to tell the difference with other guitars out there!
So far I’m loving it!
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