FENDER AMERICAN ACOUSTASONIC STRATOCASTER

97
MAY 2020 GUITARIST
reviewFENDER AMERICAN ACOUSTASONIC STRATOCASTER
97
MAY 2020 GUITARIST
review
FENDER
AMERICAN ACOUSTASONIC STRATOCASTER
FENDER AMERICAN ACOUSTASONIC STRATOCASTERFENDER
UNDER THE HOOD
The innovative insides of the Acoustasonic Stratocaster
E
xactly like the Acoustasonic Telecaster
that preceded it, when you remove the
controls’ rear backplate you get some
idea of the considerable technology at play here.
The big PCB, which has over 380 components,
we’re told, is a very alien sight – about the only
‘normal’ thing is the five-way lever switch!
Remove the central backplate (which holds
the battery pack) and where you would expect
to see springs and vibrato block, it’s equally
unusual: there’s the Fender N4 MVT magnetic
Noiseless pickup, and between that and the
string anchor point is the rectangular top/
body sensor, the Fishman Acoustasonic
Enhancer. You can’t, of course, see the third
pickup, a Fishman piezo transducer, under
the compensated saddle within the bridge.
But what’s clearly visible is the hollow nature
of the guitar and the two small longitudinal
top braces running either side of that
doughnut soundhole. [DB]
PICKUPS
CIRCUIT
BOARD
CIRCUIT BOARD
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