Strat Ultra (1990-6/1998)
USA - Plus Series
MODEL NUMBER
10-9800-(color#)
BODY
Body Material: Alder, Highly Figured Maple Top & Back
Body Finish: Polyurethane
Body Routing: Swimming Pool
Body Shape: Stratocaster
NECK
Neck Material: Maple
Neck Finish: Polyurethane, satin finish
Neck Shape: "C"
Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)
Fingerboard Material: Ebony
Fingerboard Radius: 9.5” (241 mm)
Number of Frets: 22
Fret Size: Medium Jumbo
Nut Material: Wilkinson Roller Nut (1990-1993); LSR Roller nut (since late 1993)
Nut Width: 1.6875"
Position Inlays: Abalone dot; Narrow Spacing
Truss Rod: BiFlex
Skunk Stripe: Yes
Tilt Neck
HEADSTOCK
Type: Small Headstock
Logo: Modern Logo, CBS Style (1987-1995); Spaghetti (1995-2000)
Other Decals: "STRATOCASTER", "MADE IN U.S.A.", serial (since 1995 moved on the back of the headstock)
ELECTRONICS
Bridge Pickup: Dual Red Fender/Lace Sensor
Middle Pickup: Silver Fender/Lace Sensor (few early models with Gold Lace Sensor)
Neck Pickup: Blue Fender/Lace Sensor
Controls: Master Volume, Tone (Neck), TBX (Mid, Bridge)
Switching: 5-Position Blade
3-Position mini-toggle switch: Red Lace Sensor Coil Split
Configuration: HSS
HARDWARE
Bridge: Deluxe Tremolo System w/pop-in arm (1990-1993); Fender/Floyd Rose Tremolo System (1994-1997), renamed in Fender Deluxe Locking Tremolo (1997-1998)
Hipshot Trem-Setter option
Tuning Machines: Schaller Locking Tuners
String Tree: None
Hardware Finish: Chrome
Pickguard: 3-Ply, 11 Screws (config. modern)
Pickguard color: White until late 1993; White Shell (1994-1998)
Control Knobs: White
Switch Tip: White
Neck Plate: 4-Bolt, "Fender ULTRA" (earliest models "Fender")
MISCELLANEOUS
During 1994: “40th Anniversary” medallion
During 1996: 50th sticker on the back of the headstock
ACCESSORIES
Deluxe Case; Ultra Case (since 1994)
La nascita della Plus Series
10-9800-(color#)
BODY
Body Material: Alder, Highly Figured Maple Top & Back
Body Finish: Polyurethane
Body Routing: Swimming Pool
Body Shape: Stratocaster
NECK
Neck Material: Maple
Neck Finish: Polyurethane, satin finish
Neck Shape: "C"
Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)
Fingerboard Material: Ebony
Fingerboard Radius: 9.5” (241 mm)
Number of Frets: 22
Fret Size: Medium Jumbo
Nut Material: Wilkinson Roller Nut (1990-1993); LSR Roller nut (since late 1993)
Nut Width: 1.6875"
Position Inlays: Abalone dot; Narrow Spacing
Truss Rod: BiFlex
Skunk Stripe: Yes
Tilt Neck
HEADSTOCK
Type: Small Headstock
Logo: Modern Logo, CBS Style (1987-1995); Spaghetti (1995-2000)
Other Decals: "STRATOCASTER", "MADE IN U.S.A.", serial (since 1995 moved on the back of the headstock)
ELECTRONICS
Bridge Pickup: Dual Red Fender/Lace Sensor
Middle Pickup: Silver Fender/Lace Sensor (few early models with Gold Lace Sensor)
Neck Pickup: Blue Fender/Lace Sensor
Controls: Master Volume, Tone (Neck), TBX (Mid, Bridge)
Switching: 5-Position Blade
3-Position mini-toggle switch: Red Lace Sensor Coil Split
Configuration: HSS
HARDWARE
Bridge: Deluxe Tremolo System w/pop-in arm (1990-1993); Fender/Floyd Rose Tremolo System (1994-1997), renamed in Fender Deluxe Locking Tremolo (1997-1998)
Hipshot Trem-Setter option
Tuning Machines: Schaller Locking Tuners
String Tree: None
Hardware Finish: Chrome
Pickguard: 3-Ply, 11 Screws (config. modern)
Pickguard color: White until late 1993; White Shell (1994-1998)
Control Knobs: White
Switch Tip: White
Neck Plate: 4-Bolt, "Fender ULTRA" (earliest models "Fender")
MISCELLANEOUS
During 1994: “40th Anniversary” medallion
During 1996: 50th sticker on the back of the headstock
ACCESSORIES
Deluxe Case; Ultra Case (since 1994)
La nascita della Plus Series
Strat Ultra Color Chart
Bellissima Strat Ultra Blue Burst del 1991 (reverb.com). Da notare il caratteristico neck plate assente solo sulle primissime versioni di questa chitarra. Il corpo in ontano con top e back in acero mostra l'incavo posteriore nero per nascondere l'impiallacciatura. Il ponte Deluxe Tremolo System è munito di hipshot trem-setter. Stranamente è presente l'LSR Roller Nut che verrà montato solo qualche anno più tardi.
Nonostante il seriale indichi "N1", questa bellissima Strat Ultra è datata sul manico 1992. La spettacolare finutura Firestorm Red non è molto comune. E' interessante vedere gli abalone dots sulla tastiera in ebano, l'elettronica con il TBX e con i Dual Red al ponte e ancora il Wilkinson Roller Nut (reverb.com).
Strat Ultra Antique Burst del 1994 con Fender/Floyd Rose Locking Bridge. Correva l'anniversario della Stratocaster, e in quest'anno tutte queste chitarre hanno guadagnato la medaglietta commemorativa sulla paletta e il neck plate con inciso: "1994 Fender STRATOCASTER 40 Years ...and still rockin!" (reverb.com).
Strat Ultra Crimson Burst del 1996 (reverb.com), quindi con spaghetti logo sulla paletta e seriale spostato sulla facciata posteriore. Anche il back plate è perlato.
