The Fender Squier Affinity Series Stratocaster FMT HSS Black Burst Electric Guitar is a superb way to bridge into the time-honoured Fender® family, delivering legendary design and quintessential tone for todays aspiring guitar player. This Strat® features several player-friendly refinements such as a thin and lightweight body with an eye-catching flame maple top (FMT), a slim and comfortable C-shaped neck profile, a 2-point tremolo bridge for superior tremolo action and sealed die-cast tuning machines with split shafts for smooth, accurate tuning and easy restringing. Loaded with a Squier humbucking bridge pickup and single-coil neck and middle pickups for genre-defying sonic variety, this model is ready to accompany any player at any stage.

FEATURES

• Thin and lightweight body
• HSS pickup configuration
• 2-point tremolo bridge
• Flame maple top
• Sealed die-cast tuning machines with split shafts

2-POINT TREMOLO BRIDGE

This Stratocaster features a two-point tremolo bridge for smooth, superior tremolo action.

SQUIER SINGLE-COIL AND HUMBUCKING PICKUPS

Voiced in-house at Fender, the Squier single coil neck and middle pickups produce crisp, articulate tone, complimenting the fat, rich sound of the humbucking bridge pickup.

SEALED DIE-CAST TUNING MACHINES WITH SPLIT SHAFTS

Sealed die-cast tuning machines have a smooth action for accurate tuning, and the split shafts make changing strings a breeze.

Neck

NECK MATERIAL

Maple

NECK FINISH

Satin Urethane with Gloss Urethane Headstock Face

NECK SHAPE

"C" Shape

NECK CONSTRUCTION

Bolt-On

FINGERBOARD RADIUS

9.5" (241 mm)

FINGERBOARD MATERIAL

Maple

POSITION INLAYS

Black Dot

SIDE DOTS

Black

NUMBER OF FRETS

21

TRUSS ROD

Head Adjust

STRING NUT

Synthetic Bone

NUT WIDTH

1.650" (42 mm)

NUT MATERIAL

Synthetic Bone

Body

BODY

Poplar

BODY FINISH

Gloss Polyurethane

BODY SHAPE

Stratocaster®

BODY TOP

Flame Maple

BODY MATERIAL

Poplar

Hardware

BRIDGE

2-Point Synchronised Tremolo with Block Saddles

PICKGUARD

3-Ply Black

PICKUP COVERS

Black

CONTROL KNOBS

Black Plastic

SWITCH TIP

Black

HARDWARE FINISH

Chrome

TUNING MACHINES

Sealed Die-Cast with Split Shafts

STRING TREES

Dual-Wing

STRINGS

Nickel Plated Steel (.009-.042 Gauges)

TREMOLO ARM

Standard

NECK PLATE

4-Bolt Squier®

STRAP BUTTONS

Standard

Electronics

BRIDGE PICKUP

Ceramic Humbucker

MIDDLE PICKUP

Ceramic Single-Coil

NECK PICKUP

Ceramic Single-Coil

PICKUP CONFIGURATION

HSS

CONTROLS

Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck/Middle Pickups), Tone 2. (Bridge Pickup)

SWITCHING

5-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Middle Pickup, Position 3. Middle Pickup, Position 4. Middle and Neck Pickup, Position 5. Neck Pickup