Fender's Guitars User

Here are some of the famous name who are fond with Fender's Guitars.

A. Albert Hammond

Albert Hammond

Before Alex Turner, the newest kid on the indie block playing a white Strat worn way up high was one half of The Strokes’ lean, skinny-tied guitar assault.

More often than not, Hammond is the rock solid rhythm guy in The Strokes, but Last Nite alone proves that he’s more than capable of ripping out a great solo on his 1985 Japanese '70s reissue Strat strung with .012s.

While the whole band have tried their hand at side projects, Hammond’s debut solo LP Yours to Keep in 2006 is something of an underappreciated gem. Some in the MusicRadar office would argue it's the best thing that any of The Strokes have put their name to since Is This It.

B. Yngwie

Yngwie

The neo-classical virtuoso may sometimes border on a caricature of his bad-self, but few guitarists have been so loyal to one model than Yngwie to the Stratocaster.

Even a short-lived 1986 Schecter signature model was decidedly one-dimensional in terms of its inspiration.

Yngwie signed an Artist Series contract with Fender in ‘87, which yielded the scalloped-fretboard, DiMarzio-loaded Yngwie Malmsteen Signature Stratocaster:

“That’s like a fine-tuned Ferrari”, explains Malmsteen, “That’s just sick. That’s just a monster of a guitar.” Nearly two decades later, Fender would lovingly recreate the original ‘Play Loud’ guitar based on the 1971 olympic white model that he’s played since his teenage years.

C. Kamikaze

Squier introduces its Sham Kamikaze Signature Stratocaster guitar model, named for and designed with the help of Malaysia’s top guitarist. The guitars puts Kamikaze’s own personal touch on a Squier Classic Vibe series instrument, not the least of which is its distinctive and non-traditional reverse headstock design and reverse string arrangement, which lends a certain subtle, loose feel to the guitar’s comfortable playability.

Features also include an alder body finished in Black or Vintage White, gloss maple neck, Kamikaze’s signature on the front of the headstock and a Sigma logo on the back, vintage-style single-ply white pickguard, three custom vintage-style single-coil pickups (reverse-angled bridge pickup) with reverse staggered alnico III magnets, vintage-style tuning machines and tremolo, and aged plastic parts.

And other artists include..

Jimmi Hendrix

Paul Mc Cartney